Madonna
Madonna turns up across decades of Pride Source coverage, most recently in a 2026 essay on finally getting why she's a queer icon and in a 2025 history of Detroit's Menjo's that traces the bar from her early days there through the AIDS crisis. The January 2024 Detroit stop on the 'Celebration' tour drew several pieces, including photos from the emotional show where Madonna reminisced about Menjo's, a reflection on gay boys surviving and a look at AIDS advocacy that came before the president would say the word. Also here: coverage of the tour's postponement and 2023 health scare, reviews going back to 'Rebel Heart,' a 2012 interview about the "tired, old" reinvention label and the 2024 death of younger brother Christopher Ciccone.
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Madonna Is a Queer Icon. I Finally Get It.
I have a confession to make. Up until recently, I didn't really understand why everyone loved Madonna so much. I didn't think the Michigan native was [...]Read more about Madonna Is a Queer Icon. I Finally Get It.
From Madonna to the AIDS Crisis: 50-Plus Years of Menjoâs in Detroit LGBTQ+ History
As Menjoâs â one of Detroitâs longest-running gay bars â celebrates over half a century in operation, it stands as a rare survivor and a testament to queer [...]Read more about From Madonna to the AIDS Crisis: 50-Plus Years of Menjoâs in Detroit LGBTQ+ History
Christopher Ciccone, Madonnaâs Younger Brother, Dead at 63: 'I Know He's Dancing Somewhere'
Artist and dancer Christopher Ciccone has died at age 63.In an emotional Instagram tribute, Madonna described Ciccone, her younger brother, as âthe closest [...]Read more about Christopher Ciccone, Madonnaâs Younger Brother, Dead at 63: 'I Know He's Dancing Somewhere'
Attend Ann Arbor and Royal Oak Pride, Get Tickets for Miss Gay Michigan America, Watch a New Bay City Madonna Documentary, Go Climb a Rock
As the humidity of mid-summer days glues you to your seat, if you can find a way to scrape yourself free, there are plenty of queer things to see and do [...]Read more about Attend Ann Arbor and Royal Oak Pride, Get Tickets for Miss Gay Michigan America, Watch a New Bay City Madonna Documentary, Go Climb a Rock
At Her Detroit Show, Madonna Reminded Me What I Once Had Trouble Believing: That Gay Boys Can Survive
When Madonna came home this week, so did I. I came home to a version of myself that had grown up against so many odds, surviving hard-to-be-gay 1990s [...]Read more about At Her Detroit Show, Madonna Reminded Me What I Once Had Trouble Believing: That Gay Boys Can Survive
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See the Touching Photos from Madonna's âEmotionalâ Detroit Show, Where She Reminisced About Going to Menjoâs
Of all the things youâd expect at a Madonna show, it might not be sentimentality. Not at the actual show, not after. But Madonna is in the Reflective Era of her [...]Read more about See the Touching Photos from Madonna's âEmotionalâ Detroit Show, Where She Reminisced About Going to Menjoâs
Ageism, Her Motown Influences and More: What the Book 'Madonna: A Rebel Life' Tells Us About Madonna
Reading is ... hard. At some point, I joked that I don't read at all anymore, and I may have even said so to Mary Gabriel, the acclaimed writer who has set [...]Read more about Ageism, Her Motown Influences and More: What the Book 'Madonna: A Rebel Life' Tells Us About Madonna
If Madonna Calls, Iâm Here
My Dearest Madge,I feel quite confident itâs all right to call you that. Youâve so intimately become a part of my life through the power of your music over [...]Read more about If Madonna Calls, Iâm Here
Madonna Was an AIDS Advocate Before the President Would Even Say the Word
These highlights from her long career are just a few examples of how the pop queen has always advocated for AIDS patients and their loved ones.
Madonna Wows London Crowd as 'Celebration' Tour Kicks Off
Sorry, haters â looks like the world's best-selling female artist has still got what it takes.
How Exactly Does This New Take on 'Madame Butterfly' Conjure Madonna and Björk?
This October, an exciting new collaboration sheds a new light on Pucciniâs classic opera âMadame Butterfly.â The Detroit Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh [...]Read more about How Exactly Does This New Take on 'Madame Butterfly' Conjure Madonna and Björk?
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Michigan's Own Madonna Is Back to Rehearsing For Her Upcoming Tour After Health Scare
Singer will bring her Celebration Tour to Detroit on Jan. 15.
Get Set for a January Vogue: Postponed Madonna Tour Back on Track
There was no lucky star in sight for ticket holders for the Aug. 5 Madonna concert in Detroit when the show was postponed after the singer suffered a health [...]Read more about Get Set for a January Vogue: Postponed Madonna Tour Back on Track
There Goes Your Money: From Madonna to Beyoncé, the 2023 Detroit Concert Season Has a Gay Icon for Everyone
Thereâs a distinctly powerful feminine energy emanating from Southeast Michigan these days as a slew of women artists have announced their upcoming tours. [...]Read more about There Goes Your Money: From Madonna to BeyoncĂ©, the 2023 Detroit Concert Season Has a Gay Icon for Everyone
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Billy Eichner. Photo: KathClick Paul Verhoeven and a lesbian nun walk into a bar⊠If you saw Isabelle Huppert's Academy Award-nominated [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Why Madonna's 'Rebel Heart' Is Her Best Album In A Decade
Like a virgin, Madonna is pure again. Cleansed of the unbecoming trend grabs that marred the icon's erratic predecessors â namely the sinfully juvenile "Hard [...]Read more about Why Madonna's 'Rebel Heart' Is Her Best Album In A Decade
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente James Franco. Photo: Featureflash Roland Emmerich making another movie about Stonewall, also called 'Stonewall' "Stonewall," the 1995 [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Mary Lambert Q&A: Madonna Wiped Away My Tears
"I'm not crying on Sundays," Mary Lambert assures herself on the song that got her to the Grammys. But this Sunday was different. This Sunday was [...]Read more about Mary Lambert Q&A: Madonna Wiped Away My Tears
What did you think of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show?
Heard on Facebook I absolutely loved it. I think it was one of the best halftime shows ever. -Jerome Brown It sucked ass, you could obviously see that she [...]Read more about What did you think of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show?
INTERVIEW: Madonna Talks 'Tired, Old' Reinvention Label, Being Judged
With all of Madonna's metamorphoses throughout her balls-out career, slipping in and out of cultural zeitgeists (and accents), the queen chameleon is still [...]Read more about INTERVIEW: Madonna Talks 'Tired, Old' Reinvention Label, Being Judged
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Peter Paige (pictured to the right). Photo: Christopher Lim/Ping Pong Playa LLC Madonna makes another movie. Guy assists. Madonna is [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
