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Easy Tiger, a gay Belgian drama from filmmaker Karel Tuytschaever.The film tells the story of a psychologist (Mickaël Pelissier) whose “seemingly perfect” city life is upended by an unexpected moment with a client, a deaf man who awakens a desire deep within him.Their charged encounter has a ripple effect on the psychologist’s life. Per Easy Tiger‘s official synopsis, his “inescapable desires for his male client force the [him] to look at who he does not want to be, in order to find out who he actually is.”Though the French and Englishes languages are used sparingly throughout the film, its narrative largely unfolds through International Sign Language as Tuytschaever explores physicality and the body itself as a storytelling device.

The political nature of Pride and its commercialization are ideas hotly contested each time Pride month comes around. At its origins, Pride had no choice but to stand as a protest.Among the loudest of those protesters in the United Kingdom was Tom Robinson, a singer from Cambridge who would come to write what some consider Britain’s “national gay anthem”.Robinson had originally written a song called “Good to be Gay” in the ’60s, which possessed the same underlying messages as its successor, but without the necessary bite.

A post shared by Peach PRC (@peachprc)This profile is part of Queerty’s 2022 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Peach PRC (Sharlee Curnow), 25Bio: The Australian singer-songwriter impressed judges on Australia’s Got Talent, The X Factor, and The Voice before blowing up on TikTok in 2020. But it’s been far from an easy road for the artist who counts Britney Spears and Katy Perry among her top influences. Years before working with Spears and Perry collaborator Bonnie McKee, Peach PRC was having a rough adolescence.Midway through high school, she dropped out of school due to troubles at home.

The poster-child of “booked, busy, and bi” has decided it’s her turn to start doing the booking. With a team of Black creatives already assembled, Keke Palmer is assuming her place at the top of the ladder.The star has paid her dues a good few times over; she made her big break at just 13 years old in Akeelah and the Bee, carried that momentum with beloved DCOM Jump In!, and has been hustling ever since.After all that grinding, fans are elated to see her unveiling her most ambitious project yet: a full-scale digital television network of her own.Welcome to KeyTV:Introducing @KeyTVNetwork, a new digital network from me, for you.

Bros, underperformed at the box office over its opening weekend. One person shedding no tears for the Eichner-led project is Meghan McCain.In her latest column for the Daily Mail, McCain sets out why she believes the movie faltered.Bros was made for a reported $22million, with an estimated further $30million spent on promotion.

Cost of Living premiered at Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2016, transferred Off-Broadway a year later, then won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the world spun on a different axis. Empathy was a concept from a far-off land, soon to be catapulted by a global pandemic that crystalized our collective relationship with mortality.Majok’s play, now appearing on Broadway, is a contemplative and occasionally harsh look at the hands we’ve been dealt and how they’re played.

Peter Parker has Mary Jane, so it seems fitting that Marvel’s gay Spider-Man should get a shot at romance, too. And whether he’s looking for Mr.

Billy Eichner’s Bros is so much better than it has any right to be.

Bros‘ opening weekend was a bit of a dud.Despite positive reviews, Billy Eichner‘s big, gay, studio rom-com underperformed at the box office, and the writer/star says the straights are to blame. But the internet is full of armchair experts, and everyone seems to have their own theory as to why Bros failed to bring people (straight, or otherwise) to the theater.One of the prevailing thoughts is that Bros just wasn’t marketed well.

Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire! I should probably say first of all that I am here for this! This is like, my Marvel Universe! Like, no matter what happens, or how good or bad it is, I’m psyched it’s happening! I want this and the upcoming Mayfair Witches series to get renewed and renewed and renewed forever! Oh, and guess what! AMC already renewed Interview for a second season!Ok, so with all that out of the way, let’s dive into Episode 1, “In Throes of Increasing Wonder.” How much wonder was thrown? Umm…some. Some wonder.We open with…an ad for washed up journalist and former junkie Daniel Malloy’s faux Masterclass.

