the week's
news
& pop
culture,
with a
gay
bias.
Left &
Found
Found
Being black, a drinker, and HIV-positive is a deadly cocktail.
If you feel threatened by people protesting racism, you may very well be a fucking racist.
Intersectional-what? Feminism's problem with jargon is that any idiot can pick it up and have a go. "There’s no Académie Française of anti-oppression terminology; nothing stops your supposed enemies from appropriating your language to use against you."
Why “fake news” is an antitrust problem. "Tech companies aren't raising prices. But they're still monopolies."
The media's role in "suicide clusters."
Why do millennials insist on living in the past?
Fighting for LGBT representation in our history books.
Taking a knee and Trump: the new era of total protest. "Black athletes from Muhammad Ali to Tommie Smith have taken a stand before – but Donald Trump is the most powerful spur to dissent the US has ever seen. Will the wave of protests in the NFL help take him down or just fuel his culture war?"
Patriotism? Often, it's just racism.
Cartoon
News
America
America
The fatal connection between hate speech and LGBT gun suicides.
No, you can't sue Black Lives Matter, a judge has ruled. A Baton Rouge police officer had filed a suit against Black Lives Matter and one of its leaders, DeRay Mckesson.
Trump’s global vision is a nightmare. The UN has to act. "For the sake of world peace and security, António Guterres must stand up to this narcissistic bully."
"No mention" of homophobic Trump policies at gay Republican gala.
Senator Tammy Baldwin prevents Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate LGBT rights as US foreign policy priority.
Why Hillary Clinton was right about white women – and their husbands. "Conventional wisdom says women will show solidarity at the polls. But new research shows that for white women, having a husband trumped the sisterhood."
Remember this about Donald Trump. He knows the depths of American bigotry. "Though the US president is under attack over the NFL players’ protest, he has a loyal base, and understands how to fuel their prejudices."
Memo to Trump after his NFL rant: sport is, and always has been, political. "Even by his standards, the President’s rhetoric when calling for protesting footballers to be fired, was crude, and cruel. And it played to our worst instincts."
Trump’s response to Puerto Rico: slow, unenthusiastic and mean.
Five ways to help people in Puerto Rico.
Trump's gay nominee for ambassador to Germany called out for misogyny.
Trump administration tells court that discrimination against gay workers is legal.
Roy Moore, outspoken racist homophobe, wins Alabama GOP senate primary over Trump-endorsed candidate Luther Strange.
Another Trump bigot is gone: homophobic health secretary Tom Price has quit in the wake of the "jetgate".
Trump tax plan cuts corporate rates, nearly doubles standard deduction.
Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus, Gary Cohn, Stephen Miller, Ivanka Trump have all used private emails for official White House business.
Paul Horner: how the fake-news kingpin's life and death blurred fact and fiction. "Horner was best known for his mark on the US election – but some close to him recall a loving man they claim distributed socks to the homeless."
California's new STI cases are the highest they've ever been.
Hugh Hefner championed gay and racial equality when few others would.
How Hugh Hefner and Playboy paved the way for The Advocate.
Gay erotic art found in home of senior official of homophobic Christian group.
After decades of decline, the murder rate went up in 2016.
News
UK
UK
Gay couples are still getting civil partnerships – but more are being dissolved.
A third of 16-to-22-year-olds identify as gay or "bisexual."
The new leader of rightwing fringe party UKIP, Henry Bolton, thinks LGBT equality has gone too far.
Wingnut leaders, cut-price logo. The new Ukip looks just like Oldkip. "With a lapsed Lib Dem at the helm and a new emblem pinched from the Premier League, boldly the party limps into the future."
One in nine LGBT employees have been bullied at work, new study shows.
Why does the BBC keep creating posh political monsters? "After Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, the broadcaster is now giving Jacob Rees-Mogg the oxygen of publicity."
The chicken run: blood, sweat and deceit at a UK poultry plant. "We sent two undercover journalists to work in the supermarket supply chain and found some alarming food safety practices."
Northern Ireland
Teenage, gay and Northern Irish. "Sarah and Thomas are both gay, 17-years-old, and living in Northern Ireland. They've each had their own troubling coming out experiences but through a local LGBT group, they've become the best of friends. So do they plan to stay long-term in their country?"
