Tabla de contenidos para March 2018 en OUT

STEVEN BLUM When Steven Blum interviewed Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman for this issue (“The Good Prince,” page 15), the queer actor didn’t just want to chat about his show UnReal— he wanted to gush over sound baths and energy healers. “That’s a whole world in L.A. that I’m still trying to wrap my head around,” says Blum, who’s currently writing about forms of prejudice that pervade LGBTQ families. Blum is also a contributor for GQ and Vice. MATTHEW BROOKES Photographer Matthew Brookes found this issue’s cover star Andrew Garfield, who plays Prior in Broadway’s new revival of Angels in America, “charming and charismatic” (“Among Angels,” page 74). One of Brookes’s favorite projects was his shoot with the male ballet dancers from the Paris Opera, whom he photographed for his 2015 book Les…

“The few times I played straight it was just so obvious how uncomfortable I was making the producers.” UnREAL, NOW RETURNING to Lifetime for its third season, centers on the behind-the-scenes drama of Everlasting, a Bachelor-esque reality dating show run by sociopaths. Its producers—who don’t pull the strings of their contestants so much as yank them maniacally—would likely kill each other if not for Jay, the show’s queer black moral arbiter. Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, the co-creator of UnREAL, originally conceived Jay as a slippery womanizer for the series’ pilot, but she quickly realized the actor she’d cast for the role did not fit the bill. Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman first came out to his agent when he was 21, not long after he’d started auditioning for parts. “I knew 10…

Long associated with golfers, eighth-grade math teachers, and Rick Santorum, the sweater vest has gotten a pretty bad rap over the years. But much like wide-leg pants and denim on denim, the classically nerdy knit was bound to make a comeback someday. That day is today—and yes, you can pull it off. How? First, go big. If you’re going to try to rock a piece of clothing that was once a Steve Urkel staple, why not fully commit and choose a punchy color and an eye-popping pattern? Second, ditch the shirt underneath. We know, the only thing crazier than recommending that you wear a sweater vest is telling you to wear it like a tank top. But you have to admit, there’s something wonderfully subversive about turning the ultimate symbol…

Stress, pollution, partying, Trump—it’s all taking its toll on your face. Which means your day-to-day cleansing and moisturizing routine isn’t always enough to keep you looking as fresh and dewy as you once did. Clay masks deliver hydration and a blast of nutrients to your skin, but they can be as messy as a drunk text to your ex. Fortunately, you have an alternative: the tidy, serum-soaked sheet mask, which you can place on your mug during your next Netflix binge and then toss away 20 minutes later, your skin having absorbed all of its nourishing goodness in the meantime. Hailing from those grooming wizards in Korea, sheet masks are effective and easy—and thanks to Instagram endorsements from the likes of Ricky Martin, Justin Bieber, and Cristiano Ronaldo, they’re totally…

Bamboo Cross Shaun Cole, of the Los Angeles restaurant The Edmon, considers Palo Cortado the finest sherry for cocktails because of its rich flavor: chocolate and coffee notes with loads of fruit. For his Bamboo Cross, he mixes it with Pommeau de Normandie—apple cider and juice fortified with Calvadosand throws in some funky Smith & Cross rum, which “gives it a little punch,” he says. “Add a little Cocchi sweet vermouth, and you have one of my favorite low-alcohol cocktails.” 1 oz. Emilio Lustau Peninsula Palo Cortado Sherry 1 ¼ oz. Christian Drouin Pommeau de Normandie ¾ oz. Smith & Cross Jamaican Rum ¼ oz. Cocchi Storico Vermouth di Torino 1 dash Angostura bitters 1 lemon peel Place the ingredients in a glass. Stir for roughly 20 seconds. Strain into…

IN THE AGE OF the Insta-hunk, there’s never a shortage of shirtless men filling up our feeds. But like Australian-born, Los Angeles-based photographer Luke Austin, you may have noticed a blinding abundance of Caucasian abs and pecs. “White portraits often receive triple the number of likes and comments as a portrait of a black man,” Austin says of his own work he’s posted. “We are brainwashed into thinking that European features are the epitome of beauty.” In response to that lack of diversity, Austin made it a point four years ago to focus his lens on gorgeous black men. The results are now collected in his new book Léwà, which takes its name from a Nigerian Yoruba word for beauty. In stark contrast to the tough-thug cliché still so frequently…

