In the ravished world of Trynne Delaney’s ‘The Half-Drowned,’ shape-shifting ideas of family are key to survival

REVIEW: Trynne Delaney’s genre-breaking debut novella introduces us to a group of Black survivors imagining their future

By H Felix Chau Bradley

Monthly Tune-Up

Tegan and Sara, Fever Ray and PVA highlight new October music

The best, spookiest and most daring new queer tracks from the past month

By Jordan Currie

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 4, Episode 6 power ranking: ‘You just walk in, I make you smile’

We’re down to a tight top six after Snatch Game

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 4, Episode 6 recap: Historical snatches

Playing characters with no recorded footage to compare against is shaping up to be a recipe for success in Snatch Game

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Video

Speed Date with Juliana Joel of Disney’s ‘Raven’s Home’

The first openly trans actress on Disney Channel talks trans joy and working with Raven-Symoné

By Lito Howse, Mel Woods

Queer Culture Catch-Up

Drag kings, queer cowboys and a pair of trans books to catch up on this week

S. Bear Bergman is back with a curated collection of culture creations

By S. Bear Bergman

Books

What Queen Anne and Marie Antoinette had in common (rhymes with thespian dove)

EXCERPT: Kirsty Loehr’s playful new book, “A Short History of Queer Women,” introduces us to women across history who weren’t just friends

By Kirsty Loehr

Culture

The ‘Gender Reveal’ podcast is back and still giving money to trans folks

Host Tuck Woodstock says the show’s 10th season will feature conversations on trans union organizers and land acknowledgements

By Mel Woods

Music

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights,’ ranked by queer subtext

“Midnights” may not be explicitly queer, but trust that the gays will mine our own meanings

By Lindsay Lee Wallace

Sports

Brittney Griner loses appeal, faces 9 years in Russian prison. What happens now?

The WNBA star was sentenced to nearly a decade in a Russian penal colony for carrying cannabis oil in her luggage

By Mel Woods

Books

‘From the queer perspective, the best that we could have been was invisible’: Booker winner Douglas Stuart on growing up gay in Glasgow

With “Young Mungo,” Douglas Stuart solidifies his legacy as the chronicler of working-class queer Scotland

By Paul Gallant

TV & Film

Leslie Jordan was the definition of a queer icon

The beloved “Will & Grace” actor and comedian died Monday at age 67

By Mel Woods

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 4, Episode 5 power ranking: “You wanna replace me, baby, there’s no way”

A surprising departure leaves the power ranking in question

By Kevin O’Keeffe

Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 4, Episode 5 recap: West End winners

A high level of performance quality makes this Rusical exceedingly difficult to judge

By Kevin O’Keeffe

TV & Film

Tegan Quin talks ‘High School,’ new album and discovering TikTok twins

With “Crybaby” and “High School” dropping this month, Tegan and Sara are booked and busy

By Mel Woods

Gaming

‘Splatoon 3’ lets queer chaos reign

How did a game about snazzily dressed little squids gain such a devoted queer fan base?

By V.S. Wells

Power

Facebook is making millions off Matt Walsh’s transphobic documentary

New research shows that the platform’s parent company likely earned over $4 million in ad revenue from the film

By Oliver Haug

Books

Why does the esteemed author John Irving care so much about queer and trans people?

In John Irving’s latest novel, “The Last Chairlift,” the straight cis protagonist feels like a minority amidst all the queerness

By Paul Gallant