As Gay Rom-Com ‘Bros’ Wins Over TIFF, Billy Eichner Thanks Toronto for ‘Letting a Comedy Into a Movie Festival’

Pop’s resident jokester Lil Nas X is once again putting in the hard work of smacking far-right weirdos down into their place.This time, it’s incel representative Andrew Tate getting knocked out of the park (with an appearance from, ugh, Piers Morgan). Tate went on Morgan’s Uncensored talk show to discuss his massive downfall, and deflected as hard as humanly possible.The former-pro-kickboxer-turned-internet-troll decided he needed to tear some famous Black men down to make himself look better, and his first target was Lil Nas X.Here, he equates the singer’s Montero music video to violent knife crime:“I’m not the devil.

Dustin Lance Black, like so many gay men, always had a very strong connection with his momBut things were complicated. He grew up in a Mormon home, struggling to come to terms with his sexuality.

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that employers in the state can ignore portions of the Biden administration’s guidance on equal treatment of LGBTQ+ workers, particularly as it regards transgender ones.U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by Donald Trump, ruled this week that guidance on implementing the Bostock v. Clayton County ruling from the U.S.

Pakistani lawmakers passed a landmark transgender rights law in 2018, but some are now arguing that the law contradicts Islamic teachings about gender identity.Transgender people in Pakistan can change their gender identity on previously issued government documents according to how they perceive it, as outlined in the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act.Some criticize the law’s provision allowing one to change gender as being un-Islamic and opening the door to same-sex marriage, which is currently illegal. Trans rights activists, however, argue that the misinformed debate against the law is causing further harm to the transgender community.Senator Fawzia Arshad of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) is pushing a new bill that would define transgender people according to the law as those who “keep one hole for urination," Vice reports.The previous bill already has a strange definition of a transgender person, since it not only defines a transgender person as someone whose gender identity is different than their gender assigned at birth, but someone who has both male and female sex characteristics —that is, someone who is intersex.This new proposal, the news site notes, represents rising dissent and misinformation campaigns targeting the laws protecting trans people.

Legendary Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger is famously no stranger to a dalliance or two. Many of these were of epic rockstar proportions; he had a years long affair with the First Lady of France and currently has baby daddy status with five different actresses/models/dancers across the industry.Jagger has even had a number of rumored flings with men in the past, most notably with David Bowie.

One of the nation's top children's hospitals has generated controversy over a video claiming that some children know their gender identity before they are born. Boston Children's Hospital posted a video on their YouTube channel in August where a psychologist explains that "a good portion" of children she sees at the hospital's Gender MultiSpecialty Service (GeMS) clinic know their gender identity "from the womb," according to video captured first by The Daily Mail.

A strong queer HIV-postive community can transform our world. Bringing together queer people living with HIV is still a radical act. It has the power to build community, reduce stigma, and amplify the voices of people living with HIV.

Hellraiser is bringing a new level of fright to modern audiences, as it serves as a reimagining of the original 1987 film of the same name. Similar to the original, the 2022 movie revolves around a puzzle box that summons a group of extra-dimensional beings called the Cenobites. The catch? These cruel forces can't differentiate pain and pleasure.The new film, which has several LGBTQ+ cast members, stars out actor Brandon Flynn.Starring in an ensemble cast including Odessa A'zion, Jamie Clayton, Goran Višnjić, Drew Starkey, and Adam Faison, Flynn is now checking off the horror genre on his acting bucket list.Just in time for Hellraiser's release, The Advocate sat down with Flynn to chat about his obsession with the horror genre, commercial success following 13 Reasons Why, his potential Halloween costume, and so much more.The Advocate: Happy Release Day! How excited are you that Hellraiser is finally out?Brandon Flynn: I'm super excited. I woke up this morning to a flurry of text messages of people watching it in the morning.

Charlie Puth cleared up rumors that he is queerbaiting fans with the thirsty content he posts online.

When is it time to revisit our past? Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black explores his own story in “Mama’s Boy.” The HBO documentary looks at Black’s experience of being a young gay man in the American south and the close connection that shaped his entire life. ‘Boy’ is based on the writer’s memoir “Mama’s Boy: A Story from our Americas.” Black speaks directly about a mother whose life was far from easy – their bonds would only strengthen when he came out at 21.

Jenna Dewan reacted to the role she played in JoJo Siwa‘s gay awakening.

A post shared by Emeli Sandé (@emelisande)This profile is part of Queerty’s 2022 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Emeli Sandé, 35Bio: There wasn’t a bigger U.K. musical act in 2012 than Emeli Sandé.

WITI, video footage from a British Petroleum gas station allegedly shows Allen and a man, whom police later identified as Hubbird, briefly talking inside the gas station. Allen then steps into the passenger’s seat of a black Chevy Tahoe SUV, and the car drives off. Police say and the pair drove to Allen’s apartment complex, located at 26th Street and Wells Street in Milwaukee.

ABOVE: Letting go of my Debbie Harry lightbox. Am I Kookoo?!

