Thailand Could Soon Become the Second Asian Country to Legalize Same-Sex...
Thailand’s House of Representatives approved a bill this week that could soon legalize same-sex marriage, taking another step toward major legal reforms for LGBTQ+ people in the Southeast Asian...
View ArticlePlease, No: The Director Behind ‘Fyre Fraud’ Has Started on a George Santos...
The filmmaker who brought us Hulu’s Fyre Fest documentary in 2019 is now spearheading a project about everyone’s (least) favorite stunt queen/disgraced ex-Congressman, George Santos. On Thursday, the...
View ArticleCecilia Gentili’s One-Woman Show Is an Ode to Her Trans Saints
The show is divided into almost a dozen short stories. Before each one, Gentili offers, “I’m an atheist, but…” From there, we meet various family members and friends who make up the cast of Gentili’s...
View ArticlePalestinian Pop Star Bashar Murad’s Visions of Freedom
One of Them” is all about you. More community than column, this space is where we’ll be speaking to friends and idols, history-makers of the past and present, and those who inspire us, challenge us,...
View ArticleA Second Gay Sex Tape? America’s Hottest Club Is Apparently the Capitol Building
Stefon was wrong. Apparently the hottest club is the Capitol Building. After a gay Congressional staffer was fired last week for allegedly filming a sex tape in a Senate hearing room, reports of...
View Article5 Trans Artists on Coming of Age and Making Art in Mexico City
Torina Moreno is a music producer and DJ from Celaya, Guanajuato, México and is now based in Mexico City. She has been releasing music under her pseudonym “Perdid” since 2018. She just released her...
View ArticleFacebook Suspended Libs of TikTok and Then Quickly Reinstated Them
It might be a new year, but I regret to inform you that the vehemently anti-LGBTQ+ account Libs of TikTok is still worming its way into the news. Although Facebook briefly suspended the right-wing...
View ArticleTrump Supporters and Elon Musk Had a Tantrum Because Green Day Made Fun of MAGA
It might be 2024 but the aughts are back, baby. Olivia Rodrigo is bringing pop rock back to the top 40, people are taking to the streets en masse to protest U.S. intervention in the...
View ArticleWhat’s At Stake for LGBTQ+ Rights in 2024?
“What I think they’re hoping for is that they get an easy headline that says: Kansas state legislator moves forward ‘Women’s Bill of Rights,’” says Branstetter. “If you ask most people what’s in a...
View ArticleThe Most Popular Fan Fiction Ships of 2023 Were Delightfully Queer and a...
As someone whose brain was permanently rewired by reading fanfic on the website AO3 (Archive of Our Own) at too young an age, it’s my solemn duty to inform you that a user has compiled...
View ArticleAn Extremely Rare “Half Male, Half Female” Bird Has Been Spotted in Colombia
In for 2024? Gender binary-defying birds. Out? Pretending that “biological sex” can be neatly defined. Last year, a zoologist discovered a bird that is “half female, half male,” and honestly, she’s...
View Article11 Queer Albums We Can’t Wait to Listen to in 2024
Philly punkers Mannequin Pussy continue to evolve and refine their sound, leaning more into pop and shoegaze as the years go by. I Got Heaven, their new album slated for spring of 2024, feels like...
View ArticleUSA Boxing Now Requires Trans Boxers to Get Surgery in Order to Compete
Transgender boxers must have surgery to compete in leagues that match their gender identity, according to new regulations from USA Boxing that took effect this week. USA Boxing, the national entity...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Two Florida Men For Allegedly Beating a Lesbian and a Trans Woman
Note: This story contains descriptions of graphic violence. Miami police have filed hate crime charges against two men who allegedly assaulted a group of LGBTQ+ women, along with a bystander who...
View Article11 Queer Movies We’re Excited to See in 2024
A 2022 film highlight for me was Mia Goth’s eight minute-long Pearl monologue. A 2023 highlight was watching Mia Goth shouting “MEMBERS OF THE BUS!” in Infinity Pool. Basically, at this point, I think...
View ArticleMarylanders Mourn Meghan Lewis, “Bright” and “Kind” Trans Advocate Killed...
According to police reports, Baltimore police arrested Brian Delen, 47, at the scene and charged him with second-degree murder and first-degree assault before releasing him with a GPS monitor on his...
View ArticleTrace Lysette Is Reading Dave Chappelle for Filth on TikTok: “Get Him Some Help”
TikTok content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. “So at this point, it’s giving client,” Lysette mused, clad in a pink zip-up jacket with a Gucci purse slung across...
View ArticleThe Family of a Black Gay Man Beaten to Death in a Florida Jail Wants Answers
Note: This story contains descriptions of graphic violence. After a violent assault in December 2023 that led to the death of 29-year-old Black gay man Janard Geffrard, his family wants to know why it...
View Article11 Queer Books We’re Itching to Read in 2024
Maybe it’s my self-selecting peer network of fellow authors, or maybe there really are more and more amazing queer books coming out every year. Either way, 2024 is full of LGBTQ+ titles. Despite the...
View ArticleDave Chappelle’s Transphobic Specials Were Not Hits for Netflix, Says...
Netflix and Dave Chappelle have seemed to maintain an unwavering symbiosis, but a new interview alleges that the relationship is much more fraught than previously known. Most entertainment industry...
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