With the SCOTUS decision dismantling DOMA, we've made a huge step forward toward equality. Maybe it was a decision founded on sound arguments and nuanced readings of the law or maybe they caved to CollegeHumor's threat that we'd marry straight guys' girlfriends. So in response to the ruling, Scotch Tape Productions has this to say on behalf of straight men everywhere: Help a hetero out!
Hello LGBT community, I need to call myself out. It's time for an accountability process, honey. Did we all know that acclaimed lesbian folk singer Brandi Carlile, who took home three Grammys last weekend, was in A Star Is Born? Excuse me? Keep Reading →
Gia Gunn is really keeping that "fuck Miss RuPaul" energy alive. The trans drag queen, who was eliminated not once but twice from the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, made it clear that she's still feeling some kind of way about her former TV mentor while savagely reading Ru's All Stars runway looks during an interview on Canadian entertainment show eTalk, which was shared to their Twitter account on Tuesday. Keep Reading →
In case you hadn't heard, Andy Cohen is a new dad. And if you were expecting the Bravo head honcho to demand that we respect his new heir's privacy and shroud the infant in mystery -- girl, have you never watched a Real HousewivesRepisode? Keep Reading →
Chelsea Manning is the star and guest editor of Dazed's spring 2019 Infinite Identities issue, and in her cover story interview, Manning describes how her life has changed since her release from military incarceration in 2017 -- although she explains she's no longer interested in discussing what led to her imprisonment. "These parts of my life are over," she says. "This is definitely something I share with a lot of former prisoners; we don't like to bring up our time in prison and the things that got us in there. It's really hard." Keep Reading →
Earlier this month, Napoleon Jinnies made history as one of the Super Bowl's first male cheerleaders, alongside his Los Angeles Rams teammate Quinton Peron and New Orleans Saints' Jose Hernandez. Jinnies, a former Disney dancer, described his path to the Super Bowl in an interview with Refinery 29, saying it was "overwhelming announcing who you are to the entire world" after making the team. Keep Reading →
Last year, Brooklyn musician and model Torraine Futurum told them. that whatever time she has to spend on this Earth, she wants to spend it doing "whatever the fuck I want." This week, that includes releasing her second album, Miles from Heaven, out now on all major streaming platforms and available to purchase on Bandcamp and iTunes. It also includes deciding that it's now her first album, explaining that "the last one doesn't count." Keep Reading →
Enigmatic pop artist SOPHIE's Grammy nomination was a huge moment not just for the artist herself but for transgender visibility in the music industry. SOPHIE's fans, many of whom are queer, were excited to see their queen walk the red carpet at music's biggest night. But they certainly weren't anticipating that a bumbling red carpet correspondent would misgender SOPHIE while interviewing her. Keep Reading →
Songwriter Teddy Geiger, who is nominated for her work on Shawn Mendes' smash hits "Stitches" and "In My Blood" at tonight's Grammys, got candid on the red carpet about the power of her visibility as a trans woman in the music industry. Keep Reading →
If you come for Ariana Grande, you'd best be ready for her to come right back, sis. After Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich spoke with the Associated Press about Grande pulling out of this Sunday's ceremony, Grande clapped back on Twitter, calling Ehrlich out for "lying about" her. Keep Reading →
Friends is straight culture, that's not something we're arguing, but it did feature a few queer characters -- however problematically they were portrayed. Remember Kathleen Turner as Chandler's trans dad? Or the time Ross assumed Rachel's male nanny was gay? Or the time Ross preempted Kevin Hart by yelling at his son for playing with a Barbie doll? Yikes, Friends would have been cancelled if it had aired those episodes today. Keep Reading →
