Culture Film & TV
The best LGBTQ books to read in September 2022
We review this month's hottest new releases and a queer classic
LGBT
Culture Film & TV
Thor: Love and Thunder just introduced a major LGBTQ hero to the MCU
The iconic hero's comic counterpart is bisexual - and Marvel should keep him that way on the big screen too.
Culture Film & TV
Queer cult classic Shortbus ‘banned’ by Amazon Prime Video for ‘offensive content’
John Cameron Mitchell's sexually-explicit 2006 drama has reportedly been rejected by the streaming service multiple times.
Culture Film & TV
Loved Heartstopper? Here are 9 other uplifting LGBTQ TV shows and films to watch
Fill the Heartstopper-shaped hole in your life with these uplifting depictions of queer romance on screen.
News World
Disney CEO denounces Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, says he will ‘be a better ally’
Bob Chapek has condemned the passing of homophobic legislation in the Disney home state, and apologised for not having spoken out earlier.
Culture Film & TV
The Future X on LGBTQ members and their mission to become ‘the biggest pop group in the world’
Can Simon Fuller's TikTok group replicate the success of the Spice Girls or S Club 7? Attitude meets the pop seven-piece ahead of their performance at National Student Pride.
Uncategorised
‘Channel 4 has given LGBTQ people a voice. Now, we need to make some noise and protect it’
Government privatisation plans risk destroying a unique public service remit that brought us pioneering dramas like Queer as Folk, My Beautiful Laundrette and Sugar Rush, writes James Hodge.
News World
The UK’s LGBT Business Champion resigns over the government’s exclusion of trans people
Iain Anderson has said the government is "trying to drive a wedge" between the trans and the rest of the LGBTQ community.
Style Fashion (formerly Style)
The Nigerian fashion brand ushering in a new era of queer African representation
Emerie Udiahgebi's eponymous label Udiahgebi is pushing boundaries in a country where same-sex sexual activity remains punishable with up to 14 years in prison.
Culture Film & TV
Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey talks being an out gay actor with Sir Ian McKellen
Bridgerton's leading man speaks to stage and screen legend Sir Ian McKellen about coming out, playing straight roles, getting naked together (on stage), and love in a pre-DMs age.
Culture Film & TV
How period TV dramas are embracing the realities of LGBTQ history
Shows like The Gilded Age, Outlander and Gentleman Jack remind viewers that queer history doesn't begin in the mid-20th century.
Culture Sexuality
Offensive slur or defiant declaration? What the word ‘queer’ means to LGBTQ people
Four LGBTQ writers explain their take on the term as it continues to be reclaimed.
Culture Film & TV
Big Mouth’s Brandon Kyle Goodman: ‘Black queerness rules the zeitgeist – yet our stories never get to be centre stage’
From acting and writing to sex positivity and mental health, Brandon Kyle Goodman is making the world a better place one saucy, sassy quip at a time.
Culture Film & TV
Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett marries Jaymes Vaughan in Mexico
The couple have tied the knot after five years together.
Culture Film & TV
Darren Hayes: The music industry is due a ‘reckoning’ over homophobia
The former Savage Garden frontman has rediscovered his voice after a decade away from music and it's louder - and prouder - than ever.
Culture Sexuality
University of Hull partners with Attitude Magazine Foundation to launch new LGBTQ scholarships
Six students from the LGBTQ community will receive £1,000 each to support the cost of their studies at Hull.
Culture Film & TV
Exclusive: Darren Hayes enjoys a big gay night out in raucous ‘Do You Remember?’ video
The former Savage Garden frontman's musical comeback continues in joyfully uninhibited style.
Culture Film & TV
Passion Fruit review: ‘This isn’t a coming out story’
With his semi-autobiographical play, Dior Clarke proves to be a bright new talent who's well worth keeping an eye on.
Culture Film & TV
Franz Rogowski on why gay prison drama Great Freedom is ‘a story that needs to be told’
Exclusive: The actor reflects on the power of Sebastian Meise's searing tale of a gay man repeatedly jailed under Germany's Paragraph 175 anti-gay law.
Culture Sexuality
‘Homophobes aren’t scared of kids discussing sexuality – they’re scared of them not being straight’
As Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill is passed, dad-of-two Damian Kerlin reflects on how heterosexuality is thrust in children's faces from the moment they're born.