Category: Interviews

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Glitter, rainbows and Tactful Pettiness with Cody Rigsby

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Cody Rigsby opens up about his journey from fitness icon to bestselling author, his new podcast, and the joy of embracing both vulnerability and silliness in his multifaceted career. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY SARA HAILE Cody Rigsby’s career is as multifaceted as it gets—bestselling author, Peloton instructor, Dancing With The Stars finalist, social media guru, and devout follower of ‘The Holy Spearit.’ Now he can add ‘podcast host’ to his LinkedIn thanks to his new venture with close friend and Hamilton legend Andrew Chappelle. Titled Tactful Pettiness, the podcast…

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Articles Culture Interviews LGBTQ+ TV Long Reads Mary Malone Missing You Netflix News Television

As Aqua in Missing You, Mary Malone is on a mission to “empower” trans viewers

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Mary Malone discusses her groundbreaking role as Aqua in Missing You, bringing much-needed trans representation to the Harlan Coben Netflix Universe and challenging perceptions along the way. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID REISS STYLING BY MIA MAXWELL AND SAMANTHA LANGE HAIR AND MAKEUP BY JACKIE SAUNDERCOCK   As Aqua in Missing You, a “witchy-woo yoga teacher” caught up in the bonkers disappearance of her detective BFF’s fiancée, Mary Malone has delivered much-needed trans rep to the Harlan Coben Netflix Universe. The five-part drama, packed with more mind-boggling Coben-esque…

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Articles Culture Gok Wan Interviews Long Reads News Originals Television

Gok Wan on career milestones and championing LGBTQ+ visibility

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Philip Baldwin speaks with presenter, author and DJ Gok Wan about his new single ‘Deeper Love’, LGBTQIA+ activism and his proudest career moment. WORDS BY PHILIP BALDWIN Gok Wan is a TV and radio presenter, as well as an author and DJ. He has long been a familiar face, as well as a powerful advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community. Over the past two decades Gok has been one of the most visible gay men in the UK. How To Look Good Naked first hit our TV screens on Channel 4…

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Luke Evans on his journey from Jehovah’s Witness to Hollywood’s first gay action star

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Luke Evans speaks with GAY TIMES about his Jehovah’s Witness upbringing, memoir and paving the way for LGBTQIA+ representation in Hollywood. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY PATSY O’NEILL “My story is, I hope, one of hope and inspiration—reminding others to keep going and believe that something better is possible,” says Luke Evans. The Welsh actor has just released his memoir, Boy from the Valleys: My Unexpected Journey, an intimate account of how he reconciled his sexuality with his Jehovah’s Witness upbringing, eventually leaving the faith, and ultimately becoming the world’s…

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Drag Race UK champion Kyran Thrax on All Winners 2: “Let’s go!”

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Kyran Thrax, the UK’s Next Drag Superstar, reflects on her triumphant Drag Race experience and her plans for “world domination, baby!” WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC Although she’s just been crowned the UK’s Next Drag Superstar and has her claws full as 1) the world’s supreme Hugh Grant impersonator and 2) Suzy’s ma(w)ma, Kyran Thrax is already vying for “world domination, baby!”: “I’m not just going to make an impact on the winners’ circle. I’m going to make an impact on the world. My ambitions are…

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Articles Culture Everything Everywhere All At Once Films Interviews Michelle Yeoh News Originals Wicked

Wicked star Michelle Yeoh has the best reaction to being called a gay icon

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Michelle Yeoh is fully embracing her status as a gay icon (as! she! should!). As one of cinema’s most influential action heroines, the Oscar winner has become a legendary figure (and “mother!”) within the LGBTQIA+ community. With her Oscar-winning performance as Evelyn Quan Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022), one of the greatest LGBTQIA+ films of all time, and as Madame Morrible in Wicked, Yeoh’s rainbow following has only continued to grow. In a recent interview with GAY TIMES, Yeoh unleashed a “woo!” upon discovering her gay icon…

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Drag Race UK finalists on season 6 praise, “savage” moments and “Actavia’s wigs”

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Ahead of the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season six finale, finalists Kyran Thrax, La Voix, Marmalade and Rileasa Slaves are reminiscing on the moments that made it the “best season ever”. From the werkroom interactions to the lip-sync smackdowns and the innovative runways, as well as the staple Snatch Game and Makeover – both of which have been lauded as new peaks for the franchise – season six has truly been one for the herstory books. Speaking with GAY TIMES ahead of the finale this Thursday (28 November), Kyran credits…

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Drag Race UK star Lill talks “surprising” fan response

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In her GAY TIMES exit interview, Drag Race UK star Lill discusses her “uncomfortable” final episode, fan-favourite status and why RuPaul *shouldn’t* let queens change for the lip-sync. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC “I’m dead important now,” jokes (?) Lill. Over the course of Drag Race UK’s sixth season, which has been lauded as one of the franchise’s best, the Manchester queen has accumulated a die-hard following thanks to her edgy aesthetic and dry sense-of-humour (as well as her word-for-word homage of Geri Halliwell’s…

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Ariana Grande Articles Culture Cynthia Erivo Films Interviews Jon M. Chu LGBTQ+ Films Long Reads Marissa Bode News Originals Wicked

‘This must be a simulation!’: Wicked’s Marissa Bode on making history as Nessarose

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Marissa Bode discusses her historic film debut in Wicked and why “caring about disability and inclusion benefits everybody”. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAMI DRASIN “If it sets in that this is real, I might lose my mind a little bit,” says Marrisa Bode. In Wicked – her feature film debut! – the 24-year-old has made history as the first actress with a disability to play Nessarose, Elphaba’s fiercely independent sister and Shiv classmate who just-so happens to be wheelchair-bound. While no one should be defined by their disability – as she…

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Ariana Grande Articles Culture Cynthia Erivo Films Gelphie Interviews News Originals Wicked

“It’s true love”: Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on “Gelphie” ship

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The relationship between Elphaba and Glinda is “true love”, according to Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. In a recent interview, we came prepared with various rainbow-hued questions, from how their respective experiences as a queer woman and LGBTQIA+ ally impacted their performances, what Pride looks like in Oz and – we had to! – their thoughts on “Gelphie”. Originating from Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which in turn inspired the iconic stage musical and new blockbuster, “Gelphie” is a long-running…

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