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The latest in LGBTI entertainment news from around the world
‘The Color Purple’ is finally embracing its queerness
The Color Purple is a beloved book, film and musical, but an upcoming adaptation of the classic story promises to finally embrace its queer roots. Starring Fantasia Barrino as Celie and Taraji P. Henson as Shug, the movie musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name is being produced by …
‘Stop’: Natalie Bassingthwaighte blasts trolls and tabloids
Natalie Bassingthwaighte has put out a message on Instagram after she and her new partner Pip went public this week. The Rogue Traders frontwoman shared in a recent interview that after her marriage to bandmate Cameron McGlinchey ended, she was now with a woman. Earlier this week, she confirmed that her new parter is Queenslander …
Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme: The importance of chosen family during the holiday season
Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are currently touring The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show across America, but this wasn’t always the most wonderful time of year for the RuPaul’s Drag Race alums. “It’s funny because DeLa and I play distinct characters on stage: DeLa loves Christmas, I hate Christmas. But our actual backstories are the exact opposite,” Jinkx …
World AIDS Day 2023: Events across Australia
On December 1, the community comes together to commemorate World AIDS Day to show support for those living with HIV and to remember the lives lost to AIDS. For 2023, the theme is ‘Let communities lead’ and recognises that communities living with and affected by HIV have been essential for progress in the HIV/AIDS response. …
Dylan Mulvaney on Forbes 30 under 30 social media list
Dylan Mulvaney has made the Forbes “30 under 30” social media list for her “Days of Girlhood” series. The trans star is being acknowledged as one of the most influential young social media influencers in the world. Mulvaney has been prominent on social media this year, using the medium to document her gender transition. She …
Queer drama on the footy field in new web series Touch
A feud between two queer footy players plays out across two clubs in the new home-grown web series Touch. The first three 10-minute episodes of the series, from the creators of The Formal, are streaming on YouTube and TikTok. Star touch football player Cameron (Diana Popovska) discovers that their girlfriend Leah (Kairavi Desai) — who …
Natalie Bassingthwaighte and new partner Pip go Insta-official
Natalie Bassingthwaighte and her new partner Pip Loth have gone Instagram-official. The Rogue Traders frontwoman first spoke about her new partner earlier this month. She said she was in a “beautiful” new relationship “with a woman who makes my heart smile and makes me happy.” She chose not to name her partner at the time. …
Gabriella Labucci says ‘love won’ at huge Bay Pride March
Drag Race star Gabriella Labucci says “love won” at Sunday’s super-successful Bay Pride event in Wynnum and has a simple message to homophobic protesters who fought to cancel it. Gabriella (above centre) and her Drag Race Down Under sisters Faux Fur and Ivory Glaze headlined the inaugural event as part of the Wynnum Fringe festival. …
NSFW! Vintage nude Hollywood blondes – the men
Blondes allegedly have more fun and we never argue with fun so today we turn our eye to the vintage nude Hollywood blondes of the Golden Era of Physique Photography. Click on the NSFW! links for the nudes. As his silent movie career wound down, Hollywood drag queen Kovert first toured in a dance show …
Dolly Does Dallas – it’s her Daisy Dukes era
The country star, popstar and recently ordained Rockstar just went all Dolly Does Dallas, performing a halftime show at an American football match dressed in a revealing Dallas Cowboys cheerleader costume. Scroll down for the vid. The Backwoods Barbie performed at the Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game against Washington. She gave the fans a medley …
First trailer for Luke Evans and Billy Porter flick Our Son
Actors Luke Evans and Billy Porters are gay divorcees going through a custody battle in the first trailer for gay drama film Our Son. “Married for 13 years, aspiring artist Gabriel (Billy Porter) and his ambitious partner Nicky (Luke Evans) appear to have created the perfect life together,” the synopsis reads. “But Gabriel is struggling …
New queer dating show features couples ‘Looking for A Third’
Canada’s OUTtv has started production on Looking For A Third, a new reality dating show featuring queer couples looking to create a throuple. Looking For a Third will feature one gay couple and one lesbian couple, each searching for their third amongst a group of singles. Reality TV star Tiffany Pollard (best known for her …
Sarah Paulson gushes about partner Holland Taylor in sweet interview
Appearing on a recent episode of The View, actress Sarah Paulson spoke adoringly of her partner of eight years, Holland Taylor. “I am thrilled, and I feel very lucky to be with a person who is smarter, wiser, wittier than I, and that just makes my life better in every possible way and helps me …
Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski splits from fiancé Kevin Harrington
Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski has split from fiancé and partner of four years Kevin Harrington. “After many conversations and reflection during the wedding planning process, Antoni and Kevin have amicably decided to part ways,” a representative for Porowski told PEOPLE. “While they still have a lot of respect for each other, as they talked more …
Hollywould Star is here to stay
Hollywould Star already had a well-established career as a performer under the name Timothy Springs before she ever stepped foot in Australia or put on a wig. 34-year-old actor, singer, dancer and drag artist Hollywould Star was born and raised in Queens, New York. But it was going to boarding school in South Carolina that …
Jonathan Bailey shows off racy Fellow Travelers prosthetics
Fellow Travelers actor Jonathan Bailey has given his Instagram followers a behind-the-scenes look at working on one of the gayest shows on TV, including an entire table of prosthetic penises. The gay romantic drama has scored great reviews and is streaming in Australia each week on Paramount+. Fellow Travelers is an “epic love story and …
Queer favourite Heartbreak High won an International Emmy
Netflix’s Australian teen drama series Heartbreak High has won an International Emmy award. The rebooted Aussie series, which follows a group of teenage students at the fictional Australian school Hartley High, launched on the streaming service last year. The show was an immediate, massive hit in Australia and overseas where it made it into the …
Courtney Act celebrates 20th anniversary of Australian Idol
Courtney Act has reflected on the 20th anniversary of the show that made her an Aussie household name: Australian Idol. Years before RuPaul’s Drag Race, Shane Jenek auditioned for the first season of the Channel 10 singing competition in 2003. He didn’t get through. The next day, he returned in drag, auditioned for judges Dicko, …
NSFW! Scotty Bowers, Hollywood male madam & nude model
Scotty Bowers became legendary as the Hollywood male madam. But as well as sex work, Scotty was, on occasion, a nude male model. What’s the old saying? If you’ve got a big uncut cock, flaunt it.🍆 Something like that, anyway! Click on the NSFW! links for the nude pics. Scotty Bowers fought in the Marine …
Natalie Bassingthwaighte comes out
Rogue Traders singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte has spoken about her beautiful new relationship with a woman “who makes my heart smile and makes me happy.” The singer spoke about her new relationship in an interview with the Something To Talk About podcast. The relationship began after she split from second husband and Rogue Traders bandmate Cameron …
Luke Evans and Billy Porter divorce in gay drama Our Son
Actors Luke Evans and Billy Porter play a pair of gay dads going through a divorce in new drama film Our Son. “Married for 13 years, aspiring artist Gabriel (Billy Porter) and his ambitious partner Nicky (Luke Evans) appear to have created the perfect life together,” the synopsis reads. “But Gabriel is struggling to find …
Barry Manilow says secret gay relationship saved his life
Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow says he had to keep his sexuality secret for decades for the sake of his career, but his private relationship with his now-husband “saved his life” on the road. Barry has been together with his longtime manager Garry Kief for 39 years, and he only came out as gay publicly in 2017. …
