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Chrissie Hynde has announced a new album of collaborations, Duets Special, to be released on 17 October via…
See Russell Tovey in the trailer for Plainclothes, a tale of police entrapment of gay men
The first trailer for Plainclothes arrives like a hand on the small of the back: intimate, insistently uncomfortable…
The BBC’s long‑running ballroom show appears to be taking another step towards mainstreaming drag. La Voix — the…
Intriguing movie about gay pioneer Peter Hujar starring Ben Wishaw lights up Berlin Film Festival
Ira Sachs’s Peter Hujar’s Day is the kind of small, exacting film that makes a case for the…
They were the most outrageous queer collective in the 1970s, now the Cockettes are back, thanks to a…
Masculinity has always been a fraught subject in rock — a form that elevated swagger even as a…
Speaking to the Big Issue, Russell T Davies [pic: BBC] warned that gay rights in Britain are ‘rapidly…
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth [pic; Instagram] reignited a storm over religion and public office when he reposted a…
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Hollywood’s machinery has long forced actors to reconcile public image with private truth, producing marriages that were sometimes strategic, sometimes tragic, and often temporary. For decades studio pressures, agents and societal expectations steered many men into unions with women to preserve careers and marketable personas; some of those marriages later…
Homophobic nations join forces to scupper Pride activities at FIFA World Cup game in Seattle
World Cup teams from Egypt (which will probably include Liverpool player Mohamed Salah, pictured from Instagram) and Iran have formally asked FIFA to prevent LGBTQ+ Pride activities around their scheduled World Cup match in Seattle on June 26, 2026, arguing that such a celebration would be ‘culturally and religiously contrary’…
There is no expiration date on living authentically. A number of high‑profile figures have chosen to come out later in life, many after the age of 50, and for them the decision has often brought relief, renewed purpose and, in some cases, a higher public profile. Their stories, drawn from…
You’ve got the 4K TV, the Peloton, the Dyson hair tool; so why are you still drinking from a bottle that looks like it came free with a conference tote? Hydration’s having a glow-up. No longer just about BPA-free sincerity or gym bro gallon jugs, today’s best water bottles…
Downtown LA gets an edgy vibey hotel to go with its edgy new vibe. It's called The Proper.
The big decision about Los Angeles is where? It’s not like London, where everywhere is basically here unless you’re staying in Catford or Romford or Ilford or one of the other ‘ford’s. If you find yourself in the wrong bit of LA, you’ll be in $25 Ubers the whole time.…
In a decisive move reflecting corporate commitment to LGBTQ+ rights, Disney shareholders have overwhelmingly voted against a proposal brought forth by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to withdraw Disney from the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The proposal, introduced through NCPPR’s Free Enterprise Project…





































































