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  • She Still Bop: Cyndi Lauper at Warner Tonight

    It’s hard to believe, but the LGBT champion and pop icon Cyndi Lauper turned 60 this year, and her solo debut album She’s So Unusual turned 30....

  • ‘Call Me Maybe’ Tonight at Wolf Trap

    It may have been the Song of Summer last summer, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still listen to it. As simple as it is,...

  • New York’s Splash Bar to Close This Sunday

    In case you haven’t heard, New York’s Splash Bar nightclub has announced plans to close this Sunday, Aug. 11, after 22 years in business. The...

  • Fun.’s Boost for Tegan & Sara

    One day soon here’s hoping we’ll see an American pop hit from a bona fide out LGBT artist or act. You don’t have to look...

  • Cyndi Lauper turns 60: A Career Overview

    Pop icon Cyndi Lauper turned 60 years old on Saturday, and hopefully she celebrated in style, coming off her triumph at the Tony’s with her...

  • Heel Thyself: ''Kinky Boots''

    The new Broadway musical Kinky Boots is hands down this year's gayest -- or ''most fabulous,'' to go with Entertainment Weekly's coded description. You could...

  • Lauper's D.C. Date

    She won't be belting out her signature songs, but Cyndi Lauper is heading to Washington nonetheless. It will be a visit for the kids. ''I...

  • Cyndi Lauper at HRC National Dinner 2011 [video]

    Pop legend and longtime LGBT-rights ally Cyndi Lauper answers a few questions on the red carpet leading into the 2011 HRC National Dinner. She also...

  • Blues Alley

    Cyndi Lauper calls for greater LGBT activism as her cure for the blues. ''Everybody should be active right now. Everybody should be helping in any...

  • True Blues

    Just the thought of it makes you dubious. Cyndi Lauper producing a blues album? Oh sure, the all-covers Memphis Blues, her 11th studio set, follows...

  • Inauguration Celebration

    A coalition of GLBT-advocacy organizations, including the nation's largest, the Human Rights Campaign, have announced plans to celebrate Inauguration Day 2009 with a party, ''Out...

  • The Mind of Morel

    Never mind the down economy. In a different kind of bear market - and in pop music in general - Richard Morel is having a...

  • Soundwaves

    TUMBLE FOR YA... Boy George's stop at the 9:30 Club next month is now in jeopardy because the 47-year-old allegedly assaulted and imprisoned a 28-year-old...

  • Night Light

    ''Got this endless itch to ride into the night.'' It might as well be Cyndi Lauper's unofficial motto. Lauper sings the line on her new...

  • True Calling

    Thirty-one years ago, Cyndi Lauper damaged her vocal cords. Doctors told her she would never sing again. As if they could keep the feisty, irrepressible...