Subversive and Charming Trans Performer Daphne Always is ‘Trying to Ride the Mechanical Bull...
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | One of the NYC performance scene’s most original inhabitants, Daphne Always—by her own definition—”blends music, standup, burlesque and drag” for...
Roundup: Will Drag Queens Leave Trump’s America?
WRITTEN & REPORTED BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Drag and trans folk have been particularly oppressed by Trump’s GOP, which somehow pegs any man in...
Ask Dr. Jackie
WRITTEN BY JACKIE BEAT | Hello. To quote the opening line of the Rolling Stones’ classic Sympathy for the Devil, “Please allow me to...
Jim Caruso’s “Hot Mic!”
WRITTEN & REPORTD BY JIM CARUSO | Hi! This is Jim Caruso, and this column is called “Hot Mic!”
If you’d been sitting with me...
The 150 Best New Drag Names: Try One On!
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I love a good drag name because it not only encompasses clever wordplay, but it can also be refreshingly...