IN AN EARLY pivotal passage in Joseph Cassara’s first novel, The House of Impossible Beauties, Angel (or Angie) Xtravaganza—the real-life founding mother of the House of Xtravaganza and an icon of New York City’s ballroom/ vogue scene of the 1980s—discovers that although her lover, Hector, is HIV positive, she herself is not. It is a moment of small relief in a book that fictionalizes the hardships faced by this community of young, poor, queer people of color, many of whom were gender non-conforming. There’s just one problem: In Cassara’s book, this moment is set in 1984, two years before it was possible to walk into a clinic and get an HIV test. This might seem like insider AIDS baseball, but it is emblematic of the difficult (and often unsuccessful) task…

Dear Diary: Teen angst bullshit is about to rack up an even higher body count. The pitch-black 1988 comedy Heathers has endured as one of the most iconic, quotable teen movies of all time (it also helped launch the careers of Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty, and Christian Slater). Now, three decades later, sharp-tongued tormentors Heather Chandler, Heather McNamara, and Heather Duke are back for a new television remake (premiering March 7 on the Paramount Network). But gone are the lily-white meanies of the original film. In their place are a body-positive Heather, an African-American lesbian Heather, and a genderqueer Heather. (How very.) The decision to recast the notorious clique as members of conventionally marginalized groups and to make outcast heroine Veronica Sawyer, who vows to put an end to their…

“I feel like, in this industry, there are a lot more nos than yeses, but you have to have faith in yourself and know that your time will come.” You Know Her From: The Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave; 2016’s street-magician-meets-drug-world drama Sleight, in which she starred opposite actor-musician Jacob Latimore What’s Next: Playing YA heroine Meg in A Wrinkle in Time (opening March 9), directed by Ava DuVernay and co-starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling; appearing with Danny Glover and Napoleon Dynamite’s Jon Heder in the dark comedy Killing Winston Jones; joining David Oyelowo in the scifi thriller Only You It’s a Wunderkind Life: “I’ve learned to have patience and dedication, and I’m always trying to better myself as an artist. I feel like, in this industry,…

Over the past 27 years, Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prizewinning Angels in America has been made into a film, an opera, and even a choral piece, but it’s as a play that most people know it best. The seven-and-a-half-hour AIDS drama has been performed everywhere from Edinburgh and Paris to Puerto Rico and the Philippines, and along the way, a number of graphic artists have interpreted the work’s soaring, heavenly themes for playbills and poster art. “An angel is a belief—with wings that can carry you,” one of its characters says, and a widespread belief in the play itself has helped carry it across the world.…

Versace Revisited The new installment of the FX anthology series American Crime Story may focus on the death of Gianni Versace, but the show’s stars, Édgar Ramirez and Ricky Martin, breathed life into our February Love Issue. On screen, Ramirez is Versace and Martin is his longtime lover Antonio D’Amico, but for Out, where each actor graced his own cover, the duo compared how a high-profile gay couple would be received in the ’90s (when Versace was killed) with how they’d be seen today. Other outlets took note. After Martin talked with Out about raising his twin sons with partner Jwan Yosef, People wrote,“Ricky Martin may be a highly talented singer and actor, but his biggest accomplishment might be fatherhood.” It’s a different world, and Martin divulged that, for his…

A few things that are decidedly American: bald eagles, spring break, Beyoncé. And, of course, cowboys. A relatively young country full of all kinds of cool people, we’ve become a melting pot of different looks and tastes. But one thing we can claim as our own is Western style. Boots, hats, and spurs all arrived out of necessity as we looked to expand our empire, and now designers are experiencing their own kind of manifest destiny, offering fresh takes on the most enduring piece of the cowboy ensemble: the Western shirt. In these new interpretations you’ll find many of the shirt’s timeless trademarks—snap buttons, point collars, chest pockets, epaulets—but they’ve been injected with a modern dose of flamboyant cool that can only be tamed by a pair of simple, tailored…

