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Following a summer of star-studded events in Cannes, Venice and Toronto, the 62nd annual New York Film Festival opens at Lincoln Center on Friday for 17 days of lit-up silver screens and sparkling red carpets. “For these positions, we tend to look for films that are among the most anticipated of the year,” he said. A24“There are many ways to think about queerness, and there are many ways to account for it in a program. “What’s been interesting for me is to think of, in what ways can a film be queer? “Films do not come from nowhere; they’re made by people who live in the same world as us,” he said.

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☆ ‘The Boyfriend,’ Japan’s first same-sex reality show, hopes to normalize LGBTQ romance in the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The untroubled July arrival of the country’s first same-sex dating reality show, “The Boyfriend,” on streamer Netflix, may be another sign that normalization of queerness in Japan is on the way. “It’s no different from the familiar reality shows we’ve seen before. The only thing that felt odd or questionable was that, while there have been plenty of heterosexual reality shows, there have been so few featuring same-sex couples, and none in Japan,” casting director Taiki told Variety. The commentators included central host Megumi, an entertainer; drag queen Durian Lollobrigida; Tokui Yoshimi, a veteran of previous reality shows including “Terrace House”; Horan Chiaki; and style diva Thelma Aoyama. “As this was Japan’s first romance reality show featuring male same-sex relationships, it was crucial to have someone from that community in the studio,” Lollobrigida told Variety.

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More than 70 LGBTQ models and eight designers took over the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday night for dapperQ’s ninth annual queer fashion show, "Presents Nine," coinciding with the start of New York Fashion Week. Hundreds of attendees crowded the perimeter of the runway, cheering, chanting — and sometimes screaming — as models strutted across the stage. Jorge Garcia for NBC NewsWhile the event is not part of the official New York Fashion Week lineup, dapperQ, a digital magazine dedicated to covering queer fashion as a form of activism, intentionally makes its show just as big of a spectacle. The idea for the event came to founder Anita Dolce Vita more than a decade ago, when she started receiving invitations to NYFW shows. “I would come back with very little content that would be relevant to our readers and our communities,” Dolce Vita told NBC News.

Persons: Mickey Freeman, Austin Alegria, Keith Kelly, Jorge Garcia, Anita Dolce Vita, “, ” Dolce Vita, Beyoncé, NBC News Buffy Sierra, ” Sierra, ” Organizations: Brooklyn Museum, New York, NBC News, NBC News Buffy, “

☆ Sabrina Carpenter kisses Jenna Ortega in her new music video after months of speculation about her sexuality
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sure enough, the video culminates with Carpenter and Ortega sharing a kiss, just before Ortega uses a chainsaw to murder the "beloved boyfriend" in question. Related storiesIn June, the comedic podcast "Two Dykes and a Mic" featured a discussion about Carpenter's sexuality. The two hosts described Carpenter as a "big time hetero," adding, "I do not think Sabrina Carpenter has a gay bone in her body." Advertisement"As I got into bed last night, because [it] was a very late night for me, I found myself singing 'I'm working late, 'cause I'm a singer,' that Sabrina Carpenter song," Adele said onstage. Speculation began brewing about Carpenter's sexuality largely due to her live performances of "Nonsense," a single released in 2022.

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The new short documentary “It’s Okay” explores the experiences of two young brothers at a Drag Story Hour event in North Carolina, one of more than a dozen states that have considered restrictions on drag performances in front of minors in recent years. An additional four states passed laws that could be used to restrict drag, according to Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank. GLAAD, a national LGBTQ media advocacy organization, found that drag events faced more than 160 protests and significant threats between early 2022 and April 2023, with some events targeted by armed protestors. France said he felt like the people who were left out of the national conversation about Drag Story Hour were the kids who attended them. If his brother was indifferent to the drag queen or the story, that would have been our film.