Edición Cientonce es el socio mediático del Washington Blade en Ecuador. Esta nota salió en su sitio web el 31 de agosto.

I love the gays! I first came onto the scene with ‘Kathy & Mo’, and so much of our content was about gay rights, civil rights, women’s rights—freedom and respect and liberation for all. We had a huge gay audience for ‘Kathy & Mo’, and then it just got a little bigger with the kinds of films that I was doing [laughs].

A news reporter for an ABC affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa who felt like she was previously “splitting myself in two” told viewers this week that she is a transgender woman.

(CNN) – Easter Island’s towering stone heads and other archaeological elements have been charred by a fire, according to local Indigenous and Chilean authorities.The fire – caused by the nearby Rano Raraku volcano – started Monday and razed nearly 250 acres of the island, damaging its famous stone-carved statues known as ‘Moai’ which were created by a Polynesian tribe over 500 years ago, native officials reported.Ariki Tepano, who serves as the director of the indigenous Ma’u Henua community which manages the Rapa Nui Natural Park, described the damage as “irreparable” and warned that the “consequences go beyond what the eyes can see,” in a statement Thursday.The Rapa Nui National Park – whose name comes from the Indigenous moniker for the island – is a protected area displaying the legacy of the Rapa Nui culture.The UNESCO World Heritage-listed island lies 2,174 miles (3,500 km) off the coast of Chile and is the most remote inhabited island on the planet. The far-off island has long been a bucket list destination for travelers from around the world, primarily due to the giant Moai monuments.Chile’s Undersecretary of Cultural Heritage Carolina Pérez Dattari said that officials from the country’s National Monuments Council (CNM) “are on the ground assessing the damages” from the fire on the island’s sacred stone figures.The composition of the statues can be adversely impacted from “exposure to high temperatures ...

A gay Palestinian man who had been living in Israel for two years while awaiting asylum in Canada was found beheaded Wednesday, and a suspect has been arrested after circulating images on social media.The body of Ahmad Abu Marhia, 25, was discovered in the city of Hebron, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports. He had received death threats for being gay, but police said they had not determined a motive for the crime.

harmful because it fails to provide the LGBTQ community with proper representation and perpetuates stigmas and stereotypes around it.

It’s been over a decade since Darren Hayes released a new album. After his last tour promoting 2011’s Secret Codes and Battleships, the former Savage Garden singer says he was exhausted by the perpetual cycle of recording and touring.“I had planned to kinda retire,” he tells Queerty.Hayes and his husband, the British animator, designer, director, and screenwriter Richard Cullen moved back to the U.S., and Hayes spent the past 10 years studying improv at L.A.’s The Groundlings Theatre.

The Swimmer, from Israeli filmmaker Adam Kalderon.It tells the story of ambitious swimmer Erez (Omer Perelman Striks) who’s got his eyes on the Olympics. His eyes start to wander, however, when he’s paired up with the dashing Nevo (Asaf Jonas), with whom he shares an immediate chemistry.

As Halloween quickly approaches, what better way to ease into the spooky spirit than by indulging in films that feature some scarily good looking actors? For those in the mood for a trick and a treat, GCN has compiled a list of the hottest hunks in horror, read on to find out who makes the […]

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Singer Mothé hails from Houston. (Courtesy photo)

Pro-LGBTQ Sen. Mark Kelly and Republican nutjob Blake Masters squared off in a televised debate hosted by Arizona PBS last night and nobody was more parched by it than Ann Coulter.The 60-year-old homophobe spent a good chunk of the hour-long debate thirsting over 36-year-old Masters, who has never held public office before and is trailing Kelly in the polls.Let’s have a look…It started with Coulter immediately gushing over how “very tall” Masters looked on stage:Blake Masters is very tall.

Watch them burn, baby, burn! (Image by Eric McNatt)

A new challenge! MTV’s Melinda Collins (née Stolp) and husband Matt Collins have welcomed their second child after fertility struggles.

American Horror Story: NYC the “gayest season yet” is saying a lot. This is, after all, a series in which a witch has screamed “Balenciaga!” as she burns alive, and one that’s included multiple queer sex scenes—some with Lady Gaga!But AHS: NYC sounds like it just might slash its way to the distinguished honor.

Des Moines TV reporter Nora J.S. Reichardt has come out as a transgender woman, introducing herself to viewers by saying, “To gradually come into a role where I am feeling more and more at home in my body than I really ever did before has been amazing to get to experience and share with people.”Reichardt came out Tuesday on WOI’s 6 p.m.

A new book claims Mick Jagger had ongoing sexual relationships with two other members of the Rolling Stones.In her new book, The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones, author Lesley-Ann Jones suggests Jagger had affairs with bandmates Keith Richards and Mick Taylor in addition to other notable male celebs and musicians, reports the British tabloid the Daily Mail. Jones, who has written well-received biographies on David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, and John Lennon, further claims the affairs were common knowledge among their various girlfriends and wives of the men. Jones also writes the relationship between Jagger and Richards was something deeper than just a one-off dalliance.Jones interviewed British singer and actress Marianne Faithfull, who was having a celebrated affair with Jagger during the band’s early years.

