Look, sex is fun and drugs can be fun, so its understandable why so many gay men combine the two despite the dangers associated with chemsex.Most of us are chasing the high of mind-blowing sex, so it makes sense that people would give chemsex a try since drugs can make you feel euphoric, decrease your inhibitions, and increase sensations. And when they are ever present at parties, many gay men have given them a try or even struggled with addiction because of them.Drugs like mephedrone, ketamine, cocaine, speed, and crystal methamphetamine are all common chemsex options, but one of the most popular in the gay party scene is G.But what is G, why is it so popular, and what are the dangers of using it? To break it all down we spoke with Dr. Phillip Kuan, Chief of Anesthesia at cosmetic surgery center New Look New Life; Justin Todd, co-founder of AddictionResources.net, a free resource for individuals living with substance abuse, addiction, and mental health disorders; and Mell McCracken, a certified alcohol and drug counselor, and executive director at No Matter What Recovery in Los Angeles.Heres what the experts had to say.What is 'G' and what was it initially created for?G is a slang term for Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, better known as GHB. It was FDA approved as an anesthetic in the 1960s and induces amnesia, euphoria, and hallucinations, Dr. Kuan tells PRIDE. The high of GHB is similar to alcohol, in that it increases disinhibition and causes relaxation and less anxiety.According to McCracken, after being used in hospitals as anesthesia, it becomes a workout drug before becoming a popular gay party drug.It became popular in the fitness world under a false belief that it would increase HGH production. At one point, it was marketed in health and wellness stores as a supplement to build muscle. GHB eventually made its way to nightlife and party environments, where it gained a reputation for causing euphoria, profound relaxation, and disinhibition."What are its effects?G is a popular chemsex option because of the sexual liberation it offers and because it can extend sex longer than you'd be able to achieve without it. At lower doses, users report that G produces feelings of euphoria and increased confidence, Todd explains. Some also say it makes them feel more sexually uninhibited. Higher doses can lead to unconsciousness and overdose.What are its dangers?While G may be a fun addition to sex in the short term, it can have devastating consequences. Since its unregulated and there isnt a standard dose there is a risk of overdose and even death, especially if you combine it with alcohol or other party drugs. And there is a risk of addiction as well.It can cause high blood pressure, which increases strain on the heart and vascular system, Dr. Kuan. When combined with other substances like alcohol or other depressants, it can amplify the mental and respiratory changes, which may lead to greatly depressed breathing and possible hypoxia. At high doses, it can lead to confusion, seizures, coma & and death.GHB, or G, is also often called the date-rape drug because it causes memory loss even at low doses and because its mostly odorless and colorless it can be hidden in a drink.Another danger is when it's used as a party drug to have sex. G can severely impair an individual who may not realize they are being injured during sexual penetration or other acts, Todd warns. "Additionally, the impaired individual may engage in riskier activities such as unprotected sex, leading to STIs and other negative consequences.Why has it become so popular in the gay party scene?G is inexpensive and increases libido and sexual feelings so its easy to see why its become a popular choice in the gay party scene. G has seen a resurgence in recent years as it is often viewed as a safer alternative to other drugs, such as methamphetamine, that have historically been used in chemsex. It is also cheaper than other drugs. A single dose in one area can be as little as $5, Todd says.According to McCracken, not only is it cheap, but it became a popular gay club drug in 1990s and 2000s because it was easy to carry around and its cheap and the high feels euphoric, gives decreased inhibitions, increased physical touch, and often a very sexual type of high. McCracken elaborated, In those chemsex environments, you hear men say how it made them feel more confident, more bonded with other people, less anxious when it came to sex or intimacy. It acts as a social lubricant for many.What kind of harm reduction can be done to improve safety?While the experts say that avoiding the drug altogether is the best way to avoid the consequences to your physical and mental health, if you are going to use G there are some steps you can take to reduce those risks.Safe use includes making sure your measuring the amount your taking with a syringe or dropper, spacing them two to three hours apart, McCracken says. NEVER mix with alcohol or other depressants as that can lead to overdoses. Friends should watch for warning signs like sudden drowsiness or loss of consciousness and call for help immediatelyif you notice slow or stopped breathing as it can be fatal.Todd also advises following the buddy system to make things safer. Ideally, the buddy is not on the drug in the event you both overdose, Todd says. Being able to call EMS and let medical professionals know what has happened can be the difference between living and dying in an overdose.And if you are a parent worried about your kid using party drugs like G, Dr. Kuan says you should be having frank and open conversations about drug use and coping mechanisms to resist peer pressure.What should you do if you become dependent on G?McCracken explains that withdrawal from G can actually be dangerous so if you are struggling you should seek help. "Ongoing use is likely to lead to dependence, and stopping suddenly may trigger severe anxiety, paranoia, seizures, or even death. Medical detox is critical for those who are regular users, they say.Todd warns that addiction rates are higher in the LGBTQ+ community and so its important for users of gay party drugs to know that there is help out there if youre struggling with a substance abuse issue. Todds organization, AddictionResources.net, created a list of the 12 Best LGBTQ+-Friendly Rehab Centers in the U.S. that can be found here.Sources cited:Dr. Kuan, Chief of Anesthesia at cosmetic surgery center New Look New Life.Justin Todd, co-founder of AddictionResources.net, a free resource for individuals living with substance abuse, addiction, and mental health disorders.Mell McCracken, a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and Executive Director at No Matter What Recovery in Los Angeles.

Hello Out readers!Lesbians have had quite the summer, and I'm not just talking about the Republican party trying to overturn same-sex marriage! This summer, major queer pop stars, including JoJo Siwa, Fletcher, and most recently, Betty Who, have all made public comments that rubbed their lesbian fans the wrong way. Now, Rene Rapp has replied.During Lesbian Visibility Week in April, Celebrity Big Brother UK star JoJo Siwa came out as queer after previously identifying as a lesbian. Unfortunately, she did so by shouting, "I'm switching letters! F**k the 'L,' I'm going to the 'Q!'"Siwa later expanded, saying she felt pressured to identify as a lesbian, and that the pressure, "came a little bit from inside the community at times."Then, during Pride Month, sapphic singer Fletcher announced that she was in love with a "Boy" in a new song that sounded to many like an apology and a self-fulfilling prophecy that her lesbian fans would be upset.In August, bisexual singer Betty Who joined the fray, saying that the "alphabet mafia" has decided that it's practically "a crime to be straight." She then brought up proud lesbian pop star Rapp.Who said she was happy for Rapp and her lesbian identity, but she will "also hold space for her if, in 10 years, she goes, 'Oops, I met the love of my life and it's this man, and I didn't mean to.' That's okay. It shouldn't be illegal for you to fall in love."Who has since apologized, saying that she "poorly articulated my experience and unintentionally reinforced ideas that were harmful or dismissive, particularly toward the lesbian community."Now, in a Cosmopolitan UK digital cover story, Rapp has responded."I mean, it's just very similar to the whole, 'She hasn't found the right man.' It's incredibly similar, let's be so clear," the singer said. "I'm just like, 'What the fuck? What makes you think I'm gonna end up with a man?' Also, how about don't talk about me when it comes to a man? I'm very publicly in a very loving relationship with a woman. So I'm not really sure what about that is so blurry.""I'm always confused whenever people try to do that to other people. Just focus on yourself. Just literally focus on yourself. Don't bring my big fucking lesbian name into your mouth and into this drama," she added.Keep reading to find out all the best pop culture news and this week's Gayest Song!- Mey RudeJonathan Bailey is taking a break from acting here's what we knowRene Rapp to Betty Who: 'Don't bring my big f**ing lesbian name' into 'this drama'What is 'G,' the party drug popular on the gay scene? Health experts explainIn her debut album, 'Drag Race' star Nicky Doll apologizes to herselfLin-Manuel Miranda: 'Easy decision' to cancel 'Hamilton' at Kennedy CenterWho is Christy Martin? Meet the lesbian boxer subject of Sydney Sweeney's new movieHow 'John Proctor is the Villain's queer playwright found a Hollywood endingJacob Elordi goes viral for his sexy new muscles & gays are in aweRuPaul to star in 'Drag Race' movie coming to theaters in 2026Gayest Song of the WeekG Flip has a new album out! The Australian singer just released their new album Dream Ride, featuring the song "Bed on Fire!" We can't stop listening to this Springsteen-esque rock song!Get Out / The Advocate in your physical mailbox too!Get print issues of Out Magazine / The Advocate in the mail for just $9.95 a year!

Twinless star and filmmaker James Sweeney has a message for all the people who watched leaks of his new film's sex scenes.Twinless, written and directed by Sweeney (Straight Up), also stars Sweeney alongside Dylan O'Brien as two young men who meet in a twin bereavement group. They form an unconventional bond and soon grow closer and closer, all while secrets, lies, and desire threaten to destroy it all.When the film debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, a gay sex scene between Sweeney and costar Dylan O'Brien was recorded and leaked to the public. Sundance then pulled the film from its streaming site due to piracy.Now that the film is coming out in theaters, Sweeney has spoken up about the leaks and all the people who watched them."You want the film to have traction and to register in the zeitgeist," he tells Deadline. "Obviously, thats not the way I want to be introduced as somebody who is not going to be familiar to most people.""Over the festival circuit, I would run into some people who'd be like, 'Oh my God, Twinless, I saw your trailer.' I'm like, The trailer is not done. I know what you saw, that wasnt the trailer,'" he continues. "So, you know, I'm trying to keep a good sense of humor about it. All I can say is those pervs better show up and pay money to see it in theaters."Sweeney first addressed the leaks when he accepted the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Films for his film at the festival."I woke up this morning with an email thread about people posting spoilers with photos. If anyones seen the film, you know what Im talking about. So I guess the audience really does like the film," he said.Twinless got rave reviews out of Sundance and currently sits at 98 percent Fresh from 83 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. It's now out in theaters. Watch the trailer below.

"They say anything is possible/So let me serve the unpredictable."So begins the sensual new single from genre-bending rock band Slothrust. Their new song and video for "Spill The Juice" features Leah Wellbaum, Will Gorin, and Anna Barber playing with elements of rock, R&B, jazz, and more all while Wellbaum seductively teases what shell do to you each day of the week."The three of us laughed so hard writing 'Spill the Juice' in Willy's West Hollywood studio," Wellbaum, Slothrust's lead vocalist who uses she/they pronouns, tells Out. "It's kind of a take of Brian McKnight's 90s hit 'Back at One' as well as Craig David's '7 Days' but with a queer kink-forward spin."Last summer, the band covered Ginuwine's "Pony," a certified R&B classic, and naturally wanted to keep "that spirit of sexual absurdity in this track. We hope it makes you laugh and inspires you to try something new." The expression of sexuality is a key component of the band's music. "For me, kink has been really important and expansive in the experience of having a queer body," shares Wellbaum. "As a genderfluid person, it's been interesting noticing the restrictions in making the body more visible." Wellbaum recently underwent top surgery and is still exploring how to share that story publicly and through music. "Although I have had top surgery, I have a nonbinary style of it that does not read as hypermasculine. This is a grey area when it comes to what is allowed on social media platforms and YouTube. In terms of what I put online, I have always been a relatively private person and kept the focus on the music."As Wellbaum gets older, they are "becoming increasingly curious about how it would feel to share more of my truth and story with our audience. I'm a strong believer that representation is incredibly helpful in all collective marginalized journeys and would love to see some of those online restrictions evolve to allow representation of all gender expressions.""Spill the Juice" is out now. Slothrust's new EP Wildcard is set to be released September 26.

Don't ask, don't tell, just watch.The first teaser for Netflix's upcoming closeted Marine recruit show Boots is now out."My life needs a change, sir. I want to be somebody else," closeted teen Cameron Cope, played by Miles Heizer, softly says at the start of the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix series."Son, boot camp is the machine that turns boys into men," the recruiter sternly says back as Cameron eagerly smiles. "In 13 weeks, you won't even recognize yourself. Are you sure you're ready for that?"The teaser then introduces viewers to some of the other recruits Cameron is training with as their bus pulls up to the Marine base. However, introductions are cut short when a drill sergeant runs onto the bus, shouting at the teens and getting them in line. "Oh, dear," Cameron lets out.The teaser is an intense introduction to the upcoming one-hour comedic drama from Netflix. Based on the memoir The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White, Boots follows a closeted teen named Cameron Cope who, along with his best friend, joins the Marines. The series is set in the 1990s, when being openly gay in the military was illegal.In addition to Heizer, Boots stars Liam Oh as Cameron's best friend Ray, Vera Farmiga as Cameron's narcissistic mother Barbara, and Max Parker as Sgt. Sullivan, as well as Cedrick Cooper, Ana Ayora, Angus O'Brien, Dominic Goodman, Kieron Moore, Nicholas Logan, Rico Pairs, and more. It comes from showrunners Andy Parker and Jennifer Cecil. Boots debuts on Netflix on October 9. Watch the teaser below.

A timeline of Netflix hotties.Original films and TV shows from Netflix have now given the gays a full decade of hotties, crushes, and heartthrobs. Thankfully, this decade of content has been full of actors, writers, and directors who are actually in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as queer characters, storylines, and themes across the board.So, without further ado, cheers to a decade of Netflix and chilling with these heartthrobs.Brian J. Smith 'Sense8' (2015)Watch Sense8 on Netflix.Miguel ngel Silvestre 'Sense8' (2015)Watch Sense8 on Netflix.Pedro Pascal 'Narcos' (2015)Watch Narcos on Netflix.Charlie Cox 'Daredevil' (2015)Daredevil is now streaming on Disney+.Justice Smith 'The Get Down' (2016)Watch The Get Down on Netflix.Jaden Smith 'The Get Down' (2016)Watch The Get Down on Netflix.Jon Bernthal 'The Punisher' (2017)The Punisher is now streaming on Disney+.Gavin Leatherwood 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' (2018)Watch Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix.Ross Lynch 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' (2018)Watch Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix.Chance Perdomo 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' (2018)Watch Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix.Jacob Elordi 'The Kissing Booth' (2018)Watch The Kissing Booth on Netflix.Noah Centineo 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' (2018)Watch To All the Boys I've Loved Before on Netflix.Omar Ayuso 'lite' (2018)Watch lite on Netflix.Arn Piper 'lite' (2018)Watch lite on Netflix.Itzan Escamilla 'lite' (2018)Watch lite on Netflix.Miguel Herrn 'lite' (2018)Watch lite on Netflix.Miguel Bernardeau 'lite' (2018)Watch lite on Netflix.lvaro Rico 'lite' (2018)Watch lite on Netflix.Jonathan Groff 'Mindhunter' (2019)Watch Mindhunter on Netflix.Murray Bartlett 'Tales of the City' (2019)Watch Tales of the City on Netflix.Charlie Barnett 'Tales of the City' (2019)Watch Tales of the City on Netflix.Ryan O'Connell 'Special' (2019)Watch Special on Netflix.Ncuti Gatwa 'Sex Education' (2019)Watch Sex Education on Netflix.Connor Swindells 'Sex Education' (2019)Watch Sex Education on Netflix.Luke Cook 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' (2019)Watch Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix.Ben Platt 'The Politician' (2019)Watch The Politician on Netflix.Theo Germaine 'The Politician' (2019)Watch The Politician on Netflix.David Corenswet 'The Politician' (2019)Watch The Politician on Netflix.Michael Hsu Rosen 'Tiny Pretty Things' (2020)Watch Tiny Pretty Things on Netflix.Matt Bomer 'The Boys in the Band' (2020)Watch The Boys in the Band on Netflix.Jeremy Pope 'Hollywood' (2020)Watch Hollywood on Netflix.Jake Picking 'Hollywood' (2020)Watch Hollywood on Netflix.Jonathan Bailey 'Bridgerton' (2020)Watch Bridgerton on Netflix.Reg-Jean Page 'Bridgerton' (2020)Watch Bridgerton on Netflix.Connor Jessup 'Locke & Key' (2020)Watch Locke & Key on Netflix.Darren Barnet 'Never Have I Ever' (2020)Watch Never Have I Ever on Netflix.Jaren Lewison 'Never Have I Ever' (2020)Watch Never Have I Ever on Netflix.Taylor Zakhar Perez 'The Kissing Booth 2' (2020)Watch The Kissing Booth 2 on Netflix.Sami Outalbali 'Sex Education' (2020)Watch Sex Education on Netflix.Jermelle Simon 'The Upshaws' (2021)Watch The Upshaws on Netflix.Manu Ros 'lite' (2021)Watch lite on Netflix.Omar Rudberg 'Young Royals' (2021)Watch Young Royals on Netflix.Edvin Ryding 'Young Royals' (2021)Watch Young Royals on Netflix.Lucien Laviscount 'Emily in Paris' (2021)Watch Emily in Paris on Netflix.Adam Demos 'Sex/Life' (2021)Watch Sex/Life on Netflix.Mike Vogel 'Sex/Life' (2021)Watch Sex/Life on Netflix.Jonathan Sadowski 'Sex/Life' (2021)Watch Sex/Life on Netflix.Kit Connor 'Heartstopper' (2022)Watch Heartstopper on Netflix.Joe Locke 'Heartstopper' (2022)Watch Heartstopper on Netflix.Ander Puig 'lite' (2022)Watch lite on Netflix.Elliot Page 'The Umbrella Academy' (2022)Watch The Umbrella Academy on Netflix.Nicholas Galitzine 'Purple Hearts' (2022)Watch Purple Hearts on Netflix.Jay Lycurgo 'The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself' (2022)Watch The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself on Netflix.Emilien Vekemans 'The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself' (2022)Watch The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself on Netflix.Zane Phillips 'Glamorous' (2023)Watch Glamorous on Netflix.Graham Parkhurst 'Glamorous' (2023)Watch Glamorous on Netflix.Fernando Lindez 'lite' (2023)Watch lite on Netflix.Richard Armitage 'Obsession' (2023)Watch Obsession on Netflix.Michael Cimino 'Never Have I Ever' (2023)Watch Never Have I Ever on Netflix.Dan Levy 'Good Grief' (2024)Watch Good Grief on Netflix.Luke Evans 'Good Grief' (2024)Watch Good Grief on Netflix.Cooper Koch 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' (2024)Watch Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story on Netflix.Nicholas Alexander Chavez 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' (2024)Watch Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story on Netflix.Agustn Della Corte 'Olympo' (2025)Watch Olympo on Netflix.Juan Perales 'Olympo' (2025)Watch Olympo on Netflix.Nuno Gallego 'Olympo' (2025)Watch Olympo on Netflix.

