Don Lemon is not backing down. The openly gay journalist, who was arrested by federal agents in January after covering anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, took the stage at the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills on 6 March with a direct message for the LGBTQIA+ community: stop being afraid. Stand up, and don’t...
A 2015 Vanity Fair interview with Paul McCartney, released in full last week, has reignited one of rock music’s most persistent questions: was John Lennon attracted to men? McCartney, now 83, told journalist Joe Hagan that Yoko Ono, Lennon’s widow, rang him shortly after Lennon’s murder in December 1980. Her message was blunt. “I swear...
HBO Max’s latest period drama has been generating serious buzz since its February 2026 global premiere. Madam Beja, known in Brazil as Dona Beja, is a reimagining of the beloved 1986 Brazilian telenovela of the same name, now updated for a global audience. Set in 19th-century Brazil, it follows Ana Jacinta de São José, a...
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras says it has raised about $440,000 through new fundraising efforts linked to the 2026 festival, a result the organisation is framing as a strong sign of support for its future. In a media brief, Mardi Gras says the total includes $93,000 from the first Mardi Gala Ball, $320,000 in...
Matt Kenny spent close to 15 years away from ice hockey. The Canadian-born former defenseman didn’t leave because he wasn’t talented enough. He left because he didn’t feel safe. Growing up playing competitively in Ontario, Kenny kept his sexuality hidden from teammates before quietly stepping away in his late teens. “It just kind of felt...
We always knew this would happen. When Married At First Sight (MAFS) cast an outspoken, self-described “anti-woke” groom on the same season as the show’s fourth-ever same-sex couple, the outcome was never really in question. We can afford to be very cynical about this one. Tyson Gordon, a 30-year-old former soldier and property investor from...
Mexican actor Pablo Perroni has confirmed his relationship with actor Axel Santos, and he did it in the most publicly affectionate way possible. Who is Pablo Perroni? Perroni, 51, is a well-known Mexican television and theatre actor, born in Mexico City on 24 December 1974. You would recognise him from telenovelas and series including Sin...
Georgia Meek goes by one name, and after one listen to her debut single, you’ll understand why she doesn’t need more. Fabulous, released on 30 January 2026 via BMG, is the kind of track you catch yourself singing in the shower two days later without realising you’ve learned the words. Who is Meek? Meek is...
Texas state representative James Talarico has clinched the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas. Republicans have wasted exactly zero time going after him for it. On 3 March 2026, Talarico defeated U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary, pulling in 52.9% of the vote to Crockett’s 45.7%, according to NBC News....
A Boston-based civil rights organisation, Lawyers For Civil Rights (LCR), sent a letter on 3 March 2026 to Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, calling on her office to take stronger action against a surge in anti-LGBTQIA+ harassment within the state’s high school hockey programs. Connor Storie in Heated Rivalry. (Accent Aigu Entertainment/Bell Media) What...
The tagline says it all: “The climax is just the beginning.” Have you ever wondered what happens when a married couple invites a third person into their bed? S Asher Gelman answers that question in his hit production, Afterglow. The internationally acclaimed play is currently running at The Eternity Playhouse in Sydney from February 26...
If you missed Queer Screen’s 33rd Mardi Gras Film Festival (MGFF26) in Sydney, good news, the on-demand program is live now, and you have until 11:59 pm on Monday, 9 March to catch it. The festival ran from 12 to 26 February 2026, packing 139 feature films, documentaries, and short films from 38 countries into...
March is a strong month for queer TV. Three new seasons arrive across different platforms, and each one brings something worth your time. Whether you’re into crime comedy, teen drama, or a gay comeback story, a lot is landing. Single, Out Single, Out Season 4 premieres on 6 March on Here TV, the US-based streaming...
An Instagram account has done something that turns out to be harder to look away from than expected. The account @celeb.aipimp has used artificial intelligence (AI) to animate the legendary drawings of Tom of Finland, and the results are genuinely impressive. Who was Tom of Finland? If the name is new to you, here’s the...
JJ Jeremi is living his best Parisian life Paris-based model Jeremi Joubert, who goes by JJ Jeremi online, has been getting a lot of attention and for good reason. At 27, the Frenchman stands at 180cm with a solid frame that works just as well in designer fits as it does in shirtless editorial shots....