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‘Challengers’ is the bisexual film of the year 
TV & Film

‘Challengers’ is the bisexual film of the year 

REVIEW: The tennis threesome drama with Zendaya at the centre is a celebration of sexiness and sport

By Kerensa Cadenas
‘Sue Bird: In the Clutch’ is a love letter to a basketball legend, and to women’s sports
TV & Film

‘Sue Bird: In the Clutch’ is a love letter to a basketball legend, and to women’s sports

The documentary, which recaps and celebrates Bird’s gilded career, is now available to stream online

By Lindsay Lee Wallace
In ‘Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt,’ Brontez Purnell balances on a knife edge between hilarity and despair
Books

In ‘Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt,’ Brontez Purnell balances on a knife edge between hilarity and despair

REVIEW: Purnell’s new memoir turns heaviness into humour, and exposes the bleakness under what seems silly and light

By H Felix Chau Bradley
‘Love the World or Get Killed Trying’ is an exquisite portrait of a trans woman’s suffering 
Books

‘Love the World or Get Killed Trying’ is an exquisite portrait of a trans woman’s suffering 

REVIEW: Swedish author Alvina Chamberland’s prose is relentlessly inventive

By Veronica Esposito
Brittany Howard makes big moves with ‘What Now’
Music

Brittany Howard makes big moves with ‘What Now’

REVIEW: With her second solo album, Howard breaks the mould people try to fit her into

By Dani Janae
‘Frida’ is a serviceable documentary that fails to engage with deeper topics
TV & Film

‘Frida’ is a serviceable documentary that fails to engage with deeper topics

REVIEW: Despite its animated portraits, “Frida” captures its iconic subject in a stationary image

By Michelle Krasovitski
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‘Firebugs’ pulls at the complex strings of t4t love and the climate crisis 
Books

‘Firebugs’ pulls at the complex strings of t4t love and the climate crisis 

REVIEW: Nino Bulling’s graphic novel is an intimate portrait of a character who can’t bring themself to risk change, while hating how it feels not to

By H Felix Chau Bradley
‘Drive-Away Dolls’ is a sex-positive lesbian romp
TV & Film

‘Drive-Away Dolls’ is a sex-positive lesbian romp

REVIEW: Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke have crafted the next great lesbian road trip movie

By Barry Levitt
Thriller ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ has its head in the clouds and its foot in its mouth
TV & Film

Thriller ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ has its head in the clouds and its foot in its mouth

The film is genuinely fun, freaky and frightening—but the lack of consistency can leave viewers feeling lost

By Lindsay Lee Wallace
‘Renegades’ documents the queer history Chloe Sherman helped create
Art & Photography

‘Renegades’ documents the queer history Chloe Sherman helped create

“Renegades: San Francisco, The 1990s” captures a vital and vibrant era of queer and trans life

By Cooper Lee Bombardier
‘Eileen’ is an adequate adaptation that doesn’t go far enough
TV & Film

‘Eileen’ is an adequate adaptation that doesn’t go far enough

REVIEW: The Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie film misses what made Ottessa Moshfegh’s book so compelling

By Michelle Krasovitski
‘May December’ is Todd Haynes at his most camp 
TV & Film

‘May December’ is Todd Haynes at his most camp 

REVIEW: Trappings of the camp aesthetic tell emotional truths in this acidic melodrama 

By Kerensa Cadenas
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For its subject’s ability to evolve alone, ‘Nyad’ is inspirational
TV & Film

For its subject’s ability to evolve alone, ‘Nyad’ is inspirational

REVIEW: The lesbian swimmer’s biopic highlights queer persistence and platonic love

By Frankie de la Cretaz
‘Valid’ takes on the surprisingly rich postapocalyptic transfeminine genre
Books

‘Valid’ takes on the surprisingly rich postapocalyptic transfeminine genre

REVIEW: Chris Bergeron’s dystopian new autofiction novel delivers mixed results

By Veronica Esposito
‘How to Fail as a Popstar’ asks us to make space for failure
TV & Film

‘How to Fail as a Popstar’ asks us to make space for failure

The series follows Vivek Shraya’s desire to become “brown Madonna” and grapples with “what happens when a star isn’t born”

By Hina Imam
New book an ode to the Songbird Supreme and her queer fan base
Books

New book an ode to the Songbird Supreme and her queer fan base

“Why Mariah Carey Matters” is an ode to the Songbird Supreme and the queers who love her

By Denio Lourenco
‘Fair Play’ is the thorough reflection on the trans sport ‘debate’ we need
Books

‘Fair Play’ is the thorough reflection on the trans sport ‘debate’ we need

Sports writer Katie Barnes’s debut book is a must-read deep dive into trans inclusion in sport

By Michelle Kay
‘Every Body’ is a feel-good yet urgent look into the lives of intersex people
TV & Film

‘Every Body’ is a feel-good yet urgent look into the lives of intersex people

Julie Cohen’s latest feature is a traditional documentary bolstered by compassionate storytelling

By Ursula Muñoz S.
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