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Kira Puru coming to Brissie for Pride Fair Day
Kira Puru is “the party queen we don’t deserve, but most certainly need,” according to THE MUSIC. And Saturday week we get to experience one of her famously dynamic live performances at Brisbane Pride Fair Day in New Farm Park. Scroll down for vid Kira will headline Pride Fair Day along with Samantha Jade. There …
First out performer nominated for Country Music Award
Finally, in 2019, we see an out gay performer nominated for a Country Music Award. The nomination is for Old Town Road by Lil Nas X and featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. After a record 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart Old Town Road received a nomination for Musical Event of the Year. Scroll …
Queer black singer makes TIME Magazine cover
TIME Magazine devotes their August cover to breakout singer Lil Nas X. The singer who crosses genres between hip-hop and country came out as gay at the end of Pride month. In his interview with TIME, Lil Nas X said he never planned to come out. He attributed that to hearing from a young age …
‘Old Town Road’ and other western songs in gay culture
Some critics may already deride “Old Town Road” as a one-hit wonder but the multiple remixes of Lil Nas X’s hit already make it one of the biggest songs of the decade. That the now openly gay singer-songwriter chose a cowboy theme for his track is not surprising. Songs featuring an element of yippee ki-yay …
Sam Smith voguing his ‘inner dancing queen’
Sam Smith’s ‘How Do You Sleep?’ sees the British singer trying to move on from a broken relationship. And how better to do that than to, as Sam puts it, embrace your ‘inner dancing queen’. With Pose such a giant television hit, Sam takes us back to New York ballroom moves as interpreted by Madonna. …
‘Lesbian Jesus’ Hayley Kiyoko’s latest release
Hayley Kiyoko, the singer-songwriter known to fans as Lesbian Jesus, released her latest single this week. Scroll down for video. Hayley directed the video for the single herself. At the beginning of the video, Hayley complains to classmates about a girl she once loved not acknowledging her. “It’s like I don’t exist to her anymore.” …
Spider-Man actor says he’s okay if character gay
Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Tom Holland showed the world his acrobatic versatility during a Lip Sync Battle a couple of years ago. After starting off with a classic interpretation of Gene Kelly’s ‘Singin’ in the Rain’, Tom shucked off his suit and transformed for an outrageous rendition of Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’. During his Rihanna tribute, Tom made good …
Todrick Hall cavorting in desert with naked men
The glorious Todrick Hall’s new video ‘I Like Boys’ shows the ‘Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels’ singer in the desert surrounded by men in various stages of undress. And also, just in undress. Scroll down for vid. Mama come, come doll, take a seat There’s someone you know that you’ve got to meet So brace yourself …
Is Troye Sivan secretly heterosexual?
Australian pop sensation Troye Sivan opened up to US Vogue about his private life. The ‘Bloom’ singer said the wildest rumour he heard on the gossip mill concerned his sexuality. Someone outed him as secretly heterosexual. The openly gay singer told US Vogue that he didn’t understand the point of the rumour. “I heard that …
WATCH: ‘Pose’ with Billy Porter… Category is camp!
The second season of Pose starring Billy Porter as Pray Tell began on June 11 in the US and after only one episode, Netflix contracted a third season. Scroll down for video Who said the world would end with the final episode of Game of Thrones? The latest season moves forward to 1990. Following Pose‘s …