Robbie S.
I'm Robbie, the founder of Out x Out. I'm from Minneapolis, though I'm spending 2026 building this community from the road — somewhere between South America and Asia. The idea for Out x Out came from a trip to Berlin, where the gay nightlife calendar was years ahead of ours: you could see not just where to go out, but which night to go — so naturally I wanted that kind of insider info for every city in the US (and beyond... eventually). I'm more of a behind-the-scenes type, but the whole point of this is connection: I'd take one real one over a hundred surface-level ones, and I'm trying to build that for the community, city by city.
entertainmentJustice Smith and Charlie Gillespie Join 'Heated Rivalry' Season 2 as the Show's Next Gay Couple
Smith, who came out publicly in 2020, will play Harris Drover opposite Gillespie's Troy Barrett — and book fans already have opinions about the casting.
nightlifeTwo Castro Gay Bars Pause Facial Recognition After Boycott Campaign
Badlands and Toad Hall suspended Patronscan after a boycott campaign backed by Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, and dozens of other musicians.
entertainmentBowen Yang Is Broadway's Next Mary Todd Lincoln — And the Ninth Star to Take On 'Oh, Mary!'
The five-time Emmy nominee will make his Broadway debut in Cole Escola's Tony-winning comedy, joining a lineup that reads like a queer hall of fame.
cultureGay Dating App Statistics 2026: What the Filings Actually Say
Grindr, Sniffies, SCRUFF and Tinder by the numbers. Who is growing, what people really pay, and why the user counts you see quoted aren't comparable.
newsMiss North Carolina USA Lost Her Crown as Miss USA Condemned 'Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia'
Miss USA's chief executive named three categories of conduct and never specified what she had done. Two days later, Brittany Boltinhouse said she believes she lost the title over her politics and her faith.
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.
dragRuPaul DJ'd the Biggest Drag Show on Record — and Alberta Is Where It Happened
Guinness certified 7,423 people at Drag Me to Cowboys in Calgary. Hours before showtime, the host says, a ride-share driver pulled up for three of the performers, took one look and sped off.
entertainmentAndrew Scott Opens the London Film Festival Playing an Actor Who Died of AIDS
Elsinore takes the opening-night gala at the festival's 70th edition — Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson, opposite Olivia Colman, written by Stephen Beresford.
newsOne Husband Uses the Word Queer. The Other Won't. They've Been Married for Decades.
A 2023 interview series asked LGBT people over 55 — the generation the word was thrown at — what it means to them now. They didn't agree with each other, and in one case not with their own spouse.
newsMatthew Vines Says He Has 'No Issue' With the Word — For Anyone but Himself.
A New York Times essay on June 30 set off replies across LGBTQ+ media. On July 28 Vines separated the word into three meanings and objected to exactly one. All of it is opinion writing; what each writer actually argued is the reported part.
newsThe Stud Says Its Trans Parties Got Flagged as Trafficking. Meta Pulled the Account.
Instagram pulled the SoMa co-op's account ahead of Dore Alley and put it back Saturday evening. San Francisco's Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District lost its account the same week.
news'Heated Rivalry' Sparked a Publishing House at a 55-Year-Old Gay Porn Studio
Falcon | NakedSword has launched a publishing house, FalconInk, with three imprints and two novellas out now — and its CEO says that for the first time, the company is making something for women.
newsAriana Grande Says 45 of Her Songs Were Stolen in a Single Year. Now She's Suing.
The filing reaches back to 2011 and runs to a hundred unnamed defendants. Her lawyers say the stolen files were trafficked for money on the dark web, and also ended up on TikTok, X and YouTube.
newsAndy Cohen Almost Skipped the Hamptons Party Where He Met His Boyfriend
A year later, the Watch What Happens Live host put Kevin Sobieski on his grid — two words, five emojis, and a comment section that filled up with Bravolebrities.
newsKim Davis Is Accused of Hiding Her Inheritance From the Couple She Turned Away
David Ermold and David Moore won in 2023 and held the win through every appeal. A lawsuit filed this month says the land went to her brother, her sister-in-law and a family trust — and that not a dollar of the judgment has been paid.
celebritySam Smith Is Engaged to Christian Cowan — and Named the New Album After Cowan's Eyes
Smith said in 2022 they would keep their love life private for good. Since then they have moved countries for the designer, and made an album named after his irises.
tv'Heated Rivalry' Star Hudson Williams Lands a TIFF World Premiere With 'Yaga'
The Crave thriller world-premieres at Toronto in September, with Out reporting an October arrival on AMC+. Fair warning for anyone expecting Shane and Ilya: it isn't built on a same-sex romance, and season two is targeting April 2027.
celebrity'Boots' Star Sachin Bhatt on His Sex Scenes: 'I Have to Represent the Hairy Guys'
The actor's next project is an Atlanta indie built with the city's LGBTQ+ businesses, about a man discovering that the person rejecting him is himself.
cultureBEAR Magazine Is Coming Back to Print in September — Personal Ads and All
The photocopied San Francisco zine folded after a tax seizure, came back, went online, then went dark. Its new owner is putting it on paper again — as a quarterly, with the classifieds restored.
newsAnne Hathaway Went Viral Eight Years Later: "Gayness Orbits Around Straightness"
The speech is from her 2018 Human Rights Campaign award — and the sentence goes on: "transgender orbits around cisgender," and "all races orbit around whiteness." Elon Musk's verdict, delivered this week: "She's just a marionette."
newsAqua Key West Is Closed. Its Owner Is Now Facing an Eviction Suit in Tampa.
