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entertainment'Heated Rivalry' Found Its New Couple — and Asked Fans to Give the Set Some Room
Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie are playing Harris and Troy in season two. Days earlier, the production publicly asked fans to keep their distance from filming.
entertainmentRyan Murphy's 'The Shards' Is Explicitly Gay, and Critics Are Divided on It
A closeted 17-year-old narrator, a serial killer and 1981 Los Angeles. Here is what is actually in it, and an honest account of a reception that runs from rave to write-off.
travelThe Best US Cities for Gay Men Over 40
Forget the circuit-party rankings. Here's where gay life over 40 actually works — measured by community you can join, housing you can afford, and bars where you won't be the oldest guy in the room.
newsAngelina Jolie's Brother James Haven Comes Out at 53: 'I'm Gay. I'm a Lot of Things'
He read a letter about glitter, mascara, and decades of hiding — on a livestream with the ex-wife who says he is still her life partner.
newsGus Kenworthy Is Engaged. His Caption: 'He Said He'd Think About It!'
The four-time Olympian proposed to Andrew Rigby on a clifftop off Mallorca — with a planted picnic, extra-sweet margaritas, and six friends hiding on a chartered boat.
newsChappell Roan Is Throwing a Two-Night Drag Spectacular in LA for Trans Youth
The Super Graphic Spectacular takes over the Shrine October 21–22, with Roan headlining both nights — and the ticket registration window closes Tuesday.
cultureWhy Do Gay Men Have a "Gay Voice"? It's Not the High Pitch — It's the S
Linguists have been measuring this since the 1960s. The high-voice half of the stereotype keeps failing to show up in the data. The S is a different story.
newsMarvel Wants Kit Connor as Cyclops. His Heartstopper Costar Is Already in the MCU.
Deadline broke it Thursday and three more outlets followed. Nobody at Marvel has confirmed a thing on the record.
newsNew York Has a Bill to Fully Legalize Gay Bathhouses. Simone: 'It's 2026, not 1986.'
Two out lawmakers want to undo a 1985 emergency rule that became permanent policy. The lawyer who has long represented these spaces says the city building code — not the health code — is the real obstacle.
newsFlorida Can Bar Children From Drag Shows — and the Fight Goes Back to Orlando
An 8-5 en banc ruling vacated the injunction and sent the case back down. The majority found the law neither vague nor overbroad; a dissent says it wields a “Titanic-sized iceberg of chilling power.”
entertainmentAlexander Skarsgård Played a Gay Biker Dom in February. In October He's a Wicker Husband.
The first Wicker trailer is out and the tagline is “a hard man is good to find.” It is not a gay film — but Pillion, which had gay leather clubs at its premieres, very much was.
entertainmentAriana Grande Exits Her Sondheim Reunion With Jonathan Bailey and Steps Back From View
Her rep cited “endless, ongoing public scrutiny” as a reason for the break, which begins after her tour ends September 1. Her part opposite Bailey will be recast.
entertainmentGregg Araki's First Film in 12 Years Asks Gen Z: 'Why Don't You Have Sex?'
A statistic about Gen Z's sex lives became the movie's major theme. It's in theaters now, 89% of the counted reviews are positive — and the audience score is a long way behind.
cultureTwo Bars Are Called America's Oldest Surviving Gay Bar. Both Date to 1933.
Cafe Lafitte in Exile and the White Horse Inn both opened the year Prohibition ended. The sources on each side quietly refuse to break the tie.
newsDrag Race Planted a Mole in Its Own Cast — and Put Her in the Press Release
Raven was announced as a competitor, posed in the cast photo, and told the other queens she was competing. Episode two revealed she was Michelle Visage's plant.
newsMadonna Brought Kylie Onstage in Amsterdam: “The Lady in Purple Is Here”
She went on at 2:30 in the morning, nearly an hour behind schedule, and played about seven songs. Kylie Minogue turned up too.
newsA Drag Rocky Horror Doc Played Tribeca and Outfest. It Still Has No U.S. Distributor.
Time Warp follows a drag theater troupe in Rock Springs, Wyoming, staging a Rocky Horror shadow cast. Per IndieWire it is still seeking U.S. distribution — and per the film, it left Tribeca with a jury mention.
newsPlane Jane Went Out in Project Runway's First Cut. Then She Came for Law Roach's Wigs.
Season 22 opened by cutting six designers, and she was one of them. Weeks later she has notes on the judge who called her look, and a fresh row with Discord Addams.
newsBig Brother's First Drag Queen Was Evicted 12-0 — After 'I Miss Gay People' Went Viral
Jason De Puy went out unanimously on Thursday, backdoored by the houseguest already under fire for calling him “zesty bestie.” He was the cast's only out LGBTQ+ houseguest. He also walked out believing America hated him.
newsScouting America Cut Its Jamboree's Gay Scout Spaces. James Dale Is Suing the Pentagon.
The National Jamboree dropped its LGBTQ+ and Allied Scouts space as the Pentagon leaned on Scouting America, which calls the change programmatic. The man the Boy Scouts expelled in 1990 sued to make the Pentagon show its work — and the Supreme Court ruling that cost him is now his argument for protecting trans kids.
newsAlaska Never Had a Dream Role — Until 'Oh, Mary!' Made Her Mary Todd Lincoln
The Drag Race All Stars champion opens the first national tour of Cole Escola's Tony-winning comedy in September. Then J. Harrison Ghee becomes the first performer in the production to play both Mary and Mary's Husband.
newsMichelle Visage's PrEP Ad Never Says 'HIV.' One Million Moms Wants It Pulled.
On its website the conservative group says it is “no surprise” that such ads include “transgender and cross-dressing individuals.” Visage is neither. And the spot it wants pulled doesn't mention HIV, sex or LGBTQ+ people at all.
musicMadonna Is Playing Amsterdam on Canal Parade Night — Check the Ticket Before You Book
She's confirmed for Saturday 1 August at AFAS Live. The festival is a separately organized ticketed event, tickets run through Tixr not the venue, and Saturday already has a waitlist.
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