It’s no secret that superheroes have always been a little gay. The tights, the hulking muscles, the secret powers always threatening to come to light — it’s a veritable field day for queer academics. Give Batman an eager young sidekick and you’ve practically got a rom-com. Which […]
Author: Alan Oliveira
IT: Chapter Two’s vicious gay hate crime in opening scene explained
IT: Chapter Two is coming to theatres on 6 September and we’re preparing our bodies to be petrified all over again. The horror sequel is almost three hours long and will see the Losers Club return to defeat Pennywise once and for all. If you’re already familiar with […]
Taylor Swift Promoted the Equality Act at the VMAs
In what has become an era of sudden political outspokenness for Taylor Swift, the singer continued speaking out Monday night, this time during her performance at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards. During her first televised performance since she released her seventh studio album, Lover, last week, […]
Andrew Garfield has gone to gay heaven!
Hunky Oscar-nominee Andrew Garfield says he has gone to “gay heaven” after filming an appearance on RuPaul‘s Drag Race UK. Garfield dropped in among the judges for the inaugural season of the popular reality show, along with RuPaul, Michelle Visage and comedian Alan Carr. In the first clip released from the […]
A drag queen saved Antonio Banderas’s life after a horrific accident.
Antonio Banderas told a story about how a drag queen saved his life. He said that it happened in 1976, when he would have been around 16-years-old. He was riding his motorcycle and he ran into a ditch. “And the front wheel of my motorbike […]
Harry Styles Bares All in Shirtless Rolling Stone Cover
Fans are wild about Harry Styles on the cover of Rolling Stone‘s September issue. On Monday, the magazine released the first-look at Styles’ cover, which features the 25-year-old former One Direction singer posing shirtless. The image, shot by photographer Ryan McGinley, appears to have been taken on a beach — the […]
HBO has ordered a pilot for a “Practical Magic” prequel series!!!
Time to whip up some midnight margaritas!!! HBO has ordered a pilot for a Practical Magic prequel series. Intended for new streaming service HBO Max, Rules of Magic is set decades before the beloved 90s supernatural romance and family drama, which starred Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock as spell-casting […]
“Queer as Folk” reboot is reportedly set to launch on a new streaming service.
The much-rumoured Queer as Folk reboot is reportedly set to launch on a new streaming service. The reboot of the acclaimed gay drama, which was revealed to be in development in 2018, has reportedly found a home on a new NBCUniversal streaming service. According to The Hollywood Reporter, […]
“Love, Simon” Series at Disney Plus Casts Michael Cimino in Lead Role
Love, Simon was heralded as the first major-studio film to focus on a teenage LGBT+ romance. Based on Becky Albertalli’s novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, the romcom follows a high school student as he falls love with an anonymous classmate known as Blue. Simon sequel series […]
Christian Malheiros beautifully conveys orphaned gay youth striking out
The title character (Christian Malheiros) of out gay director/ co-writer Alexandre Moratto’s intimate, affecting Brazilian drama “Sócrates” is a gay 15-year-old facing homelessness. As this intense film opens, Sócrates’ mother has died and he is trying to live on his own, avoiding both foster care […]