Persons: “, Leo, Matteo, Shelita, ”, “ Simon Says ”, Shelita Bonet Hoyle, David France, Oscar, ‘, ’ ”, MSNBC Films France, Matteo’s Organizations: MSNBC, New Yorker, NBC News, Advancement, GLAAD, MSNBC Films, NBC Locations: North Carolina, Charlotte, Queens , New York, N.C, ’, ’ ” France, ” France, Montana, Tennessee, France, Texas

☆ Opinion | Juan Gabriel, My Mother and Me
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Maria Garcia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the thick of the pandemic I moved back to El Paso, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border, where I’d been raised, for what I thought would be a temporary stay. I found myself being more discreet around my family in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, where I was born. My favorite songs to sing were those by the iconic Mexican showman Juan Gabriel. Juan Gabriel’s tender femininity was a radical quality in a Mexico entrenched in machismo and homophobia. He managed to embody his Mexican roots while also exuding queerness — two ideas that were for so long at odds in our culture.

Persons: I’d, Juan Gabriel, Juan Gabriel’s Organizations: Ciudad, Ciudad Juárez Locations: El Paso , Texas, Mexico, New York, Boston, El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad, Mexican

☆ Are Queer People Born This Way? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Don’t Tell My Friends, But… is a seriesin which we asked Times columnistswhateveryone else is wrong about. When Lady Gaga released “Born This Way,” the 2011 song on an album of the same name, it was an instant hit and an instant L.G.B.T.Q. “Born this way” may, unfortunately, have been an oversimplification. Just last year, Rolling Stone crowned “Born This Way” the most inspirational L.G.B.T.Q. “Born this way,” as both a scientific concept and a political ideology, was easy to understand, accept and digest.

Persons: Lady Gaga, Elton John, Queerness, Barack Obama, ” Obama, Gaga, Jamey Rodemeyer, Obama, Don’t, ”, “, It’s, Rolling, Lisa Diamond, Joanna Wuest Organizations: Human, University of Utah, TED, Stony Brook University Locations: California

☆ I'm a straight-passing woman. I'm tired of having to come out all the time.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Lola Méndez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I'm a straight-passing queer person, so people never think I'm pansexual. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In queer terms, I present as "femme" since I choose to wear my hair long and clothes that society associates with being feminine. These antiquated gender standards result in folks wrongfully presuming my sexuality simply based on their preconceived notions about my appearance. I'm mistakenly labeled as straight daily, which makes me feel invisible.

Persons: I'm, I've, — Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Elon Musk’s estranged daughter calls out his ‘entirely fake’ claims about her childhood
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s estranged daughter, publicly refuted several recent anti-trans statements her Tesla CEO and X owner father has made about her. After her transition, the billionaire said, he “vowed to destroy the woke mind virus.”Musk has previously been criticized for his anti-trans comments. Musk has previously spoken about his daughter, including in the authorized biography written by journalist Walter Isaacson and published last year. In the book, the billionaire blamed his daughter’s transition in part on her time at a progressive, Los Angeles school. In the Peterson interview, Musk said he considers his child “dead” following her transition.

Persons: New York CNN — Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s, Wilson, ” Musk, …, ” Wilson, ”, Jordan Peterson, “, Musk, Walter Isaacson, Peterson Organizations: New, New York CNN, Twitter, Musk’s Locations: New York, Los Angeles, California

☆ Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( David Ingram | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Vivian Jenna Wilson, the transgender daughter of Elon Musk, said Thursday in her first public interview that he was an absent father who was cruel to her as a child for being queer and feminine. Wilson, 20, in an exclusive interview with NBC News, responded to comments that Musk made Monday about her and her transgender identity. She told NBC News that at the time, she was surprised by the media attention to the court filing, which she submitted when she was 18. Wilson told NBC News that those anecdotes are not true, though she said she did act stereotypically feminine in other ways as a child. Musk told Peterson that Wilson's gender transition has been the motivation for his push into conservative politics.

Persons: Elon Musk, Porte, Vivian Jenna Wilson, Wilson, Musk, I'm, Musk's, Justine Musk, He's, Donald Trump, Jordan Peterson, Peterson, Walter Isaacson —, Christiana Musk, she's, Jenna, Isaacson, Wilson —, Let's, they'll, — CNBC's Lora Kolodny Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Viva Technology, Porte de, NBC News, NBC Locations: Paris, Los Angeles, Tesla, California

☆ Rhaenyra's bisexuality fundamentally changes 'House of the Dragon'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewWarning: Major spoilers ahead for season two, episode six of "House of the Dragon." But confirming her sexual identity has a deeper resonance on "House of the Dragon" — let's break it down. Emma D'Arcy and Sonoya Mizuno as Rhaenyra and Mysaria in season two, episode five of "House of the Dragon." AdvertisementSonoya Mizuno and Emma D'Arcy as Mysaria and Rhaenyra in season two, episode two of "House of the Dragon." Sonoya Mizuno and Emma D'Arcy as Mysaria and Rhaenyra in season two, episode three of "House of the Dragon."

