Vanity St. James and Gray Matter win Phoenix Pride Pageant
By Laura Latzko Each Miss and Mister Phoenix Pride bring something different to the titles. The newest titleholders this year both come from artistic backgrounds. On [...]
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Phoenix Pride introduces Latin Stage and other new features to festival
By Laura Latzko, April 2019 Issue. RuPaul’s Drag Race fave Ms. Vanjie.Photo courtesy of Phoenix Pride. The Phoenix Pride Festival is built on tradition, but it continues to [...]
Transgender activist Monica Helms serves as Community Grand Marshal at Phoenix Pride
By Laura Latzko, April 2019 Issue. Monica Helms In creating the pink, blue and white transgender flag, activist, author, and speaker Monica Helms made her mark on LGBTQ [...]
Lady Bunny Visits Phoenix for Miss Gay Melrose America Pageant
By Laura Latzko Known for her big hair, larger-than-life personality, and self-deprecating humor, Lady Bunny has established herself as one of the most well-known and [...]
Femme Fotale Gives Women and Gender Non-Conforming People A Platform to Share Their Views
By Laura Latzko. Photos help to share people’s truths; especially those of underrepresented people. Through photography, four local artists have been able to tell not only [...]
Nevaeh McKenzie Hosts New Year, New Read: a Drag Queen Storytime at Changing Hands
By Laura Latzko Former Miss Gay Arizona America Nevaeh McKenzie is known for her glamorous gowns and big production numbers. The drag queen is going to break into a new [...]
Phoenix Pride Crowns Two New Junior Pride Titleholders
By Laura Latzko, January 2019 Issue. After a hiatus, the Junior Phoenix Pride Pageant returned to Rainbows Festival this year. During the October pageant, Phoenix Pride [...]
Casa de Osuna
By Laura Latzko, October 2018 Issue. Few emerging designers have the opportunity to showcase their work on a nationally televised red carpet event, and seeing a creation come [...]
La Reina
By Laura Latzko, October 2018 Issue. In recent years, the art of female impersonation has been heating up in the Southwest, particularly in terms of Arizona’s [...]
A Community of Rainbows
By Laura Latzko, October 2018 Issue. In Phoenix, the nation’s fifth largest city, pride and community are celebrated in many ways. From each individual’s creative [...]
Mister Excellence
By Laura Latzko, September 2018 Issue. When Michael Dutzer and Rob Mansman, owners of the Miss Gay America pageant, announced the return of the Mr. Gay America Contest for [...]
Reign XIII
By Laura Latzko, August 2018 Issue. The Imperial Sovereign Empire of Arizona is a nonprofit organization that’s steeped in tradition – from the pomp and circumstance of [...]
“Joy Bomb”
By Laura Latzko, July 2018 Issue. The following program contains strong language, a liberal bias, mind-boggling homosexuality, shade, frequent complaining, over-sharing, sh*t [...]
“Whiskey and Popcorn”
By Laura Latzko, July 2018 Issue. Thelma and Louise, Bonnie and Clyde, vodka and soda, Jay and Silent Bob, Batman and Robin, peanut butter and jelly, Hall and Oats. The [...]
“Let’s Have a Fefe”
By Laura Latzko, July 2018 Issue. The art of modern-day storytelling is a careful combination of interpersonal communication and, in most cases, a multimedia platform. [...]
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