Tag: queer

EXCLUSIVE: INNdulge owner Jon Jackson on midnight pool parties and the magic of Cali's desert resort city ‘It’s a relaxed, welcoming, free environment. It makes people comfortable to be who they are. If that’s someone comfortable with their clothes on, great, or with their clothes off, also great. It’s about being in a safe, queer space.’ Jon Jackson and his husband Sandy Miller thought twice before buying Palm Springs’ gay, clothing-optional resort INNdulge in 2010. But little did they know what...

Just days ago, actor Lee Pace said in an interview with W Magazine that his sexuality did not define him or his life as an actor. He didn’t want to be labeled as ‘gay’…or anything else for that matter. Many ran with his response, including us here at Instinct, as a conversation starter on the importance of pride versus the right to privacy. But it seems that his response to the question about being gay got a bigger reaction than...

"I find your question intrusive." Angels in America is getting ready to make its majestic return to Broadway and star Lee Pace is doing the press rounds. In a new interview with W magazine, the famously private actor seemed to come out as bisexual, telling the magazine “I’ve dated men I’ve dated women.” It’s the first time he’s addressed the issue since his Hobbit star Ian McKellen accidentally referred to Pace as openly gay in a 2014 interview. But the...

Gay men are insatiable when it comes to representation on our big and small screens, and that’s mostly because representation is still barely there. Though GLAAD’s yearly report states that the 2017-2018 season showed the most LGBTQ characters on broadcast television, it’s ultimately still only 6.4% of tv characters. On top of that, the report found that LGBTQ characters of color are underrepresented in the already underrepresented LGBTQ group. Most LGBTQ characters on tv are cisgender white men (specifically, 77% white...

Catch these queer hidden gems in high quality and at your leisure on gay streaming service Dekkoo Sponsored: Mainstream Hollywood has made some admirable, if sanitized attempts at LGBTI stories over the years. (With, of course, a few notable triumphs). But more often than not, non-heterosexual characters are sidelined – if not obscured altogether. When it comes to the real and raw representations of all things queer on film, independent cinema is where it’s at. A character in ‘Mexican Men’ As such, my list...

The gay Christian rocker came out last year Trey Pearson’s new music video Love Is Love opens with a simple statement: ‘To all the LGBTQ sacred spaces.’ Shot in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, the new song is a fun, powerful anthem about going out and being yourself. Pearson originally released the song on 17 November as part of his debut solo EP of the same name. The first song on the EP, Silver Horizons, arrived in April. The EP has seven songs...

Justice League and Fantastic Beasts Star Ezra Miller talked about some of the opposition and adversity he faced when he came out as queer. It might be hard to imagine that there was ever a time when actor Ezra Miller wasn’t comfortably proclaiming his queerness by kissing male fans and posting creatively nude photos to celebrate Pride. That said, even Ezra Miller was in the closet at one point. But back in 2012, he spoke to OUT and said, “I’m Queer,”...

'Queer Muslims exist and there's nothing you can do to change that and we need to be heard' Fahad Ali, a 24-year-old university student has been a queer activist for a long time, but now his Muslim faith and queer identity are colliding thanks to Australia’s postal survey on marriage equality. ‘Muslims have a bit of an issue with homosexuality and that’s just the case. But something like this (postal survey) allows us to begin to have the discussion, that’s never...

"I guess I really just want to get to know you. But I'm scared." Every Wednesday, we’ll be sharing short films that illuminate queer life. Welcome to #HumpdayShorts. As the popular star of the track team, college student Austin has it all — except the freedom to be himself. Ryan Beene’s short In The Dark follows Austin as he falls for Eric, a classmate he admires for being so comfortable in his sexuality. But as the crush develops into something deeper, Austin...

Catch these queer hidden gems in high quality and at your leisure on gay streaming service Dekkoo Sponsored: Mainstream Hollywood has made some admirable, if sanitized attempts at LGBTI stories over the years. (With, of course, a few notable triumphs). But more often than not, non-heterosexual characters are sidelined – if not obscured altogether. When it comes to the real and raw representations of all things queer on film, independent cinema is where it’s at. As such, my list LGBTI indies I need...

‘To love whoever you want is worth the struggle!’ A group of guerrilla fighters in ISIS-ravaged Raqqa, Syria have posted a message of support to Stockholm Pride. The festival takes place in the Swedish capital this weekend. The photo and message was posted on the Facebook page ‘The Women’s Revolution in Rojava’. The page represents Kurdish women fighting against ISIS/Daesh in in the Rojava region of Syria. TQILA and IRPGF The image follows social media postings last week by The Queer Insurrection and...

The service will include original LGBT content from Southeast Asia GagaOOLala is Asia’s first streaming service created entirely for the LGBTI community. The service currently has 350 titles and will be to available to subscribers in Southeast Asia. The countries which will have access to the service are; Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. The organizers of the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival launched GagaOOLala earlier this and have collated content from around the world. Following in...

Korean video blog .Face posted a clip yesterday of a Buddhist monk getting down at the Korean Queer Culture Festival in Seoul.

‘I felt free and I felt safe to take a break from pretending to be straight and just be me’ We love this new image by photographer Samuel McGuire, featuring acclaimed queer skateboarder Lacey Baker. McGuire, a photographer based in Los Angeles, who has previously shot campaigns for Adidas and Nike, produced the print for Pride Month to help raise funds on the anniversary of the Pulse shooting in Orlando. He explained the idea on his Instagram. ‘I have wanted to photograph this image...