The 47th annual Provincetown Carnival which took place between August 16 and 23, 2025 had "Summer Camp!" as this year's theme. This 2025 edition was celebrated with over 12 official events held by the Provincetown Business Guild (PBG) ranging from live entertainment, pool parties, a 5K run-and-walk, the Carnival Cruise, costume contests, and the Carnival parade.On average, the annual Provincetown Carnival is estimated to draw more than 60,000 visitors every single August. As a result, it has now solidified itself as one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the country.Between attracting high-profile entertainment, drawing huge crowds of visitors, and having a diverse lineup of options for all different kinds of fun, keep scrolling to see some of the best moments from the 47th Provincetown Carnival!

Happy New Music Friday!September is kicking off with a slew of new tunes from our favorite LGBTQ+ (and adjacent) musicians. The one and only Lady Gaga dropped a new single for Netflix's Wednesday series and somehow got Tim Burton to direct the music video! G Flip's new album Dream Ride has finally arrived, Saucy Santana just dropped another banger, Dodie enlisted Jeff Goldblum for a music video cameo, and Cortisa Star is ready to "FIEND."A few of our favorite pop stars are also delivering the heat. Lizzo's latest rap track is getting us ready for the club, SG Lewis' new album Anemoia is finally here, and a new girl group has entered the chat...Scroll through to listen to this week's best new bops, and follow this writer's New Music Friday playlist on Spotify."The Dead Dance" - Lady GagaPaws up! Mother Monster's surprise single and music video for Netflix's Wednesday series is directed by the one and only Tim Burton. "Gyatt" - Latto, Ice SpiceConsider their beef squashed! Ice Spice and Latto teamed up for their flaunt-y new single about their thick posteriors, "GYATT.""Spiders" - Lola YoungLola Young's breezy new track is refelctive and tender. "Baby Blue" - SG Lewis, Oliver SimSG Lewis and Oliver Sim team up for their smooth new collaboration "Baby Blue," the last track on the producers glossy new album Amenoia. "BOP IT" - LizzoLizzo keeps on dropping the hits with a deluxe version of her rap mixtape."girls with gills" - Chloe MoriondoChloe Moriondo's delivers alt-pop excellence in "girls with gills.""Returning To Myself" - Brandi CarlileGrammy winner Brandi Carlile's cinematic new music video finds the singer "Returning To Myself.""Bad to the Bone" - Saucy SantanaSaucy Santana knows exactly what makes up a diva on "Bad To The Bone." "Bed On Fire" - G FlipG Flip's long-awaited album Dream Ride is here and it delivers on every one of her queer pop-rock promises. "Reciprocation" - Lily LaneYou better reciprocate with Lily Lane, whose latest single is about a bad lover. "FRIENDLY FIRE" - PARTYOF2Don't do 'em like that! PARTYOF2 delivers bars on their latest debate of a single, "Friendly Fire.""Top Down" - 3QuencyGirl groups are so in right now... and 3Quency is the latest to scratch that nostalgic itch with their new banger "Top Down.""I Feel Bad For You, Dave" - dodieJeff Goldblum appears in Dodie's smooth new diss track, "I Feel Bad For You, Dave.""I'm Really Hot (For Myself)" - Mura MasaReady to dance? Mura Masa brings the heat on the producer's latest self-love anthem."FIEND" - Cortisa StarCortisa Starr is a menace to the rap game on "FIEND."Here's the playlist:Taylor Henderson is a music contributor to Out magazine. Be sure to follow 'the alphabet mafia' playlist on Spotify!

Your sapphic gamer dreams are about to come true! Lesbian video games rarely get the recognition they deserve, but one of the best sapphic games ever made is being turned into a TV series, and a queer creator is helming it.A live-action version of the critically acclaimed video game franchise Life Is Strange is being made by Amazon Prime Video with Charlie Covell, who is queer and nonbinary, serving as the writer, executive producer, and showrunner."It's a huge honor to be adapting Life Is Strange for Amazon MGM Studios," Covell said in Amazon's press release. "I am a massive fan of the game, and I'm thrilled to be working with the incredible teams at Square Enix, Story Kitchen and LuckyChap. I can't wait to share Max and Chloe's story with fellow players and new audiences alike."The television series, helmed by Covell, who is best known for the comic book adaptation The End of the F***ing World for Netflix, will follow Max, a photography student, who discovers she can rewind time while saving the life of her childhood best friend, Chloe. As she struggles to understand this new skill, the pair investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student, uncovering a dark side to their town that will ultimately force them to make an impossible life or death choice that will impact them forever.Chloe was confirmed to be a lesbian in the prequel game Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, and the relationship between Max and Chloe is central to the plot of the video game franchise. And theyre not the only queer characters in the games; there are other LGBTQ+ characters and romantic interests throughout. Between sapphic characters and a queer creator at the helm, it looks like well be getting a very lesbian-centric series!

Monica Helms, the Navy veteran and creator of the original transgender pride flag, is fleeing the country due to anti-LGBTQ persecution.She and her wife, Darlene Wagner, launched a GoFundMe earlier this year to facilitate their move abroad.We are worried theres a possibility something could happen where we end up getting arrested just for being who we are, Helms said in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter when the fundraiser first kicked off.The couple currently lives in Georgia, which Erin in the Mornings newest risk assessment map labeled as a high risk area for transgender people. Helms is by no means the only transgender refugee fleeing the United States. In May, a Williams Institute poll found that nearly half of all trans adult respondents had considered moving out of state or out of the country.Since 2023, almost three dozen anti-trans bills have been introduced in Georgia, four of which have passed, according to the Trans Legislation Tracker. There was a ban on trans girls playing on scholastic womens sports teams, a ban on using state funds to provide transition-related health care to incarcerated people, a ban on providing evidence-based medical treatment for minors with gender dysphoria, and the Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Actwhich does not explicitly target trans people, but is likely to make it easier to discriminate against them using religion as a legal defense. (Thankfully, there have been some successful and ongoing legal challenges to many of these policies.)However, even blue states are starting to see problems, Helms told the Bay Area Reporter. Californias governor reportedly moved to kill pro-LGBTQ bills behind the scenes; New Jersey school boards have engaged in a coordinated effort to forcibly out trans students to hostile parents; and hospitals located within Democratic strongholds across the country are violating state equal protections laws to deny trans kids access to health care, capitulating to Trumpian threats.NBCs Jo Yurcaba profiled families of trans kids moving to places like Australia and New Zealand. Hannah Kreager, a 22-year-old trans woman from Arizona, filed a groundbreaking asylum claim in Canada earlier this year; if granted, it would mark the first time a trans person from the United States would be given asylum in another country due to their LGBT status.Of course, all of these stories come with the presumption of privilege. Trans people in these scenarios may have had familial support and/or a source of income or wealth that enabled them to uproot their lives to a safer place. Others resort to bouncing from state to state to receive care, uprooting their lives to live in a more tolerant community or traveling across state or international lines periodically to access health care.As for Helms, she vowed to continue to fight for trans people no matter where she lives. We will not abandon our activism, she wrote in her GoFundMe.Helms designed the transgender pride flag after having a conversation with the creator of the bisexual pride flag in 1999, she told the Bay Area Reporter. She has said it is important to her that it remains open and free to use for the public. The pink, white, and blue flag has become a household symbol for trans people and their loved ones.No matter how you fly it, it's always correct, which signifies finding correctness in our own lives, Helms said.

Theres plenty of online chatter about a sex scene between Dylan OBriens Rocky and James Sweeneys Dennis in the dark comedy Twinless. But its the unlikely friendship between Rockys straight twin brother, Roman (also OBrien), and Dennis that's the most intimate in the indie film that Sweeney wrote and directed.The men meet at a support group for grieving twins following a freak accident that kills Rocky. They find companionship and an intimacy rarely depicted on screen between disparate men: Roman is a laconic jock type estranged from his mother, Lisa (Lauren Graham), who he believes loved his gay twin more, and Dennis is a lonely gay man with a sardonic wit. One of the most beautiful parts of the story to me was to see how this guy who I'm sure has never had a relationship like this one in his life, nor is it something that's normalized from the community that he comes from, and who he grew up around have that relationship sort of be the impetus to undergo this evolution that he's never encountered before in his life, OBrien, who recently starred in the queer film Ponyboi, tells Out.That change the Teen Wolf and The Maze Runner star references is Romans de facto second chance with the brother hed rarely saw who he mocked for being gay when they were young. The friendship with Dennis allows Roman to be the brother he never was and to atone for failing to accept Rocky. But theres a deception at the center of their friendship that threatens to unravel their bond and adds tension to the Twinless. Dennis has fabricated a twin to gain access to get closer to Roman, and Roman is unaware that his new friend and his deceased brother knew one another. Its an unforgivable lie born out of loneliness. Loneliness is something that everybody experiences, but I think particularly for queer people, it can shape your experience, and your fear of abandonment, and how you navigate the world, and how you maybe cling to relationships because maybe you don't often experience somebody who sees you and understands you, Sweeney shares.Soon, Denniss lies snowball, and his colleague, the ebullient Marcie (Aisling Franciosi from Game of Thrones and Speak No Evil), catches on once she and Roman meet at a party. Jealous, Dennis perceives her as a risk to his friendship.[Relationships] can feel really devastating when it doesn't feel like that's going to be permanent. So I think we see that unfold in various respects in this film, and between the characters of Roman and Dennis who are, I think both seeing a counterpart to each other in some ways, Sweeney says.For Graham, whos played iconic mothers in Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, Lisa is disconnected from her living son, the one her character is most like, she says. While my character is maybe less sympathetic than others I've gotten to play, I think the movie is so kind, Graham says. The movie just has such generosity thematically in terms of its understanding of complex human relationships, and ultimately, it's just a story of love and the power of love. Dylan O'Brien as Roman and James Sweeney as Dennis in Twinless Roadside Attractions It is just a really positive portrayal of complicated people, and that can't do anything, I think, except be positive and bring us together, she adds of the experience of watching it in the theater.The driving force behind Twinless, Sweeney, who wrote, directed, and starred in 2019s Straight Up, is excited for people to see his film in the theater at a time when fewer queer stories are making it to the big screen.I was thinking about the films that have even played in theaters with queer elements that had a wide theatrical release, and it's sort of far and few between, Sweeney says. It's especially meaningful that it will give opportunity for audiences to enjoy this and a communal experience.I think I'm really excited when I see films that are sort of incidentally queer, and ultimately that kind of comes down to the decision makers, he adds. I got to make exactly the film that I wanted to make, and really, I feel like I got a good deal out of that at the end of the day.Twinless is in theaters now.

In the column Straight Nonsense, columnist Moises Mendez II takes a queer eye to the insanity of straight culture. Warning: spoilers for Netflix's Unknown Number: The High School Catfish documentary ahead.True crime documentaries are all the rage right now, and it feels like every time a new one is released, it's more unbelievable than the last. Having watched my fair share of these sorts of documentaries, it's hard to surprise me but Netflix's latest true crime investigation into a truly absurd case out of Michigan actually stunned me, and I'm at a loss for words. - YouTube www.youtube.com Unknown Number: The High School Catfish documentary is becoming one of the most talked-about films this past week because of its sheer absurdity. The story follows two high school students, Lauryn Licari and Owen McKenny, who recount their experiences receiving anonymous text messages harassing them and those around them. For over a year and a half, the two high school freshmen would receive explicit, vile messages sometimes up to 30 a day.While the two dated, the perpetrator would send the messages mainly to Licari: taunting her, calling her ugly, worthless, and anorexic in new ways every day; sending photos of the pair with vomit emojis plastered over Licari's face; and telling Licari that McKenny didn't want to be with her, with the perpetrator describing in detail what they would do to Owen, sexually. The worst messages of all were the ones telling Licari to kill herself.Some of the text messages included things like: "It is obvious he wants me, his attention is constantly on me Not sure what he told you but he is coming to the Halloween party and we are both DTF." And: "He wants nothing to do with you He think youre annoying and an ugly ass bitch and wishes you would leave him the fuck alone Why do you think he is on his phone all the time texting me? You didnt get invited to sleep with him, I did. Im spending the night with him, Im sharing a bed with him, not you."It's an incredibly dark story that lasted for months as the town's police department investigated the source of the messages. The teens' mothers Kendra Licari and Jill McKenny got involved and worked with local law enforcement to get to the bottom of this ordeal. During this time, the police worked with the school's principal and superintendent to pin down the harasser. But because the phone number frequently changed, they were unable to crack the case. That was until Officer Brad Peter was brought on to the investigation by Sheriff Michael Main.Peter works for the Mid-Michigan Computer Crimes Task Force, a partnership between the FBI and local law enforcement, and he was the person to find the culprit. He found out that the bully was using an app called Pinger, which is used to message and call people from different numbers. Only one number popped up repeatedly and it belonged to Lauryn's mom, Kendra. (L to R) Kendra Licari,and Lauryn in 'Unknown Number: The High School Catfish'Courtesy NetflixFor almost two years, this woman was cyber-bullying her own teenage daughter with the most vile and nasty messages even going so far as to sending her a message (from a burner number) saying, "KILL YOURSELF NOW BITCH."In the documentary, audiences see Kendra get caught red-handed in front of her daughter who has dealt with the relentless bullying for over a year. The mother's response? She immediately gets up to start hugging Lauryn, saying she can't be away from her. Her husband and Lauryn's father, Shawn, is notified that the nightmare has come to an end but for he and Lauryn, it was just the beginning of a much larger issue. Kendra lied about the family's finances she was fired from her job at Central Michigan University and Ferris State because of her performance according to an investigation from The Cut, it was because she spent "excessive time on non-work texting and calls. (L to R) Sophie, Khloe, and Macy in 'Unknown Number: The High School Catfish'Courtesy NetflixAs the whole town breathed a sigh of relief, the damage that Kendra caused was met with punishment. In December 2022, she was arrested and in spring 2023, she was sentenced to 19 months in prison on two counts of cyberstalking. While in prison, she was still able to have communication with her daughter, and they messaged regularly through phone calls and emails.The reason for Kendra's behavior, she said during her sentencing, was that after doing months of counseling, she discovered she had a mental illness and mentioned depression anxiety and suppressed childhood trauma stemming from a sexual assault that occurred when she was a teenager. In the documentary, through a flood of tears, she said did this to keep Lauryn close to her because she felt her daughter drifting from her. Her actions bore the intended results as Lauryn leaned heavily on her mom, who got to act like the hero. The superintendent dubbed Kendra's actions as "cyber-Munchausens," tearing Lauryn down just to build her back up again. Her truly heinous actions quickly became national news and the subject of conversation online, but mainly due to the way she was given space to share her story in the documentary. At the beginning of the film, Kendra comes off a concerned parent up until the moment she's revealed as the person sending hundreds of egregious messages to her daughter. (@) There's no question about the severity of her crimes, but the general public felt that she should not have gotten access to her daughter after telling her to kill herself and felt that her prison sentence was too short. On top of that, the documentary rarely challenged Kendra when it came to her intentions, never pushing further than just one question nor was she met with a rebuttal.At the end of the documentary, Lauryn expressed wanting to still have a relationship with her mother and moving past this ordeal which makes sense but you can't help but feel bad for this young girl who has only ever known this person as her mother. It's a heartbreaking story and Kendra undoubtedly deserved jail time, but in my opinion, she should not have had contact with Lauryn while there nor should she be given the opportunity to rebuild her relationship until she's done some serious mental health work. It's gut-wrenching to watch a teenage girl, already dealing with the awkwardness of high school, deal with this vitriol from her own mother.After watching this documentary, the only thought on my mind was: Are Straight People OK? The answer: Absolutely not.Moises Mendez II is a staff writer at Out magazine. Follow him on Instagram @moisesfenty.Voices is dedicated to featuring a wide range of inspiring personal stories and impactful opinions from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. Visit out.com/submit to learn more about submission guidelines. We welcome your thoughts and feedback on any of our stories. Email us at voices@equalpride.com. Views expressed in Voices stories are those of the guest writers, columnists, and editors, and do not directly represent the views of Out or our parent company, equalpride.

