“Your Wall is a queer place, but there is power here, if you will use it. Power in you, and in this beast. You resist it, and that is your mistake. Embrace it. Use it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe Harry would bring something queer, because they ate orthodox Jew. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At that moment a large Bulldog, who had been sniffing and staring very hard, said: “Look. Isn’t there another of these queer creatures—over there, beside the river, under the trees?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The queer aunt whom his sixth-grade schoolmates teased him about and whom he hated because he felt personally responsible for her ugliness, her poverty, her dirt, and her wine. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall, bald man, white as fish flesh, flicked a glance at her out of his queer, pale eyes, but he said nothing. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A queer, satisfied expression came over Buddy's face. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She saw him coming from the outhouse with a queer loping gait, swinging his head from side to side and his jaws clenched in a funny way This was too awful! Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Did you use the queer pitch on him?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were terribly afraid it would turn and look at them, yet in some queer way they wished it would. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I feel even more different now. I really feel like one of the queer kids in those videos.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“You are a queer being,” Kunthi said, her brows flaring away from her eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll go down now. It’s time we were getting them on again. If you have any more queer feelings like that, keep close to me. I’ll look after you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It’s queer, when one thinks about it,” goes on Kropp, "we are here to protect our fatherland. And the French are over there to protect their fatherland. Now who’s in the right?” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And why did everyone persist in thinking the mute was exactly as they wanted him to be—when most likely it was all a very queer mistake? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The place was queer, so was the music, so were the clothes and the goitres and the skin diseases and the old people. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time you wouldn’t have been allowed to have such a hobby, thev’d have called you queer. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was queer how die still remembered the names, after so many years. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You know, I have a queer feeling that I’ve been through this exact conversation before with someone. It’s just like the chaplain’s sensation of having experienced everything twice.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“That you’re a fairy. A queer. Living in the closet, hiding away.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a queer flutter in his belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Joe and Marly went from one hump to the other, opened some to watch ants, and looked at the queer moss and starry little plants on others. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But if you knew how terribly queer he was!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came to kill Gawaine first It seems queer, after looking for the Holy Grail.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking up the slope of the southern face of Kostor, on which we had been infinitesimally crawling all day, I saw a queer rock-formation a quarter mile or so above the road, a castle-like outcropping. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the people at the end of the row looked queer and unusually short until I realized they were not people, but dogs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was the queerest thing, but Marly actually got so excited about the goats and chickens that she forgot about telling Joe what she had come to tell. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Yet it was queer how the man could land up in a place like this. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

All round the walls there were low sofas with rich cushions on them, and the room seemed to be full of people; very queer people some of them, thought Shasta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The queer nagging pain had not left me yet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a queer musty smell about the place. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some sat sharpening their weapons; others sacrificed to queer gods, or dulled their nerves with milk of the poppy before going out to die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One side had writing on it, queer words she could not read. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The stags were the queerest to watch, for of course the antlers came up a long time before the rest of them, so at First Digory thought they were trees. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Some years earlier John Senior had conducted with Mr. Clutter a minor business transaction, the outcome of which angered John Senior, who felt that Clutter had thrown him “a queer ball.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But queer that Alphas and Betas won’t make any more plants grow than those nasty little Gammas and Deltas and Epsilons down there.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, wait! Just tell me one thing. What were those queer shifting marches, those funny dance steps, that the robots went through every time they went screwy?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It felt queer, picking a man to kill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"In what way was he queer?" the judge wanted to know. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A queer look came into the old eyes, a kind of wariness; the deep wells were covered over. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I have rather a rascally look, have I not?’ said Strider with a curl of his lip and a queer gleam in his eye. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Most always he would be sitting over the queer, pretty chess game when she opened the door. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I walked out of the building with a queer feeling that I was playing a part in some scheme which I did not understand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Little Raphael,” as her sisters called her, had a decided talent for drawing, and was never so happy as when copying flowers, designing fairies, or illustrating stories with queer specimens of art. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No, ma’am. But the bit about the girls and boys disappearing from their dormitories, you dreamt it so clearly and then it actually happened. That’s why I came over all queer, ma’am.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m not a fairy, not a queer. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the performance itself—there seemed to be nothing specially queer about that. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I picture you happy, I see you with your own apartment somewhere outside of the palace and a desk where you can write anthologies of queer history. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Amy’s chief delight was an Indian cabinet, full of queer drawers, little pigeonholes, and secret places, in which were kept all sorts of ornaments, some precious, some merely curious, all more or less antique. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his presence was a statement in itself—I’m here, I’m queer, and I support my cousin. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A queer brilliance lanced through billowing smoke, and the people of Weep had to squint against it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A queer trembling made her clench her fists tight. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you standing there for?” he said, his voice harsh and queer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The mists of Braavos did queer things to sounds as well, she had found. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Having decided I was dreaming, I did what one does in dreams: I tried to understand and use the rules of this queer reality. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was queer that he had not thought of that. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The truth be told, Mama had gone somewhat queer in the head after their father had left. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mr. Chris knew about flowers and birds and things, but Joe was the one who knew about bugs and the queer plants that grew on stumps and fallen trees. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