Scotland
22-year-old man raped in an alley in Glasgow.
News
World
World
Germany
Vile lesbian Alice Weidel leads resurgent anti-immigrant party Alternative Fuer Deutschland.
Montenegro
Egypt
Seven people have been arrested after raising a rainbow flag in support of LGBT equality at a concert.
Seven people have been arrested after raising a rainbow flag in support of LGBT equality at a concert.
Syria
The city fit for no-one. "On the streets of Raqqa with Syrian Democratic Forces... a city devastated by IS rule and Western-led bombardments. Civilians are trapped - with many being used as human shields."
United Arab Emirates
Human Rights Watch demands the UAE stop arbitrarily arresting LGBT people on the grounds of a law that criminalizes men “disguising” as women.
Human Rights Watch demands the UAE stop arbitrarily arresting LGBT people on the grounds of a law that criminalizes men “disguising” as women.
Dominica
Brazil
India
College lists three genders: Male, female or gay.
Watch
Hong Kong
A British, gay expatriate has won a landmark legal challenge for LGBT spousal rights.
South Korea
Soldier prosecuted for being gay gives heartbreaking interview.
Japan
There's an election next month. Here’s why it matters.
Indonesia
Law banning all gay characters on TV to pass.
Australia
Homophobia is deeply rooted in colonial past. "The historical circumstances that shape prejudice toward LGBTI people can be summed up in one word: convictism."
Meet the gay man fighting against marriage equality.
Conservatives, including former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, are furious that Macklemore is performing Same Love at the NRL final...
...But that hasn't stopped the song topping the Australian charts - the proceeds of which Macklemore will be donating to the marrige equality campaign.
And a cabinet minister wants a homophobic song played to "balance" Macklemore’s Same Love. Macklemore himself has hit back at "angry, old white dudes in Australia" who oppose marriage equality.
Betting company sparks anger by "cashing in" on marriage equality vote.
Arena
UFC fighter Fabricio Werdum to do community service for gay slur.
We should never hear about a gay NFL player being a media "distraction" ever again.
...Yet Trump supporters have turned against the NFL. "Trump’s criticisms and athletes’ protests against systemic racism seem to be having an effect."
The NFL's ratings are down. But national anthem protests aren't the whole story.
Tom Brady: Trump's attacks on NFL players just "divisive."
This video is the best five minutes you will see on the NFL protests.
It’s actually very strange for sports games to begin with the national anthem.
Art +
Design
Design
How selfies killed the postcard. "Even the rain in Spain couldn’t persuade me and my family to send a humble card. But now a leading postcard firm is closing, let’s celebrate a lost art."
Word!
The height of the AIDS crisis, in ten books.
Review
Logical Family, by Armistead Maupin. How the Tales of the City author was transformed. "This long-awaited memoir recounts a conservative, virginal early adulthood followed by political and sexual awakening in San Francisco’s gay bathhouses."
Review
Visiting Hours, by Tagan Shepard. "An emotional tale filled with denial, pain, struggle, commitment, and finally, more than one kind of deep, abiding love."
Review
MacArthur Park, by Andrew Durbin. "A writer who is adept in dealing with the contemporary exchange between reader and novel, writer and craft... [a] thought-provoking novel."
Shouting
At Night
At Night
Review
Review
A Clockwork Orange. "A lithe and lovely boy is 'raped' from behind with a hand down his pants — and turns to kiss his assailant. It’s a scene you might find around the corner at Industry Bar on a Friday night, hot but really quite harmless."
The Cher Show, the musical about the icon’s life and career, is coming to Broadway in 2018.
Willam responds to angry fans after transphobic comments.
Bianca Del Rio, meanwhile, says she wants Trump to "do us all a favour" and die. Can't argue with that.
Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney to make a live action Disney musical with David Oyelowo.
Woodshock, mother!, and the troubling timidity of film discourse. "The directorial debut from the minds behind Rodarte is borderline incoherent and deliberately alienating, and that's part of why it should be seen."
On Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years Of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the new Basquiat documentary shining a light on his pre-fame years.
