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October 4, 2019

Every weird, brilliant British reference from Drag Race UK episode one

Drag Race UK is here, it’s queer, and it’s as British as Dot Cotton drinking a gin and tonic at Buckingham Palace. The first episode of the new BBC Three series arrived on Thursday (October 3) and was as weird and wonderful as Great Britain herself. From Vinegar Stokes’ brilliant entrance to Andrew Garfield’s...

October 3, 2019

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK episode 1: Royal assent

The ever-expanding empire of RuPaul’s Drag Race conquered yet another country tonight. But was Drag Race UK a show fit for a queen? Drag Race UK season 1 episode 1: The verdict. How much Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent was episode one packing? Overall: C.U.N.T. Yes. Gawd yes. Finally. Something that makes you proud...

October 3, 2019

Rock musician explains how RuPaul’s Drag Race helped him come out as gay

An alt-rock drummer turned drag queen has told the story of how RuPaul’s Drag Race helped him explore his “lost identity” and come out as gay. Ash Kenazi said, in a piece for The Independent, that in 2016 he “could not accept” that he was gay, but on the night of his “first non-hetero...

October 3, 2019

Olly Alexander leads star-studded cast of Russell T Davies’ 1980s-set drama Boys

Olly Alexander will lead the star-studded cast of the new Channel 4 series Boys, the story of three young, gay men in London during the AIDS crisis. The five-part series was written by multi-BAFTA Award-winning writer Russell T Davies (Queer as Folk, A Very English Scandal) and the story begins when Ritchie, Roscoe and...

October 3, 2019

Westboro Baptist Church member who left because of the hate says she ‘still loves her family’

Former Westboro Baptist Church member Megan Phelps-Roper, who was shunned by her family after she left the church, has said she “still loves” them. She left the church, famous for its “God hates fags” and “Thank God for dead soldiers” signs at military funerals, seven years ago. But she...

October 3, 2019

Partner of skydiving instructor fired for being gay says ‘this is a battle we have to win’

Next week the US Supreme Court will hear the case of a skydiving instructor who was fired for being gay and his long-time partner has said that “this is a battle we have to win.” Donald Zarda was fired in 2010 from his job at Skydive Long Island after he attempted to make a female … Continued The post...

October 3, 2019

Woman fights to change UK trademark rules after being told she can’t use the word ‘queer’ as it’s offensive

A queer woman is calling on the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to change its policy after claiming she was denied a trademark because the name contained the word ‘queer’. Gem Kennedy runs a social justice network for LGBT+ people and allies called Queers & Co. Initially based on Facebook, the...

October 3, 2019

Muslim drag queen Glamrou says the Quran has ‘pockets of queerness’

Amrou Al-Kadhi, otherwise know as Glamrou, is a non-binary, Muslim drag queen and they want to show the world that queerness and religion can go hand-in-hand. Al-Kadhi’s new book, Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen, came out today (October 3) and an extract published by i-D explains how they...

October 3, 2019

Duncan James opens up candidly about dating men while in the public eye

Blue singer Duncan James will open about dating a man in the public eye in an episode of Channel 4’s First Dates Hotel. The 41-year-old came out as bisexual in 2009 before identifying as gay in 2014, which he later said was the “best thing he ever did”. First Fates Hotel sees two people paired …...

October 3, 2019

The library is open! Here’s 15 of the filthiest reads in RuPaul’s Drag Race herstory

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is finally here and it’s time to open the library once again. The infamous reading challenge is a pinnacle of the show and we can’t wait to see how the British queens throw their shade. But in the meantime here are the 15 best reads in RuPaul’s Drag Race herstory. The …...