9 queer gift ideas to put a smile on your Valentine's face in 2022

Release date: June 21st, 2022Why you should read: Fun! Hilarious! Characters that you wish were your best friends! Don't Go Baking My Heart (how cute is that title, am I right?) is the story of Reba and Devon, two people who are very much opposites. Reba is chaotic, the personification of sunshine, and always ready to have fun while Devon is a rule-follower, grumpy, and prefers to spend his weekends working. When Devon needs baking help for an upcoming work-related event, he asks Reba.

Whitney Houston dragged Wendy Williams for filth live on the radio, then check out the latest from Gay TikTok:RuPaul showed off his closet.Piano Dad Dan nailed Lil Nas X.Noah J. Richter rang the alarm.Colton Underwood played a game.♬ original sound – Colton UnderwoodKacey Musgraves shouted out Cleveland gays.Terrell and Jarius Joseph left church early.Karma came for a rude kid.Raven-Symoné relived her “fem days.”♬ Originalton – Mea.MusicaGay Tejano Rollerskating Tok kicked off.And Billy Eichner got ready for the big day.

The Anna Nicole Show premiered on E! and Michael Jackson caused an international incident when he dangled his baby off of a balcony.Also, each of these songs were released and embraced by the gays. They may not quite be of drinking age yet, but here are five gay anthems turning 20 in 2022.Where does the time go??“Beautiful” is often cited as Christina’s best song, no disrespect to “Genie in a Bottle.” Its themes of self-empowerment and inner-beauty were especially impactful to LGBTQ fans, especially those who ever faced bullying or societal stigma.

A post shared by Jarrod Bruce Lee (@jarrodbrucelee)This post is part of a series of Queerty conversations with models, trainers, dancers, and, well, people who inspire us to stay in shape–or just sit on the couch ogling them instead.Name: Jarrod Lee, 31Current Occupation: Full Time Coach/Entrepreneur Trainer + Psychologist + Nutritionist + Life CoachCity: I am currently based in London, and was born in Taipei and raised in Auckland since the age of 4. Though my partner and I are going on a world tour from April.What is your favorite gym for working out?Loved Gold’s Gym Venice when I was in LA, though I can make most gyms work.Do you have a favorite exercise playlist?I usually like the heavy bass that amps me up for heavy lifting, though also like to spice things up with Gay Workout Playlists on Spotify.What’s the best food to eat prior to a workout?This is really dependent on the individual and goals.

one primetime program.Uber Eats featured a series with Elton John and Lil Nas X in rainbow feathers and another series with “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness paired with Olympian Simone Biles.The NFL even ran an ad that literally said, “Football is gay.”In 2020, at least 10 LGBTQ folks appeared in sponsored moments, including Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars Kim Chi and Miz Cracker, bisexual talk host Lilly Sing, and World Cup winners and newlyweds Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris.A Microsoft Surface Pro 7 ad also highlighted NFL San Francisco 49ers’ assistant coach, Katie Sowers.But a preview of this year’s approximately 80 Super Bowl commercials indicates that the 2022 big game will squeak by with just two LGBTQ inclusive commercials, and one lesbian tease joke.VRBO shows various family members and friends converging for a reunion in a large vacation rental home, including two young women in love (and tears) by the pool, as Kermit the Frog sings, “Right Where I Belong.”Google’s Pixel “Real Tone” promotion explains how the camera helps people of color, particularly with darker skin, to achieve better photos. During a series of pictures of people, a female couple appears, as an unreleased song from Lizzo titled “If You Love Me” plays.TurboTax teases with a lesbian joke when its ad promotes being matched with a tax professional.

The highly anticipated Beauty and the Beast prequel series has been put “on hold” indefinitely.

