Stephanie Beatriz pledged her support for those protesting police brutality in the US (Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Stephanie Beatriz has donated a chunk of her salary to bail funds for those involved in Black Lives Matter protests across America. Bisexual actor Beatriz plays the character of detective Rosa Diaz, who is also bisexual, in
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Aquaria won season 10 of Drag Race. (Supplied) Ahead of the Drag Race season 12 finale, PinkNews caught up with reigning fashion queen Aquaria about Zoom parties, keeping her queer fashion fantasy alive at home and what’s made this season so special. Aquaria entered Drag Race a fully-formed fashion enigma. The drag daughter of season
Comediam Kathy Griffin garnered outrage from conservatives for tweeting about US president Donald Trump. (John Sciulli/Getty Images for Playboy Playhouse) Kathy Griffin is making headlines again for doing what she does best – being an indefatigable critic of Donald Trump. The American comedian skewered the US president with a satirical but since-deleted tweet Tuesday (May 26), the
‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic was jailed for trying to have an animal rights activist murdered. (Netflix) Tiger King – that Netflix docu-series that dropped just as a global, viral pandemic paralysed us all – might be in-line for a second season, according to Joe Exotic’s right-hand man, John Reinke. Speaking to The Sun, the 54-year-old
Sandi Toksvig. National treasure Sandi Toksvig says that the tabloid press have stopped calling her a lesbian –– but that doesn’t mean she isn’t one. In an interview with the Guardian from the work shed in her south London garden, Toksvig remembered coming out as a lesbian in the 1990s and the reaction from the
Ricky Martin has been announced as a guest judge for Drag Race All Stars 5. (WOW) Drag Race All Stars 5 has confirmed that the lip sync for your legacy format will be replaced by a new lip sync assassin twist, with a new trailer also revealing that Ricky Martin will guest judge the premiere.
Ruby Rose as Batwoman. (The CW) Ruby Rose has quit Batwoman, stunning fans by announcing her departure from the queer superhero show after just one season. The TV star had blazed a trail with the CW show, playing the out-and-proud vigilante Kate Kane, who takes on the titular superhero mantle. Batwoman wrapped up its first season
Prideland is a PBS series that will debut June 12. (PBS) A right-wing Christian fundamentalist group launched Friday (May 15) an attack against the Public Broadcast Station (PBS) for “promoting homosexuality” with its Pride month content. In other, less homophobic terms, PBS are airing a series of shows on Pride Month titled Prideland. Oh, the
Jonathan Schmitz was found guilty of second degree murder. (Netflix) Trial by Media, a new Netflix documentary, shines a fresh light on the “gay panic” murder of Jenny Jones Show guest Scott Amedure. Scott Amedure was a 32-year-old gay man who, in 1995, was murdered senselessly in a case that shocked America. Three days before
RuPaul has announced a shake-up for Drag Race All Stars 5. (WOW) When Drag Race All Stars 5 begins in four weeks’ time, expect to be gooped and gagged by the biggest twist in the show’s her story. The All Stars machine is firing back up into action ahead of season five’s June 5 premiere,
Macaulay Culkin plays an “insane character” in the tenth season of American Horror Story. (Erik Voake/Getty for Adult Swim and Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images) Macaulay Culkin’s character in the forthcoming series of American Horror Story will have “crazy, erotic sex” with Kathy Bates, according to show creator Ryan Murphy. Murphy has already revealed that Culkin will
Sven Sundgaard had worked at the TV station for 14 years. (explorewithsven/ Instagram) A beloved and super-hot gay weatherman has been unceremoniously fired after calling out Trump-supporting, far-right, anti-lockdown protesters. Sven Sundgaard, 39, is a gay vlogger and until last week was a weatherman for TV station KARE 11, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Queerty,
Kevin Spacey during a rare public appearance in August. (Getty) Kevin Spacey has compared his public fall from grace amid sexual assault allegations to the coronavirus pandemic. Spacey was first accused of abusing Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp when he was 14-years-old back in 2017. In response, he chose to come out as gay
Anti-LGBT+ lobbying group One Million Moms are reacting as you’d expect to news that Paris Jackson is to play a gender-flipped version of Jesus. The bisexual actress, the daughter of Michael Jackson, is set to take on the role of Jesus Christ in the upcoming thriller film Habit. Paris Jackson is set to play Jesus
Dylan McDermott (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/Getty) and Leslie Jordan (Harmony Gerber/Getty) Ryan Murphy has revealed that he is working on a new project which will star Leslie Jordan and Dylan McDermott – but there’s a catch. The popular gay television writer has apparently got the two actors on board for the project, even though he hasn’t
Divina De Campo, The Vivienne and Baga Chipz made it to the top three of Drag Race UK. BBC) The BBC has dismissed complaints that RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is anti-women. Drag Race UK was accused of being “based on [a] misogynistic premise” by an unspecific number of viewers, the BBC has revealed. A fortnightly
Circus of Books director Rachel Mason has said she had a very emotional reaction to hearing her brother open up about coming out. Mason’s documentary, which debuted on Netflix earlier this month, tells the story of her conservative, religious parents Karen and Barry Mason – who ran a minor gay porn empire in Los Angeles.
