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What It Feels Like for a Girl: Meet the norm-shattering cast behind The Fallen Divas

Discover what drew the cast of What It Feels Like for a Girl to their roles, and why they couldn’t get enough of The Fallen Divas.  WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE BBC The electrifying and true story of Paris Lees is brought to life in the new BBC Three drama What It Feels Like for a Girl, and everyone has been lapping it up without taking a breath. Binged it already? We don’t blame you.  From perfectly capturing the Northern spirit, to humanising the trans experience with…

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Drag Race: The bracket two queens end their All Stars 10 run with a dramatic bang

Bracket Two has ended its wild and messy run on this week’s Drag Race All Stars 10 episode. Spoilers ahead. Picking up after last week’s showstopping rap roast, the queens returned to the workroom to take part in the MVQ point giveaway. Nicole Paige Brooks opted to give her point to Kerri Colby, while the latter decided to give hers to Lydia Butthole Kollins. Things took a dramatic turn after Tina Burner gave her point to Nicole. While it seemed as if the bottom four queens were going to do…

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Arnold Schwarzenegger shares candid reaction to son Patrick’s White Lotus nude scene

Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed his initial reaction to Patrick Schwarzenegger’s nude scene in The White Lotus. In a recent episode of Variety’s “Actors on Actors,“ the father-and-son duo reflected on their careers and most memorable projects. When discussing Patrick’s role in The White Lotus season three, Arnold opened up about his initial reaction to seeing his son’s viral nude scene in the premiere episode. “I couldn’t believe. I said to myself that, okay, I’m watching your show, and I’m watching you with your butt sticking out there, and all of sudden,…

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“Went on for an hour”: This Drag Race icon spills the tea on one of RuPaul’s most iconic rants

This Drag Race icon has opened up about one of RuPaul’s most iconic “crash outs.” Since its debut in 2009, the Drag Race franchise has treated fans to an array of unhinged and unforgettable moments. From Raven and Mimi Imfurst’s showdown in All Stars 1 to the legendary feud between Alyssa Edwards and Coco Montrese, the show’s long list of drag talent has delivered hundreds of fierce interactions, quotes and scenes that have stood the test of time. In addition to the competing queens, the host and creator of Drag…

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Olympo trailer serves hunks galore and steamy gay romances

Let the thirst begin: Netflix has unveiled the first racy trailer for its highly-anticipated queer series Olympo. Created by Jan Matheu, Laia Foguet and Ibai Abad, the upcoming Spanish young adult series will explore the “sporting, emotional and life adventures of a group of elite young athletes” who will have to test the lengths they are willing to go to achieve success. The official synopsis reads: “At the CAR Pirineos, the best athletes in the country train, such as Amaia, the captain of the national artistic swimming team, a self-demanding…

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The 12 best gay sex scenes of the decade (so far), from Fellow Travelers to On Swift Horses

Blow-jobs! Rimming! Toe-sucking! Sex scenes are back, and they’re hornier than ever. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS The industry’s sanitised, sexless era has finally fizzled out. The 2010s witnessed a sharp decline in erotic mainstream filmmaking as a result of increasing scrutiny from the internet (and sometimes, those within the industry) over whether sex scenes are necessary in driving the plot forward. Although billion dollar franchises didn’t hesitate to gratuitously flaunt actor’s ripped bodies – for example, Chris [insert any last name here, honestly] in [again, insert any superhero film] – general…

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‘Hell yeah I kiss a man’: Jack Innanen celebrates Adults’ queer romance

Jack Innanen has proudly embraced his queer storyline in the new series Adults. Spoilers ahead On 28 May, the hilarious comedy finally made its premiere on FX, with the entire series dropping on Hulu and Disney+ (for international territories) the following day. Created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, the series follows five friends – Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Issa (Amita Rao), Anton (Owen Thiele), and Paul Baker (Innanen) – as they navigate the highs and lows of adulthood while living in Queens, New York. Since its release,…

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How Paris Lees became a UK queer icon

WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE What It Feels Like For A Girl, a television adaptation of Paris Lees’ experimental, exhilarating memoir, has just dropped on BBC iPlayer. Here’s where you might recognise its creator. If you’re anything like us, you’ve already binge-watched What It Feels Like For A Girl, the catty, chaotic coming-of-age story following a young Byron (played by Ellis Howard) as they navigate growing up queer in the Midlands during the early aughts.  While the show taps into the current wave of Y2K nostalgia sweeping our screens, is actually an…

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What It Feels Like for a Girl: Ellis Howard on humanising the trans experience with working-class grit

From trauma to euphoria, Ellis Howard traces Byron’s journey — and their own — in this timely, trailblazing series. WORDS SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID REISS STYLIST MICHAEL MILLER GROOMER SANDRA HAHNEL “Powerhouse” doesn’t even begin to capture the full force of Ellis Howard. As Byron in the BBC drama What It Feels Like for a Girl, the Scouser channels raw vulnerability and biting wit to bring Paris Lees’ acclaimed memoir to the screen — offering a fearless and deeply human portrait of a trans, working-class person rarely seen on British…

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How Overcompensating perfectly captures the anxiety of being outed as a millennial

Katie Baskerville interrogates the resurgence of hypervigilance around sexual identity after watching Overcompensating, and finds out if anything has changed for Gen-Z folks coming out today. WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE Overcompensating is a raucous show that has had me in stitches and deep in my feelings from the get-go, from its relatable moments to its bi representation (yay!). However, the undertones of those laugh-out-loud moments have an unmistakably sobering effect for someone like me.  Being a teenager in the era of the low-rise jeans, the Motorola flip phone and, who…

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