Sabrina Carpenter took to the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards stage tonight and performed her latest single, "Tears," off of her new album Man's Best Friend.Sign up for the Out Newsletter to keep up with what's new in LGBTQ+ culture and entertainment delivered three times a week straight (well) to your inbox!The singer was accompanied by several RuPaul's Drag Race queens such as Denali, Willam, Symone, Laganja Estranja and Lexi Love. Throughout the performance, the queens along with Carpenter's backup dancers held up signs advocating for trans rights.As seen below, the various signs seen on stage read: "Support local drag," "DOLLS DOLLS DOLLS," "If you hate you'll never get laid," "Good bi," "In trans we trust, "Protect trans rights," "Love each other," and "We are everywhere," among others.But wait, there's more!Besides featuring Drag Race queens, Carpenter also brought out Dashaun Wesley host of all three seasons of HBO Max's Legendary and Honey Balenciaga, who competed on Legendary and toured with Beyonc for the singer's The Renaissance Tour.It's worth noting that this particular VMAs ceremony isn't just airing on MTV (cable TV) and Paramount+ (streaming service), but it's also being transmitted live on CBS.The VMAs airing on broadcast television means that a much larger audience than average will have seen this moment of allyship from Carpenter and fierceness from the Drag Race stars.Sabrina Carpenter's performance to "Tears" at the 2025 Video Music Awards which featured RuPaul's Drag Race queens dancing and holding up signs advocating for trans rights, can be watched below.

LGBTQ+ billionaires.It's only been a couple of decades since media outlets have started to keep track of out LGBTQ+ people who are, in the modern sense, reportedly among the richest individuals around the globe.In a world now governed by billionaires, it will come as no surprise that everyone featured on this ranking has a net worth above $2 billion. And yet, this list has quite a range of people with a net worth anywhere between $2 billion and more than $20 billion according to estimates.Discover below the top 10 richest LGBTQ+ people in the world.9-10. (tie) Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana $2.5 billionDomenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana founded the luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana in 1985 and, together, have successfully run the brand for the past 40 years. Beyond business partners, Dolce and Gabbana were also romantic partners until 2004. As reported by The Guardian, they continued to act as partners despite going their separate ways as spouses.Both Dolce and Gabbana have a net worth of $2.5 billion and are tied according to Forbes estimates.Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': No. 1,575 (tie)8. Tim Cook $2.5 billionApple CEO Tim Cook has a net worth of $2.5 billion per Forbes. Due to his role at Apple and reputation as the successor to Steve Jobs picked by Jobs himself Cook is arguably the best known person on this list of wealthiest LGBTQ+ public figures.Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': No. 1,5567. Jennifer Pritzker $2.5 billionJennifer Pritzker's net worth is also an estimated $2.5 billion according to Forbes. Yet, as of this writing, she ranks slightly above Cook, Dolce, and Gabbana, evidenced by her overall placement in the "real-time billionaires list" updated by the publication.Jennifer Pritzker is one of 13 heirs to the Pritzker family fortune which has, over time, included various businesses such as the Hyatt Hotel chain, the Marmon Group, Reynolds American Inc., Braniff Airlines, and a stake in the credit reporting company TransUnion.In September 2013, Forbes reported that Jennifer Pritzker became the "first transgender billionaire."Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': No. 1,5536. Stein Erik Hagen $2.7 billionStein Erik Hagen founded his family business a discount supermarket chain, RIMI, established in Norway alongside his father in the 1970s. After selling the business, Hagen's fortune was consolidated into an European conglomerate of consumer goods knowns as Orkla.Hagen publicly came out as bisexual in a talk show interview from October 2015. Hagen's current net worth is an estimated $2.7 billion according to Forbes.Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': No. 1,4705. Barry Diller $5 billionBarry Diller, a self-made executive and chairman of the IAC Inc. media and tech conglomerate, has an estimated net worth of $5 billion according to Forbes. Even though Diller's sexuality has been a topic of discussion for a few decades, he discussed it for the first time at length in his memoir, Who Knew, published in May 2025.In the memoir as evidenced in an except published on New York Magazine Diller wrote that he "never questioned my sexuality's basic authority over my life (I was only afraid of the reaction of others)." The billionaire added that "today, sexual identities are much more fluid and natural," which he seems to relate to.Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': No. 7944. Jon Stryker $5.7 billionJon Stryker is one of the heirs to Stryker Corporation, an industry leader for medical equipment and services around the world. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $5.7 billion. Family members that also appear on the list are Ronda Stryker (net worth estimate: $8.6 billion) and Pat Stryker (net worth estimate: $4.1 billion).Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': No. 6823. David Geffen $8.9 billionBetween cofounding Asylum Records, Geffen Records, and a movie studio that would eventually become DreamWorks, David Geffen has a net worth of $8.9 billion per the latest Forbes estimates.In the past few years, Geffen made headlines for marrying and subsequently divorcing his partner of two years, David Armstrong (otherwise known as Donovan Michaels).Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': No. 3782. Giorgio Armani $12.1 billionGiorgio Armani's net worth is no longer being indexed in the Forbes real-time ranking since the legendary designer passed away on Thursday at 91 years old. Nonetheless, a Forbes report estimates that Armani was "worth roughly $12.1 billion at the time of his death," which puts him in second place on this list.Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': N/A1. Peter Thiel $23.5 billionPeter Thiel an early Facebook investor and cofounder of PayPal is estimated to be the richest out gay person in the world according to Forbes. As of this writing, the tech executive's reported net worth amounts to $23.5 billion.Overall placement in the Forbes ranking 'Real-Time Billionaires List': No. 94

What's your favorite comfort show or movie?I've always been a lover of costume dramas. My foray into this genre began in 1998, when I was enamored by Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I of England in Elizabeth. Nearly two decades later, I'm still rewatching that movie and other dramatized period pieces from Downton Abbey to Bridgerton. I've even turned it into a Labor Day tradition; I would spend the final days of summer rewatching some of my favorite costume dramas.I decided to rewatch Netflix's The Crown last month, the hit series on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, from her 1947 wedding to the 2005 wedding of her eldest son and his mistress-turned-fiance. Yes, I'm aware many of these series are highly dramatized for viewership. But it's still entertaining to see how these female figuresmany of whom I studied as an undergrad and grad studentare portrayed for mass consumption. I concluded the series this past weekend for the twentieth time, coincidentally not long before the third anniversary of the late Queen's death today.Elizabeth II was more than just a figure of curiosity. She, like so many other queens, became a model for me. Not only on how to navigate life's trials and tribulations, but even how to surviveand triumphin this second age of Trump.Queen Elizabeth II: A Stoic Model of SteadfastnessThere are countless books, documentaries, and an award-winning six-season series centered on the semi-private and public life of Britain's longest-reigning monarch. Many have paid attention to her dedication to duty, ingrained in her since birth and proclaimed on her 21st birthday to dedicate her whole life to the service of the Crown and Commonwealth, the free association of former British colonies.Though she reigned as a constitutional monarch rather than an absolute one, Elizabeth II faced personal, familial, and political challenges head-on and rarely let them go unaddressed. This ranged from the revelation of her sister Princess Margaret's relationship with the divorced Peter Townsend (a taboo at the time) in the 1950s, to the supposed growing tension between Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. Added to the breakdown of marriages, the fire at Windsor Castle, and the death of the late Princess Diana in the 1990s, it's remarkable to see how she handled events with poise and grace.What I learned from Queen Elizabeth is that even under the most tremendous pressures from society, familyeven selfone must maintain self-control and be resilient against all odds.Queen Elizabeth I: A Queen with the Heart of a KingThe first Elizabethan reign of the 16th century is also one of great fascination, and perhaps the one I've learned the most about since childhood. Elizabeth I, "The Virgin Queen," was a skilled stateswoman who faced numerous challenges, including societal, religious, and political ones. This was still an era where it was expected that women not only married but deferred to their spouses. She was only the second crowned female monarch of England, so the pressure to marry and continue the Tudor dynasty was equally paramount. The religious schism of the 1500s between Catholics and Protestants was not just fought on the continent but in her kingdom, as Anglicans and Catholics wrestled for spiritual supremacy.Yet in the male-dominated era of late-Tudor politics, Elizabeth I succeeded in becoming a beloved queen. She coyly navigated between deferring to Parliament while also dismissing their pleas for her to marry, using her presumed "virginity" as an asset in forming her image. Though her earthly relationship with Edward Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was well-known, she had no problem casting him and others aside as she refused to marry throughout her reign. In the midst of a heated argument about presumed lovers (he moved on to one of her ladies-in-waiting; she showed affection to another courtier), Queen Elizabeth reminded him that, "I will have but one mistress here, and no master." Even in religion, she favored the policy of via media, or the middle way, by reforming the Church of England to include Catholic and Protestant elements.Most famously, during her 1588 Speech at Tilbury, she proclaimed that despite having the "body of a weak and feeble woman," she maintained "the heart of a king, and of a king of England too." It was an iconic declaration that she had no desire to submit to social conventions. For this and many reasons, she served as an inspiration for the possibilities I could become in a world that tries to fit me in a box. Queen Anne: Underestimated but UndervaluedQueen Anne, the early 18th-century ruler of Great Britain, became a surprising addition to my collection of inspiring queens. Initially, she was one of those queens I glossed over between her uncle Charles II and her successor, George I. The only facts I knew about her were that she built a non-royal palace for the first Duke of Marlborough and suffered from gout. (But were truly royal if you weren't?)What I discovered throughout my undergraduate and graduate studies as an aspiring royal historian was that she was more politically astute than history has credited her, mainly due to the influence of her political opponents and the memoirs of Sarah Churchill, Marlborough's wife and Anne's friend-turned-enemy. Queen Anne played a pivotal role in uniting England and Scotland, which were then still separate kingdoms, into a unified kingdom. She also oversaw royal patronages that supported the likes of Sir Isaac Newton and turned a bit of land she owned into one of England's greatest institutions: Ascot Racecourse.Opponentsand historyhave underestimated her contributions, which have been overlooked when compared to Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria. But that underestimation has made her a point of curiosity and fascination, with her gaining popularity in recent years due to Olivia Coleman's portrayal as Queen Anne in 2018's The Favourite.If anything, I learned there can be power in being underestimated, because your (fr)enemies never know your next move.Screen Queens from Genovia to New York CityThese are three of many queens, contemporary and historical, who've inspired me along my journey. But it's also fitting that I give my honorable mentions to the fictional queens, as well. I still look to Julie Andrews' Queen Clarisse in The Princess Diaries for the occasional refinement, grand maternal love, and etiquette lessons. And though they never wore crowns, Living Single's Khadijah James (played by the Queen Latifah) taught me never to back down and speak truth to power. And as the owner of Flavor magazine, she planted the seed in me for a love of writing. It was Sarah Jessica Park's Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City who not only watered that seed, but taught me to dream big and love bigger, no matter where the winds may blow.Regardless of whether they're historical or contemporary, fictional or real, many of these women inhabited or were placed in a male-dominated world. Each of them dealt with men who underestimated their worth. Elizabeth I had Philip II of Spain, Queen Anne had parliamentarians, and Carrie had Mr. Big. My adversaries come in the form of transphobes and racists who believe I have no right to live my best life. I've been harassed online, my phone and address doxed, and occasionally hurled slurs from drivers. All tactics to employ fear in the hopes that I would cower and give up silently.But it has only strengthened my resolve. Fear can limit our capacity to learn, fear can limit our capacity to love. Fear is the greatest enemy of freedom, and never let fear take hold of your destiny. Since January, I've tried my best to keep calm and carry on. Thanks in part to an understanding therapist, walking, and enjoying more audiobooks on historic queens learned and newly-discovered (a rarity, but it still happens!) But there's also been this stillness within me, constantly remembering one of Queen Elizabeth II's final addresses.At the height of the COVID pandemic, she gave a rallying speech via televised message as individuals across the country and the world were still grappling with the health crisis. "We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return," she affirmed. "We will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again."And this moment, like so many fueled by division, is not sustainable.And when it's all over, this country will take yet another course. Some will come to terms with uncomfortable truths that led them down into the abyss; others will reconcile with the hate, fear, and violence that emerged from it. But through it, we we will heal again. We will rebuild again. We will have hope again.Voices is dedicated to featuring a wide range of inspiring personal stories and impactful opinions from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. Visit Advocate.com/submit to learn more about submission guidelines. Views expressed in Voices stories are those of the guest writers, columnists, and editors, and do not directly represent the views of The Advocate or our parent company, equalpride.

At this year's MTV Video Music Awards, Ricky Martin received the first-ever Latin Icon award and performed a medley of some of his biggest hits. Before his performance, he shared photos of himself shirtless on Instagram and X and in the caption, he shared that he had a wardrobe malfunction while getting ready. See on Instagram "Lots of laughter, friends and even a little wardrobe malfunction (I can sew if need be by the way)," the caption reads. "lots of Make Up and grooming and friends around! its gonna be a very special day." He knew exactly what he was doing posting these photos of himself because he was immediately flooded with commenters fawning over him. "Good lord man, what is your secret???" one person asked.But everything seemed to work out on his end and he fixed things before walking down the red carpet, a video of which he also shared on Instagram as well. See on Instagram During the show, he took the stage to perform a medley of his hits, which included "Livin' La Vida Loca," "Pgate," "Vente Pa Ca," and "Mara." After the performance, Jessica Simpson presented him with the inaugural award. In his speech, he thanked the fans and his family for the support throughout the years. "This is very simple. This is for you all," he said. "Im addicted to your applause. Thats why I keep coming back. Its you, not only here in America, but all over the world."Martin went on to dedicate the award to his four kids and said, "Everything I do, I do it with you in my mind and in my heart.

31 states would ban marriage equality if they couldOver 60 percent of the country will no longer have marriage equality if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses it.Laws prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying were deemed unconstitutional by the 2015 ruling, Obergefell v. Hodges. This could change if the court were to revisit and reverse the ruling, as it did with Roe v. Wade, which previously deemed abortion bans unconstitutional.If the Supreme Court reverses Obergefell and determines bans against marriage equality are not unconstitutional, lower or federal court rulings that declared the bans are unconstitutional will be invalidated as they are bound to Supreme Court precedent. This means states would be able to enforce their bans even if they weren't apart of the Obergefell lawsuit. The only state with a marriage equality law still on the books that would not be enforceable is Iowa, where the state Supreme Court the next highest authority after the U.S. Supreme Court deemed the ban unconstitutional. Similar to the federal court, the state Supreme Court would need to agree to hear the case again to reverse this.Related: Will marriage equality be overturned? Here's how it could happen If Obergefell is reversed, marriages between same-sex couples will still be recognized federally under the Respect for Marriage Act. Signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022, the act mandates that the federal government recognizes same-sex and interracial marriages, and that all states recognize those performed in other states. However, the act does not require states to allow marriages between same-sex couples.While the Supreme Court has made no official move to reconsider marriage equality, nine states have recently introduced resolutions asking the court to hear the case again. None have yet passed, and even if they were to, the resolutions are nonbinding meaning they carry no legal weight, and the court is not obligated to hear them.However, some justices have voiced opposition to Obergefell. When the conservative majority created by Donald Trump overturned Roe v. Wade, Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion at the time that the court should also revisit and overrule decisions that prevent state restrictions on contraception, marriage equality, sodomy, and other private consensual sex acts, calling the rulings "demonstrably erroneous."Here are the 31 states where marriages between same-sex couples would again be banned if Obergefell is overturned, as compiled by the Movement Advancement Project, 24 of which have constitutional amendments that can only be overturned through referendum votes. AlabamaAlabama has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 774, that banned marriage equality in a 2006 referendum vote. It is also banned under HB152 from 1998, and an executive order from the governor in 1996. AlaskaAlaska has a constitutional amendment, Ballot Measure 2, that banned marriage equality in a 1998 referendum vote. It is also banned under the 1996 law HB 227.ArizonaArizona has a constitutional amendment, Proposition 102, that banned marriage equality in a 1998 referendum vote. It is also banned under the 1996 law ARS Title 25-101.ArkansasArkansas has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 3, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under the 1997 law HB1004. FloridaFlorida has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 2, that banned marriage equality in a 2008 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1977 law. GeorgiaGeorgia has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 1, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under the 2004 law HR 1470.IdahoIdaho has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 2, that banned marriage equality in a 2006 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1996 law. IndianaIndiana was not able to bring its constitutional amendment banning marriage equality to vote before Obergefell was instated, but it is banned under the 2014 law HJR 3. KansasKansas has a constitutional amendment, Kansas Amendment 1, that banned marriage equality in a 2005 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1996 law. KentuckyKentucky has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 1, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1998 law. LouisianaLouisiana has a constitutional amendment that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under laws from 1988 and 1999. MichiganMichigan has a constitutional amendment, Proposal 04-2, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1995 law. MississippiMississippi has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 1, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under the 1997 law SB 2053.MissouriMissouri has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 2, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under the 1996 law SB 895.MontanaMontana has a constitutional amendment, Initiative 96, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under the a 1997 law.NebraskaNebraska has a constitutional amendment, Initiative Measure 416, that banned marriage equality in a 2000 referendum vote. North CarolinaNorth Carolina has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 1, that banned marriage equality in a 2012 referendum vote. It is also banned under the 1995 law, HB 270.North DakotaNorth Dakota has a constitutional amendment that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. The state statutes also deny same-sex partnerships. OhioOhio has a constitutional amendment, State Issue 1, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under the 2003 state Defense of Marriage Act.OklahomaOklahoma has a constitutional amendment, Question 711, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1996 law. OregonOregon has a constitutional amendment, Measure 36, that banned marriage equality in a 2004 referendum vote.PennsylvaniaPennsylvania has banned marriage equality under a law from 1996.South CarolinaSouth Carolina has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 1, that banned marriage equality in a 2006 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1996 law. South DakotaSouth Dakota has a constitutional amendment, Amendment C, that banned marriage equality in a 2006 referendum vote. The state statutes also deny same-sex partnerships. TennesseeTennessee has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 1, that banned marriage equality in a 2006 referendum vote. It is also banned under SB 1282.TexasTexas has a constitutional amendment, Proposition 2, that banned marriage equality in a 2005 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1973 law. UtahUtah has a constitutional amendment, Amendment 3, that banned marriage equality in a 2005 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1995 law, HB 366.VirginiaVirginia has a constitutional amendment, the Marshall-Newman Amendment, that banned marriage equality in a 2006 referendum vote.West VirginiaWest Virginia state statutes deny same-sex partnerships. WisconsinWisconsin has a constitutional amendment that banned marriage equality in a 2006 referendum vote. It is also banned under a 1979 law.WyomingWyoming banned marriage equality under a 2003 law which remains in its state statutes.

