LOS ANGELES (October 27, 2022) - Out, the world’s leading LGBTQ+ fashion and lifestyle brand, reveals four covers featuring leading Out100 honorees as its November/December 2022 issue.
The Out100 covers include Jerrod Carmichael (Comedian of the Year), The Old Gays (TikTok Stars of the Year), 9-1-1: Lone Star actors Rafael Silva & Ronen Rubinstein (TV’s Hottest Couple), and Hayley Kiyoko (Artist of the Year). Each cover represents a different element: water, air, earth, and fire, respectively.
Photo credit: Coyote Park (@coyotepark)
Photos taken on Google Pixel 7
The Out100 is a prestigious compilation of the year’s most impactful and influential LGBTQ+ people. The honoree celebration, the first in-person event in nearly two years, will take place on Wednesday, November 16, from 7–10 p.m. at Nebula NYC (135 W 41st St, New York).
This year’s Out100 honorees include a variety of individuals from movies and television, music, literature, social activism, fashion & design, business, politics, social media, and other industries. The awardees include Jinkx Monsoon (reigning RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars champion), Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria actress and body-positive model), Dr. Eric Cervini (The Deviant’s War author, producer, and historian), Adrienne Hayes (Google’s VP of Marketing, Global Devices & Services), Elegance Britton (The Inspection filmmaker), Brian Michael Smith (9-1-1: Lone Star actor and advocate) and Yves Mathieu (model and social justice activist). The full list is available here.
“I am incredibly proud of this year’s list,” said Daniel Reynolds, Editor-in-Chief at Out. “From the multi-faceted to the multi-hyphenated, this year’s Out100 honorees reflect the breadth and depth of talent of LGBTQ+ individuals and their abilities to represent and amplify the community’s diverse voices. We need their passion and power to creative positive change now more than ever.”
The Out100 issue will hit the newsstands on November 8, 2022, with an exclusive digital rollout of each cover beginning Monday, October 24, at Out.com. An Out100 streaming special will also be available for audiences to enjoy at Out.com, advocatechannel.com and their social media channels. Follow @outmagazine on Instagram and Twitter and find us on Facebook @outmagazine.
Out100 is presented by Lexus. Grand sponsors include JUVÉDERM, Google Pixel, and McDonald’s.
Select Quotes from Cover Stars
Hayley Kiyoko, singer, actress, dancer, on embracing the ‘L’ in LGBTQ: “I think it’s been really hard to break those stereotypes and stigmas that society has just placed on so many people that have been unwarranted and unwelcome,” she says. “So we’re getting rid of those, hopefully, as more people learn to love themselves and exist and change the way others see one another.”
Jerrod Carmichael, stand-up comedian, writer, filmmaker, and actor, on his coming-out moment during his Emmy-winning Rothaniel special: “Something you find a moment where you can face it,” he says. “That’s the hard thing, just consistently facing things. You just kind of leap. It’s kind of like a roller coaster or skydiving, where it’s going to be scary and big but you’re accepting it’s not going to kill you. It’s how I kind of learned how to swim, knowing the water is not trying to kill me.”
Michael “Mick” Richardson, of the Old Gays star group on TikTok, on providing joy to followers in anti-LGBTQ+ countries: “So, they’re living in an environment of extreme suppression that we can’t comprehend. But so many times, we get comments from people saying, ‘I came home. It was just a shitty day. It was frightening. And then I watched your videos and I forget my problems for just those few seconds.’ And if we can do that every time we make a TikTok, for one person, that’s why I’m here.”
Rafael Silva, 9-1-1: Lone Star actor, on the chemistry in bringing his character to life with co-star Ronen Rubinstein: “Two of the same pieces of the same puzzle are not going to go together, they’re just not. They have to be different in order to complement each other, and I think we do that very well as actors and as people.”
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OUT100 EVENT INFORMATION
Wednesday, November 16, 7–10 p.m.
Nebula NYC, 135 W 41st Street, New York
Presenting Sponsor: Lexus
Grand Sponsors: JUVÉDERM, Google, McDonald’s
Streaming Special Hosts: Sonia Isabelle @sonia.isabelle and Jaymes Vaughan @jaymesv
Music provided by DJ Dropo @alex.dropo
CREDITS
“The Gospel of Hayley Kiyoko,” written by Mey Rude, featuring Hayley Kiyoko
“The Next Stage,” written by Diane Anderson-Minshall, featuring Jerrod Carmichael
“The Good Old Gays,” written by Daniel Reynolds, featuring the Old Gay members Jessay Martin, Mick Peterson, Robert Reeves, and Bill Lyons
“Lone Stars Collide,” written by Raffy Ermac, featuring Ronen Rubinstein and Rafael Silva
Executive Producer & Senior Director: Tim Snow @snowmgz
Creative Director: Raine Bascos
Photographer: Coyote Park @coyotepark
First Assistant: Mason Rose @masonrose
Light Technician: Evadne Gonzalez @evadnegonzalez
Digital Technician: Merlin Viethen
Video: Austin Nunes @austinunes
Producer: Stevie Williams @beingstevie
Set Designer: Orrin Whalen @orrinwhalen
Art Assistant: Brandon Loyd @ohmyloyd
Stylist: Edwin Ortega @edwin.j.ortega
Styling Assistant: Brooke Munford @brookesquad
Hair: Abraham Esparza @thisisbabe
Manicurist: Riley Miranda @rileymiranda.nails
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