Bros seriously underperformed at the box office over its opening weekend and Billy Eichner believes straight people are to blame.The eagerly-anticipated gay rom-com, produced by a major studio and starring an all-LGBTQ cast in lead roles, opened at over 3,300 theaters nationwide.It met with almost unanimously good reviews, with both critics and audiences scoring it above 90% on aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.However, it came fourth at the weekend box office, taking $4.8million. Its production budget was around $22million.

In this corner of the ring: B.J. Minor!If you watched Mike, Hulu’s biopic series about notorious heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, you’ll definitely recognize this rising star.

A post shared by @johnnyomassaroThis profile is part of Queerty’s 2022 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Johnny Massaro, 30Bio: Massaro is a prolific Brazilian actor and filmmaker who grew up in the public eye. He landed his first major role at the age of 13 in the telenovela Floribella, but his big breakthrough came a few years later when he joined the long-running teen soap Workout (“Malhação”).

“Queer Maximalism x Machine Dazzle” exhibit at New York’s MAD (the Museum of Arts and Design), Pennsylvania-born Machine Dazzle has long specialized in uniquely flamboyant, eye-popping — and, at times — political ensembles for artists like the Dazzle Dancers (a ’90s performance group of semi-clad strippers/variety show-style entertainers) and Taylor Mac (the successfully subversive Off-Broadway playwright/performer). The 50-year-old designer, born Matthew Flower, put down his BeDazzler for a second to tell Queerty how activism has infused his designs.Hi, Machine. So you adore things that are homemade and handmade, correct?Definitely.

Gay Christmas.” And if spooky isn’t your cup of tea, well there are plenty of other exciting titles, too, from raunchy comedies, to sweet coming-of-age-tales, to a drag-tastic variety special.As is Queerty tradition, we’ve put together a guide to the best of the queer and queer-adjacent series, films, and more coming to streaming this month to help you stay on top of it all. Whether you use Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, or Hulu (or some combo of the four), we have your can’t-miss recommendations for each—and beyond.

Welcome to the weekend, readers! Get comfortable, we have some bops to share.What pheromones were wafting through the air this week? Folsom Street Fair found itself back with a bang (and lots of them), Tom Daley went full bulge, and a certain trying guy tried a bit too much.Likewise, this week in queer music history was pretty physical. Lots of gyration and bare midriffs, with just a sprinkling of whispers of torrid affairs. Average gay week, really.From rocking hips to Rocky Horror lips, here’s your weekly bop rewind:Some 47 years ago, this defining cult classic hit the U.S.

When it comes to major gaming franchises, queer characters or stories are often still left out. Fortunately, the story is different with many smaller games from indie developers.

We’re all unfortunately way too familiar with Caitlyn Jenner at this point. The decorated Olympian turned FOX News correspondent has been a pain in the queer community’s collective butt for years now, with a litany of queerphobic and regressive views being publicly espoused for conservative consumption.And yet, there was a sweet spot before the Fox News of it all.

— Guy Branum, at the Bros premiere, talking to PRIDE about Brendan Fraser’s controversial casting in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale.Related: Guy Branum on “getting drunk & trying to F***” and gay culture’s magnificent tools

Very Peri” that her time is up. With all Alaska 5000 has been up to in 2022, the Pantone Color of the Year has to be straight-up red.The Rupaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner has been a ball of ambition since she hit the public eye on season five, back in 2013.

Armie Hammer issues aside, Call Me By Your Name stands as one of the most thoughtful and sumptuous queer coming-of-age movies in recent memory. So we never thought director Luca Guadagnino’s reunion with his star Timothée Chalamet would be quite so… bloody.But that’s exactly what Bones And All appears to be.

Good morning, indeed!Hairspray alum and resident camp icon Nikki Blonsky has been engaging with fans for years, especially since her Cameo Renaissance™ back in 2019.

Bros, the new gay rom-com from Billy Eichner.What makes Underwood’s praise a little different is the history between the two men.You may recall that back in 2019, Eichner interviewed Underwood when he was on The Bachelor. Eichner made a jokey reference that Underwood could be the first gay Bachelor.

