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Texas High School Says Transgender Boy Can't Play Male Role in 'Oklahoma!'

Student Max Hightower was told students had to be cast according to the gender they were assigned at birth. “I want every kid to be recognized and noticed and allowed to be themselves,” he said.

Gavin Creel Belts King and I's 'Something Wonderful' as Gay Love Song

The reimagining of the classic is part of a series that pays homage to the work of Rodgers and Hammerstein. 

'King & I' Classic Gets Beautiful Gay Love Story Reimagining

The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein song "We Kiss in a Shadow" holds new meaning when sung by a male couple. 

Barbra Honors Frontline Workers With 'You'll Never Walk Alone' Tribute

Streisand had previously sung the song for 9/11 first responders.

Randy Rainbow Skewers Trump's Love of Horrible Men to 'South Pacific'

Rainbow mashes up a little of The Bachelor with a classic showtune to highlight Trump's weird obsession with awful men. 

One of Our Greatest Love Song Writers Kept His Own Story Secret

He wrote some of the greatest love songs ever, but Lorenz Hart's own story was largely kept a secret.

Katrina Lenk's 'Something Good' Is Not Your Mother's 'Sound of Music'

The Tony winner for The Band's Visit first landed on the collective radar of queer women playing a lesbian in Indecent. 

WATCH: 'Kinky Boots,' Nathan Lane, Larry Kramer Get Tony Nods

Kinky Boots gets 13 noms, Lane is nominated for The Nance, and Kramer will receive an award for his activism.

Randy Rainbow's newest parody asks, 'Will the lawyer or the conman be the prez?'

"One inspires and excites / the other wants to chuck our rights," Rainbow sings to the tune of a song from Oklahoma!

Christian Right Up in Arms Over the Gaying of a Musical — 'Oklahoma!'

An Oregon production of Oklahoma! that features same-sex couples and a trans character has upset anti-LGBTQ Christians.

To All the Gay Men I've Loved Before

An Advocate writer pays homage to her platonic friendships with some of the brightest and funniest men she's known. 

Seat Filler December 2011

Our man on the New York theater scene checks out Kim Cattrall, Patti LuPone, Jackie Hoffman, naughty gay boy scouts, and a same-sex kiss for Harry Connick Jr.

Remembering Cloris Leachman, LGBTQ+ Icon and Ally

The acclaimed actress and LGBTQ+ rights supporter died Wednesday at age 94. 

Realatively revolutionary

A sitcom featuring a gay couple with a daughter--shocking, or just good business sense? Both, say producers.

NBC's Gay Chief on the Life of Craig Zadan

Bob Greenblatt shares his love for the dearly-departed man who brought us Chicago and Hairspray.

The First Act

As The Little Mermaid prepares for its Broadway debut, composer Alan Menken reflects on his years of collaboration and friendship with the late gay lyricist Howard Ashman.

'The Source' Tells Chelsea Manning's Story in Operatic Form

The creators of this unconventional opera want to make audiences consider the impact of Manning's document leak. 

Michael Feinstein: The Piano Man Comes Back

Finding a new power of two with Dame Edna in Broadway's All About Me, the "Ambassador of the Great American Songbook" talks all about his anger with The Advocate and Kevin Spacey.