A trailer for road trip film Braking for Whales has given the world a glimpse at Draco Malfoy kissing Taylor Swift’s brother. The upcoming dark comedy stars Harry Potter alum Tom Felton as Brandon, a closeted gay man who is on a road trip with his sex addict sister in order to honour their dead mother’s
Roddy Alves gave an emotional interview in which she opened up about childhood bullying. (Screenshot/Truly) Celebrity Big Brother star Roddy Alves, who became famous as a lover of plastic surgery and later came out as transgender, has opened up about her transition in an emotional interview. Roddy Alves found fame after spending half a million
Ellen DeGeneres, after production of her show was suspended due to coronavirus, is back and is filming from her Los Angeles living room. (YouTube/The Ellen Show) Ellen DeGeneres will recover from the fierce backlash she’s currently on the receiving end of by being “phoney” and “playing the game”, a reputation expert has said. Ellen has,
Prince William joked about Tiger King in a comedy sketch with Stephen Fry for the BBC’s The Big Night In (Twitter) Prince William and Stephen Fry joked about Tiger King and going trouser-less in a surreal skit for BBC’s The Big Night In. The surprise Zoom call sketch aired as part of the BBC’s evening of
Tiger King stars Joe Exotic (R) and Dillon Passage. (Instagram) Dillon Passage, husband to Tiger King star Joe Exotic, has found himself in a rather specific situation, one that can only be described as peak 2020. Passage revealed Thursday night to FUBAR Radio’s Access All Areas that while his husband is carrying out his 22-yearslong
Drag Race royalty Alaska. (Screen capture via Entertainment Weekly) In a plot twist we both absolutely did not see coming, yet, are we surprised, is that RuPaul’s Drag Race star Alaska worked as a shopkeeper at the gay porn store featured in Circus of Books. Netflix show Circus of Books tells the story of Karen
Outlander star Sam Heughan at the premiere of “Bloodshot” on March 10, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage/Getty) Outlander star Sam Heughan has broken his silence after years of “bullying, harassment and stalking” from online trolls who insist he’s secretly gay. The Scottish actor best known for his role as Jamie Fraser in
Rachel Brosnahan (pictured) coughing on her golden arm, complying with World Health Organization guidelines concerning coronavirus, before demanding to be buried with it. (Screen captures via Twitter) It’s safe to say that Quibi, the platform aimed at providing viewers with “quick bites” of content, launched last week at the exact right time, but one show
Netflix drama Love 101 has attracted fury in Turkey (Photos courtesy Netflix/Huseyin Bilgi) Rumours of a gay character on a Turkish Netflix series have fuelled anti-LGBT bigotry in the country. New Turkish coming-of-age drama Love 101, which is set to begin on April 24, unleashed a torrent of fury over unconfirmed rumours that it will
The Harley Quinn animated series has portrayed another major character as queer. The DC animated series has been teasing a romantic relationship between supervillains Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, played by Kaley Cuoco and Lake Bell, for some time. But the most recent episode of the show’s second season dropped a surprising reveal about an
Thousands of people have signed a petition for Ellen Page to replace Ellen DeGeneres as the host of her own talk show, The Ellen Show. The petition, which has been signed by more than 7,000 people, comes as DeGeneres has been embroiled in controversy in recent weeks. Last month, comic Kevin Porter described her as
Schitt’s Creek co-creator and star Dan Levy has revealed that the series finale was originally meant to have a very different ending. The hit show came to an end last week after six groundbreaking seasons and showed David Rose finally marrying his boyfriend Patrick in a beautiful, heartfelt ceremony. But that wasn’t always the plan
Tiger King’s Joshua Diale, one of the last people to see Joe Exotic’s late husband Travis Maldonado alive, never received counselling. (Netflix) Tiger King‘s Joshua Diale, one of the last people to see Joe Exotic’s late husband Travis Maldonado alive, never received counselling. Exotic’s former campaign manager witnessed the traumatic moment that Maldonado shot himself in 2017.