The Afrikaans word “Moffie” is South Africa’s answer to “faggot”: an anti-gay slur used liberally and illiberally across the country’s tangle of languages, in casual playground teasing or brutal bigoted assault alike. If it sounds ineffectively soft and silly on the tongue, trust that it […]
Pioneering gay sitcom Grace and Frankie is set to come to a dignified end after seven seasons, having earned the distinction of being Netflix’s longest-running show. Stars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda confirmed in a statement alongside the show’s creators that the show would be drawing to […]
Kristen Stewart says she was told to hide her sexuality to further her career. While the actress – who has dated both men and women including Robert Pattinson and Stella Maxwell – has received praise for being open about her sexuality, she told Harper’s Bazaar […]
Troye Sivan fired back at a New Zealand-based journalist after an interview in which he was asked about his preferred sexual position appeared in print. The article, which is in the September issue of Auckland’s Express magazine, features rapid-fire questions in which the pop star offers his candid thoughts […]
Don’t worry, everyone: The Beatles are OK with gay people. Asked by Parade magazine about their manager, Brian Epstein, Ringo had nothing but supportive things to say. “I had known a lot of gay men” he told the magazine. “It didn’t matter to us. We were lads […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Just months after a Tunisian presidential commission recommended the decriminalization of homosexuality, the North African nation has its first openly gay candidate for president: Mounir Baatour. Baatour, 48, is a lawyer and president of both the Tunisian Liberal Party and Association Shams, Tunisia’s main […]