FOR ANY GYM BUNNY or muscle queen, there’s nothing more earth-shattering than checking into a hotel and finding there’s nary a treadmill nor weight room in sight. Some would use the lack of amenities as an excuse to veg out and finally just relax, but for devoted, type A gym-goers, there are still challenging and effective workouts that can be done in a hotel room or on the beach. If you can, try to pack an exercise band, a jump rope, or any lightweight, portable equipment you have. But for those who prefer to leave it all behind or have limited luggage space, model and globetrotter Kevin Carnell is here to help. “I aim for a complete, full-body workout that will build muscle, burn fat, and increase my heart rate,”…

WHEN HOWARD SCHATZ sent out digital downloads of Kink, his new book of portraits taken at San Francisco’s legendary Folsom Street Fair, the reaction from friends was near-unanimous. “All but two wrote back to say how wonderful they found the photos and stories,” Schatz recalls. The two odd men out were both physicians. “They said, ‘Why would you want to have anything to do with these disgusting, sick people?’ ” the photographer says. “That’s just who they are—narrow-minded, uninformed, and maybe threatened.” There will always be those who cling to prejudice, of course, but the pleasure of a book like Kink is how completely it disarms knee-jerk bigotries by approaching its subjects with curiosity and candor. “The Folsom Street Fair has to do with acceptance and being nonjudgmental,” says Schatz.…

“I thought, I’m doing a film about equality and coming out, and the director has his partner and their child on set, and everyone’s so supportive and loving, and yet here I am still hiding. At what point am I going to be able to be myself?” You Know Him From: His role as Wally West and his superhero alter ego, Kid Flash, on the shows The Flash, Supergirl, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; his portrayal of Uriah Pedrad in the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent; his turn as outspoken queer ballet student Ollie Lloyd on the Aussie teen drama Dance Academy What’s Next: Joining Legends of Tomorrow as a series regular; playing handsome jock Bram Greenfield, a friend and possible love interest of Simon Spier (Nick Robinson), in…

“I’d love to play a self-indulgent villainess in a Wes Anderson movie, someone with angular hair who’s always wearing evening gloves. She does bank heists, and a man was mean to her cat once, so she stabbed him.” You Know Her From: You probably don’t. She’s currently starring alongside Anna Paquin in her first major TV role, in the new WGN America crime drama Bellevue. The trans actress portrays teenager Jesse Sweetland, a young star hockey player who’s in the process of transitioning and goes missing. On Building Her Character: “When I met with [Bellevue director] Adrienne Mitchell and [Bellevue writer] Jane Maggs, I had the best first impression,” says the 22-year-old O’Neil, who grew up in Montreal. “It was clear from the get-go that they were interested in making…

THE COCKTAIL SHAKER Featuring a stainless steel lid, clear glass, and a layer of brassy wire mesh, this fabulous shaker is as shiny, revealing, and attention-grabbing as a Cher red-carpet dress. $34.95, CB2.com THE SERVIETTES What would Dolly do? We’ve all asked ourselves that question at one point or another, and two things are certain: Ms. Parton would give any push-up bra a workout, and she’d stay polished and tidy—perhaps with these napkins. $58, DraperJames.com THE CANDLE The closest your guests may ever get to the sweet smell of Oscar victory. $295, DiptyqueParis.com THE BREW SET If your guests have been doing a shot every time someone makes a jab at Weinstein (just an idea!), you’re gonna need java to sober them up. Why not serve it in this gorgeous,…

WHAT STORIES GET TOLD and what stories do not? This seems to be the predominant question of our time, a period of upheaval when we are glimpsing the profound possibilities of a culture in which it’s no longer axiomatic to step aside for straight white men. That’s not to say that some of those men have not worked hard, or deserved their success, or that they haven’t had beautiful gifts to bestow—just that they’ve had a tendency to suck up the oxygen in the room. Their stories have had preference in a society that takes their privilege for granted. When we describe queer identity, or any other identity, as niche or marginal, we’re capitulating to the idea that our lives are less central, and therefore less valid. If you want…