Voting in the 2022 Queerties is underway, and these ten TikTokers have kept our feeds brimming with entertaining and informative content all year long.They’re all more than deserving of the top prize, but only one can win!Get acquainted with them below, and be sure to vote for your favorites each day until February 22.Welp my legs are gonna be sore for at least a week after this ? @bridget_dervilleteer (dc: @sullivantwins42) #dance #flexible #splits ? original sound – Wessel Brian is a choreographer and dancer from Guam who took social media by storm after he choreographed the WAP dance. He’s got serious moves and a seemingly boundless supply of energy.

12 places and events that are keeping these dances alive, and reinventing them for the next generation.Big Top Circus T-DanceIf you’re a fan of Palm Springs White Party, then mark your calendars for May 1, 2022. That’s when White Party Palm Springs will have its world-famous T-Dance outdoors with state-of-the-art sound and light systems. DJs Ben Bakson and Dan Slater will provide music while you enjoy drinks and enjoy the desert heat.

specifically addressed BYU’s ban on same-sex dating. The Provo, Utah, school, affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a.k.a.

Whether you’re planning to snuggle on the sofa with your significant other or to reject all conventions and have a movie night with your friends to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, you will need a good list of LGBTQ+ romantic movies to pick from. The good news is: you only need to scroll down. Alex […]

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Dr Aintzane ‘maken’ Legarreta Mentxaka sadly passed away yesterday, February 10, 2022, in the care of the Mater Hospital, Dublin. Leaving behind her partner Kitty, her brother Jagoba, her sister Gurendane as well as many friends and family, the loss of maken has left the Irish LGBTQ+ community grieving. She was well-known for her extensive […]

Being single on Valentine’s Day can be a drag— not the fun kind. When you’ve yet to meet that special someone, this holiday can feel more like “Singles Awareness Day” than a hallmark celebration romance. The queer solution, of course: throw a party! It’s what we do best.

LOVE cigar band You can’t put a price on love, but Ariana Rabbani makes a valiant effort with this 14k gold cigar band embedded with micro-pave diamonds that spell out everybody’s second-favorite four-letter word. $1,975, arianarabbani.com

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Meet Finn, a cute, 4½-year-old rat terrier mix with a big personality in a little body. Despite his energy, Finn can be a bit shy when meeting new people, but will be your friend in no time with some treats and gentle petting. He’s looking for a calm home where he can settle in and be a loving lap dog. Now through Feb. 28, Finn and all other adult dogs and cats at the SPCA of Texas’ Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center and Ellis County Animal Care Center are only $14 to adopt. Finn is waiting to meet you at the SPCA of Texas’ Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center in Dallas. To meet him, come visit him any day between noon and 6 p.m. Browse other available animals at SPCS.org/FindAPet and visit SPCA.org/DogAdopt to inquire about a dog or SPCA.org/CatAdopt to inquire about a cat.

I received a call last week from a man named Brent Bolding. A friend who is a therapist specializing in gender identity work referred him to me.

We had the most amazing chat with It’s A Sin star Nathaniel Hall a few months ago as he was preparing to tour his play First Time, which caught the attention of Russell T Davies during a previous run and led to Nathaniel being cast in the seminal TV hit of last year. He has revived his play and has been touring it these last few months – we caught it this week at London’s Pleasance Theatre. The tour will continue over the coming weeks with performances in Bath, Birmingham, Nottingham, Dorchester, Plymouth, Keswick and Bristol.

Kristen Stewart in “Spencer,” left, and Driana DeBose in “West Side Story,” right, are among the the 94th Annual Academy Awards nominees. The queer-inclusive cowboy film “The Power of the Dog,” center, also was nominated. Photos: from left to right, courtesy of Neon Pictures, Netflix, and 20th Century Studios.

Whatever your entertainment needs, we got your back (and hopefully your mind) with Queerty’s weekly “Culture Club” column with some of the highlights of new releases, streaming shows, classics worth revisiting, and what to drink while you watch.Director Kenneth Branagh, fresh off his Oscar nominations for Belfast returns to big-budget spectacle with this sequel to his Murder On the Orient Express remake. Death on the Nile sees Branagh return to the role of Agatha Christie’s inimitable detective Hercule Poirot.