While this incantation was going on, the patient felt some queer sensations. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was queer how the heavy falling snow muffled the sounds of their bawling. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, there’s the queerest place up this side of the sugarbush. Moss all over on great big bumps. I’ll show it to you tomorrow, if you want.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My feet made a queer crunching noise as I crossed the shingle. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

How queer the instruments looked in the gallery, the little stands for the music, the big drum. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had a plain face, beardless and ordinary, notable only for his queer pale eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly aware of how alone she was in this queer place, and she had the uncanny sensation that the singing trees had been singing about her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wild dancing and the loud joyous singing and the generally queer behavior of these strangers seemed to him highly objectionable, and to be stopped at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking my cue from her queer expression, I knew that I had said something awful, but I had no notion at that moment just how awful it was. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cops are busy solving real crimes. A bunch of underage queer kids is the last thing they care about. Not to say you’re queer or anything. I meant the rest of us,” she adds. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘Well, if that isn’t queerer than ever?’ he exclaimed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was bending over the ambulance driver, who was sitting up now and mumbling, “I had the queerest dream ...” “That was a stupid thing to do,” Enoch said to Bronwyn. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You know, there’s something queer about the warren this evening, although I can’t tell exactly what it is. Shall we go down to the brook?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I got to admit the thing looks mighty queer. We’ve combed the whole town this morning, ever since dawn. There’s not a trace of her. Don’t see how she could have got far.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Bear-paws, they called them, queer elongated things made with bent wood and leather strips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at me in a queer way. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

That was queer; the young maester had his cell only a half turn down the stair, within easy earshot. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since he had grown so queer, the other members did not wish him about, even in his lucid periods. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who lived in the house came to look on her as a quiet child who had a queer complex about tidiness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning she had found some wild onions growing halfway down the south slope, and later that same day a leafy reddish vegetable that might have been some queer sort of cabbage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A little queer, maybe—their clothes, especially—but honest. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

This gave a queer rhythm to his songs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever this queer little woman might be, she was certainly harmless, and unexpectedly appealing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

‘It wasn’t funny that way, Mr. Frodo. It was queer. All wrong, if it wasn’t a dream. And you had best hear it. It was like this: I saw a log with eyes!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I had a queer time with Aunt today, and, as I got the best of it, I’ll tell you about it,” began Jo, who dearly loved to tell stories. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

That fellow Lombard now, he was a queer chap. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Walked into town the morning after with not a scratch upon him. Hardly seemed perturbed at all, considering he’d just seen all his mates go to their reward. It was the queerest thing.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was queer thinking about water being “soft” and “hard,” and right away Joe began pumping at the funny old thing that stood between the sink and the cupboard. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Amy said, “Everyone seemed waiting for something, and couldn’t settle down, which was queer, since Father was safe at home,” and Beth innocently wondered why their neighbors didn’t run over as usual. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben, with his queer crazed brain, had been a witness all the time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The queerest thing about the reptile was simply that it was. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes this queer feeling would come to her and she knew that she was doing wrong. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was queer, though, what happened the very next morning. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It felt queer to look down on him this way, when he'd spent his whole life looking up at him, but when you sat on Hodor's back you looked down on everyone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The queer rasping call of the blackbird rose from the grass, and now and then they caught the flash of scarlet on the glossy black wings. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You would be perfectly queer even if you never dated anyone ever.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She lay on the hard, hot metal with Salvador and looked up at the queer canvas. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Mr. Chris said, and gave a queer little cough, “to tell you the truth, Marly, this country is overrun with foxes the past few years.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The drink had a queer, bitter taste that the blind girl soon learned to loathe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he tried to remember her face there was a queer blankness in him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Aw, Ma, don’t you-all worry none,” he said, amazed at his own words; he was possessed by a queer, imperious nervous energy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She felt queer waking up in the living-room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Seems they have to have a ten percent tip, and then there’s that bottle of mineral water—and a queer sort of water too. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even as I was eating, I knew how queer it all was, but I didn’t care. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mother looked at Daddy, and Marly could practically read her mind: “Do you think if we stay in the country, Joe is going to have many of these queer friends?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’m coming over a bit queer myself, Mary.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plenty of people looked queerer than I did. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