The Aussie Boys explores the “the lives and loves” of blokes from Down Under across seven short films from seven up-and-coming directors. The stories range from historical epics to more modern dilemmas like truck stop romances and love triangles, but they all attempt to offer a snapshot of gay life in Australia.Available to stream now via Amazon Prime Video and other VOD services.There’s a reality show for just about everything these days, so it’s about time we’ve got one about gay men who work in the adult film industry! X-Rated is an OUTtv original docuseries that’s said to provide an “insider look at the lives of iconic adult performers” as they chase their dreams in the Big Apple.

After a recent episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, when one of the show’s two confirmed queer characters (Laenor Velaryon’s lover, Joffrey) was brutally murdered, we wrote that the death fit into the tired “Bury Your Gays” trope. Many fans of the show disagreed.

Welcome to Curtain Call, our mostly queer take on the latest openings on Broadway and beyond.What would happen if WandaVision and Everything Everywhere All At Once converged? It would be a force to be reckoned with. Similar themes appear in the riveting Off-Broadway premiere of american (tele)visions at New York Theatre Workshop. Through the story of an undocumented Mexican family, nonbinary Poz Queer Indigenous Mexican playwright Victor I.

Rising bi comedy star Rachel Sennott has proved herself as an actress with range in projects like Shiva Baby and Bodies Bodies Bodies. Last night, she proved herself quite a provocative storyteller as well.She was introduced on Late Night with Seth Meyers with her now-viral “podcast” scene from the A24 horror flick, Bodies Bodies Bodies.It is kind of the perfect introduction:gonna tell my kids this was the last supper pic.twitter.com/js9HpwTnlC— david (@IaureIheII) September 23, 2022Somehow, the tension-filled scene was the least chaotic bit of her segment.Related: ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ stars talk chaotic queer energySennott had the art department print out some of her tweets from years prior as evidence of her long-game plan to tell this explicit story on Meyers’ show.

Bent.Adapted from a play of the same name, director Sean Mathias’ 1997 film tells the story of Max (Clive Owen), a gay man living in 1930s Berlin who is arrested by the Gestapo after the infamous “Night of the Long Knives” and sent to a concentration camp. McKellen co-stars as “Uncle Freddie,” who attempts to help Max by organizing papers so that he can flee the country.While Bent‘s heavy subject matter (and NC-17 rating) makes it a tough watch, the film has been commended for putting a spotlight on the persecution of the LGBTQ community during the Holocaust.

September 28, 2022The tweet has had around 100k likes at the time of writing, and thousands of replies.Many pointed out that it was only a couple of weeks ago that the Georgia-raised performer was encouraging fans to have an orgy at his shows.Tf is there gunna be an orgy without poppers??https://t.co/YvSuZqgfi1— Mikey (@_HeyMickey24) September 28, 2022You ever been to an orgy and not bring poppers? I didn’t think so— Austin Wilde (@AustinWilde) September 28, 2022Related: Ask and you shall receive: Lil Nas X invites fans to “a big orgy” at his concertOthers said they would disobey his request.you cant stop me pic.twitter.com/3svKfAP4aD—

Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, in which celebrated entertainment journalist (and TVLine co-founder) Michael Ausiello recounts his husband Kit Cowan’s terminal cancer diagnosis and their final months together.“I will be honest, the book sat on the counter for several weeks until I was taking this little vacation—I thought it’d be a good time to read it,” Parsons reveals to Queerty with a chuckle. “Which is true and not true, because I was devastated by it.”Still, he couldn’t put it down.

Blonde has finally arrived on Netflix.Directed by Andrew Dominik, the film adapts Joyce Carol Oates’ book of the same name, featuring Ana de Armas (Knives Out) as the iconic star in this fictionalized—and controversial—account of her fabled life and career.Blonde has made headlines and been met with mixed reviews since premiering at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, upsetting moviegoers with its graphic depictions of sexual violence. According to the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, the “hard to watch” feature “teeters between commenting on [Monroe’s] exploitation and contributing to it.”In other words, proceed with caution—this is far from your typical biopic.Minor spoilers for Blonde ahead.Dark as it may be, there is at least one sequence of the filmthat we couldn’t look away from, and that’s Monroe’s whirlwind romance with fellow actors Charles Chaplin Jr.