Today is a very special day for GCN as we mark 34 years in publishing. On February 10, 1988, Gay Community News hit the streets as an eight-page newspaper that would go on to become the paper of record for the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland. We have been reflecting queer life from that day to […]

scored a personal best with an emotional performance to music from Schindler's List. Chen put on what some have called a "figure skating master class" to a medley of Elton John songs including "Rocketman." The 22-year-old, who is known as the "quad king" for his quadruple jumps, is now the first America since 2010 to win a men's figure skating gold medal.In the program, he landed five quad jumps. "Congratulations Nathan Chen for winning Gold skating to Rocket Man in the free skate finals in Beijing," John tweeted after the win.Chen is the seventh American to win gold for the men's singles title.In July 2021, Chen apologized for remarks he made calling figure skating calling it a "homosexual-dominated sport."“I recently did an interview where I was asked if people ever ask me why I don’t play hockey because of the connotation that skating is quote-unquote feminine and hockey is quote-unquote masculine," he said in a video posted to Twitter.

remind yourself how very single you are celebrate love in all it’s forms than read Queerty’s official LGBTQ Valentine’s Day Gift Guide?But we’re not here to share just any gift guide… god knows, we’ve seen enough flowers and heart shaped chocolates to last us a lifetime! Instead, we’re pushing ourselves to think outside the box, and present you with all the quirky, queer gifts that would be great for yourself, a lover, or a FWB this Valentine’s Day. After all, February 14 is just around the corner…In this house on Valentine’s Day, we don’t just drink wine, we drink GAY wine… and House Wine’s award-winning Rainbow Rosé Bubbles is pretty gay.

Ever After (think The Bachelor meets Disney) is the talent handler of “Prince Charming,” Charlie Winshaw, a tech wunderkind hiding a few secrets of his own. While working together, Dev and Charlie develop a growing attraction to each other, a development that could spell disaster for both of their professional lives. Come for the drama.

Monique Jenkinson, aka Fauxnique, was the first cisgender woman to win the Miss Trannyshack title in 2003, raising many glittered eyebrows in consternation and launching a performance career that has taken her around the globe. In a kiki of sorts with Out in the Bay, she shares live performance clips from her show "The F Word;" reads from her memoir, "Faux Queen: A Life in Drag;" and spills tea about where drag and feminism meet and about words that are "now Problematic with a capital P. Or rather, a capital T."

Schindler's List plays. His costume seemed to be made of barbed wire, fire, and smoke.  Brown, who is Jewish, had previously spoken about the performance."This music has meant so much to me since growing up, for my entire life," he said in an interview about the piece that was choreographed by David Wilson.

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With only one member opposed, the San Francisco Unified School District board voted Tuesday night to create a parent advisory council for queer and trans families. It's the third school district in California to do so.

Melbourne Pride.Since 1988, southern Australia has celebrated the diversity of gender expression and sexuality with one of the world’s biggest LGBTQIA+ festivals.Midsumma Carnival kicks off the festival each year.

The highly anticipated 2022 Oscar nominees were revealed yesterday afternoon and were met with mixed reactions of shock and delight as, despite the many LGBTQ+ nominations, some felt like other worthy contenders were snubbed. LGBTQ+ Oscar nominees came through with some of the most beloved performances from 2021, including actors Ariana DeBose and Kristen Stewart, […]

Marcus Proctor, an Australian of Irish descent, spent six years backpacking across the world visiting 21 countries in total, and he had several international adventures. Now, he’s written a book about those experiences entitled Happy Traveller, a book which he describes as “not for the faint-hearted”. In six years he travelled more countries than most […]

The 2022 Brit Awards took place yesterday (8 February). The glamorous ceremony recapped another year of incredible talent, including standout LGBTQ+ acts. We’ve pulled together a list of our favourite queerest moments straight from the night.