Persons: —, I'm, Paddy Considine, King Viserys, Emma D'Arcy, Sonoya Mizuno, Ollie Upton, Rhaenyra, Alicent Hightower, Milly Alcock, Emily Carey, Alicent, there's, Young, Targaryen, Ser Criston Cole, Daemon, Laenor, Daemon Targaryen, Mysaria, Dragonstone, Theo Whiteman, Aegon's, Jaehaerys, Arryk Cargyll's, It's Organizations: Service, Business, HBO, New York Times Locations: Mysaria, Rhaenyra

☆ Opinion: It’s time more horror films push back against queer stereotypes
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But the portrayal of trans women as predators was a new innovation that had a huge impact on the horror genre. Andit had a big impact on Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs” in which the terrifying serial killer, Buffalo Bill, is a predatory trans woman (or more precisely, as Jos Truitt has explained, Bill is a transphobic caricature of a trans woman). The danger isn’t from trans women — it’s from heterosexual cis patriarchs — a reality much truer to life than Hitchcock’s fever dream. Perhaps in part for that reason, the director is careful not to make Longlegs trans or gay. It’s not just “Longlegs” which displaces violence onto queer people: Movies like “Psycho” and “Silence of the Lambs” are often acts of aggression aimed by male directors at queer people (and especially at queer women).

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And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

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☆ R. O. Kwon puts queer love, loss and faith on ‘Exhibit’ in new novel
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Cat Woods | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“I have had to learn how to manage my profound anxiety writing — or, in some cases, not manage very well,” she told CNN in a video interview. “Particularly, the anxiety I feel around writing a book that has so much to do with physical longing. “I don’t feel I’ve recovered, and I don’t expect to recover,” she said. “People in my life might think I’ve had an affair with a queer Korean American ballerina. I wanted to write a book suffused with queer joy and queer plenitude.

Persons: R.O, Kwon, —, Jesse Dittmar, — they’re, Garth Greenwell, “, Jin Han, Lidija, she’d, Phillip, Jin, ”, I’ve, “ I’ve, Philip, enlivening, ” Jin, ” Kwon, ’, ” “, Queerness Organizations: CNN, “, Korean Locations: Seoul, San Francisco, Korean, “

☆ The Nigerian fashion labels feeling forced to show in private
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Bolaji Akinwande | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Lagos CNN —Since its inception in 2011, Lagos Fashion Week has been a twice-yearly highlight of the African fashion calendar, a multi-day showcase attracting the continent’s top design houses, big name sponsors, as well as an international audience. Lagos Fashion Week has been running since 2011. Why am I not surprised?” (The magazine said they approached Lagos Fashion Week at the time, who did not respond to their requests for comment.) Udiahgebi, a fashion brand known for its androgynous pieces, has successfully hosted private shows in this way. Lagos Fashion Week did not respond to CNN’s repeated requests for comment.

Persons: —, Gay, Timileyin, ”, Fola Francis —, Francis, “, Maxivive, Papa Oyeyemi, Weiz Dhurm Franklyn, Tosin, inclusivity, Dhurm Franklyn, Chiemerie Udiahgebi Ugwoke, …, Fola Francis, Aanuoluwa Ajide, Daniels, Kayode Organizations: Lagos CNN —, Lagos Fashion, Orange Culture, Lagos, Sunday, —, Queercity Media, Lagos Pride, CNN, Independent, Tzar, Tzar Studios, Maxivive, AP Aso, Brand Locations: Lagos, Nigeria, AP Aso Nigeria, Aso, Africa

☆ The B in 'Bridgerton' actually stands for bisexual
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dearest readers, rejoice: Benedict Bridgerton is finally bisexual. Lucas Aurelio and Luke Thompson as Paul Suarez and Benedict Bridgerton in season three of "Bridgerton." Liam Daniel/Netflix'Bridgerton' has been hinting at Benedict's queerness for a whileBefore season three, Benedict Bridgerton had yet to kiss another man. Luke Thompson and Hannah New as Benedict Bridgerton and Lady Tilley Arnold in season three of "Bridgerton." Liam Daniel/NetflixUltimately, Benedict isn't ready to settle down when Lady Tilley confesses that she's developed romantic feelings for him.