Man In An Orange Shirt. "Although I would have liked to have seen more of both stories, there’s no doubt that the structure of Man In An Orange Shirt provides an interesting, thought-provoking and at times moving way to look at just how different the world is for gay people in Britain now, compared to the middle of the last century."
Blade Runner 2049: five things we learned from the shorts. "The three mini-prequels released before Blade Runner 2049 hitting cinemas have filled in a few holes and raised more than a few questions."
The Blade Runner 2049 writers on which version of the original movie to watch.
Blade Runner 2049. "Gorgeous, long, brilliant, pretentious."
From Blade Runner to Rollerball: did cinema's sci-fi dystopias predict the future? "We are living in the era imagined by science-fiction films – but is reality really mirroring fiction?"
New edits and director's cuts: are they lost gems or simply second best? "A three-hour extended cut of Superman: The Movie is being released for the first time, but can alternate versions of classics ever be more than poor relations?"
Pulp Fiction to Magnolia: the best films of the 90s – as chosen by critics.
Looking back at Ira Sachs’ pioneering gay film The Delta, which is celebrating it's twentieth anniversary.
Jussie Smollett slams Trump as "a pig, a racist, a horrible human being." Where's the lie?
Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus announces she has breast cancer.
Will & Grace garners acclaim on its return - and scores impressive 10.2 million viewers in first episode.
Will & Grace is back, and so is the debate over its place in LGBT history. "Is the series revolutionary or a relic? It depends on who you ask."
Why Debra Messing regrets appearing on Megyn Kelly Today.
Why The Comeback is Michael Patrick King’s true triumph.
Donald Glover starts filming Atlanta's second season, is casting "trashy white characters."
Gordon Thomson, who played Dynasty’s Adam Carrington, comes out as gay.
The Deuce: Episode 3 recap. "Such camaraderie in the face of trouble can’t hold forever, and it feels like we’re seeing some real cracks in The Deuce’s third episode, The Principle is All."
Will the Menendez murders become America's next true-crime TV hit? "Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders revisits a crime that shocked the US and tries to follow in the footsteps of The People v OJ Simpson."
Eleven greatest TV show finales ever, from The Shield to Breaking Bad.
Out actor Russell Tovey to play gay superhero The Ray.
Doctor Who: 100% official actors who played the Doctor that you've probably totally forgotten.
Watch
Here's the latest episodes of The Big Gay Hangover; and The Come Up.
Film
Forever
Forever
Beware of "the gay agenda"! Five queer/trans/POC movies that will piss off the hoteps.
Interview
Talking to Armie Hammer about Call Me By Your Name. "In Luca Guadagnino’s acclaimed coming-of-age story, Hammer plays the older lover of a 17-year-old boy. He talks about the challenges of the role – including conveying the erotic allure of a peach."
Ellen Page speaks out about homophobic joke in Juno.
Review
David Bowie was director Denis Villeneuve's first pick for Blade Runner 2049 villain.
Review
In our troubled world, disaster movies are becoming obsolete. "Perhaps it’s time for disaster film-makers to address why our world is so messed up, rather than imagining how much worse it could be."
The real horror of Hitchcock - the master of horror was also a cruel clown." (September 1986)
They'll be back: are reissues of familiar favourites crowding out hard-to-find classics? "Terminator 2, Dirty Dancing and The Silence of the Lambs are all set for cinema runs – but are brilliant older films in danger of permanent eclipse?"
Watch
Rift (trailer); The Ornithologist (trailer); and Body Electric (trailer).
The Box
Will & Grace, despite what NBC says, isn’t the same show that ended 11 years ago. Good.
Watch
Jack and John's Alexa virtual assistant has been taken over by Karen Walker.
The mockumentary is dead, long live the mockumentary. "The comedic subgenre used to be ubiquitous – then, it wasn't. What happened?"
Five things you didn't know about Donald Glover.
How Viola Davis and Julius Tennon are changing the face of Hollywood. "The wife-and-husband team set up their own production company to tackle Hollywood’s persistent diversity problem."
Which TV characters most deserve their own prequels?