LGBTQ+ museum is due to open in London in spring 2022.The museum, created by the charity Queer Britain, will be located in Kings Cross in north London, in part of a building owned by Art Fund, the national charity for art.It will be a ‘fully inclusive space that celebrates the stories, people and places that are so intrinsic to the queer community in the UK’, the charity declared.Queer Britain, established in 2018, plans for the museum to allow visitors to explore and learn about the past, present and future stories of the LGBTQ+ community.The director and co-founder of Queer Britain, Joseph Galliano, said: ‘It’s time the UK had an LGBTQ+ museum for all, and we are delighted to have found our first home in beautiful Granary Square, with Art Fund as our first landlord.‘It’s a prime location accessible to swathes of the country, and in a part of town with a rich queer heritage.’The new museum will include four galleries, a workshop, an education space, a gift shop, and offices for the Queer Britain team.The space will be fully accessible with lifts and ramps and will be free to enter, with donations welcome to support its work.Queer Britain’s archive is currently housed at the Bishopsgate Institute and is accessible by appointment to the public and researchers.A trustee of Queer Britain, Lisa Power, shared: ‘I’m really excited that Queer Britain is finally going to have a space to show what we can do and that we’re here for all the community, from old lesbian feminist warhorses like me to young queer folk of all genders and ethnicities.‘Queer Britain aims to tell our many and diverse histories, and now we have a home to do that from.’The director of Art Fund, Jenny Waldman, said the charity was ‘delighted’ to welcome Queer

Spencer, while DeBose has earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her portrayal of Anita in the remake of West Side Story.Two openly LGBTQ+ actors being nominated in acting categories in the same year has prompted praise and joy from fans.Stewart identifies as openly queer, telling InStyle in 2020: "Living in this world, being a queer person, there are things that hurt constantly."While many fans have pointed out on social media that if DeBose wins in her category, she will be the first queer woman of color to take the prize.The stars join only a handful of other openly LGBTQ+ actors who have received a nomination in an acting category at the Oscars.Ian McKellen, who is gay, was nominated for his role in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 20 years ago.Two queer-identifying actors who have been nominated for Oscars since then are Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie, who are both bisexual.Jeremy Blacklow, director of entertainment media at GLAAD said many actors are not out when they are nominated because "LGBTQ+ actors have long faced blatant employment discrimination and have felt forced to hide their sexual orientation and/or gender identity if they hoped to work at all."He added to Vanity Fair: "Once they come out, lesbian, gay, and bisexual actors have rarely been considered for straight leading roles and they haven't been cast for leading lesbian, gay, or bisexual roles either."Fans of both stars have been reacting to their nominations today."With Ariana DeBose & Kristen Stewart this year we have two queer icons nominated for acting Academy Awards!" reads one tweet.With Ariana DeBose & Kristen Stewart this year we have two queer icons nominated for acting Academy Awards!

Joe Biden is defending LGBTQ students by slamming the "Don't Say Gay" bill proposed by Florida Republicans.The legislation, coined as the "Don't Say Gay" bill by naysayers, seeks to ban the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms. The Republican-led Senate Education Committee gave initial approval of the controversial proposal in a 6-3 vote Tuesday despite condemnation from activist groups.Biden took to Twitter promising LGBTQ students he would stand up for them."I want every member of the LGBTQI+ community — especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill — to know that you are loved and accepted just as you are.

Kleefeld Art Museum at Cal State Long Beach, which has undergone an ambitious renovation and expansion, will open next month with exhibits by two important and influential abstract artists: Linda Besemer, who identifies as queer, and Mark Bradford, who identifies as gay.