Parvati Shallow clinched her second win in the overall Survivor franchise after competing in the most recent season, Australia v. the World. On Sunday, she was announced as the winner and was awarded $250,000 AUD (about $165,000 USD).While accepting the win, however, Shallow announced that she would be retiring from the game. "This is my final time playing Survivor, so to have been awarded the win from the jury is the sweetest moment," she explained. (@) The formidable player came out as queer in 2023 and shared that she is dating comedian Mae Martin. However, the two have since broken up."I am so grateful to have been a part of this incredible experience of Australia v. the World," she goes on to say. "There's something about this game that just gets in my blood. I feel like I was born to play Survivor. I think this is the best game of Survivor basically I've played because I think I made some pretty great moves, and I kept myself in a majority alliance."Shallow played her first game back in 2006 for the show's 13th season and placed sixth, but two years later, she returned for the Micronesia season and took home her first win. She played two more games in 2010 and 2020 before making her way on to the second season of Alan Cummings' wildly popular reality competition show, The Traitors. Shallow made it to 11th place as a Traitor, going up against stiff competition. This was her first Survivor game in five years and her first win since 2008.Shallow's fellow contestants paid tribute to her as one of the most respected players including her fellow Traitors and Survivor cast mate, Cirie Fields, whom she formed a special bond with. "It has been a pleasure to be a part of your Survivor journey. And you'll forever be my Survivor soulmate." See on Instagram Shallow shared a few words about Fields on her Instagram in a post dedicated to her fellow player before the finale. "Yes, Survivor is a game of betrayal. But having a true friend in the game anchors you enough to make all the magic possible. Cirie is that for me," the caption reads. " And Janine is that for Luke. Here we are 4 besties heading into the final together. The Australia v USA showdown weve all been waiting for. Expect the unexpected!"

Hi, Out readers! Did you watch the MTV VMAs last night? The 2025 VMAs took place last night, where Lady Gaga was honored with the Artist of the Year, and Ariana Grande won Video of the Year for "brighter days ahead."This year, Ricky Martin was honored with the first-ever Latin Icon award following an electric performance of some of his biggest hits.Martin dedicated the award to his four kids and to his fans, saying, "This is very simple. This is for you all. I'm addicted to your applause. Thats why I keep coming back. Its you, not only here in America, but all over the world."But that's not all!! Martin, known for his sexy photo posts, also shared a pre-show shirtless selfie, revealing he had a wardrobe malfunction just before he took the stage!Martin wasn't the only one to make headlines, as Sabrina Carpenter took the stage to perform her new song "Tears" and brought along several RuPaul's Drag Race queens to advocate for trans rights while she did it.Carpenter was joined by queens including Denali, Willam, Symone, Laganja Estranja, and Lexi Love, who all held up signs advocating for trans rights. Signs said things like, "If you hate, you'll never get laid," "protect trans rights," "support local drag," "dolls, dolls, dolls," and "In trans we trust."In her speech accepting Best Album for Short n' Sweet, Carpenter added to her message."To my queens: This world, as we all know, can be so full of criticism and discrimination and negativity," she said. So to get to be part of something so more often than not, that can bring you light, make you smile, make you dance, and make you feel like the world is yours I'm so grateful. So grateful to do that."Keep reading to find out all the best pop culture news and our Man Crush Monday!- MeyMarriage equality will be banned in these 31 states if Obergefell is overturned10 richest LGBTQ+ people in the worldRicky Martin has VMAs wardrobe malfunctionshares thirst traps to prove itHow Elizabeth II taught a Black trans woman to survive in the Trump era73 male celebs showing off their workout routinesSabrina Carpenter brings 'Drag Race' queens and trans rights to VMAsDylan O'Brien and James Sweeney on the unlikely, intimate friendship between men in 'Twinless'Straight Nonsense: Let's talk Netflix's 'Unknown Number: The High School Catfish' docExplore the camp, parties, and parade of Provincetown Carnival 2025Man Crush MondayMiguel ngel Silvestre, who played Lito on Sense8 is one of our Man Crush Mondays! Check out this list of 85 super hunky Netflix Heartthrobs to see more of the men we love!Get Out / The Advocate in your physical mailbox too!Get print issues of Out Magazine / The Advocate in the mail for just $9.95 a year!

After a few surprise exits among the cast, Saturday Night Live has announced the final lineup for its 51st season.Among the returning players are some fan favorites viewers will be thrilled to see coming back, including Michael Che, Colin Jost, Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernandez, Ego Nwodim, James Austin Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, and, of course, Kenan Thompson, Jane Wickline and Ashley Padilla will also be returning as featured players. Ben Marshall (of Please Do Not Destroy) is being bumped to a main cast member, while newcomers Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson, Tommy Brennan, and Veronika Slowikowska will be joining the show.To celebrate the upcoming new season, here's a list of all the out LGBTQ+ cast members for season 51 of SNL.1. Bowen YangYang joined SNL as a writer back in 2018, but was bumped up to featured player just a season later. Despite carving out a solid career for himself in movies and TV since then, Yang has remained an integral part of SNL, bringing us iconic sketches like the Sara Lee social media disaster with Harry Styles....and that's it.To be fair, not everyone on the SNL cast has labeled themselves, so there certainly could be other LGBTQ+ players among the remaining 17. But all-in-all, it's a pretty bleak look for the showalbeit not necessarily one that's too surprising.There have actually only been nine out LGBTQ+ cast members in SNL history. Maybe we just got a little too accustomed to there actually being more than one present at a time during the early 2020s. And maybe it's just a little more disheartening than usual when we're living through a time where LGBTQ+ acceptance is dipping, making visibility more important than ever. Yet we've also been seeing a decrease in on-screen representation.Hopefully SNL will have plenty of queer hosts and musical guests on during the new season, but we look forward to the day when we can finally at least say there have been 10 LGBTQ+ cast members on the show during its 50+ years on the air.

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, held on Sunday, September 7 at UBS Arena in New York, delivered a night full of unforgettable moments that highlighted LGBTQ artistry, community, and joy. Queer stars lit up the red carpet, where GLAADs Yolanda Lenge caught up with talent including Rebecca Black, Gigi Perez and Frankie Grande, who [...]The post Queer Joy Shined at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards first appeared on GLAAD.

Auf Wiedersehen to Cabaret! The latest iteration of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club is ending its run a month early due to star Billy Porter pulling out because of a serious illness. The Broadway production announced over the weekend that it will put on its final show at New York's August Wilson Theatre on Sunday, September 21. The Porter-led production was originally set to end on October 19."Come hear the music play. Final performance September 21," read the announcement on the musical's Instagram page. "Due to a serious case of sepsis, Billy Porter must also withdraw from the production. His doctors are confident that he will make a full recovery but have advised him to maintain a restful schedule."Understudies Marty Lauter and David Merino will fill in for Porter as the show's Emcee for the final performances."It is with a heavy heart that we have made the painful decision to end our Broadway run on Sept. 21," producer Adam Speers said in a statement Sunday, per Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly. "On behalf of all the producers, we're so honored to have been able to bring this version of John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff's important masterpiece, Cabaret, to New York and to have opened the doors to our own Kit Kat Club for the year and a half we have been here.""Billy was an extraordinary Emcee, bringing his signature passion and remarkable talent. We wish Billy a speedy recovery, and I look forward to working with him again in the very near future," he concluded.See on InstagramThe show opened with Eddie Redmayne as The Emcee and Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles. Later, Adam Lambert and Aulii Cravalho took over, followed by Orivlle Peck and Eva Noblezada.Porter joined the production as The Emcee in July, alongside Marisha Wallace. The two were the first Black actors to play the roles on Broadway.Unfortunately, Porter's run in the show was marred by controversy.In an interview, Porter explained that his take on the character was an American who fled the Jim Crow South to go to Europe, only to find himself in the rise of the Nazi party in Germany."With what's going on in the world right now, you know, Black people have replaced the Jews in this sort of configuration of what we're going through," he said.Some took this as a slight to the plight of both Jewish people under Nazi Germany and today.Others have taken umbrage with his performance, saying it was over the top, featured too many fourth wall breaks, and complaining that he changed the lyrics to a song.Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club ran on Broadway for 592 performances since April 2024. The show has seen a huge drop in attendance since a high in July.

The South Florida Bulls may have stunned the Florida Gators with a last-second field goal, but it wasnt the scoreboard that had people gasping. After clinching the 1816 win, kicker Nico Gramatica and holder Chase Leon fell into a postgame embrace so tender, so locked-in, and so undeniably loaded that football fans were left spiraling in the best way.Captured on ESPNs broadcast, the moment showed Gramatica grabbing Leons face and pulling him close in what can only be described as pure sports romance. The two were cheek to cheek, grinning, and very much not worried about hiding their feelings bromantic or otherwise. To be (@) It didnt take long for the clip and screenshots to go viral. (@) If loving football is gay Im Nico Gramatica, one person wrote. While another pointed to the moment as an example of life imitating art. (@) Another simply quoted Brokeback Mountain with: I wish I knew how to quit you. (@) Others said it might be time for them to start actually watching football. (@) Gramatica, for what its worth, is no stranger to attention. Hes the son of former NFL Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champ Martin Automatica Gramatica, and part of a USF legacy family of record-breaking kickers. But on Saturday night, it was Nicos vibenot his statsthat had people pulling out their romcom casting wish lists. (@) And Leon? Hes an Aussie transfer who played last season at Lamar University before joining USF, where he now serves as punter and kickoff specialist. We dont know much else about him, but judging by the way he looked back at Gramatica, he knows something about bro love languages.Whether this was romance, bromance, or just pure adrenaline, it was the kind of moment that reminds us its not always about the game, but also the magic that happens when nobodys trying to play it cool.Check out the video below.

All eyes are on the cast list for season 51 of Saturday Night Live now that some heavy hitters, including Heidi Gardner, have announced their exits. Ahead of the lineup's release, audiences were curious to see if Bowen Yang would be able to balance another Wicked press tour, the booming popularity of Las Culturistas, the podcast he hosts with best friend Matt Rogers, and being a cast member of the demanding sketch show. But it appears so, as it was announced early Monday that Yang would be returning for his sixth season alongside fan favorites like Ego Nwodim and Chloe Fineman. Kenan Thompson will also return to Studio 8H for his record-breaking 23rd season, which will feature Colin Jost and Michael in their 12th season as hosts of "Weekend Update." Comedians Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman, Marcello Hernndez, Andrew Dismukes, and James Austin Johnson will be back to round out the veteran cast. And newcomers Jane Wickline and Ashley Padilla will get a chance to shine again in their sophomore seasons.There will also, of course, be some fresh faces on the show come October. Joining the cast for their first season are TikTok-star-turned-actress Veronika Slowikowska and comedians Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, and Kam Patterson.But along with the good news comes the bad. Ahead of Monday's announcement, there were multiple departures, not all of which seemed to be facilitated by the cast member themselves. Celeste Yim, SNL's first openly trans writer, was one of the first people to share the news of their exit on social media, citing the show's demanding schedule. "Lorne hired me over the phone when I was 23 and the job literally made all of my dreams come true BUT it was also grueling and I slept in my office every week," their August 24 statement on Instagram read. "BUT my friends helped me with everything BUT I got yelled at by random famous men BUT some famous girls too BUT I loved it and I laughed every day and it's where I grew up."Emil Wakim, who only had one season on the show, shared on social media that he wouldn't be returning for another go-around a few days after Yim. "It was a gut punch of a call to get but i'm so grateful for my time there," Wakim wrote, also on Instagram. Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, and John Higgins of Please Don't Destroy join the list of notable departures, along with Gardner, who is exiting after eight seasons. Notably, Yang is said to be the only LGBTQ+ cast member appearing on the upcoming season.

Ayo Edebiri had what some are describing as the perfect clapback to an Italian reporter's line of questioning during a press junket for Luca Guadagnino's upcoming film, After The Hunt. The Bottoms star sat alongside castmates Andrew Garfield and Julia Roberts when a reporter for ArtsLife lobbed an uncomfortable question at the group. "In your opinion, what we lost during the politically correct era and what we have to expect in Hollywood after the #MeToo movement and Black Lives Matter are done?" The journalist, whose name is Federica Polidoro, then made clear that the question was for, "The two of you, Andrew and Julia."The three actors immediately appeared visibly uncomfortable, scoffing and shifting in their seats. Roberts even asked the journalist to repeat the question, adding, "With your sunglasses on, I can't tell which of us you're talking to."After Polidoro confidently repeated the question, clarifying that it was indeed for Garfield and Roberts, Edebiri then spoke up. "I know that that's not for me, and I don't know if it's purposeful that it's not for me. But I just am curious," Edebiri said, glancing at her costars. "I don't think it's done at all. I think, maybe, hashtags might not be used as much, or...but I do think that there's work being done by activists, by people every day, that's beautiful, important work that's not finished."Even if it isn't as visible in the media, the actor continued, that important work continues to be carried out "because this world is really charged." "Maybe if there's, like, not mainstream coverage in the way that there might've been, daily headlines in the way that it might've been eight or so years ago...but I don't think that it means that the work is done," Edebiri concluded. "That's what I would say." - YouTube www.youtube.com Edebiri is being praised online for her response to the line of questioning. Meanwhile, Polidoro, who doubled down in light of the backlash, is being heavily criticized."I have been subjected to personal insults and attacks because of a question that, for some reason, was not well received by some members of the public," the Italian journalist wrote in an Instagram statement, which was reported on by E! News. "I find it striking that those who unjustly accuse me of racism and consider themselves custodians of justice find acceptable violent language, personal attacks, and cyberbullying."She concluded, "I would like to clarify that, rather than focusing on the thoughtful responses of Ayo Edebiri, Julia Roberts, and Andrew Garfield, the discussion continues solely on how I should have phrased the question."This is the second time in recent weeks that After the Hunt has been the subject of a controversy, with the feature grabbing headlines out of the Venice Film Festival for its nod to disgraced director Woody Allen.

Auf Wiedersehen to Cabaret! The latest iteration of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club is ending its run a month early due to star Billy Porter pulling out because of a serious illness. The Broadway production announced over the weekend that it will put on its final show at New York's August Wilson Theatre on Sunday, September 21. The Porter-led production was originally set to end on October 19."Come hear the music play. Final performance September 21," read the announcement on the musical's Instagram page. "Due to a serious case of sepsis, Billy Porter must also withdraw from the production. His doctors are confident that he will make a full recovery but have advised him to maintain a restful schedule."Understudies Marty Lauter and David Merino will fill in for Porter as the show's Emcee for the final performances."It is with a heavy heart that we have made the painful decision to end our Broadway run on Sept. 21," producer Adam Speers said in a statement Sunday, per Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly. "On behalf of all the producers, we're so honored to have been able to bring this version of John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff's important masterpiece, Cabaret, to New York and to have opened the doors to our own Kit Kat Club for the year and a half we have been here.""Billy was an extraordinary Emcee, bringing his signature passion and remarkable talent. We wish Billy a speedy recovery, and I look forward to working with him again in the very near future," he concluded.See on InstagramThe show opened with Eddie Redmayne as The Emcee and Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles. Later, Adam Lambert and Aulii Cravalho took over, followed by Orivlle Peck and Eva Noblezada.Porter joined the production as The Emcee in July, alongside Marisha Wallace. The two were the first Black actors to play the roles on Broadway.Unfortunately, Porter's run in the show was marred by controversy.In an interview, Porter explained that his take on the character was an American who fled the Jim Crow South to go to Europe, only to find himself in the rise of the Nazi party in Germany."With what's going on in the world right now, you know, Black people have replaced the Jews in this sort of configuration of what we're going through," he said.Some took this as a slight to the plight of both Jewish people under Nazi Germany and today.Others have taken umbrage with his performance, saying it was over the top, featured too many fourth wall breaks, and complaining that he changed the lyrics to a song.Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club ran on Broadway for 592 performances since April 2024. The show has seen a huge drop in attendance since a high in July.

