Ben Rimalower
"I have been obsessed with Patti LuPone all of my life."

Andy Bell
"I love meeting people and I suppose it keeps me in with the kids."

Emily Saliers
"I think playing a queer fest is especially meaningful with the Supreme Court considering its cases and immigration law, which affects my life personally"

Travis Wall

Sean Paul Lockhart
"Oddly enough, I didn't realize just how much of an exhibitionist I was until I left the adult industry."

Dani Toro
"A Spaniard bomb is coming to Chicago, with the best beats for making everybody dance."

Adam Pasen
"Stylistically I’m very much a Fitzgerald, who was really two writers packed into one..."

Molly Ringwald

Scheana Marie

Chaka Khan
"I find my gay and lesbian followers to be the most un-fickle of all my followers."

Dan Vera

Oliver Newell

Alaska

Holly Near

Kathy Wakile
"I wanted my kids to know that you can be gay and love yourself, to be able to live a great life."

Dawn Oberg
"The best lines just come to you but that's after you've put down maybe 10 or 20 horrible lines."

Anjulie

Déjà K. Taylor

Khristianne Uy
"I do work long hours everyday so I hope I don’t look lonely."

Judy Gold
"I love the gays and they are the best audience. Gays can laugh at themselves."

Diamond Rings
"I write about me and I write about what I’m experiencing."

Sheryl Lee Ralph
"I write in the book that we immediately had a huge gay following. In many instances they were the backbone and the support of moving that musical forward."

Levi Kreis
"Some of the songs inspired me to educate myself more as a gay man to understand what we fought for."

Kyle Henry