Revry, the first global LGBTQ+ network, celebrates 10 Days of Valentine’s Brought To You By McDonald’s, a carefully curated selection of love stories from around the world and across the spectrum.These love stories center a diversity of themes and identities from the Asian American, Muslim, African American, Trans, and other LGBTQ+ communities, and feature stars like Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Morgan Fairchild, Nicole Sullivan, Leslie Jordan, Caroline Rhea, and more.Revry is led by a diverse group of founders, and their entire library with over 5,000 curated LGBTQ+ titles including LGBTQ-focused series, news, and exclusive programming is available on free live TV.You can access Revry’s extensive library on connected TV, Smart TV, OTT, and mobile platforms like Samsung, Vizio, Roku, Apple, and more.Keep scrolling to see the complete lineup for 10 Days of Valentine’s Brought To You By McDonald’s exclusively on Revry. Eat with Me (Tuesday, February 8, at 6:00 p.m. PST)Emma and her estranged gay son face adversity together and use their love of food to connect where words fail. Naz & Malik (Tuesday, February 8, at 6:00 p.m.

Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law in order to have the charges against them dismissed last week. A judge rejected their claims.“There’s nothing in that video — and I watched it over and over again — that showed me that any of these defendants was in fear for their safety or their lives,” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Ariana Fajardo Orshan said at the conclusion of a three-day hearing last week, according to local TV station WSVN.“I cannot find that any one of these defenses can be used for prosecution, so the motion to dismiss is denied,” Orshan said.The four men are accused of attacking Rene Chalarca and Dmitry Logunov during Miami Pride in 2018.The two were holding hands as they left a restroom when they were attacked.

Princess Diana in Spencer. Her snub by the SAG awards and the BAFTAS put that in question this year.Fellow out actor Ariana DeBose scored a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in West Side Story.

The course of history is rarely a ‘straight’ forward timeline and this is especially true of the fight for Irish LGBTQ+ rights. Inherently the struggle of lesbians, Trans people and other sexual minorities have become intrinsically enmeshed within the push for gay rights. Whilst fighting for the rights of individual minorities, in so many ways, […]

After its two-year forced hiatus due to the pandemic, the Saint Patrick’s Day Festival 2022 returns with an ambitious, bigger and better-than-ever live parade and this year they’ll be featuring Dublin Pride for the first time ever. Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride told GCN, “After two years without a parade, we couldn’t wait till June to come […]

As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the nominees for the 2022 Oscars on Tuesday (Feb. 8), the LGBTQ+ community was greeted with some good news: for the first time since Sir Ian McKellen was nominated in 2002 for Best Supporting Actor in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, an openly queer-identifying performer was nominated in an action role. Actually, twomembers of the Alphabet Mafia were nominated Tuesday morning: Ariana DeBose, who scored a Best Supporting Actress nod for her role of Anita in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story; and Kristen Stewart, who was nominated for Best Lead Actress for her turn as Princess Diana in the historical fiction drama, Spencer.

The nominees for the 94th annual Academy Awards have been unveiled and LGBTQ+ stars are in the spotlight.

Lady Gaga is not among this year’s Oscar nominees for her role in House of Gucci, which were revealed on the morning of 8 February.

Today, February 8, 2022, marks the 19th annual edition of Safer Internet Day – an EU-wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users. This year’s theme is ‘Together for a Better Internet’ and in honour of the occasion, GCN is offering advice on how to stay protected while online. Spotting false information When […]

This post contains mentions of addiction, depression, and suicidal thoughts. All names and identifying details have been changed.I was sitting in my mostly empty apartment with a lazily rolled joint burning between my lips — my first smoke of the year — and the rest of Los Angeles was blasting fireworks. It was a new year, yet things felt bleak. Once again, I was high and alone. I remember thinking, I am always going to feel this way deep down. I don’t know how many more years I can do this.

Norway is set to add a new gender-neutral pronoun to its official language and dictionaries within a year.

GEMMA Collins has told how she feared her history of self-harming would make her "unfit" to have children. The 41-year-old will take an emotional look into her past to raise awareness of self-harm in her upcoming Channel 4 documentary, Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me.