For the first time all day, a queer hush fell over the regatta course at Griinau. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His face was dark and queer, and his voice was rough, not his voice at all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The riders gave them queer looks as they went by, and once Bran heard some-one guffaw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As they rode home, she vowed that she would never eat this queer green vegetable either. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Maxim’s empty bed brought me to realisation with a queer shock to my heart, and the full anguish of the night before was upon me once again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then a queer, metallic sound, and she was on the ground with an unfelt thump, and a gleaming arm was heavy across her body. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Janie was standing by the stove washing up the dishes when he spoke to her in a queer cold voice. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The gods, moreover, made queer signs appear: cowhides began to crawl, and beef, both raw and roasted, lowed like kine upon the spits. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet all I could concentrate on was the sound of the kids outside, the queer glittery syllables of their words. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That struck him as more than passing queer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes wide and frowned, “Say, Bogie, have you been noticing anything queer about the lady lately?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He felt a queer twinge in the pit of his stomach as Shagga faded in the morning mist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sansa found it hard not to stare; his face was so ugly it held a queer fascination for her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The broken pressure-ridges take queer shapes, overturned towers, legless giants, catapults. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is difficult to describe. An order would be issued, but before we could receive and interpret it, a new order came to march in queer formation.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And there had been a sister who had died young under queer circumstances, and the fire that had disfigured his brother, and the hunting accident that had killed their father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Behind her, shuffling and hopping in that queer sideways walk of his, came her fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It is queer that almost all of the regular sergeant-majors are fat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just remembered it is All Hallows Eve. This is the night the witches are supposed to ride abroad on broomsticks, and the spirits do all sorts of queer things.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

‘Course the letter is only three days due. But he got no business to worry me like this. He not that kind of a boy. And I got this queer feeling.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘But why can’t you stay here quiet for a bit, Mr. Underhill? What are all these queer goings on? What are these black men after, and where do they come from, I’d like to know?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘It’s a hobbit by the size of it, but all dressed up queer. Hey!’ he cried. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Under the cacophony of foreign tongues, he heard queer music playing from somewhere up ahead, a thin high fluting accompanied by drums. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a queer feeling in his stomach. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was shocked at my lack of emotion and this queer cold absence of distress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the colored boy in the black suit driving the wagon and his queer smile discomfited strangers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You were loaded. And boy did you act queer—I don’t mean fairyish or anything like that but strange.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Queer business when you came to think of it—the whole thing was queer—very queer.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

And none more queer than this fat man and me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was bracken, and curled foliage on the ground, and the light coming out between the branches was a queer coppery green, like the light under the sea. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sam was there, and he gave a queer look at the limp bundle that the men carried. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because the sadness made her feel queer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was smart, generous, her looks unquestionably homely, queer, egregiously frank, hip to the bones. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this was one of those queer people whom he had noticed out of the corner of his eye when he first came into the room. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Which one of those queer little boxlike houses did they call home? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The worst thing in the world—to be called queer. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was the house, Warings, the darkness and oldness of it, and the queer smell, he was frightened all the time he was here. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The beautiful, wild, timid thing breathed softly, caressingly at Rab, but at the same time the queer, crystalline eyes watched Johnny as though sure that this was a boy who ate horses. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Does my lord prince believe me now? Will he trust my words, no matter how queer they sound in his ears?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was all oppressively queer, and the Indian smelt stronger and stronger. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway: there was this Mr. Frodo left an orphan and stranded, as you might say, among those queer Bucklanders, being brought up anyhow in Brandy Hall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But even the deafest and most stay-at-home began to hear queer tales; and those whose business took them to the borders saw strange things. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But what would become of my mother if I left her in this queer house? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dome had seemed a queer place to him as well when first he came here with his own princess, many years ago. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the garden, the queer, off-kilter clock tower began chiming the hour. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The smell that engulfed him was so queer and cold he almost gagged. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Holly, in whom loyalty was second nature, had said no more to queer the pitch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She really was a pretty child, but it was hard to see it—not so much because she was unkempt, but because of the queer, cold lack in her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She said, shivering, that it was a queer sight to watch your own clothes, skirts and things, in the water like that. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids called the game “smear the queer.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Dufarge, who was still shielding his eyes against the sight of the Laughing Man’s face, heard a queer exhalation of agony from the direction of the target, he was overjoyed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The men worked hard, some of them until late at night, the women—well, they were a queer lot, and their way of life was quite different from ours. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a queer smell, but what was it? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Raisins and nuts and dried ber-ries, but no lemon, that was the rankest sort of southron heresy—which was queer, since he always took lemon in his morning beer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Stay still. This will feel queer. You may be dizzy, but you must not move.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bigger had the queer feeling that his own exhaustion formed a hair-line upon which his feelings were poised, and that the man’s driving frenzy would suck him into its hot whirlpool. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating in a queer excited way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan felt his stomach turn all queer, for in that moment his father’s eyes became unveiled, and they revealed themselves to be full of fear. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Harrenhal was near empty once again, sound did queer things here. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Have you seen Baggins?” he asked in a queer voice, and bent down towards me. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was an American researcher stationed in Kenya calling him to report that the South Africans had found something very queer in Musoke’s blood: He’s positive for Marburg virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of murdering Orr was so ridiculous that he began to consider it seriously with queer whimsy and fascination. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s queer that daylight’s not enough. We need the shadows, in order to walk.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I call that very queer, and indeed disturbing,’ said Frodo to himself, as he walked towards his companions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Watching Prudence, Kit suddenly felt a queer prickling along her spine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

