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Texas-born singer-songwriter August Ponthier has spent the last few years building a beautiful community through queer country-pop storytelling, alien–cowboy visuals, and songs that hinted at their true identity long before they put a name to it. From their breakout EP Faking My Own Death , to the aching vulnerability ofContinue Reading

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Jonathan Bailey’s star power just keeps soaring, and now he has the box office numbers to prove it. The 37-year-old actor, who earlier this month was named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive, has officially become 2025’s highest-grossing box office star, thanks to back-to-back blockbuster performances in Wicked: For Good and JurassicContinue Reading

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“I feel the most empowered when I say no,” says Venus Cuffs, an alternative lifestyle expert based in New York City. Cuffs, who once worked as a dominatrix, is part of a lineage of Black femmes who have used their positions to reclaim power — a strategy we’ll unspool postContinue Reading

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The release of Wicked: For Good has triggered criticism from a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ conservative influencers. Among them is Isabel Brown, a YouTuber and friend of the late Charlie Kirk. Brown has claimed the Wicked movies are pushing a “radical LGBTQ+ agenda.”  She’s one of several right-wing influencers who are using pressContinue Reading

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In late April 2020, Tinder Passport, the feature that allowed you to change your geographical location on the app, was free, a generosity inspired by COVID’s recent spread across the world. Prior to the shutdown, I was, like most people, dating in person. I had moved to Indiana a yearContinue Reading