Arts & Entertainment
Gratuitously Grand
Hunky out singer enjoys hit video, posts bare-chested selfie
(Steve Grand photo via Instagram)
Out singer-songwriter Steve Grand is enjoying a busy but fruitful holiday season.
Last week (on Dec. 21) he dropped an out-of-nowhere cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” complete with a sexy, uber-gay video in which he frolics and cavorts with co-star Trevor LaPaglia. The clip, which Grand says came together in just four days, has already wracked up more than 500,000 views on YouTube.
“On (Dec. 17) I was in my basement jamming and I started playing it,” he told Billboard last week. “And I was like, ‘You know what, I should do a Christmas song.’ So I called up Alana (Mulford, Grand’s manager) and my video editor and director and I was like, ‘We gotta do this.'”
Grand appears not to be taking himself too seriously these days. On Monday he posted to Instagram what he dubbed a “douchey, post-gym selfie” as a sort of consolation prize since he “can’t do shots with you” since (mostly) giving up alcohol three-and-a-half weeks ago. He doesn’t indicate an addiction struggle but writes, “Who would have thought that when you stop poisoning yourself every day with alcohol and fast food and start doing cardio and sleeping at normal hours, that you actually start to feel and function better?”
Grand says he’s looking forward to a “bigger, better, more magical 2016.”
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(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
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Congressional Cemetery hosts Gays & Graves
Daylong Pride celebration blends history, remembrance, art and community
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m.
The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGBTQ+ history. Gays & Graves is an official partner event of Capital Pride 2026.
This event is a daylong Pride celebration blending history, remembrance, art and community. Visitors can shop from LGBTQ+ and allied artists and makers, experience performances and interactive installations, and engage with programs exploring LGBTQ+ history and lived experience.
For more details, visit the cemetery’s website.
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14.
The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p.m. at Druid Hill Park.
There will be an array of additional events including: a fashion show, a “Suits and Sneakers” reception and a 5k race, among many other events.
For more details, visit Baltimore Pride’s website.
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