A timeline of 'Drag Race'winners.For more than 15 years, the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise not only solidified its flagship series and spin-offs like RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in the U.S., but it also reached numerous countries with international versions of the drag competition show.The main, U.S.-based Drag Race premiered on Logo TV in 2009 and moved to bigger networks like VH1 and MTV over time welcoming a huge audience of loyal fans who come back for each new season with the same passion and enthusiasm for the contestants. And the show wasn't just a commercial hit, either, as it went on to break all-time Emmy Award records with new seasons of Drag Race and its host, RuPaul Charles.In recent years, Drag Race also conquered the world with many adaptations of the series in nearly 20 countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Thailand, France, Brazil, Spain, the Philippines, Mexico, and a combined Down Under series for Australia and New Zealand, among others.Drag Race's global reach has introduced fans to LGBTQ+ talent and drag artists from many different places, and these winners illustrate the different shades of talent, resilience, glamour, and sense of humor that are welcomed and celebrated within this international franchise.See our complete timeline of RuPaul's Drag Race winners below. All U.S. seasons of Drag Race are streaming on Paramount+, while international seasons of the series are streaming on WOW Presents Plus.1. BeBe Zahara Benet 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 1Crowned: March 23, 2009Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 12. Tyra Sanchez 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 2Crowned: April 26, 2010Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 03. Raja 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 3Crowned: May 2, 2011Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 14. Sharon Needles 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 4Crowned: April 30, 2012Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 15. Chad Michaels 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 1Crowned: November 26, 2012Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 26. Jinkx Monsoon 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 5Crowned: May 6, 2013Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 17. Bianca Del Rio 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 6Crowned: May 19, 2014Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 08. Violet Chachki 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 7Crowned: June 1, 2015Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 09. Luz Violeta 'The Switch Drag Race' Season 1Crowned: October 8, 2015Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 310. Bob The Drag Queen 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 8Crowned: May 16, 2016Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 111. Alaska 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 2Crowned: October 13, 2016Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 112. Sasha Velour 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 9Crowned: June 23, 2017Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 013. Trixie Mattel 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 3Crowned: March 15, 2018Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 214. Natalia Pliacam 'Drag Race Thailand' Season 1Crowned: April 5, 2018Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 115. Aquaria 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 10Crowned: June 28, 2018Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 016. Miss Leona 'The Switch Drag Race' Season 2Crowned: July 15, 2018Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 117-18. Mont X Change 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 4Crowned: February 15, 2019Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 217-18. Trinity The Tuck 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 4Crowned: February 15, 2019Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 119. Angele Anang 'Drag Race Thailand' Season 2Crowned: April 5, 2019Maxi Challenge Wins: 6Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 220. Yvie Oddly 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 11Crowned: May 30, 2019Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 121. The Vivienne 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' Season 1Crowned: November 21, 2019Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 122. Jaida Essence Hall 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 12Crowned: May 29, 2020Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 123. Shea Coule 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 5Crowned: July 24, 2020Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 324. Priyanka 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 1Crowned: September 3, 2020Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 225. Envy Peru 'Drag Race Holland' Season 1Crowned: November 6, 2020Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 026. Lawrence Chaney 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' Season 2Crowned: March 18, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 127. Symone 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 13Crowned: April 23, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 228. Kita Mean 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season 1Crowned: June 19, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 129. Carmen Farala 'Drag Race Espaa' Season 1Crowned: July 25, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 030. Kylie Sonique Love 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 6Crowned: September 2, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 331. Vanessa Van Cartier 'Drag Race Holland' Season 2Crowned: September 24, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 032. Krystal Versace 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 3Crowned: November 25, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 133. Icesis Couture 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 2Crowned: December 16, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 234. Elecktra Bionic 'Drag Race Italia' Season 1Crowned: December 23, 2021Maxi Challenge Wins: 0Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 035. Blu Hydrangea 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World' Season 1Crowned: March 8, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 136. Willow Pill 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 14Crowned: April 22, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 237. Sharonne 'Drag Race Espaa' Season 2Crowned: June 5, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 038. Jinkx Monsoon 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 7Crowned: July 29, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 5Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: N/A39. Paloma 'Drag Race France' Season 1Crowned: August 11, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 140. Gisle Lullaby 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 3Crowned: September 8, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 141. Spankie Jackzon 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season 2Crowned: September 17, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 142. Precious Paula Nicole 'Drag Race Philippines' Season 1Crowned: October 12, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 043. Danny Beard 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' Season 4Crowned: November 24, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 044. La Diamond 'Drag Race Italia' Season 2Crowned: December 8, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 045. Ra'Jah O'Hara 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World' Season 1Crowned: December 23, 2022Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 146. Drag Couenne 'Drag Race Belgique' Season 1Crowned: April 6, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 047. Sasha Colby 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 15Crowned: April 14, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 048. Admira Thunderpussy 'Drag Race Sverige' Season 1Crowned: April 22, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 049. Pitita 'Drag Race Espaa' Season 3Crowned: June 25, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 150. Jimbo 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 8Crowned: July 21, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 151. Keiona 'Drag Race France' Season 2Crowned: August 25, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 052. Cristian Peralta 'Drag Race Mxico' Season 1Crowned: September 7, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 5Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 053. Isis Avis Loren 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season 3Crowned: September 15, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 054. Captivating Katkat 'Drag Race Philippines' Season 2Crowned: October 4, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 155. Organzza 'Drag Race Brasil' Season 1Crowned: November 14, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 156. Pandora Nox 'Drag Race Germany' Season 1Crowned: November 21, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 3 (two maxi wins; one runway win)Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 257. Ginger Johnson 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' Season 5Crowned: November 30, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 058. Lina Galore 'Drag Race Italia' Season 3Crowned: December 29, 2023Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 259. Venus 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 4Crowned: January 11, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 060. Drag Sethlas 'Drag Race Espaa All Stars' Season 1Crowned: March 17, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 061. Alvilda 'Drag Race Belgique' Season 2Crowned: March 21, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 162. Tia Kofi 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World' Season 2Crowned: March 29, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 063. Nymphia Wind 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 16Crowned: April 19, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 064. Le Filip 'Drag Race France' Season 3Crowned: July 19, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 0Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 165. Angeria Paris VanMicheals 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 9Crowned: July 26, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: n/a66. Lemon 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World' Season 2Crowned: August 23, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 067. Leexa Fox 'Drag Race Mxico' Season 2Crowned: September 5, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 1Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 068. Maxie 'Drag Race Philippines' Season 3Crowned: October 9, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 069. Alyssa Edwards 'RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars' Season 1Crowned: October 25, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 070. Kyran Thrax RuPaul's Drag Race UK' Season 6Crowned: November 28, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 071. Le Coc 'Drag Race Espaa' Season 4Crowned: December 15, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 172. Frankie Wonga 'Drag Race Thailand' Season 3Crowned: December 18, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 073. Lazy Susan 'Drag Race Down Under' Season 4Crowned: December 20, 2024Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 074. The Virgo Queen 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 5Crowned: January 16, 2025Maxi Challenge Wins: 2Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 275. Onya Nurve 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 17Crowned: April 18, 2025Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 176. Ginger Minj 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 10Crowned: July 18, 2025Maxi Challenge Wins: 4Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: N/A77. Mami Watta 'Drag Race France All Stars' Season 1Crowned: August 28, 2025Maxi Challenge Wins: 3Bottom/Eligible for Elimination: 0

Category is: Hall of Fame divas and dolls!RuPaul's Drag Race has come a long way since airing season 1 of All Stars featuring queens competing in teams of two. In recent years, even international Drag Race shows have been greenlighting their own versions of All Stars spinoffs, which means that the global Drag Race Hall of Fame is closer than ever to reaching 20 queens.Keep scrolling to explore our list of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars winners over the years.1. Chad Michaels 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 1Chad Michaels' Drag Race debut in season 4 was impeccable, but she had to return to the first-ever season of All Stars in order to properly snatch her crown. In case you don't remember, the big twist of All Stars 1 involved two queens competing in pairs. Chad paired up with Shannel, from season 1, as "Team Shad."Together, Chad and Shannel won three maxi challenges and made it to the grand finale. The All Stars 1 finale then featured a lip sync for the crown between Chad and Raven, which culminated in Chad entering the Drag Race Hall of Fame.Chad Michaels was crowned on November 26, 2012 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 1.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.2. Alaska 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 2All Stars 2 featured a next-level version of Alaska that Drag Race fans hadn't yet seen in season 5. She came into the competition more focused and galvanized than ever, and won as many as four maxi challenges throughout the season.Alaska also didn't land in the bottom until the very end, making it to the grand finale with Detox, Roxxxy Andrews, and Katya.Alaska was crowned on October 13, 2016 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 2.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.3. Trixie Mattel 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 3The growing success of Drag Race moved the flagship series and its spinoff, All Stars, to VH1 and All Stars 3 happened to be the first season of the spinoff to air on that bigger network (in comparison to its previous home on Logo TV).Trixie Mattel got to the finale with a track record of two maxi challenge wins and two bottom placements. She, along with fellow finalists BeBe Zahara Benet, Kennedy Davenport, and Shangela, were all gooped and gagged by the "A Jury of their Queers" twist where eliminated queens decided which two competitors would lip sync for the crown. The voting pushed forward Trixie and Kennedy, and Trixie was ultimately chosen to enter the Drag Race Hall of Fame.Trixie Mattel was crowned on March 15, 2018 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 3.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.4-5. Mont X Change 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 4Did somebody say "Twinners"?!Mont X Change got to the grand finale of All Stars 4 with three maxi challenge wins and a huge shot at snatching the crown. And she did snatch the crown, deservedly so, but with a twistMont X Change was crowned on February 15, 2019 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 4.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.4-5. Trinity The Tuck 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 4The twist of All Stars 4 being that not one, but two competitors won the season and were crowned as winners. The other "twinner" was Trinity The Tuck, who won four maxi challenges and competed in a lip sync for the crown against Mont.Fortunately, each of these winners received the full $100,000 grand prize amount they would've earned as standalone winners, so everybody won in the end.Trinity The Tuck was crowned on February 15, 2019 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 4.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.6. Shea Coule 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 5She didn't come to play; she came to enter the Drag Race Hall of Fame.Despite being the obvious frontrunner to win season 9 but not being able to snatch the crown just yet Shea Coule moved right along with her career and returned for All Stars 5 with more determination than ever. In the end, Shea's spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame was secured, and it felt correct to see her as the champion that she had always been.Shea Coule was crowned on July 24, 2020 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 5.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.7. Kylie Sonique Love 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 6Kylie Sonique Love an OG queen from Drag Race season 2 and a trans trailblazer within the reality TV genre had the ultimate Ru-demption story as she came back for All Stars 6.Kylie won a maxi challenge (for acting) and made her way to the top 4 without ever getting voted on by the other queens to be eliminated.Kylie Sonique Love was crowned on September 2, 2021 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 6.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.8. Blu Hydrangea 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World' Season 1The first season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World was packed with heavy-hitters like Baga Chipz, Mo Heart, Pangina Heals, and Jimbo, meaning that Blu Hydrangea's path to victory wasn't going to be easy.Nonetheless, Blu persevered, played the game, and proved how talented she is even how much she had evolved since competing in the first U.K. season. And just like that, Blu was crowned the Queen of the Mother-Tuckin' World.Blu Hydrangea was crowned on March 8, 2022 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World season 1.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World is streaming on WOW Presents Plus.9. Jinkx Monsoon 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 7Jinkx Monsoon became the first-ever two-time Drag Race winner while competing in the all-winners edition of the series, All Stars 7.This legendary queen had already solidified herself as one of the best and most popular stars in Mama Ru's queendom, and she did that yet again while competing with an all-winners cast and still triumphing over them without ever having to compromise her drag, her perspective, and her truth.Throughout All Stars 7, Jinkx won as many as five maxi challenges, more than any other queen in the competition.Jinkx Monsoon was crowned on July 29, 2022 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 7.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.10. Ra'Jah O'Hara 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World' Season 1Ra'Jah O'Hara had a pretty intense saga on Drag Race between competing in season 11, All Stars 6, and the first-ever edition of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World. She competed alongside Silky Nutmeg Ganache all three seasons And, as fate would have it, the lip sync for the crown was between the two of them.The Ru-demption story arc showcased by Ra'Jah in this franchise is definitely one for the herstory books, and it's amazing to see that it ended on the highest possible note: Earning the title of Queen of the Mother-Puckin' World.Ra'Jah O'Hara was crowned on December 23, 2022 as the winner of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World season 1.Where to watch: Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World is streaming on WOW Presents Plus.11. Jimbo 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 8Following her journeys in the inaugural seasons of Canada's Drag Race and UK vs the World, Jimbo became the first-ever queen from an international season to enter the Drag Race Hall of Fame.Overall, Jimbo won four maxi challenges on All Stars 8 and only landed in the bottom once a pretty fierce track record that proved, once and for all, how Jimbo become a bona fide drag superstar.Jimbo was crowned on July 21, 2023 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 8.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.12. Drag Sethlas 'Drag Race Espaa All Stars' Season 1Drag Sethlas showed a lot of promise during her debut run on Drag Race Espaa season 2. However, she did fall short of making it into the top 4.After seeing the fan reaction to her talents and working even harder with a larger platform, Sethlas came back onto the Drag Race Espaa All Stars to absolutely steamroll the competition. Four maxi challenge wins and never being eligible for elimination, it's safe to say that Sethlas accomplished that mission.Drag Sethlas was crowned on March 17, 2024 as the winner of Drag Race Espaa All Stars season 1.Where to watch: Drag Race Espaa All Stars is streaming on WOW Presents Plus.13. Tia Kofi 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World' Season 2Tia Kofi was a big fan-favorite on Drag Race UK season 2 for her charisma, sense of humor, and ability to laugh through even the toughest critiques and shade-throwing moments between queens.So when the time came for UK vs the World season 2, it was nothing short of wonderful to see Tia back in our screens. Except, this time, she also won four maxi challenges, never landed in the bottom, and was crowned Queen of the Mother-Tuckin' World.Tia Kofi was crowned on March 29, 2024 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World season 2.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. the World is streaming on WOW Presents Plus.14. Angeria Paris VanMicheals 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 9Angie on the Drag Race Hall of Fame? Check!The delightful Angeria Paris VanMicheals entered the Drag Race Hall of Fame as a competitor who won All Stars 9, a.k.a. the "chari-tea" season of the series. Though it is unfortunate that this format didn't let the winner walk away with the grand prize of $200,000, the overall theme of the season felt like a necessary message to send out into the world.In the end, Angeria was one of three queens to win four maxi challenges the other two being Plastique Tiara and Roxxxy Andrews.Angeria Paris VanMicheals was crowned on July 26, 2024 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 9.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.15. Lemon 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World' Season 2Lemon got to live out her full CITRUSSY fantasy as she returned to Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World season 2 with a vengeance walking away from the competition with a crown, $100,000, and the new Queen of the Mother-Puckin' World.Over the course of this competition, Lemon won two maxi challenges and never landed in the bottom (as in, being eligible for elimination).Lemon was crowned on August 23, 2024 as the winner of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World season 2.Where to watch: Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World is streaming on WOW Presents Plus.16. Alyssa Edwards 'RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars' Season 1All the way from Mesquite, Texas, Alyssa Edwards was introduced to fans during her run on Drag Race season 5. This fierce queen eventually returned for All Stars 2 and got closer than ever to winning that crown, but finished the season in fifth place.Alyssa competed in the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars in 2024 and represented the United States against 11 other queens from around the world. Over the course of the season, Alyssa won two maxi challenges the grand premiere's Talent Show and the commercials challenge and was never in the bottom or eligible for elimination.In the end, Alyssa lip synced for the crown against fellow finalists Kitty Scott-Claus, Kween Kong, and Nehellenia, which culminated in her finally snatching the crown and entering the Drag Race Hall of Fame.Alyssa Edwards was crowned on October 25, 2024 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars season 1.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.17. Ginger Minj 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 10The first Tournament of All Stars in Drag Race herstory had queens and fans excited for a new format that brought back recent fan-favorites while combining them with OG stars of the franchise.A record-breaking 18 queens returned to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 10 first in one of three brackets, and then in a lip sync smackdown for the crown. Ginger Minj, who competed for the fourth time on the show and won a total of four maxi challenges on AS10, was the crowned champion who entered the Drag Race Hall of Fame.Ginger Minj was crowned on July 18, 2025 as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 10.Where to watch: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is streaming on Paramount+.18. Mami Watta 'Drag Race France All Stars' Season 1After three very successful seasons, Drag Race France launched its very own All Stars spinoff that turned out to be a huge hit among fans. Hosted by Nicky Doll, it's remarkable to see how the French edition of RuPaul's Drag Race has become so successful so quickly to the point of getting a Drag Race France All Stars all on its own.Mami Watta, Elips, Misty Phoenix, and Piche were the top 4 finalists in this first season of France All Stars. This glorious season finale filmed in a live theater, with an audience! came down to Mami Watta and Elips lip syncing for the crown to Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra." After their performances, host Nicky Doll crowned Mami Watta as the newest All Stars winner of the global franchise.Mami Watta was crowned on August 28, 2025 as the winner of Drag Race France All Stars season 1.Where to watch: Drag Race France All Stars is streaming on WOW Presents Plus.