The Republican candidate for Illinois governor is being attacked in a campaign ad for homophobic and racist materials taught at schools he founded.Before the opening of early voting in Illinois, the incumbent Democratic governor, J.B. Pritzker, took out a new campaign ad against his Republican opponent, Darren Bailey."Did you know Darren Bailey runs a school?" the narrator in the ad asks the audience.

Lesbian activist and diversity consultant Lisbeth Melendez Rivera lost by just 17 votes in a three-candidate special election on Tuesday to fill a vacant seat on the Hyattsville, Md., City Council.  

The outgoing government in Italy introduced the new ‘National LGBT+ Strategy 2022-25’, a three-year plan to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The plan was passed just before the new far-right government is to be formed later this month. Italian Minister of Family and Equal Opportunities Elena Bonetti announced the introduction of […]

Research from Stonewall and Ipsos has suggested that Britain is entering a new era of LGBTQ+ diversity thanks to Gen Z.

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Hairspay and Serial Mom. The former spawned a hit musical show and a big-screen remake.However, over the last couple of decades, Waters has turned more to writing and live appearances.Related: Professional hedonist John Waters refuses to do this one thing…His new movie venture will be an adaptation of his own book, Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance.

https://t.co/h7rYuaV5KE— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) October 6, 2022That Boebert, a devout Christian, should side with Phillips is not surprising. However, her tweet is noteworthy for another reason.Many poltical observers assumed Boebert to be a sure bet to win re-election in the midterms this November.

rjp1981"The flannel, the sunglasses, my brother’s shoes, and my dad’s hat." —valb4d3667845"I was very excited to sit on Smurfette’s lap..." —jamiev424c94b8b"10 months old and I already knew that a lace front was the way to go." —andyd

Jennie Punter Tucked in a corner of the Catskills, Casa Susanna was a modest private resort where cross-dressing heterosexual men and transgender women gathered on summer weekends through the 1950s and ‘60s to live as their true selves, dressed in the ladies’ fashion of the day and engaging in bourgeois social activities such as taking snapshots.   Over the past 15 years, a handful of articles, academic research, and photography exhibitions (and let’s not forget the 2014 Tony-nominated play by Harvey Fierstein) have gradually opened the door to this secret subculture of Cold War America. Now “Casa Susanna,” a new documentary by French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz (“Wild Side,” “Little Girl”), flings it open.

also prides themself on not being emotionally available?”In the R-rated comedy, already being cited for its realistic depictions of gay men having sex, Eichner plays Bobby, a brash, blunt podcaster who spearheads an LGBTQ+ museum and falls for Macfarlane’s Garth Brooks-loving estate lawyer Aaron, who is quite a different representative of the community they both inhabit.“It’s interesting to see, as an actor, how many flaws I can have [with a character] and still get away with making the love story happen,” Macfarlane said, adding that he sometimes pushed back on his character’s rougher edges, thinking they might be too off-putting. “I saw the movie yesterday and I thought, ‘Aaron, you are such a dick!'”Eichner agreed, noting that Bobby and Aaron are “both dicks at various points, but that’s how people are.”Stoller assured Macfarlane he was in good stead: “I remember telling you, the more flawed and real you are, the more the audience is going to root for you for figure out your shit.”Apatow, a veteran of film exploring minefield relationships and stubborn male growth (“Knocked Up,” “This is 40”), commented on the historic nature of “Bros.” “It’s a very special experience, but it starts out with Nick and Billy having this really great idea,” Apatow said.

The major studio romcom is back with a flourish, but it took Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller to prove the format still works, even if this time it is two gay men who are the ones who  find love against all odds.

TORONTO – Contrary to popular belief, there have been more gay romantic comedy movies than you might think. Many of them were released independently and a few even by the mini-majors (Searchlight, Focus Features, Sony Classics, etc).

The Trans Film Mentorship has announced that its first Trans Filmmakers Summit will take place at the Toronto Film Festival on September 11th. The summit will be held at 2 p.m. ET, following the Inside Out TIFF Queer Brunch on Malaparte’s Rooftop at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Last week, Billy Eichner raised eyebrows with some comments he made during his press tour of the upcoming movie Bros, which seemed to be throwing shade at the film Fire Island. Now that film’s writer and star, Joel Kim Booster, has responded.While speaking with Variety last week, Eichner talked about the film making history.

Fire Island star Joel Kim Booster has reacted to comments Billy Eichner made last week about LGBTQ content on streaming platforms.Eichner is currently promoting his movie, Bros. The studio-backed gay rom-com will hit theater screens later this month.

Fire Island’s Joel Kim Booster issued a lengthy Twitter statement where he addressed remarks made by Billy Eichner.

Joel Kim Booster is speaking out.