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Music

Out country music personality Cody Alan on Beyoncé busting the genre’s barriers for other Black women

Beyoncé has already made history in the music industry, now she's the first Black woman to top Billboard’s country chart.

Cody Alan Talks with The Advocate Magazine About Writing the Book on Being Gay in Country
Exclusives

Cody Alan on Writing the Book on Being Gay in Country

The out host and country music personality chats with The Advocate about his memoir Hear's the Thing. 

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Coming Out

Country VJ Cody Alan Comes Out in Heartfelt Letter

"Being gay is like your eye color -- it's just there."

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television

Watch JoJo Siwa Completely Destroy 2 DWTS Semi-Final Dances Perfectly

She walked away from the night with a perfect score and a spot in the finals.

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Voices

How Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter advances equality

The hit album is much more than simply a genre detour for the superstar.

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Theater

Revisiting the 'West Side'

West Side Story is magnificently reborn on Broadway and Charles Kaiser attends, rubbing elbows with theater royalty including writer-director Arthur Laurents, Kathleen Turner, and Lauren Bacall.

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Theater

Black Gay 'Slave Play' Writer Jeremy O. Harris Makes Tony History

LGBTQ+ and queer-led productions, including The Inheritance, received much love this year.

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Theater

Seat Filler April

The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene wraps up another season with visits to 20 shows, including The Normal Heart, Sister Act, Anything Goes, Catch Me If You Can, Wonderland, War Horse, High, and more.

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People

The Story of Jim French and Colt

Jim French died June 16, but we're glad to have his story in his own words, the way he would want it.