Opinion and analysis. Ballot language and reporting reviewed Oct. 27, 2026. During my 2024 PRIDE interview with Mercury Stardust, she explained why she keeps her medical transition private. After publicly saying she did not want to change her voice, she began considering vocal feminization. People reminded her that her earlierContinue Reading
He wanted me to sit on his face. “But I don’t feel clean,” I told him. “I don’t care. I like it a little dirty.” This author, whose words I devoured, was now greedy to taste me. I got into position, and he gobbled me up. I couldn’t laugh, butContinue Reading
Harry Styles is back on the dance floor, and his latest music video has fans talking about more than his waltz. The singer released the video for “Coming Up Roses” on Oct. 26, bringing the ballad from his fourth album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally , to an old-fashionedContinue Reading
Josh Turek’s latest Senate ad pairs a promise against discrimination with restrictions on trans athletes and health care funding. The Iowa Democrat makes both arguments in a 29-second spot, opening with a childhood photo of himself holding a basketball. The ad went out Saturday, Oct. 24, 10 days before votersContinue Reading
Rob Jetten and his fiancé, Nicolás Keenan, are expecting their first child in spring 2027. The Dutch prime minister and Argentine hockey player announced the pregnancy Oct. 19. “Someone very special is on the way. See you in 2027, little one,” the couple wrote in their joint Instagram announcement. TheyContinue Reading
Two sentences, no explanation. The Supreme Court has rejected The Traitor’s latest bid to stop gender-affirming care in federal prisons. The Oct. 21 order in The Traitor v. Kingdom leaves the lower court’s injunction intact. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have granted the administration’s emergency request. No otherContinue Reading
Nicki Minaj has continued on her apparent crusade against care for trans minors, this time at a Republican rally alongside President Traitor 47. Minaj joined The Traitor on stage at the rally in Michigan on 25 October, after telling the audience he’d been looking at her “beautiful a**”, saying: “That’sContinue Reading
Traitor 47 was halfway through a story about another man’s butt when he spotted Nicki Minaj in the crowd. It was Sunday, Oct. 25, at McMorran Place Arena in Port Huron, Michigan, nine days before the midterms. The Traitor was retelling the bit about Ohio Senate candidate Jon Husted thatContinue Reading
I could feel the giddy energy pulsing through my body as I settled into my seat at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre for Jessie Ware’s Superbloom Tour. I’ve always been mesmerized by her effortless vocals and the way she blends disco and funk with a nostalgic flair that never takes awayContinue Reading
The race to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond may be nearing an end, with reports that a handful of actors are undergoing final screen tests. Rumours about who will be the new 007 have been swirling since Craig bid farewell to the character with 2021’s No TimeContinue Reading
Troye Sivan has one very specific nightmare. A ball sails over a fence, lands near him, and a group of men waits for him to send it back. “That just, like, is a very terrifying experience to me,” the 31-year-old pop star says in a new video for A ViewContinue Reading
In a bizarre announcement, the creators of BABYQUEEN, a Chinese AI K-Pop style girl group, say one of the members is ‘pregnant’. The post sparked major online backlash. The creators behind BABYQUEEN, an AI-generated girl group modelled after popular K-pop groups, have now deleted the post and apologised, as reportedContinue Reading
The Bigfoot conference has already begun when I slip into the windowless ballroom. Looking around in the dim light, I’m shocked by the number of people here — almost 100, by my count. I study the faces in the audience, trying to place them on the spectrum of skepticism. IContinue Reading