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Map Daddy is back! Out stats nerd Steve Kornacki is ready to hold our hands and hearts during election night

The gay, khaki-wearing, rolled-sleeve MSNBC journalist is the hot gay stats guru in glasses we so desperately need and desire.

Jonathan Van Ness Reveals Much More Went Down During The Trans Rights Debate With Dax

The Queer Eye star says "significant pieces of that conversation" were cut from the podcast.

24 LGBTQ+ TV Shows and Movies Coming In May 2023

This month is full of queer bangers on the big and small screen.

This Queer Veteran Breaks Down the Danger of Trump's Trans Military Ban

The discharges would rip away opportunities for employment, housing, and healthcare.

Money Minute: Renee Brown on Starting a Savings Plan - Watch

SheWired recently launched a series on women entrepreneurs, to accompany that series here is Wells Fargo financial expert Renee Brown on developing a savings plan. Brown, SVP Director Wealth Brokerage at Wells Fargo, is also an out lesbian with special insight into LGBT issues surrounding money and planning for one’s future.

Beauty CULTure – Annenberg Photo Exhibit

This collection of stirring photos feature Hilary Swank, models like Alex Wek and 60s-icon Twiggy, and other familiar faces in bold images chronicling the conceits and confections that create the myth of beauty in our culture.

Nia Peeples Plays Against Type in 'Pretty Little Liars': Exclusive Interview

A renaissance woman who's worked in Hollywood for more than 30 years Nia Peeples has proved she has more to share than her hair, that gorgeous tousled coif that endeared her to many a girl and gay man in the 80’s when she was churning out chart toppers like “Trouble” and starring in the Fame TV series. SheWired chatted with Peeples about her Elements of Life her gay following and big-hair heydays of the 80’s and playing a homophobic mom to a gay teen on Pretty Little Liars.  

Rizzoli and Isles - What's Wrong with Checking the Butch Box?

Recently, I wrote a recap for SheWired on the “I Kissed a Girl” episode of Angie Harmon’s "Rizzoli & Isles." Following that review, I received very intriguing comments and insights into the butch portrayal displayed on the controversial 60-minute drama. Butch women often get a bad reputation in the media and, as part of the media circus, I felt the need to offer a follow-up piece to discuss and confront those concerns.

This Weekend At Outfest: 'Fish Out Of Water'

Coming out of the closet can be a challenging experience, and for Ky Dickens, her experience coming out to friends at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., led to Fish Out of Water, a documentary that explores the “seven most notoriously homophobic Bible passages” used against gays and lesbians, which screens this month at Outfest. With a score by Kaki King...

Lez Talk: Sometimes Gay

Sometimes gay...is not a new phenomenon but Lindsay Lohan has brought the issue out into the mainstream with her very public, first-denied, and now pussy-footed around relationship with Samantha Ronson.