Twerking in briefs with a clarinet on a pole

Because it is a gloomy day in Vancouver and there are all these depressing stories on the internet about Hong Kong refusing gay Britons the right to marry at the British Consulate, a radio host saying gays will soon be “hauling away Christians” and putting them in concentration camps, and reports of a gay man beaten at Detroit’s Pride parade over the weekend, I thought I’d skip the heaviness and post this video of a dude twerking, spinning on the pole and simultaneously playing his clarinet.

Some days, we need a reason to keep going:

Keep Reading

A still image of Anne, played by Amybeth McNulty, in braids and a coat, looking at another child in Anne with an E.

Why the adaptation ‘Anne with an E’ speaks to queers and misfits of all kinds

The modern interpretation of Anne of Green Gables reflected queer and gender-diverse people’s lives back at them 
Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Perez in Emilia Perez. Gascón wears black with colourful embroidery, has long hair, and a brown purse and delicate chain.

Trans cartel musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ takes maximalist aesthetic to the extreme

REVIEW: The film’s existence raises intriguing questions about appropriate subjects for the playful machinations of French auteurs
Dorothy Allison sits behind a microphone. She has long, light-coloured hair and wears glasses and a patterned button-up shirt.

5 things to know about Dorothy Allison

The lesbian feminist writer passed on Nov. 6

‘Solemates’ is a barefoot stroll through the history of our fetish for feet

Queer historian Adam Zmith’s newest book allows us to dip our toes into the past of a common, yet stigmatized, kink