Persons: —, Benedict Bridgerton, Charlotte's footman, Benedict isn't, Francesca, we've, Jess Brownell, Lucas Aurelio, Luke Thompson, Paul Suarez, Liam Daniel, Henry Granville, Benedict, Granville, Lord, Benedict hasn't, he's, Lady Tilley Arnold, Paul, Tilley, Eloise, Colin, Lady Tilley's, We'll, Hannah New, Lady Tilley, she's, Sophie Organizations: Service, Business, Los Angeles Times, Netflix Locations: Granville, Lord Wetherby

☆ I became homeless at 17 after I came out. At 40, I'm now stronger for having survived.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Sassafras Lowrey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I started visiting a drop-in center for homeless youth. I also couch-surfed until I was able to rent a basement room near the homeless youth drop-in center. I turned 40 this year — an age that so many of my homeless queer peers are never lucky enough to see. The queer youth I met at that time built a family with me and saved my life. I was immediately adopted into a community of other homeless queer youth.

Persons: —, Trevor, wasn't, There's Organizations: Service, Business, University of Chicago

☆ Emcee Squared: Joel Grey and Eddie Redmayne on ‘Cabaret’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Michael Paulson | Dana Scruggs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Eddie Redmayne had never seen “Cabaret” when, as a 15-year-old student at Eton, he was first cast as the Emcee, the indecorous impresario of the bawdy Berlin nightclub where the musical is set. So Redmayne did what anyone wondering about the character would do: He watched the 1972 film, and studied Joel Grey’s performance. Redmayne, 42, has played the Emcee three more times — at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe following high school; in London’s West End, winning an Olivier Award in 2022; and now on Broadway, where he has just picked up a Tony nomination. Redmayne had never met Grey, who originated the role on Broadway in 1966 and who went on to win both Tony and Academy Awards as the Emcee. So I asked them to lunch, to talk about a character both have played several times, and about a musical that has continued to move audiences.

Persons: Eddie Redmayne, Redmayne, Joel Grey’s, ”, Kat Club, Grey Organizations: Eton, Edinburgh, Broadway, Tony Locations: Berlin, London’s, American, British

☆ I dreaded going on a month-long trip with my mother. But after some fights, the trip helped us form a stronger bond.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Evan Lambert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

We had different ideas about what our trip should beWhen my mom had initially invited me to "visit stone circles in the UK," I had misunderstood this as "taking a selfie at Stonehenge." Then there were the stone circles. We never fought about my queerness or the fact that I was never going to attend medical school. AdvertisementThus, at that moment, in front of Llywelyn, I realized that I'd gotten closer to my mom on this trip. She'd accomplished her goal of teaching me about my heritage, whereas I'd realized that, to her, I was the Prince of Wales.

Persons: we'd, Lambert, Prince of Wales, a.k.a, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, begrudgingly, Llywelyn, I'd, She'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Birsay, Scotland, Edinburgh, Cornwall, Wales

☆ OCD made me question every aspect of my identity — even my sexuality. Here's how I overcame it and found the love of my life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Elle Warren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For almost 10 years, I struggled with a type of OCD known as sexual orientation OCD (SO-OCD). When I moved to a progressive city, I accepted my queerness and now I'm engaged to the woman I love. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAlegra Kastens, LMFT, founder of the Center for OCD, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders, told me: "OCD doesn't exist in a vacuum. She had a queer friend who lived in the building, and that friend flirted with me.