Pride Holdings Group has been buying gay venues across Florida. Aqua's Duval Street room closed after an eviction on July 6, two more venues announced final shows, and a Tampa landlord is suing. The company says the Tampa rent is now paid.
newsHayley Kiyoko Is Headlining The Dinah: “This Moment Has Been a Long Time Coming”
The Palm Springs festival runs September 30 to October 4, with Da Brat, The Aces and Sasha Keable also on the bill — the first edition since it changed hands from its founder.
newsPennsylvania Has $10M for Nonprofits Facing Hate — LGBTQ+ Groups Are Eligible
The state reopened its Nonprofit Security Grant Fund this week. Awards run $5,000 to $150,000, sexual orientation and gender identity are both named eligibility categories, and initial requests are due September 10.
tvKaramo Brown Says an Exec Threatened His Career for Making Someone Cry on Camera
The Queer Eye star says an unnamed executive laid into him in a trailer in front of about 25 people during season one. One season later the show was advertising itself on making people cry.
cultureJohn Waters at 80: “I Never Was a Muscle Mary”
The Pope of Trash turns up on Finding Fire Island on why he never wanted the body or the clones — and what he says can never really be handed down about the AIDS years.
newsBerlin Put More Than 2,200 Officers on Pride Weekend. The Van Came in From the Edge.
A woman was killed and at least 29 people hurt at Berlin’s Christopher Street Day. Police shot the suspect dead on Sunday. What Pride security can do, and what it can’t.
cultureMLB Players Keep Wearing “Jesus Won” Shirts — After Pride Caps Got Called Political
Three Giants pitchers drew a league warning for writing Bible verses on their Pride caps. Faith-branded merch turns up on MLB fields constantly — and nobody calls that political.
cultureSpain Won the World Cup — Then Two Players Kissed on the Parade Bus
Yéremy Pino asked Unai Simón for a kiss on the World Cup parade bus in Madrid. He got one. The clip has been circling ever since.
politicsTrump Used the Correspondents' Dinner to Take Shots at Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon
The president said the CNN anchor has “a little different persuasion,” recycled a Don Lemon insult he has been using for years, and made Dylan Mulvaney a punchline — at a dinner meant to honor journalism.
TVInterview With the Vampire Is Coming Back as Queen of the Damned — and Akasha Is Taking the Throne
AMC renewed the show at Comic-Con with a new title, a new showrunner, and Sheila Atim’s ancient vampire moving from the wings to the center of the story.
TVKit Connor and Joe Locke Shot Way More Sex for Heartstopper Forever Than Made the Final Cut
There is a more explicit version of the finale sitting on a hard drive somewhere — and its two stars would very much like you to know they made it.
DragManila Luzon and Latrice Royale Are Playing a Free Show in Puerto Vallarta Next Week
The two Drag Race veterans headline the opening night of Latin Fest Diversity Week on 30 July — on a free outdoor stage going up right outside Mr. Flamingo and CC Slaughters.
dragSalina EsTitties Made Big Brother History — Then a Castmate's Anti-Drag Remarks Went Viral
MMA fighter Kamu Kirk's comments about 'women's clothes' set the internet on fire — and Frankie Grande had thoughts.
celebrityPedro Pascal Is Getting a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star — and the Internet's Favorite Daddy Earned It
The internet's favorite daddy joins the Class of 2027, with a gay romance and a cello project also on deck.
musicBeyoncé's Dad Teased a Vault of Unreleased Destiny's Child Remixes — With Missy Elliott
The girls have so much music that never dropped. Some of it features Missy Elliott, and Knowles says it's coming within the month.
celebrityWhoopi Goldberg Has a Blunt Message for Elliot Page's 'Odyssey' Haters: 'Don't Go See the Damn Movie'
While Ben Shapiro and Elon Musk fumed, Nolan's blockbuster crossed $300M and critics called Page's performance the soul of the film.
newsThe Public Told the FCC No on Warning Labels for Gay TV Shows — 9 to 1
GLAAD crunched the public comments. The public said no. The Trump FCC may not care.
nightlifeMag's 940, the Marigny's Late-Night Drag Haunt, Has Gone Dark Without a Word
The Elysian Fields gay bar shut abruptly this week — no announcement, no explanation, just a bare facade and a boarded door.
dragRaven and LaLa Ri Lead a Global Cast in 'Drag Race Down Under vs. the World'
The franchise's first Down-Under-hosted international all-stars season drops July 24 — here's who to watch and how to catch it stateside.
newsO'Shae Sibley's Killer Gets 20 Years — and a Community Finally Exhales
Dmitriy Popov sentenced to two decades for the hate crime stabbing that shook Brooklyn and broke a community's heart.
entertainmentJonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe Are Reuniting On Screen — Here's What We Know About 'Trust the Man'
Fresh off their Tony-winning Broadway run, the duo is back together under a Peabody-winning queer director — and the plot is already intriguing.
dragNancy Mace Attacked Drag Race Stars in Congress. Kandy Muse's Reply: 'Can I Sue?'
Mace flashed their images to argue drag 'sexualizes' kids. The queens have thoughts — and at least one has an attorney.
entertainmentJonathan Bailey Is Playing Dracula — and the Cast Around Him Is Ridiculous
Bailey voices the Count in Audible's star-packed adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, out October 1, 2026.
nightlifeOasis Is Back — and the Renovated SF Drag Club Is Better Than the One That Almost Disappeared
Seven months of construction, a last-minute $3.5M save, and one performer who jump-roped with her own wig braids. SoMa's beloved stage is back.