queer culture
What is the Twink-Handler Relationship? I Asked A Bunch Of Twinks and Their Handlers.
"If they're about to make some questionable choices, that’s where I step in to make sure they don’t do something rogue, like message their ex or take a stupid amount of acid at a festival."
RIP Sink the Pink: How the LGBTQ Drag Club Defined an Era
The glitter-soaked collective are bowing out after 13 years. We spoke to Bimini Bon Boulash, Jade Thirwell and more about their unparalleled legacy.
IG's @WorstOfQueerExchange Shows How Ridiculous Queer Culture Can Be
“Used sex toys. Two inches of hair cut off someone’s head, an a disturbing amount of dead animals to be taxidermied, usually in Western Mass.”
Twelve 'Doctor Who' Characters That Made Me Gay
From a stretched out sheet of skin, to Captain Jack himself.
Gay Twitter Huns, Ranked by How Well They'd Do in a Horror Film
"I'm not doing the task, sorry Jigsaw, I'm not doing it."
Inside Scotland's New and Only LGBTQ+ Bookshop
We spoke to the founders of Category Is Books about being one of just two LGBTQ bookshops in the UK, and the importance of queer spaces that aren't fuelled by alcohol.
Lesbian Culture Has Had a Major Update
Is this how straight people feel all the time? I'm surprised they're even functioning.
How Queer Stories Onscreen Breathe New Life into Old Songs
'Call Me By Your Name,' 'Moonlight' and 'Black Mirror' have transformed classic songs, giving us a fresh wave of LGBTQ anthems.
Nakhane Makes the Dancefloor a Place of Tenderness
He's a South African musician and actor to keep an eye on, with a debut album coming this year.
The Unsung History of Circuit Parties, Where Gay Men Seek Sex and Freedom
How hedonistic marathon raves became a unique LGBTQ tradition.
Are HMLTD Queerness Tourists or Guitar Music’s Greatest Hope?
The complications of being an art project/band of straight guys where gender-fluid makeup and clothes define your look.
‘Lip Sync Battle’ Is Just a Watered-Down Version of Drag Culture
How the show follows a familiar trajectory of making LGBTQ culture "palatable" for a mainstream, straight audience.