I enjoy your column, and I have a situation.Im in a committed, monogamous relationship with a man 14 years younger. I recently came out after a 25-year marriage to a woman. Following my divorce, my partner and I found each other online, long-distance. We started slowly, as friends learning about each others lives, building trust and a foundation. We shortly exited the apps and turned the relationship romantic. We now live together; my children and my mom get along with my partner very well, and hes become a part of our family; I love him and tell him that often. He is super loving, caring, and concerned about me.We lack penetrative sex and, in particular, me topping him. We used to have sex once or more a week, but in the last several months, thats dwindled to once a month. At the point Im writing this, from a vacation, were now going on five weeks without anything other than handjobs or blowies, and with both, we ultimately are getting ourselves off with the other participating alongside, not penetrative sex. Sex with my partner is a bit laborious. I am large to him (8), so its an undertaking, lets say, to get him ready. Theres also pain; I sense he doesnt like to bottom because of the discomfort, though once Im fully inside, hoping my erection lasts, he seems to enjoy it, but he wont let me go wild on him because it hurts. He doesnt do anything really about the pain or getting ready, such as stretching, poppers, etc. So, more often than not, I end up bottoming, as its easier to get sex going that way, and because I also want to make him happy, and I enjoy bottoming. Plus, he likes me in that position; he enjoys the domination, though afterwards he also tries to persuade me that Im the bottom in the sexual relationship. No, Im really not.Ive racked my brain to try to figure out how to deal with this issue, maintain the relationship, and not hurt his fragile ego. Ive considered ultimatums, asking for hall passes, suggesting finding a third or another couple, and even reentering the apps to talk to other guys about the issue. The solutions involving others concern me because I feel they could erode trust and end up breaking us up. I also think it would hurt his heart for me to suggest that.Bottom line: I came out of a sexless 25-year heteronormative marriage to be authentic and settle for nothing less than personal and sexual fulfillment. How can I maintain a relationship with my partner, who I love so much, and I dont want to lose, without frequent, penetrative sex being involved in our relationship? How do I even broach suggestions about sexual fulfillment from others with him, if thats what I am to do?Sincerely,Frustrated.Hey Frustrated, Yeah, thats frustrating. I wonder if, in all the time you spent chatting online, you talked at length about sex? Based on your question, Id say your partner just isnt into bottoming. In fact, he seems opposed to it and seems to prefer being dominant in bed. He may not have been aware of this when you were chatting over long distance, so he might not have communicated these desires so well. But hes giving you every sign that hes not into it hes even trying to designate you as the bottom in your relationship. Waving aside the (false) assumption that every gay relationship needs a bottom and a top, hes all but explicitly stated what he wants you to be and that, paired with his obvious discomfort and displeasure in receptive anal sex, makes me think youre dating a top who is willing on rare occasions to bottom for you because he cares about you, but not because he wants to. And it sounds like youre the same. Your message makes it clear that some great aspects of this relationship make it worth preserving. Hes a loving partner. Your family likes him. Hes attentive and caring. If your relationship is solid, it sounds like youre able to talk about things and communicate well that is the core, necessary ingredient of all happy couples so why are you nervous to share these feelings and frustrations with him? If hes a good partner, hell be willing to talk, patiently and kindly, about all this as, indeed, he must. You should be bringing these concerns to him. I know many gay romantic pairings of men who both prefer to top. None are monogamous. Sorry, but thats how it is. If neither of you desires bottoming, you have limited options: 1) every time you want to have penetrative sex, one of you must reluctantly bottom, and without this being the desired option, it makes sense that the amount of penetrative sex youre having would decrease over time; 2) you can rock a total bottoms world by sharing and gang-banging the shit out of him all night, together; or 3) you can both have sex with others who satisfy your respective desires and go home to each other every night to enjoy all the closeness and intimacy you already have, with your sex needs met elsewhere. Sure, theres a fourth option, too: You can break up. But that seems needless when you have a great relationship! You might just have to join the countless gay couples that arent totally, 100 percent sexually exclusive. And, yes, that means communicating well talking about feelings of jealousy when they arise (they will) without screaming and slamming doors and being patient and understanding with each other. But these are the exact requirements of all happy, successful relationships. Do not re-enter the apps. Dont do anything without talking to him first about all this. If he does not listen, hear you out, and respond kindly, thats a red flag that he might be unable to have this kind of mature, adult conversation and that doesnt bode well for any relationship, gay or straight, monogamous or otherwise. Im fully with you in the last paragraph of your message. I feel that. Do not settle for anything less than sexual and personal fulfillment that is what we all deserve. He deserves it too. You both deserve the sex you want not the reluctant, only if I have to, take-one-for-the-team sex, but the sex you fantasize about. What are his fantasies? Have you asked him? You guys need to talk about sex honestly, transparently, patiently. To answer your final question, you broach this conversation by saying something like: Hey, we dont need to have this conversation now, but can we schedule a time to sit down and talk about sex? I want to hear your thoughts on it, and I want to share my thoughts too. I dont want this to be rushed, so lets choose a time when were both free for the evening. Thats it. If that sounds serious to him, thats fine it is serious. The stakes are high. Yes, he might respond with insecurity and anger at the mere suggestion of sex with others, and that could end your relationship. But in its current state, your relationship is likely to end anyway youre so sexually dissatisfied that youre considering ultimatums and going on sex apps to talk to random strangers about the issue (please). Youre at the point where something needs to happen. This conversation is it. Hey there! Im Alexander Cheves. Im a sex writer and former sex workerI worked in the business for over 12 years. You can read my sex-and-culture column Last Call in Out and my book My Love Is a Beast: Confessions, from Unbound Edition Press. But be warned: Kirkus Reviews says the book is "not for squeamish readers.In the past, I directed (ahem) adult videos and sold adult products. I have spoken about subjects like cruising, sexual health, and HIV at the International AIDS Conference, SXSW, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and elsewhere, and appeared on dozens of podcasts.Here, Im offering sex and relationship advice to Outs readers. Send your question to askbeastly@gmail.com it may get answered in a future post.

2025 is the year of our Lorde.The New Zealand-based singer and songwriter released her fourth studio album, Virgin, this summer, to acclaim from critics and fans. However, it's her comments about the album and how it explores her gender that have garnered the most attention.Throughout her publicity for Virgin, which came out June 27, Lorde has made remarks about how her music relates to her gender. Now, two months later, she's spoken out again on the subject. Let's review everything she has said on the subject.What does Lorde say about her gender now?In her newest comments about her gender, Lorde tells Dazed that her pronouns have not changed, "but some days, I can't wear women's clothes.""I've had to figure out how to have my makeup done in a way that doesnt make me feel trapped or tight or like the wrong thing. Now I just tell people, 'Treat it like male grooming.' There always need to be options for clothing, or shirts," she says. "I had no idea there would be days when I felt totally out of body, and it was because I was wearing women's clothes when it wasnt the right thing." "Its all a journey. I have no idea where its gonna go; it doesnt feel like Ive arrived anywhere permanent at all. Im sure itll keep unfurling, the way these things do. It really took me by surprise how much shame I felt feeling all that come up wasn't easy," she adds. "Even as I see my friends coming fully into their genders, feeling nothing but pride, love, respect, and bliss. I just think it takes time to metabolize and find itself. Im excited to find out where that lands, if it ever does land. Your whole life, it keeps unfurling."What does Lorde's Virgin album title have to do with her gender?In her Instagram Stories, Lorde spoke about why she named her album Virgin."There is evidence that the word 'virgin' derived from the combination of the Latin words 'vir-' (for man, as in 'virile') and '-gyne' (for woman, as in gynecology) a man-woman or androgynous person," a screenshot she shared reads. "This corresponds with the biblical story in Genesis 1:27: 'So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.' Perhaps God and the first human he/she created is/was intersex?"Is Lorde's album, Virgin, about gender?In an interview with Document Journal, Lorde said the new album was inspired by "becoming single, but also really facing my body stuff head-on, and starting to feel my gender broadening a little bit."In the interview, she also said she "was coming into [her] masculinity a bit more." She also sent an email announcing the new album, which spoke about the personal places the new music came from."The color of the album is clear like bathwater, windows, ice, spit. Full transparency. The language is plain and unsentimental. The sounds are the same wherever possible. I was trying to see myself, all the way through. I was trying to make a document that reflected my femininity: raw, primal, innocent, elegant, openhearted, spiritual, masc."What do Lorde's songs say about gender?The opening track of Virgin, titled "Hammer," features the line: "I burn and I sing and I scheme and I dance / Some days I'm a woman, some days I'm a man."In another song, she refers to herself as "Man of the Year." She told Rolling Stone that when she wrote the song, she tried to visualize a version of herself "that was fully representative of how [her] gender felt in that moment." That image included her "in men's jeans, this time wearing nothing else but her gold chain and duct tape on her chest.""I went to the cupboard, and I got the tape out, and I did it to myself," she said. "I have this picture staring at myself. I was blond. It scared me what I saw. I didn't understand it. But I felt something bursting out of me. It was crazy. It was something jagged. There was this violence to it."She told Dazed that the moment helped her come "into some understanding about myself, and felt a very pure version of myself present.""I had this roll of tape and grabbed it, put my jeans on, taped up, and saw myself and was like, 'Fuck, that's me.' Suddenly, I could see it."What did Lorde say about her gender at the Met Gala?Lorde attended the 2025 Met Gala, celebrating the theme Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, where she was dressed in Thom Browne. When asked about her look, which featured an open back, she said it helped her express her gender."I just love the open back. It really represents where I'm at, gender-wise. I love it. I feel like a man and a woman, you know?" She added that the outfit's top was "a take on the cummerbund."What did Lorde say to Rolling Stone about gender?In a Rolling Stone cover story, Lorde expanded even more on her feelings about gender. She said that while undergoing treatment for an eating disorder, she was allowing herself to take up more space, which led to her examining her gender identity."My gender got way more expansive when I gave my body more room," she said, adding that she still calls herself a cis woman and uses she/her pronouns. Lorde also said she describes herself as "in the middle gender-wise."She also said that going off birth control for the first time in over a decade allowed her to "cut some sort of cord between [her] and this regulated femininity.""It sounds crazy, but I felt that all of a sudden, I was off the map of femininity," she added. "And I totally believed that that allowed things to open up."What did Lorde say Chappell Roan asked about her gender?In Rolling Stone, Lorde said that Roan, who has become a close friend, asked her how she identifies."She was like, 'So, are you nonbinary now?' And I was like, 'I'm a woman except for the days when I'm a man.' I know that's not a very satisfying answer, but there's a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up."Now, to Dazed, Lorde has cleared that up. "I think I misquoted that I feel really bad," Lorde says. "She said, very sweetly, something like, 'So your pronouns are changing?'"She clarified that no, right now, she/her pronouns feel right.

Round 5 of Spain: Here we go!The premiere date of Drag Race Espaa season 5 has finally been announced, and fans couldn't be more excited about what's become one of the most popular international shows of the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise.A sickening group of 12 contestants will enter the Drag Race Espaa werk room to compete and win the title of Spain's Next Drag Superstar.And, just like the very first season of the show, these queens will once again be critiqued by mainstay judges Javier Ambrossi, Ana Locking, and Javier Calvo.But don't get it twisted, sis the fifth season of Espaa will also have more Supremme de Luxe, obviamente!The host and main judge of the show is returning for another lap of Drag Race Espaa, and we can't wait to see more Supremme on our screens.Scroll through to meet the queens of Drag Race Espaa season 5, premiering on Sunday, September 28 on WOW Presents Plus.All images and information included below courtesy of World of Wonder.Alexandra del RavalAge: 27City: BarcelonaAlexandra comes from the El Raval neighborhood in Barcelona, and is ready to bring the 50.000 cash prize to her city. She wants to be the next Spanish Drag Superstar because she is "unique, unrivaled, invincible and a hot mess."Dafne MuglerAge: 20City: MlagaDafne is a dedicated ballerina, who is ready to be the first crowned winner of Drag Race Espaa to claim the title. Though she is young, warns her competitors not to underestimate her, as she's ready to sweep the competition on the Main Stage.Denbola MurnauAge: 23City: ElcheDenbola crowns herself as the "porcelain little clown" of the season. She defines her drag as a Marilyn Monroe film if it was directed by Tim Burton, with her main references being silver stars from Old Hollywood and Beetlejuice. She's ready to be the next Spanish Drag Superstar because "it's time a colorful weirdo gets the crown".Eva HarringtonAge: 27City: TenerifeEva Harrington defines her drag as "an explosion of femininity, hips, waist, strength and elegance", and is ready to crown herself the "humble queen" of the season. She wants to be the next Spanish Drag Superstar to prove to the world that the Canary Islands can shine.FerrxnAge: 27City: ValenciaFerrxn is bringing the comedy to season 5 of Drag Race Espaa, and tells her competitors to expect the unexpected. She comes to represent her homeland with pride, and is ready to be crowned as the first winning queen to speak Valencian.Krystal ForeverAge: 52Hometown: Caracas, VenezuelaKrystal's drag name comes from the iconic film Showgirl, and credits RuPaul, Diana Ross, and Whitney Houston as her biggest inspirations. Dubbing herself the lip sync queen of the season, she's ready to be crowned the Spain's Next Drag Superstar.Laca UdillaAge: 27City: ValenciaLaca's drag persona is inspired by Sara Montiel, Roco Jurado, classic Spanish cinema, musicals, and history. With her claim to be the singing queen of the season, she must take home the crown because she promised so to her drag sisters Hornella and Pakita.La EscndaloAge: 26City: BarcelonaLa Escndalo is bringing the color to this season of Drag Race Espaa, ready to bring viewers into her "fantasy world." Her drag persona is a mix of classic eleganza, pure love, and childhood nostalgia such as cartoons and video games.Margarita KalifataAge: 32City: CrdobaMargarita's drag name is inspired by her neighborhood of Crdoba as representation of her hometown. Her drag inspirations include her own mother, as well as Pamela Anderson: "I want Margarita Kalifata to be an homage to everything my mother couldn't have been, and to have everything that she could not have."NIXAge: 29City: AlicanteNIX arrives at Drag Race Espaa from Copenhagen, but she is originally from Alicante. She defines herself as the fashion queen of the season, with her strengths being fashion, beauty, aesthetics, and performance. She is ready to be the first trans winner of Drag Race Espaa.NoriAge: 28City: ExtremaduraNori is the fashion diva of the season, with her biggest inspirations being designers such as Mugler and Versace, along with divas like Christina Aguilera. She defines her strengths as her looks, makeup, hairdressing, sewing, and dancing, and men as her weakness.Satn GrecoAge: 39City: TorremolinosSatn's drag name comes from Nicole Kidman's character in Moulin Rouge!, while her surname is an homage to her aunt, who is also a Spanish drag queen. He draws inspiration from the folklore divas such as Lola Flores, Roco Jurado, and Lina Morgan.Watch: Meet the Queens of Drag Race Espaa Season 5

Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause and her partner, G Flip, are attempting to welcome a baby into the world, but their experience with in-vitro fertilization is not going as they'd hope. In conversation with People, the Australian nonbinary musician spoke about their IVF endeavor and called it "very grim" and said it was a "very up and down thing.""For anyone going through IVF queer or straight couples or anyone not even in a couple, just even on their own it's such a hard thing," G Flip told People. "And we're experiencing the real kind of sad and dark periods of this moment, where it's like, a little bit of good news, a lot of bad news, a little bit of hope, no hope."They go on to say that they and their partner will continue to be there for one another and "come out of it still a unit and try not to let it break the relationship or break people individually." The Australian singer also said, "I really feel for anyone who's going through it, and I have friends going through it, and God, it's really sad. It's very grim."Recently, the reality TV star shared on her Instagram stories that she also feels like this journey has been a "hell train" and said that this upcoming attempt "may be [her] last." Adding, "There are other alternatives, but this route needed to be tried first bc of timing. So if it's meant to be it will be. If not, pivot."At least, while they go through this experience, they may have some distractions along the way. G Flip recently released their third studio album, Dream Ride, and is set to embark on tour across the US, UK, and Australia.

Glen Powell is used to his body driving the internet wild, but his latest GQ cover is taking that to new extremes!The Running Man star Glen Powell is GQ's latest cover star, and is making waves across the internet for his muscles both real and prosthetic! (@) This GQ cover touts a special report on "The State of The American Male in 2025," and features Twisters star Glen Powell on the cover wearing white Calvin Klein boxers and a white tank top. But it's the one other piece of clothing he's wearing that's drawing the most comments.Underneath his boxers, Powell is wearing a lower-body muscle suit by Smitizen. The suit makes his thighs look the same size as his torso, with muscles jutting out in every direction.Inside the magazine, he again wears the muscle suit, giving him a striking, but uncanny, physique.In the article, Powell is described as having an "old-fashioned masculine competency," "alpha energy," and "feels like a man." He's portrayed as a return to enthusiastic masculinity and a counter to brooding, introspective stars like Robert Pattinson and Timothe Chalamet.The images are certainly drawing a lot of attention, but much of it is confusion.Underneath the cover image, some comments praise his physique and gush about how sexy he is. However, most comments are either unsure of what they see or uncertain if the image is even real. (@) Many X users wondered if the image was AI turning to the platform's very own AI tool, Grok, to ask if the image is real."There's nothing hot about this body, he looks shapeless. The Upper part and Lower part of his body are not in good symmetry," writes @them_alone."Bro went to the gym and forgot he had a upper body," @notyourzaddyx says."I'm confused why he got two belly buttons am I dumb?" @A5strid asks. "Is this real or AI? I need to get myself this kind of body so I can intimidate everyone around me," adds @thisisLucain.

