Articles Drag japan Jill Tokuda LGBTQ+ Long Reads News Nightlife Originals Queer nightlife Sex tokyo

Tokyo’s queer club scene is sweaty, messy and surrounding you at all sides

From sweaty techno parties to late-night drag showcases, Kat Joplin explores how the city’s growing LGBTQIA+ district is creating space for trans and non-binary communities. WORDS BY KAT JOPLIN HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER The Shibuya club is small but packed with life. Rotating beams of coloured lights overhead, shivering curtains of blue and green hair on the dance floor. Stick-and-poke and abstract tattoos, heavy eyeliner, lipstick in shades of pink and turquoise. Loud conversations shouted over the techno: Japanese, Portuguese, English, and more. Barely visible in the flashing lights,…

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Articles BBC BBC iPlayer Culture Interviews LGBTQ+ TV Long Reads Miya Ocego News Originals Ryan J. Brown Sam Buttery Television Wreck

Ducks, body horror and queerness: Wreck stars talk “gruesome” season 2

Wreck creator Ryan J. Brown discusses the long-awaited second season of BBC’s slasher comedy series with stars Miya Ocego and Sam Buttery. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN With a switch from slasher to folk horror, the absence of the Sacramentum and the savage deaths of beloved heroes, “safe” isn’t a word that can be associated with the second season of Wreck. “I just wanted to come back with a bang, and I think we’ve created a space for those things to happen now,” writer and creator Ryan J. Brown…

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Articles Bashkka DJ False Idols Interview LGBTQ Music LGBTQ+ artists Music News

Bashkka’s euphoric electro sound is all about queer reclamation

DJ, producer and songwriter Bashkka on what it means to unlock your “baddest bitch” spirit, taking inspiration from queer icon Grace Jones and her upcoming appearance at Drumsheds’ False Idols. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH PHOTOGRAPHY JULIES ERTELT “Creativity flows through me like a wild river, twisting and turning with no regard for predictability,” the Munich DJ says. “It’s the kind of force that can be sparked in my mind by just anything. A particular emotion, a word, an encounter with a stranger on the dance floor, or by a rhythm…

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Articles Culture Justice News Originals

8 lessons Cecilia Gentili taught me about activism

In a new GAY TIMES column about justice, “Let’s Create Some Good In The World,” a seasoned activist breaks down how the legendary Cecilia Gentili taught him to do just that. Words by ELIEL CRUZ Photography by COLE WITTER I first met Cecilia Gentili while working at the New York City Anti-Violence Project. She was a steering committee member at DecrimNY, a coalition currently working to decriminalize sex work in New York. She was an electrifying presence in my movement circles and beyond, committed to our liberation, and dedicated to…

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Articles Culture Films Josh O'Connor LGBTQ+ actors LGBTQ+ Films News Paul Mescal Separate Rooms The History of Sound

The History of Sound’s Josh O’Connor in conversations for another gay drama

Josh O’Connor is in conversations to appear in a new gay romance film, Separate Rooms, by Luca Guadagnino. The romance is an adaptation of the titular novel by late Italian author Pier Vittorio Tondelli, who died of AIDS at the age of 36. The story “follows an Italian writer named Leo who is mourning the loss of his boyfriend.” Variety has revealed that O’Connor is in discussions to play Leo after Guadagnino announced over the weekend to Italy’s La Repubblica that the filming is set to begin “soon”. The book…

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Articles Drag News Originals Television

Drag Race S16, E12: an obliteration of twinks

There’s some moments where you watch an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race and you have to ask yourself: how in the hell is the fandom going to react to that? This week, for me, that happened twice. As the remaining six queens return from the elimination of reigning lip sync assassin Mhi’ya Iman LePaige in a stand-out battle with Morphine Love Dion, the episode starts on a tense note. Q is sulking because she feels that she should have won (or taken half the win along with Plane Jane). While…

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Articles Celibacy Gen Z LGBTQ+ Community Love & Sex News Originals queer community Sex and relationships

“Y’all know I’m going boysober for a year”: how queer Gen Z rebranded celibacy

It’s no secret that LGBTQIA+ youth are ditching dating apps. Now, it looks like they’re leaving behind hook-up culture and going “sober”, aka celibate, when it comes to sex and relationships. We ask LGBTQIA+ Gen Zers why.   WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN If you didn’t know, we’re in a “sex recession”. Off the back of a pandemic where lockdown restrictions effectively criminalised casual sex, few people would be surprised that attitudes towards relationships and intimacy have changed. Throughout the 2020s, headlines were splashed across the internet…

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Aidan Kelly Articles Gender Plus Hormone Clinic Gender-affirming care health Interview LGBTQ+ News Life Long Reads News NHS Originals Trans Trans healthcare

NHS at risk of “going backwards” on trans healthcare, expert warns

NHS England’s new gender identity services could be a “regression” of what was offered at the Tavistock, a leading expert in the field has warned.  Next month, Great Ormond Street in London and Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool will be the new homes of such services in England and Wales. The sites will replace the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), which is run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust, after it closes at the end of March.  They are the first of what NHS England hopes will…

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Articles Culture Disney LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ TV Marvel morph News Television X-Men X-Men '97

X-Men ’97 star shuts down trolls upset over Morph’s non-binary identity

X-Men ’97 star JP Karliak has effortlessly shut down anti-LGBTQIA+ trolls in a new interview. On 20 March, Marvel fans were finally treated to the highly anticipated Disney+ series. Created by Beau DeMayo, the new show picks up after the events of X-Men: The Animated Series, which saw our favourite mutant heroes lose their wise leader, Professor Charles Xavier. With new and old foes entering the fray, the team juggle their grief while upholding Professor X’s mission of protecting their fellow mutants and humankind. Fortunately for fans, X-Men ’97 features…

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Articles coming out Culture LGBTQ+ Athlete LGBTQ+ News Life News Olympic Swimmer Olympics Sean Gunn

“My life is in such a good space”: Olympic swimmer Sean Gunn comes out as gay

Olympic swimmer Sean Gunn has publicly come out as gay.  In an exclusive interview with OutSports, the talented athlete gave insight into his coming-out journey, revealing that he first started to explore his sexuality while attending the University of Kentucky.  “Initially, I was not out at all. I dated girls for the first few years. I had some really great relationships with girls over the years and really loved them,” he explained.  “Obviously, over time, that changed, and I started dating guys later on.”  Fortunately for Gunn, who competed on the…

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