Call Her Daddy this week. Watch Below: Hailey Bieber joins Call Her Daddy podcastThe episode, which was released on Wednesday, saw Hailey open up about her husband's previous relationship with singer Selena Gomez, revealing all the details on the murky timeline. “Your husband was in a very public relationship” explained Alex, “people were obsessed with them [Justin and Selena] being together.” “Were you ever with Justin romantically, at the same time as her?” Hailey quickly denied the accusation, replying “No, not one time.”  Hailey was the guest star on Call Her Daddy.“When him and I first ever started hooking up or anything of that sort he was not ever in a relationship - ever at any point” Hailey explained. “It’s not my character to mess with someone's relationship - I would just never do that. I was raised better than that.

It’s been a wild little week for a certain internet wife-guy, and like Marie Kondo, Gay Twitter was ready to dive right into the mess.The announcement of Ned Fulmer’s departure from online internet group The Try Guys hit social media Tuesday amid allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior and infidelity.The drop was short and not-so-sweet:pic.twitter.com/7v8Lx3WLQI— The Try Guys (@tryguys) September 27, 2022Fulmer’s subsequent personal post addressed the rumors, confirming his extramarital affair with a co-worker.One line in his post struck a chord with many readers, as he says he “lost focus” and pointedly describes his affair as a “consensual workplace relationship.” This was likely in response to rumblings online that the boss/employee relation came with an inherent, problematic power imbalance.Related: Gay Twitter is turning the “Circle” rollout into a nudes holidayUnable to take anything seriously, folks on social media immediately began to relate this message to their favorite “consensual workplace relationships”.To be fair, there are some faves in here:I lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship.

All Man: The International Male Story.Founded in the mid-’70s by entrepreneur Gene Burkard, International Male has been credited with forever changing the world of men’s fashion and the public perception of masculinity. Once sold with the tagline “Freedom for the man,” the magazine celebrated male beauty and emboldened its perusers to take comfort in looking fabulous.And you know what? It worked! International Man became a bona fide hit.

Billy Eichner‘s Bros is, first and foremost, a big, raunchy, hilarious gay rom-com. But it’s also got a lot on its mind, including—oh, you know—the entire history of queerness and the hundreds of thousands of people who paved the way so that a movie like this could exist.Some of Bros‘ funniest scenes find Eichner’s Bobby Lieber contending with this massive legacy as he and a panel of board members quibble over the exhibits for the grand opening of the (unfortunately fictional) LGBTQIA+ Museum in New York City.

Ustwo Games’ new 3D platformer Desta: The Memories Between is full of queerness, repressed memories, and balls getting thrown around.

The National AIDS Memorial has released the seventh film in its oral history project with their latest mini-documentary, The Black Community & AIDS.The film carries us through stories from nearly two dozen survivors as hey share their hopes and struggles around the HIV epidemic with a focus on the disproportionate impact on the Black community.The 17-minute film was produced by Jörg Fockele. Chevron, who’s been a long-standing partner of the National AIDS Memorial, is the presenting partner and provided major funding for the program over the last five years.Huma Abbasi, General Manager of the Health & Medical department at Chevorn, said in a press release, “Our long-time support for this program is part of our commitment to sharing the very human experiences that have shaped four decades of the AIDS epidemic.

The queer community was shocked this week by the suddenly passing of beloved UK drag queen Cherry Valentine, and few moreso than her close Drag Race UK sister Tayce.The Queerpiphany star publicly shared in mourning and celebrating Valentine’s life on the day of her passing, posting moment after captured moment of the two hanging out and performing together. Now, she’s performing on her own, but clearly with her friend still in her heart.Tayce used the closing number of the final show in the her recent country-wide “Assassination Tour” to honor the late queen and their time together.She performed a rendition of “Memory” from Cats, the song that the pair emotionally lipsynced to against one another on Drag Race UK.The performance is enrapturing:such a beautiful tribute, cherry would love it pic.twitter.com/kgM2OAdPhT— molls ☂︎ (@doIIastore) September 26, 2022Related: Drag Race queen Kornbread reveals cancer diagnosisThis is just the latest in a line of heartfelt tributes to the late performer.After the sudden news of her passing on Sunday, fellow queens and admirers across the world shared their condolences and memories of her.At a loss for words.