The unintentional reveals of private parts.From Ricky Martin to Janet Jackson to Lil Nas X to Madonna, not even celebrities are exempt from experiencing a wardrobe malfunction. This has happened to a lot of singers who had their outfits destroyed during a performance, but it's happened to celebs on red carpets, too!See our list of 10 wardrobe malfunctions from celebrities below.Ricky Martin 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (September 2025)See on InstagramFirst things first!The latest wardrobe malfunction to make headlines came from Ricky Martin as he prepared to attend, perform in, and accept a special trophy at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. The Puerto Rican singer's pants simply came undone, but he made it work anyway And shared a few thirst traps, as a treat, of course.Courtney Act 'Celebrity Big Brother UK' entrance (January 2018)Courtney Act had a wardrobe malfunction as early as entering the Celebrity Big Brother UK house in January 2018. Viewers were split some argued that it was campy and hilarious, while others questioned if this was a stunt to bring attention to herself on CBBUK.Considering that Courtney won that season of CBBUK, she emerged as a winner nonetheless.Harry Styles 'Love on Tour' concert (January 2023)@cheeseyeyesnice #harry #harrystyles #foryoupage #fyp #kiaforum #foryou #haroldstylesHarry Styles has been experimenting with all sorts of aesthetics in the past few years, turning looks and stunting pretty at different award shows, concerts, magazine covers, and special performances.Yet, it's clear from this TikTok video that Styles did not anticipate his pants completely tearing apart while being right in front of the audience at this January 2023 concert from Love on Tour.Miley Cyrus 'Miley's New Year's Eve Party' (December 2021)One could assume that Miley Cyrus' wardrobe malfunction happened during her Bangerz era but no, that actually wasn't the case at all!In 2021, Cyrus hosted a fabulous Miley's New Year's Eve Party telecast in which she dealt with a wardrobe malfunction. Honestly, it feels pretty on-brand for a piece of clothing to malfunction at New Year's Eve, but Cyrus handled it like a pro.Lil Nas X 'Saturday Night Live' (May 2021)Lil Nas X's first-ever appearance on Saturday Night Live was during his Montero era, which included the hit song "Call Me By Your Name."The out rapper delivered on the promise of giving fans an iconic performance on SNL he just didn't realize that this would include his pants getting tore, prompting him to cover his crotch for the entire end of the performance.Cardi B Bonnaroo Festival (June 2019)Cardi B proudly likes her big butt (and she cannot lie), but this wardrobe malfunction was definitely not something he was expecting.During a set at the 2019 Bonnaroo Festival, Cardi B's jumpsuit ripped open on the behind and prompted the singer to change into a bathrobe for the rest of the performance. Iconic, hilarious, and campy, even.Madonna The BRIT Awards (February 2015)This was frankly one of the most traumatizing moments for Madonna fans (and the singer herself) in the past 10 years. Madge had just started to promote her Rebel Heart album with "Living for Love" as its lead single.While performing the song at The BRIT Awards 2015 live, on national TV the cape that Madonna was wearing didn't come undone, causing the Queen of Pop to literally fall onto the floor in the performance. Madonna, a phenomenal performer with decades of experience, got right back up and kept the show going.But was it really upsetting to see the Queen of Pop falling down because of a wardrobe malfunction? Yes, it was. In the words of Edna Mode: "No. Capes. Ever!"Cate Blanchett 'Borderlands' premiere event (August 2024)One of the most hilarious wardrobe malfunctions of all time happened to Cate Blanchett at the premiere of Borderlands. Thankfully, Jamie Lee Curtis was nearby, saw what happened, and ran to shield Blanchett with her own body.In this interview with Entertainment Tonight, Blanchett laughed at the situation while also being horrified. On the other hand, Curtis acted like the whole thing was no big deal at all And just stood there, behind Blanchett for the entire interview, to protect the actress from being exposed. Icons indeed!Emily Blunt 'Oppenheimer' premiere in London (July 2023)@etalkctvGet yourself a friend like Florence Pugh! Miss Flo saved Emily Blunt from a wardrobe malfunction at the Oppenheimer premiere after her button popped on the red carpet. (: Getty/Mike Marsland) #FlorencePugh #EmilyBlunt #Oppenheimer #redcarpet #WardrobeMalfunctionSpeaking of friends saving friends: Emily Blunt also had a wardrobe function while attending the grand premiere of Oppenheimer in London. Y'know, no big deal!Thankfully, Florence Pugh came to the rescue and helped Blunt not get fully exposed. We love to see it.Janet Jackson Super Bowl XXXVIII (February 2004)There's nothing even remotely funny about Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl in February 2004, where she performed alongside Justin Timberlake and had a "nip slip" moment in front of millions of viewers at home.The outrage over this Super Bowl incident (which was clearly an accident) hurt Jackson's career for many years. In turn, it didn't affect Timberlake at all, even though he was the person who (also accidentally) exposed Jackson in the performance. It's certainly a noteworthy wardrobe malfunction, but one that we wish had never happened.This moment was such a cultural milestone that every single performer who performed at Halftime Shows over the years suddenly had to adhere to a new policy of wearing adhesives that would make sure their breasts were not exposed under any circumstances.

Since 1990, The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists (NLGJA) has met annually as a group to network and share best practices for fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ people in and outside of newsrooms. This year, from September 4-6, Midtown Atlanta served as home base for hundreds of LGBTQ journalists and allies from across the country [...]The post GLAAD Amplifies Black Southern Queer Voices During LGBTQ Journalists Association Convention first appeared on GLAAD.

Young Thug shared his thoughts on the gay community during an appearance on recent episode of a podcast called Perspektives with Bank. The Atlanta rapper found a way to tie his feelings about Gunna, a rapper signed to his YSL Records label, who took a plea deal in the high-profile racketeering case against Thug's label. Because of this, Gunna has been labeled a "rat" by other rappers and Thug felt betrayed by the rapper's decision to take the deal. (@) During Thug's most recent podcast appearance, he likened Gunna's actions to being gay. "I feel like once you break a rule from your manhood, once you rat or once you turn gay," the rapper said as he repeatedly stated that he doesn't have an issue with gay people and that he has queer employees. "If I look at you, if I meet you and you gay, its like, Okay. If I meet you and you portraying that you a man and youre not gay I dont got nothing against gay people. You know what Im saying? If youre portraying a certain thingThug then goes on to continue saying, "I cant look at you the same," and attempts to explain his thought process by saying that he takes issue with deception. I hate that I even brought it up, because I dont even want the LGTB, I dont even want that community to even think Im against them. Im overly with yall for it," he said. The rapper tries to triple down on his explanation and said that if he were having a threesome with a guy and he came out as gay, he would be upset. "If I look at you like a man and we fucking bitches together, girls together, and we doing certain shit together, Im looking at you in a man light, he continued. "Then I find out you gay, it aint really nothing you can say to me. Imma just look at you like you broke a man code.This is not the first time the rapper has made controversial comments about the queer community. Back in 2020, he deliberately misgendered Dwayne Wade's daughter, Zaya, in a since-deleted tweet and said, "All I wanna say to Dwaynes son is: God dont make mistakes,'" adding, "But, hey, live your true self.

Meredith Marks, fan favorite star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, is going on tour! And perhaps to your city? Presented by Outloud, The Naughty & Ice Tour is a nine-city DJ tour headlined, of course, by Meredith Marks. The tour kicks off on October 2 at the Beaches Tropicana bar in West Hollywood.Jeff Consoletti, founder and executive producer of Outloud, the organization that also puts on the annual Pride Month music festival in West Hollywood, says the tour "is about elevating bold voices and unforgettable performances." His statement continues, Meredith Marks is a cultural icon and staunch advocate for the LGBTQ+ community who embodies that spirit. This tour is set to be an unforgettable moment full of glitz, glam, and unapologetic self-expression. See on Instagram The nine tour dates include: Thursday, October 2 - Beaches Tropicana in West Hollywood, CAFriday, October 17 - Almost Famous in Scottsdale, AZThursday, October 23 - Metro Music Hall in Salt Lake City, UTThursday, October 30 - Richs in San Diego, CASaturday, November 8 - Reforma in Palm Springs, CAThursday, December 11 - Underground Arts in Philadelphia, PA Friday, December 12 - Hook Hall in Washington, D.C.Saturday, December 13 - Racket in New York City, NY Thursday, December 18 - The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA Friday, December 19 - The Sinclair in Cambridge, MASo who's ready to dance the night away? Marks has already brought her high-energy sets to Los Angeles and NYC this year at each city's respective Pride festivals, but fans will be excited to catch her on the road once more this fall and winter.Tickets for OUTLOUD Presents: Meredith Marks The Naughty & Ice Tour go on sale on September 12 at 10 a.m. PT. Ticket prices begin at $20 for GA, $149 for VIP Tier 1, and $89 for VIP Tier 2. Learn more at outloudmusicfestival.com. See on Instagram

The NFL isnt known for its inclusivity, but the dancers cheering on the sidelines are a different story. This year, there are 71 male cheerleaders across 11 different NFL teams, and some of them are also queer.The Baltimore Ravens, which has had male cheerleaders since the late 90s, is now leading the charge by hiring 19 this year, with the New Orleans Saints a close second with 12. Although male cheerleaders have been around for decades, when the Minnesota Vikings added two new out gay male cheerleaders to their squad this summer, MAGA supporters took to the internet to level harsh criticism full of anti-LBGTQ+ hate at the rookie cheerleaders, Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn.But so far, the NFL isnt backing down, and currently, there are 26 male cheerleaders who are stunt performers, and the rest are categorized as dancers alongside their female counterparts. But who are the hottest gay cheerleaders who have captured the nation's and our attention?Randolph Rivera (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)See on InstagramRandolph Rivera joined the Bucs cheerleading squad as a dancer and stunt team member in 2021 after spending four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens coed stunt squad. The 31-year-old athlete is known for being able to shake his pom moms and show off feats of strength on the field as someone who can bench press 215 pounds. Rivera married his husband, Rene Alonso, in April 2025. Blaize Shiek (Minnesota Vikings)See on InstagramBlaize Shiek is one of two new cheerleaders to join the Minnesota Vikings squad, who faced a fierce backlash from conservatives angry about male cheerleaders. As a rookie member of the Vikings cheerleading squad, Shiek hit the field for the first time in August at the preseason opener.Louie Conn (Minnesota Vikings)See on InstagramLouie Conn was the second new male cheerleader the Minnesota Vikings announced this summer, unleashing a conservative internet firestorm. Despite the right-wing criticism, Conn lead the crowd during the third quarter against the New England Patriots last month.Napoleon Jinnies (Los Angeles Rams)See on InstagramIn 2019, Napoleon Jinnies, alongside Quinton Peron, became the first male cheerleaders in the NFL to perform during the Super Bowl. Both men are also gay. Peron has since retired, but Jinnies has been cheering for the Los Angeles Rams ever since. The classically trained dancer has also done some modeling, being featured in Abercrombie & Fitchs Fierce cologne campaign, but started off dancing in a show at Disneyland before trying out for the Rams.Eswinn Diaz (Lost Angeles Rams) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eswinn (@energizer_bunny_)Eswinn Diaz started his career as a professional dancer by scoring a prestigious role with the Entertainment team at the Walt Disney Company. Since then, he joined the Rams cheerleading squad in 2022 and was able to perform in the Super Bowl during his rookie year with the team.Jose Capetillo (Los Angeles Rams)See on InstagramIn 2023, after three seasons with the LA Rams cheer squad, Jose Capetillo and Brendan Ryan became the first out gay men to ever become captains of an NFL cheerleading team. During his rookie season with the team, he performed at the Super Bowl alongside fellow gay Rams cheerleaders Eswinn Diaz and Ryan. Ryan has since retired, but Capetillo is still taking to the field to cheer for the Rams.Dalton Walsh (Philadelphia Eagles)See on InstagramRookie Dalton Walsh is one of three male cheerleaders now performing as part of the Philadelphia Eagles, all three of whom publicly stood up for Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn when the MAGA horde decided to hate on them online. Walsh, who has Tourettes Syndrome, has been open about how dance became his outlet. He also mentors younger dancers in local studios and teaches them that dance is as much about resilience and it about performance.

During New York Fashion Week, Meredith Marks, television personality, designer, and star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City hosted a special evening at The Times Square EDITION to celebrate in advance of GLAADs upcoming 40th Anniversary Gala. Marks, a longtime supporter of GLAAD and proud member of the Host Committee for the 40th [...]The post Meredith Marks Hosts a Special Evening with GLAAD Ahead of the 40th Anniversary first appeared on GLAAD.

At the 2025 United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA), Black queer and allied voices, stories, and leadership took center stage in Washington, D.C. This years convening reflected not only the urgency of addressing HIV within Black communities, but also the importance of uplifting Black queer people who continue to lead in advocacy, creativity, and community [...]The post GLAAD Centers Black Queer Voices at United States Conference on HIV & AIDS first appeared on GLAAD.

The LGBTQ community showed up and out at the 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards last night! Hosted by standup comedian Nate Bargatze, Hollywoods hottest celebs arrived in their Sunday best at the Peacock Theatre to see which shows and stars would take home an award for outstanding performances, directing, writing, and more. And aside from [...]The post From Hacks to The Traitors, LGBTQ Stars Shine at the 2025 Emmy Awards first appeared on GLAAD.

Jonathan Bennett fans rejoice! The beloved GLAAD Media Award winning film The Groomsmen: Second Chances is set to air this Saturday, September 13th on Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jonathan Bennett (@jonathandbennett) Starring Bennett, the King of Gay Christmas himself, and newcomer Alex Lincoln, [...]The post Dont miss The Groomsmen: Second Chances coming to your TV this Saturday! first appeared on GLAAD.

Thirsty Suitors is one of video gamings finest explorations of South Asian culture, queerness, and relationship turmoil, but its success in telling a genuine, heartfelt story didnt happen by accident. It was the achievement of the hardworking developers at Outerloop Games who are dedicated to creating smaller games with big themes, often spotlighting communities that [...]The post GLAAD Gaming Spotlight: Outerloop Games Chandana Ekanayake on Crafting Queer, Brown, and Bold Stories first appeared on GLAAD.

Family challenges often come with emotional stress and financial strain. When legal issues arise, many people worry about how they will afford professional guidance while still protecting their best interests. Fortunately, affordable family law services in Melbourne make it possible to access quality legal support without overwhelming expenses. Whether its divorce, custody arrangements, property division, or support agreements, cost-effective legal services can provide clarity and peace of mind during some of lifes most difficult transitions.Understanding Family Law in MelbourneFamily law in Victoria covers a wide range of matters, from separation and divorce to parenting disputes and financial settlements. The Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia oversee most family law issues. Because each case is unique, legal representation plays a crucial role in helping clients understand their rights, responsibilities, and possible outcomes.Affordable family law services aim to bridge the gap between high-quality advice and manageable costs. By offering flexible options, transparent pricing, and practical solutions, these services empower families to move forward with confidence.Why Access to Affordable Family Law MattersFamily disputes can escalate quickly when left unresolved. Without proper legal guidance, misunderstandings can lead to longer court battles, higher costs, and increased emotional stress. 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From divorce and parenting arrangements to property settlements and mediation, the best family lawyers in Brisbane are committed to helping you achieve positive outcomes while keeping costs manageable.The Role of Mediation in Family DisputesMediation has become one of the most effective ways to manage family disputes in Australia. Affordable family law services often recommend mediation before pursuing litigation. A neutral mediator helps both parties reach agreements about parenting, property, or finances. Mediation is less adversarial, faster, and significantly cheaper than a court trial.If agreements are reached, they can be formalized into consent orders, giving them legal enforceability. This approach reduces tension and allows families to maintain more control over outcomes.Support for Blended FamiliesMelbourne is home to many blended families where step-parents, half-siblings, and extended relatives play important roles. Affordable family law services recognize that blended families often face unique challenges, especially around custody and parenting arrangements. Lawyers can assist in drafting agreements that respect the bonds between children and their wider family networks while prioritizing the childs best interests.Choosing the Right Affordable Family Lawyer in MelbourneWhen selecting a family lawyer, cost is important, but so are trust and expertise. Here are a few qualities to look for:Experience in family law and knowledge of local courts.Transparent pricing with clear breakdowns of fees.Strong communication skills to explain complex legal matters simply.Commitment to practical solutions that avoid unnecessary conflict.Compassion and understanding, as family law often involves sensitive issues.The right lawyer combines affordability with professionalism, ensuring clients feel supported throughout the process.Government and Community Support OptionsIn addition to private affordable family law services, Melbourne residents may also qualify for assistance through:Victoria Legal Aid, which provides help for those who meet financial eligibility criteria.Community legal centres, which offer free or low-cost advice on specific family law issues.Family Relationship Centres, which provide information, mediation, and referral services.These options can complement the services of affordable family lawyers, ensuring families have access to the resources they need.Benefits of Affordable Family Law ServicesChoosing affordable family law services in Melbourne brings several benefits:Reduced financial pressure during already stressful times.Greater access to professional guidance, regardless of income level.Faster resolution of disputes, saving time and money.Improved family relationships through mediation and cooperation.Peace of mind knowing that legal matters are being handled correctly.Moving Forward with ConfidenceLegal challenges dont have to come with overwhelming costs. Affordable family law services in Melbourne make it possible to protect your rights, safeguard your childrens future, and resolve disputes fairly. By working with professionals who prioritize both affordability and quality, families can move forward with clarity and confidence.The post Affordable Family Law Services in Melbourne appeared first on LGBTQ and ALL.