When good TV goes bad: how Ally McBeal lost its lust for life. "We loved Ally McBeal because it wasn’t afraid to celebrate human flaws, but the death of Calista Flockhart’s one true love knocked the wind out of the show."
How Star Trek fans helped change TV forever. "The original series was nowhere near an instant hit; early Trekkies saved it from obscurity to jumpstart the beloved franchise we know today."
Star Trek: Discovery nails the important stuff in a surprisingly terrific debut.
Doctor Who: Every episode of the reboot, ranked.
How sci-fi sitcom Timewasters subverts time-travel TV.
Here's the latest episodes of The Big Gay Hangover; and The Come Up.
Watch
Here's the trailer for promising new comedy Timewasters.
Here's the trailer for promising new comedy Timewasters.
Beats, Rhymes
& Life
& Life
Moses Sumney, Frank Ocean and Dawn Richard: Black musicians on being boxed in by R&B and rap expectations.
Interview
Talking to Moses Sumney. "I've never been in love, in romantic love... That is something I have never experienced full-blown."
Review
Moses Sumney – Aromanticism. "The electro-soul singer-songwriter's debut is one of the most therapeutic albums of the year."
Moses Sumney – Aromanticism. "This isn’t an ode to social regression; Sumney’s finding expressive power through his embrace of solitude. Then, he makes it resonate beyond himself."
Red Light District
Wesley Woods explains why he came after Trump voter Colby Keller’s white privilege. "You cannot sit here and vote to put someone in power that is actively trying to take away rights from people and not apologize or feel bad for it. It’s easy for him to vote this way and step back and not have to worry about the repercussions of what his vote did."
Joseph Brennan gets paid to study gay porn.
File under WTF?! Family Dick says Daddy’s Little Boy: Doctor’s Visit is their most popular scene.
Ghetto
Romance
Romance
If you’re a man with a certain face shape, your sex drive is higher and you’re more likely to cheat.
Hell's
Kitchen
Kitchen
"Grits with sugar" are the white people of breakfast grains and hot cereals.
Tomorrow's
World
World
Did Russia fake black activism on Facebook to sow division in the US?
The tide is starting to turn against the world’s digital giants. "Multimillion fines are just the start for Facebook and Google, as the world comes to realise how political big tech has become."
Twitter uncovers over two hundred accounts linked to Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election.
Twitter is testing a big change: Doubling the length of tweets from 140 to 280 characters...
...But brevity is the soul of Twitter. We don't need 280 characters to say that.
How seller feedback helped build eBay, Uber and AirBnB.
Médecins Sans
Frontières
Frontières
Why all HIV-positive people should be screened for chronic pain.
How the anal cancer epidemic in HIV-positive men can be prevented. "Gay and bi men with HIV are 100 times more likely to have anal cancer — yet, no national screening guidelines exist."
HIV-positive people more likely to die of lung cancer.
A new vaccine protects against all strains of HIV. "Johnson and Johnson announced the first ever 'global' vaccine proving to he 100 percent effective in achieving immunity against HIV."
Planet
Earth
Earth
Earth's sixth mass extinction event under way, scientists warn.
David Attenborough on the scourge of the oceans. "His sequel to The Blue Planet will focus not only on the marvels of sea life but also the threats to it. The naturalist explains why plastic pollution, climate change and overpopulation are problems too urgent to be left to ecologists."
Zoo
Dogs who live with smokers more likely to die younger.
Forget fur – is it time to stop wearing wool? "Animal rights charity Peta is best known for its naked anti-fur stunts, but these days it is more worried about wool. Co-founder Ingrid Newkirk explains why shearing is sheer cruelty."
Planes, Trains
& Automobiles
& Automobiles
And
This...
This...
This is where you can find Britain’s largest penises.
Ten brilliantly weird slang words for lesbians.
Eleven questions you’ve always wanted to ask a lesbian, but felt too scared to.
Finally, Walter's still on his tour of... that place; Tre Melvin has a word of advice; Davey-Wavey explains the difference between gay porn and real life, and the Baddie Twinz are back!
Finally, Walter's still on his tour of... that place; Tre Melvin has a word of advice; Davey-Wavey explains the difference between gay porn and real life, and the Baddie Twinz are back!
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