— Mean Girls star Daniel Franzese, who recently competed on RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race, talking to People about Darren Aronofsky’s controversial film The Whale, in which Brendan Fraser dons a “fat suit” to play a reclusive gay teacher.

Friday’s theatrical release of Bros, “the first gay rom-com ever made by a major studio.” But luckily, gay cinema is filled with other rom-coms that paved the way.While even gay rom-coms uphold problematic notions of heteronormative monogamy and physical attractiveness, these films were also a welcome break from the gloomy narratives about homophobia and HIV that marked the start of gay mainstream cinema. They also gave gay viewers a chance to laugh at the community’s quirks while also seeing themselves falling happily in love.Frightened by the HIV epidemic, Jeffrey completely swears off sex.

When Melissa Etheridge came out as a lesbian in 1993, she was just a few months shy of releasing her fourth album, Yes I Am. With singles like “Come To My Window” and “I’m The Only One,” Yes I Am became her mainstream breakthrough, going six-times Platinum and earning her a handful of Grammy nods.In other words, Etheridge was one of the most prominent, out LGBTQ celebrities at the time.

Most who heard England native Labi Siffre’s love songs back in the ’70s had no idea he wasn’t singing about women. Even fewer knew he was singing about future husband Peter Lloyd, who he’d met nearly a decade prior.The singer’s folksy stylings on 1972 work Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying earned him a handful of well-charting songs in the UK.

A post shared by Tenoch Huerta (@tenochhuerta)Is the sea level rising, or are you just happy to see this new peek at Namor in Wakanda Forever?Yes, the arrival of Marvel’s next superhero crush is iust around the corner, and Empire Magazine has an exclusive look at the aquatic prince Namor, played by Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta.It’s fair to say to Twitter is already dripping with anticipation for this water-born warrior…EXCLUSIVE IMAGE ?Namor is "a dream antagonist" for Black Panther: #WakandaForever, Ryan Coogler tells Empire.Read more and see the image in full: https://t.co/IGQr2GBHiP pic.twitter.com/2vWkSz6oGs— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) September 26, 2022The sequel to 2018’s Black Panther, Ryan Coogler’s Wakanda Forever will reportedly reckon with the loss of its king T’Challa—and, by extension, Chadwick Boseman.In the wake of the Black Panther’s passing, the leaders of the technologically advanced African kingdom must fight to protect their home from invading forces. Among such threats is Namor, the leader of an undersea civilization known as Tamoclan, fighting to save his people.Related: Step aside, Ken Doll! Here are 5 other live action hotties that left us swooningIn the comics, Namor hails from the fabled Atlantis, but the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) has updated the character for Wakanda Forever, drawing from Mesoamerican history and culture.

DAHMER- Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix, a confoundingly multi-titled miniseries from prolific producer Ryan Murphy about the notorious gay serial killer.While the series’ announcement was met with cries of “Why?” and “Again?,” DAHMER sold itself on doing something different. Rather than trying to find some empathy for the man—which other projects have done before—or, worse, glorify his crimes, the series purported to center on his “underserved victims and their communities,” calling into question the systems that “allowed one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.”But, by most accounts, DAHMER has failed to make a case for its own existence.

I mean, we kind of started that discourse. We were in the rehearsal room…I believe it’s Episode 4. I was sat on the bench.

Older. Bolder.

Elite returns this fall, and it’s wetter than ever.Just a few short months after season five, the streamer has dropped the sexiest date announcement we’ve ever seen for season six. And while the teaser video might be light on plot, it’s also light on clothes, making us voyeurs to its gorgeous ensemble as they, *ahem*, frolic in the locker room.Thing start out realistic enough before devolving (evolving?) into an all-out shower fantasy orgy.