Many accident victims delay hiring attorneys, hoping to handle insurance claims themselves while avoiding legal fees and maintaining control over their cases. This DIY approach seems logical when injuries appear minor and insurance adjusters sound helpful during initial conversations about settlements and medical coverage.But early legal representation changes case outcomes in ways that most people dont realize until its too late to recover from self-inflicted damage. The first few days and weeks after accidents are critical for evidence preservation, strategic positioning, and avoiding mistakes that permanently weaken cases.Understanding these hidden advantages helps accident victims recognize why immediate legal consultation protects their interests even when cases seem straightforward. The benefits extend far beyond just having a lawyer to include specific strategic advantages that can only be achieved through prompt professional intervention.Preserving Evidence Before It DisappearsPhysical evidence from accident scenes deteriorates rapidly through weather, traffic, and cleanup efforts that eliminate crucial proof within hours or days of incidents. Skid marks fade, debris gets swept away, and property damage gets repaired before attorneys can document evidence that might prove liability or damages.Witness memories deteriorate quickly, especially for traumatic events that people naturally want to forget or minimize. Early legal representation means professional investigators can interview witnesses while their recollections are fresh and accurate rather than waiting weeks when details become unclear or conflicting.Security camera footage gets overwritten or deleted on regular schedules that dont wait for legal action to begin. Attorneys know which businesses, traffic systems, and surveillance networks might have captured accident footage and can request preservation before routine deletion cycles eliminate crucial evidence.Medical documentation becomes more accurate and comprehensive when attorneys help coordinate treatment and ensure that healthcare providers properly document accident-related injuries. This guidance helps establish clear connections between accidents and medical treatment that insurance companies cant dispute later.Controlling Communication With InsurersInsurance adjuster tactics become less effective when attorneys handle all communications and prevent accident victims from making statements that can be twisted to minimize settlements. Adjusters are trained to elicit admissions of fault or minimizations of injury that theyll use against claimants later.Recorded statements required by insurance companies often contain traps and leading questions designed to create problems for claims rather than gather factual information. Attorneys can prepare clients for these statements or handle them entirely to prevent damaging admissions.Settlement pressure from insurance companies intensifies when they deal directly with unrepresented accident victims who dont understand claim values or negotiation tactics. Early legal representation eliminates this pressure and ensures that settlement discussions happen at appropriate times with proper valuations.Documentation requirements become clearer when attorneys guide the claims process from the beginning, ensuring that medical bills, lost wage statements, and other damage evidence gets collected and presented effectively rather than hoping insurance companies will be fair.Avoiding Costly Mistakes in Statements or DocumentsSocial media monitoring becomes crucial because insurance companies routinely investigate claimants online activities looking for evidence that contradicts injury claims. Attorneys can advise clients about social media risks and help them avoid posting content that undermines their cases.Medical treatment decisions benefit from legal guidance about which providers to see, what treatments to pursue, and how to document ongoing problems that affect settlement values. Gaps in treatment or wrong provider choices can seriously damage claims.Settlement releases and legal documents require careful review because insurance companies often include language that waives rights beyond the immediate claim. Unrepresented victims might sign agreements that prevent future claims or limit their legal options unnecessarily.Return-to-work timing affects disability claims and settlement valuations in ways that accident victims dont understand without legal guidance. Returning to work too early or in the wrong capacity can undermine claims for lost wages and ongoing limitations.Setting the Tone for Stronger NegotiationsProfessional representation signals to insurance companies that claims will be handled competently and aggressively rather than hoping for quick, easy settlements from uninformed victims. This perception immediately changes how adjusters approach cases and calculate settlement offers.Investigation quality improves when attorneys begin building cases from day one rather than reacting to insurance company positions weeks or months later. Proactive case development usually produces better evidence and stronger negotiation positions than reactive approaches.Legal expertise about claim valuations helps establish appropriate settlement ranges from the beginning rather than accepting whatever insurance companies initially offer. Most unrepresented victims have no idea what their cases are actually worth and accept inadequate compensation.Trial preparedness even in cases likely to settle gives attorneys leverage during negotiations because insurance companies know that competent representation means credible trial threats. This leverage often produces significantly better settlement offers than claims handled by unrepresented victims.ConclusionEarly legal representation provides strategic advantages that extend far beyond basic legal advice to include evidence preservation, communication control, and mistake prevention that protect case values from day one. These benefits often justify legal fees through improved settlement outcomes.The first few weeks after accidents are critical for establishing strong legal positions that determine final case outcomes months or years later. Victims who delay legal consultation often discover that crucial evidence has disappeared and strategic opportunities have been lost forever.Smart accident victims understand that early legal help isnt just convenientit protects case value and prevents mistakes that are impossible to fix later. The investment in immediate professional guidance typically pays for itself through better outcomes and avoided problems that would otherwise reduce compensation significantly.The post The Hidden Benefits of Early Legal Representation After an Accident appeared first on LGBTQ and ALL.

The basic physics behind jackknifing involves momentum, friction, and the articulated design of tractor-trailers that creates unique stability challenges not found in regular passenger vehicles. When these forces get out of balance, trucks can fold at their connection point like a closing pocket knife.Jackknife truck crashes often sound confusing to people who dont understand the physics involved, but simple mechanical principles explain why these dangerous accidents happen and how they can be prevented. Understanding these forces helps both truck drivers and car drivers recognize dangerous situations before they become catastrophic.Knowledge of jackknife mechanics aids both accident prevention and legal accountability by helping people understand when driver error versus unavoidable circumstances cause these crashes. Smart drivers learn to recognize conditions that increase jackknife risks and adjust their behavior accordingly.What Jackknifing Means in TruckingJackknifing occurs when a trucks trailer swings sideways relative to the tractor, creating an angle between the two sections that resembles a folding pocket knife in the open position. This articulation happens when the trailers momentum overcomes the tractors ability to maintain directional control during braking or turning.The fifth wheel connection between tractor and trailer allows necessary pivoting for normal turning but becomes a vulnerability point when forces exceed the systems stability limits. This design trades maneuverability for potential instability that must be managed through proper driving techniques and mechanical systems.Trailer swing typically starts with small deviations that amplify rapidly once the process begins, making jackknife prevention much easier than jackknife recovery. Drivers have only seconds to recognize and correct developing jackknife situations before they become uncontrollable.The folding motion continues until either the tractor and trailer reach a perpendicular position or external forces stop the rotation through impact with barriers, other vehicles, or when the truck comes to rest. These accidents often span multiple traffic lanes and create massive hazards for surrounding vehicles.The Role of Momentum and BrakingHeavy trailers carry enormous momentum that resists changes in direction or speed, creating forces that can overwhelm tractor control during emergency braking situations. This momentum difference between loaded and empty trailers significantly affects jackknife risk and requires different driving approaches.Brake timing becomes critical because applying trailer brakes too aggressively relative to tractor brakes can push the trailer sideways when wheels lock up. Modern anti-lock braking systems help prevent this scenario, but older trucks or maintenance problems can create dangerous brake imbalances.Weight distribution affects how momentum transfers between tractor and trailer during braking, with improperly loaded or shifting cargo creating unpredictable dynamics that increase jackknife risks. Front-heavy or rear-heavy loads change the physics in ways that drivers might not anticipate.Emergency braking scenarios test the limits of tractor-trailer stability, particularly when drivers panic and apply maximum braking force without considering the complex dynamics of articulated vehicles. Gradual, controlled braking usually prevents jackknifing better than sudden maximum effort.Road Conditions That Amplify RiskSlippery surfaces from rain, ice, or oil spills dramatically reduce tire friction that trucks depend on for directional stability during braking and turning maneuvers. These conditions can turn routine driving situations into jackknife emergencies with little warning for unprepared drivers.Downhill grades increase trailer momentum while reducing braking effectiveness, creating perfect conditions for jackknife accidents when drivers dont adjust their speed and braking techniques for the terrain. Steep descents require special driving techniques that many drivers havent mastered.Uneven road surfaces or potholes can upset truck stability by affecting individual wheel traction in ways that create sudden directional changes. Construction zones with lane shifts and irregular surfaces present particular challenges for maintaining tractor-trailer alignment.Crosswinds can push trailers sideways and initiate jackknife motion, especially with empty or lightly loaded trailers that are more susceptible to wind forces. High-profile trailers act like sails that catch wind and create side forces that drivers must constantly counter.Why Speed and Load Weight Matter MostExcessive speed multiplies all other risk factors by increasing momentum, reducing reaction time, and amplifying the forces involved in jackknife scenarios. Speed limits for trucks often reflect these physics limitations rather than just traffic management concerns.Empty trailers paradoxically increase jackknife risks because reduced weight means less tire contact pressure and friction for maintaining directional control. Many drivers incorrectly assume that lighter loads are always safer when the opposite is often true for jackknife prevention.Cargo weight distribution creates different center of gravity locations that affect how trucks respond to steering and braking inputs. Improperly distributed loads can make trucks unstable in ways that arent obvious until emergency maneuvers reveal the problems.Load securement failures can cause sudden weight shifts that initiate jackknife motion without any driver error or external road hazards. Properly secured cargo maintains predictable truck dynamics while loose cargo creates dangerous instability that can surprise experienced drivers.ConclusionJackknife accidents result from predictable physics principles that drivers can learn to recognize and manage through proper training and technique. Understanding these forces helps prevent accidents while providing insight into why some crashes occur despite careful driving.The key to prevention lies in respecting the physics limitations of tractor-trailer combinations rather than fighting against them through aggressive driving or inadequate preparation for challenging conditions. Professional drivers learn to work with these forces rather than against them.When jackknife physics are understood and respected through appropriate driving techniques, load management, and equipment maintenance, these dangerous accidents become largely preventable rather than random occurrences. Education and awareness transform complex physics into practical safety knowledge that saves lives.The post The Physics Behind Jackknife Truck Accidents Explained Simply appeared first on LGBTQ and ALL.

Improving a living space can be a great way to inject it with new life and personality. Maybe you want a more comfortable vibe at home, or perhaps youre updating a rental. In any upgrade situation, youll make positive improvements that help your property value and state of mind. At the same time, however, you dont want to overlook the importance of safety and planning when youre doing any sort of physical upgrade to a room or home.Read on to learn the best tips to ensure a safe living space upgrade.Plan Your Changes FirstIts always wise to outline your intended changes before heading to the hardware store or reaching out to a contractor. Specify the upgrades you want in a written document called a project brief. Maybe youve always wanted better treatments in your living room. Or maybe its time to introduce new, updated flooring in a bedroom. Whatever your goals are, having them clearly written can help guide decisions about materials and even your budget.Select the Right ContractorsYou may not be able to tackle your upgrade as a DIY project. If youre working with a handyperson or hiring a contractor, be sure to do your research first. They should respect your wishes for upgrades, be affirming, and work with you to choose materials that meet your needs and budget. Also, make sure to choose someone who communicates well. You dont want to be unclear about a projects progress because the contractor in charge neglects to tell you.Gather QuotesWhen you need to hire a contractor, dont go with the first person you meet or see online. Its better to get a few quotes from reputable contractors to compare. Understand what is included and assess the materials for the job. And ask if there is a warranty or guarantee for the quality of the work. Consider how a potential contractor handles payments. If they use a contractor invoicing app, that can make it easier to know what your charges are and track payments. Youll end up with a digital record of costs connected to your project.Plan Ahead to Avoid DisruptionsRenovation projects come with dust, debris, and noise. Thats why its so important to make arrangements to accommodate the messes ahead of time. Whether that means relocating your jewelry collection or creating a makeshift cook space somewhere else in your home, thats what is necessary. You may need to invest in noise-canceling headphones or find a new place to do a remote job. Just know that the headache is temporary, and the result will be worthwhile.Make Your Space BetterUpgrading a space in your home can be rewarding. Best of all, you dont need to make sweeping changes to see an improvement in the place you call home. From painting walls to retiling a backsplash, youll bring new life to your space with even modest changes. Set a budget, choose the right contractors, and plan for temporary disruptions. When the dust settles, youll be able to enjoy your new space!The post How to Plan a Safe Living Space Upgrade appeared first on LGBTQ and ALL.

Russell Tovey and Tom Blyth are spilling the details behind their new, steamy romantic drama, Plainclothes.Plainclothes stars Blyth as Lucas, a handsome, young police officer who is tasked with going undercover at local cruising spots to arrest men who attempt to have sex with him. The problem is that Lucas is himself gay and closeted, and finds himself falling for one of the men he was supposed to target.That man is Andrew, a pastor, a father, and a man old enough to be Lucas's dad, played by Looking star Russell Tovey. The role has allowed Tovey to embrace his aging in a new way, he tells Out."Yeah, I embrace Daddy," Tovey says. "I mean, Pedro Pascal says, 'Daddy is a state of mind,' but also I think realistically, I'm a dad age, so state of mind and state of play."I've been doing this [acting] for years. I think we sort of transition into all these other roles, and now Ive got children on-screen children, not off-screen, [that] I know of," he laughs.It's one of Tovey's most powerful performances of his career. Filmmaker Carmen Emmi says that while writing the role of Andrew, he "was always subconsciously" writing it for Tovey. When Blyth joined the film and suggested Tovey for the role, Emmi knew it was "one of those universe moments" when everything fell into place.In the interview, Blyth reveals that he had a "massive talent crush" on Tovey before they worked together, which made playing his lover a lot easier."I'd had a massive talent crush on Russell for years, and that was part of why, when Carmen said, 'Who do you imagine playing Andrew?' And I was like, 'Russell Tovey,'' he says. "I met Russell, [and] I just converted it into an on-screen real crush, I think."Plainclothes opens in theaters on September 19. Read our review here. Watch the official trailer below

Pietro Boselli has turned on the shower and his fans.The former math professor posted a series of shower scenes to Instagram Tuesday, in which he showed off Speedo tan lines and his impressive body. While his hand modestly covers the front of his body, Boselli shows his posterior in full pride."Aliquid aqua inest," Boselli captioned the post. Which translates to, "There is something in the water." Previously, the Italian mechanical engineer showed off his cheeks and physique earlier this summer in a video post of him jumping into a lake.Boselli went viral in 2014 for his good looks while teaching at the University College London. Afterward dubbed "the world's hottest math teacher," the viral moment supercharged his modeling career. He's appeared in campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch and Equinox, as well as magazine spreads for Vogue and Attitude.See his latest shoot on Instagram.

For a trans person, being seen for who you are by someone close to you can be life-changing.That's what actress Lux Pascal says happened when her brother, The Last of Us star Pedro Pascal, first saw her as his little sister.In a new piece for Elle, the Emmy-nominated actor who's rumored to be starring in Todd Haynes' new gay romance interviews his sister ahead of the release of her upcoming feature, Netflix's Miss Carbn. The film, which marks Lux's first starring role, is a biopic about Carlita Antonella Rodrguez, who became the first woman coal miner in her hometown of Ro Turbio, Argentina.In the interview, Lux says that her older brother, who stayed in New York to pursue acting after the family moved back to Chile, would bring her movies and CDs from U.S., which helped shape her into the actor she is today. She also says that his early encouragement with her gender journey helped shape her into the woman she is today."Not only did you give me artistic tools, but I remember thinking that if there was anyone in the family who knew who I was before the rest of the people did, I just knew that you knew," Lux says to her brother during the conversation. "Even the play that you wrote [Flaca Loves Bone, about a trans heroine and a young man who fall in love], I weirdly feel like I was connected to it before I knew." Continuing the train of thought, she adds, "I remember I was 16 or something and, for the first time, I was going out with this man who was a lot older than me, and I remember you were looking at me and you told me, because you were afraid, and it was just a little fling, but you were like, 'Uh, yeah, it's because you're my little sister.' I don't know if you even remember that moment, but it was just so affirming for me to be like, Yeah, he knows. He knows who I am. You were treating me like your little sister from the very beginning.""Well, you, in my imagination, are my muse," Pedro replies, to which his sister reacts with surprise. "Yeah, for so long," he says, citing Flaca Loves Bone, which he wrote in 2009, as "such early evidence" for the inspiration he took from sister. "When I'm building things in my imagination, I see you before I see myself."Miss Carbn is already out in Spain and is set to premiere on Netflix later this year.