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We kiki with Jake Shears about Cabaret, Tammy Faye, Elton, and more

The queer cultural icon and former Scissor Sisters front man is now taking over Broadway and beyond.

Jessica Chastain on Tammy Faye's 'Punk Rock,' Drag Queen Fearlessness

The star of The Eyes of Tammy Faye chats with The Advocate about misogyny, HIV and AIDS, and the once-disgraced televangelist's enormous heart. 

Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Interviews AIDS Patient in New Biopic

Chastain and Andrew Garfield play the televangelist couple who fell from grace amid scandal in the new biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

Come On, Let's Loosen the Bible Belt

Kristen Becker tells us about her road trip against hate — in a vegetable oil-powered tour bus, no less — where she and Jay Bakker will embark on a pilgrimage from Buffalo to New Orleans.

Elton John & Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears Team Up for 'Tammy Faye'

The two have written the music and lyrics for a new musical based on Tammy Faye Messner's life.

Steven Pieters, Longtime HIV Activist Interviewed by Tammy Faye Bakker, Dies at 71

Pieters was a minister in the Metropolitan Community Church and a volunteer with many AIDS nonprofits.

Jim Bakker Claims Preachers Being Killed Over 'Don’t Say Gay' Support

The former husband of the late Tammy Faye Bakker said preachers are already being killed in their pulpits.

In the City of Angels, Love Was Greater Than AIDS

The director of a new documentary about the AIDS crisis in Los Angeles in the 1980s — called Commitment to Life — talks about some of the courageous individuals who stepped forward in a fight for survival.

Antigay Preacher Jim Bakker Sued for Selling Fake COVID-19 Cure

The televangelist, who has been involved in financial and sex scandals, claims his Silver Solutions products fight the new coronavirus strain.

Franklin Graham: Amendment One Is God's Way

The evangelist asks North Carolina voters to support "God's definition of marriage."

 

The Advocate's Jake Shears cover: Go behind the scenes

On Advocate Channel's new program, Cover to Cover, host Stephen Walker shows the making of The Advocate's Entertainment issue.