Persons: —, I'd, You've, Alegra, queerness Organizations: Service, Michigan Locations: Denver

☆ This Ramadan, queer and transgender Muslims made their own community
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Shahamat Uddin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Queer and transgender Muslims came together to break their Ramadan fasts. But for queer and transgender Muslims, this practice of ummah, or the connectedness Muslims feel while exercising their faith together, has often made them feel excluded from traditional Ramadan celebrations. Courtesy of Dinean RobinsonThe iftar — which included prayers led by a queer Muslim community member named Shiffa, and joyful drag-queen performances — was just one of many ways queer and transgender Muslims fostered community this Ramadan. Dena Igusti celebrated this Ramadan with fellow queer Muslims, saying it helped them get back in touch with their faith. In New York City, queer Muslims joined in song and dance at the LGBT Community Center's iftar to celebrate their layered identities.

Persons: —, affirmations, I've, Armana Khan, Dinean Robinson, Khan, Islam, Reimagining, they'd, Kahani, Dinean Robinson Sophia Uppal, Uppal, wouldn't, Dena Igusti, Ramie Ahmed, Ramadan, Igusti, Imam Daayiee Abdullah, We're, MASGD, Shiffa, Center's iftar, Yaffa Organizations: Service, LGBT Community, The, New York, LGBT Community Center, BI, Mecca Institute, Muslim Alliance, Sexual, Diversity, Queer, Shia, LGBT Locations: New York, queerness, Queens , New York, New, Hajj, Mecca, Palestinian, New York City

☆ Opinion: Trump gives Biden one big lift
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Former President Donald Trump’s favorability ratings are only slightly better. The bipartisan legislation to control the flow of migrants across the southern border was blown up by opposition from Trump. One thing that is going right for Biden is Trump himself. “I want to vote for Donald Trump in November, wrote Marc A. Thiessen in the Washington Post. … Just like office holders have released their tax returns (up until former President Donald Trump), I would like to see more candidates release their physical and mental health assessments,” Schurman observed.

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☆ Opinion: Kristen Stewart thriller is also a reminder of what queer kids are up against
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The biggest threat to queer kids is too often their own homophobic parents. Noah Berlatsky Noah BerlatskyRose Glass’ “Love Lies Bleeding” wrestles with issues of queerness and parental cruelty with unusual and admirable directness. The couple at the center of “Love Lies Bleeding” are Lou (Kristen Stewart), a chain smoking, depressive gym manager and Jackie (Katy O’Brian), a would-be bodybuilding champion. Writer-director Rose Glass and actor Kristen Stewart in discussion on the set of "Love Lies Bleeding." Lou Sr.’s abuse is analogous to homophobic abuse and parallel with homophobic abuse, but it isn’t quite actually homophobic abuse.

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☆ Osman Yousefzada: Queer Feet at Charleston House is bringing working class stories to upper class spaces
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Countless creative ideas have been born in the kitchen of Charleston House, the bohemian modernist farmhouse inhabited from 1916 by painters Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell in a rural part of southern England. Courtesy Osman Yousefzada“What I do is try and tell working class stories in highbrow institutional spaces,” Yousefzada told CNN in a phone interview. “Even now, generations on, Charleston is still a very aspirational and very privileged space, but I try and subvert that.., to open the space for working class voices,” said Yousefzada. “A warning, caution.”"Unless you're signposted that having a creative life is OK, it's not an easy path to take," said Yousefzada. I grew up in a restricted monoculture and so it took me a long time to find those (artistic) spaces.

Persons: Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell, Grant, Bell —, Virginia Woolf, Forrester —, —, Osman Yousefzada, Lee Robbins, ”, Emily Hill, Yousefzada, Osman, “, ’, Duncan Grant’s, it’s, we’re, there’s Organizations: CNN, Charleston House, Bloomsbury, Charleston Trust “, Charleston Trust Locations: Charleston, England, Virginia, British, Birmingham, Iran, India, Turkey, London

☆ Ludovic de Saint Sernin makes New York Fashion Week debut with polished BDSM-inspired collection
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Arturo Holmes/Getty Images“Robert has always been a huge inspiration to me — in discovering his work, I discovered myself,” de Saint Sernin told CNN backstage. Ludovic de Saint Sernin backstage at his New York debut. De Saint Sernin explores gender with a sense of freedom in his clothes. Actor Hunter Schafer attended the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in a creation by Ludovic de Saint Sernin for Ann Demeulemeester. Arturo Holmes/Getty ImagesDe Saint Sernin wanted to capture the energy of a late night out in New York.

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