“Blue Moon.” “Blue Monday.” Blue Is the Warmest Color. What is it about blue that makes it the quintessential hue of self-expression? Hell, Joni Mitchell named a whole album after it, and Bessie Smith didn’t get famous for singing the reds, did she? But if blue signifies reflection and melancholy, it also radiates good vibes. For your next big event, or even your next big meeting, show up wearing a light blue suit and watch everyone around you perk up. Opt for a loose silhouette and a high waist—it’s the perfect blues-musician throwback, and it’ll set you apart from all the dudes in skinny navy numbers. And if you really want to play it cool, pair that suit with a pale blue button-down or tucked-in tee. Spring 2018: when “feeling…

Peter Berlin’s provocations often overshadow his significance. But the skilled photographer and designer’s self-portraiture and skintight garments helped usher in an entire movement, one in which queer men exaggerated their sexuality not just to turn tricks, but to turn heads. “I like to confront,” he once said of his skimpy aesthetic, which he flaunted through streets, parks, and train stations around the world in his ’70s heyday. This season, you’ll find Berlin-esque attire on full display in collections from brands like Zegna, Prada, and Willy Chavarria.…

TAPAS, BITE-SIZE MORSELS of joy spanning an array of flavors, textures, and toppings, are the perfect food for the noncommittal. But while their popularity has grown well beyond the Iberian Peninsula, many diners still seem unsure of what to drink with them. Thankfully, we have experts to clear up any confusion. Black Bull (BlackBullChicago.com), a restaurant in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, serves a savory selection of pintxos and Galician-inspired conservas to anchor its menu, as well as an ideal beverage to match each dish. The list of wines from owner and native Spaniard Daniel Alonso’s homeland ranges from sparkling cavas to dark-berried Riojas. The former are perfect with the pulpo and the Manchego, the latter with acorn-fattened Ibérico ham and bacon-wrapped dates. But it’s sherry that really gets Alonso’s wheels…

WHEN THE 2017 Oscar nominations were announced on January 23, the Academy advertised its newfound interest in championing otherness in Hollywood. A vividly gay romance (Call Me by Your Name) was among the Best Picture contenders; Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) became the fifth woman in history to land a Best Director nod; and Get Out, Jordan Peele’s racism-skewering horror film, surprised many with four nominations, including Best Picture. It was, as writer Mark Harris put it in a November prediction piece for New York magazine, a reflection of “an attempt at the First Woke Oscars.” But there’s a much more nuanced conversation to be had about the state of queer cinema, which, last year, had a more noticeable presence outside the Oscars’ 24 categories. And queer directors in particular seemed…

ALL-AMERICAN IDENTITY politics might be the key to understanding how the Depression-era-set comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner, about a temperamental gay man, became a landmark Hollywood film. The title character, Sheridan Whiteside, is a celebrated New York radio personality whose snobbish taste and barbed tongue make him a forbidding figure among the swells of the New York theater world. In a memorable performance that defined the career of burly, bearded gay actor Monty Woolley (his beard providing a dandyish touch rather than bearish virility), Whiteside offers a variation on the sexual social outcast: During a cross-country promotional tour, a mishap leaves the pundit stranded in Middle America as the convalescing guest in a middle-class Ohio home. He immediately takes over the place with his grand, majestic, queenly—if gruff—demeanor.…

“Nowadays we don’t really hide anything. There’s no refinement. If you make a comedy, it’s raunchy, dirty, and sexy. Back in the day, a comedy was, you know, funny, but it still had class.” You Know Her From: Her role as teenager Annie Jones, the daughter of two lesbians thrust into the thick of the gay rights movement in Dustin Lance Black’s ABC miniseries When We Rise What’s Next: Playing smart, closeted Sam in the comedy Blockers (opening April 6), in which she enters a sex pact with her best girlfriends to lose their virginity on prom night. She’ll also star as pregnant 16-year-old Martha opposite Connie Britton and Matthias Schoenaerts in the upcoming drama Mustang, in which she rekindles her relationship with her father, in prison for abusing her…