OUT November/December 2022

At the end of the summer, a Wired headline titled, “Monkeypox Cases in the U.S. Are Falling. No One Knows Why,” went viral. The reason? A response from Twitter user @KirkCruz: “How about: LGBTQ+ folks mobilized and demanded help. We didn’t sit around waiting for the government to get its shit together. We organized [vaccination] events at our bars, we told our friends, many abstained from sex while waiting to get vaxxed, just like we had to do in the ’80s and ’90s.” This tweet perfectly encapsulates the spirit of this year’s Out100. When the LGBTQ+ community is faced with adversity, it responds with action. And there were many storms we weathered together in 2022. As I’m writing this, there’s the quite literal tempest of Hurricane Ian wreaking havoc in Florida…

Neil Patrick Harris celebrated the release of his fourth Out cover in a New York City bash that brought out the cast and creators of his new Netflix show, Uncoupled. Actors Emerson Brooks and Brooks Ashmanskas, as well as creators Darren Star and Jeffrey Richman, were there to fete the debut of the romantic dramedy set in the Big Apple, which follows a newly single gay 40-something. The July event, held at the Manhattan club Nebula, also celebrated the 30th year of Out magazine. Mark Berryhill — the CEO of equalpride, Out’s parent company — as well as Out’s editor in chief, Daniel Reynolds, hosted and toasted Harris and the magazine’s pearl anniversary. Other luminaries present included actor Dan Bucatinsky, Rep. Brian Sims, Coded producer Brent Miller, designer Stephen Mikhail, and journalist Jay…

FOR FUR BABY TRAVELERS Treat her like you should with a super stylish take on the classic LV trunk. The Malle Chien Louis Vuitton Dog Trunk, which looks as good at home as on the runway, has a washable soft touch cushion and golden metal grid on the sides to ventilate. ($3,500, us.louisvuitton.com) FOR YOUR ADVENTURER The new Apple Watch Ultra is worth the upgrade for adventurers. It has the best GPS available (hike away), is waterproof down to 160+ feet (dive and surf all you want), and it has car crash detection that calls for emergency help unless you tell it not to. Meanwhile, we’ve loved shooting covers in the studio on the Google Pixel 7 this year, but the phone, the first to feature Real Tone, is great for shots around…

executive producer & senior director TIM SNOW @snowmgz creative director RAINE BASCOS photographer COYOTE PARK coyotepark.format.com @coyotepark 1st assistant MASON ROSE masonrose.photography @masonrose__ light tech EVADNE GONZALEZ @evadnegonzalez digitech MERLIN VIETHEN video AUSTIN NUNES austinunes.com @austinunes producer STEVIE WILLIAMS x2production.com @beingstevie of X2 Production set designer ORRIN WHALEN orrinwhalen.com @orrinwhalen art assistant BRANDON LOYD @ohmylord stylist EDWIN ORTEGA edwinortega.com @edwin.j.ortega styling assistant BROOKE MUNFORD @brookesquad hair/groomer ABRAHAM ESPARZA abrahamjesparza.com @thisisbabe manicurist RILEY MIRANDA @rileymiranda.nails “being a lesbian is powerful, being a lesbian is beautiful, being a lesbian looks many ways.” a sea of rainbow flags and the arms of queer youth sway to the beat during Hayley Kiyoko’s recent Los Angeles performance of “Girls Like Girls.” Fans sing along, cry, and hug each other. For many of them, this concert is the only place they feel like they can truly be themselves. In June 2015, when…

This World AIDS Day, remember the words of Sheryl Lee Ralph. The Emmy-winning star of Abbott Elementary recently received an award at the Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS. And at the West Hollywood fundraising gala, the actress used her voice to warn of the high price of silence about the AIDS epidemic. “The truths are not easy, and 40 years later people want to act like it didn’t happen, but it did happen. It was horrible. It was ugly, and it was America,” she said at the podium. “And it spread to the rest of the world. And when you used your voice to speak up, people wanted to tell you, ‘You need to shut up.’” She added, “Because some people did not use their voice, did not speak up, were silent,…

executive producer & senior director TIM SNOW @snowmgz creative director RAINE BASCOS photographer COYOTE PARK coyotepark.format.com @coyotepark 1st assistant MASON ROSE masonrose.photography @masonrose__ light tech EVADNE GONZALEZ @evadnegonzalez digitech MERLIN VIETHEN video AUSTIN NUNES austinunes.com @austinunes producer STEVIE WILLIAMS x2production.com @beingstevie of X2 Production set designer ORRIN WHALEN orrinwhalen.com @orrinwhalen art assistant BRANDON LOYD @ohmylord stylist EDWIN ORTEGA edwinortega.com @edwin.j.ortega styling assistant BROOKE MUNFORD @brookesquad hair/groomer ABRAHAM ESPARZA abrahamjesparza.com @thisisbabe manicurist RILEY MIRANDA @rileymiranda.nails When Jerrod Carmichael arrived at the Emmys this year, he sported an absurdly large, open-chested fur coat. Historically at events, the comedian has worn variations on a black suit to be “a little less conspicuous.” But on this recent red carpet, dressed in a splashy showpiece that highlighted a golden necklace and shimmering chest…we all saw him. And when the 35-year-old arrives on set for his Out100 cover shoot — in…