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Books

Aristotle and Dante are back. Nine years later, author Benjamin Alire Sáenz delivers the sequel to a beloved queer YA love story

“It is one thing to fall in love. It is quite another thing to stay in love”

By Daniel Sanchez Torres

‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Season 2 Episode 10: The hot mess express

How Bette Porter single-handedly destroyed the lives of four L.A. lesbians in under five minutes

By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti

The queer, Muslim rom-com we’ve been waiting for has arrived

Filmmakers Fawzia Mirza and Kausar Mohammed discuss their short film, “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night”

History

How one gay man fought the medical establishment and won

A new documentary explores gay psychiatrist John Fryer’s efforts to end the American Psychiatric Association classification of homosexuality as an illness

Netflix suspends trans employee who called out transphobic Dave Chappelle special

Plus the buzz on gay Superman, Jamie Clayton in “Hellraiser” and Coming Out Day

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 3 power ranking: The gay outdoors

A design-savvy queen comes from behind to break Krystal Versace’s winning streak

By Kevin O’Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 3 recap: Wild things

An outdoor unconventional materials challenge gives us a surprising winner

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Sports

A WNBA playoff game featured three couples on the court this week

A semifinal match between Chicago and Connecticut got super queer as three couples were on the court at the same time

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Jillian Christmas’ queer femme slam poetry extravaganza

And other recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Oct. 7

By S. Bear Bergman

Excerpt

How the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ ‘wine, not the label’ speech helped mainstream sexual fluidity

An excerpt from Emily Garside’s new book “Love that Journey for Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek”

By Emily Garside

Culture

People are calling out the vile transphobia in Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special

The comedian said “he’s done” with queer and trans jokes, yet filled a special with them

Culture

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ contestant Ilona Verley: ‘I’m supposed to be famous and I don’t have a roof over my head?’

How the show made it hard for Verley to make a living and how she felt she had to suppress her trans identity on screen

‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Season 2 Episode 9: Prom queens

Angie and Jordi aren’t prom royalty? We demand a recount!

By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti

TD, Forever Proud and the Rainbow Railroad

Aligning themselves with the LGBTQ2+ community 25 years ago helped TD get to where they are today

Created for TD

The Kidz Bop version of ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ is coming and we have questions

Plus the buzz on Demi Lovato’s alien show, Elliot Page at Paris Fashion Week and how Venom said “gay rights!”

Books

A conversation about African queerness and the writing life

Ghanaian writer Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Canadian-Nigerian novelist Francesca Ekwuyasi talk about sex, food and their literary influences

By Francesca Ekwuyasi, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 3, Episode 2 power ranking: Instructive fitness

A Peloton parody maxi-challenge had the queens mostly spinning their wheels

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Queer View Mirror

Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ is the hit that keeps coming back

Reinterpretations by Bronski Beat, Underworld and Madonna reflect our changing world—and our unending love for dance music

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