How queer he looked with his long poker face, and his drooping mandarin moustache. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The queer hold she had had on him for a year snapped. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet here they sat, drinking to a marriage hallowed by some queer red god from beyond the seas. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It is queer to see the painters at work on ladders & scaffolds in this heavy rain,” Olmsted wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You can see that he is dressed in a long black coat which was called a frock coat, and a queer, shiny hat shaped like a stovepipe, which was called a top hat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His own voice sounded queer.'It was very, very silly to go up there at all, Charles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He also enjoyed the showy, queer beauty of his horse. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes of a people who have lived under queer conditions of life, conditions thrust outside the normal circle of our civilization. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When lights appeared Sam rubbed his eyes: he thought his head was going queer. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I first went to her house for supper she gave me a queer, shrewd, searching look, and I knew she was trying to tell whether I was a virgin or not. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But all that came of it was a queer feeling in the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Behind that was a still littler barn, which looked queer in Pennsylvania where barns were usually ten times bigger than their houses. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was queer this feeling of marking time, like sitting in a waiting room at a dentist’s. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Though he was not a pious man, the carving made him feel less alone here in this queer alien city, and it was to that he had turned in the black watches of night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Two of the six he took with him. They'd been dead a long time, only . . . the bodies are queer." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘And a smell, I fancy. Do you notice it? A queer kind of a smell, stuffy. I don’t like it.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was a queer thing to want to talk with a deaf-mute. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A queer stifling feeling came over them, as if the air were too thin or too scanty for breathing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The longshoreman gave her a queer look, shmgged, and walked away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘Some folk have all the luck,’ they said; but it was not until Frodo approached the usually more sober age of fifty that they began to think it queer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a queer, ugly smile on his face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Very queer he was, and as soon as I had roused him, he got up and ran back here like a hare.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a queer smile about Mr. Brooke’s mouth as he opened at poor Mary’s lament. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a silly, selfish, queer, faintly obscene woman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have an awful queer way, both of you,” Fiona said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“He got at them, in spite of all that I could do, and they took up with him. They behaved very queer all the time they were here: wilful, you might say.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The folk of Winterfell had seen this sight half a hundred times, but doubtless it looked queer to the guests, some of whom were more curious than polite. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard some soft plashing and a sniffing noise, a while back; but you hear a lot of such queer sounds by a river at night.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What a queer smell! It’s like burned feathers,” observed Amy, smoothing her own pretty curls with a superior air. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jhiqui roasted the meat with sweet- grass and firepods, basting it with honey as it cooked, and there were melons and pomegranates and plums and some queer eastern fruit Dany did not know. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At last—even though he had been so queer just now. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them," lyrion agreed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even the buildings were so queer to her eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"One would think," Tyrion said, "but life does take queer turns. Consider Eddard Stark, my lord. I don't suppose he ever imagined his life would end on the steps of Baelor's Sept." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was queer, to hear Maxim talked of as Max. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about it for the whole of that week, kept on remembering Hooper's voice, and the queer smile. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I can’t tell you exactly. The Quakers are queer stubborn people. They don’t believe in the Sacraments.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They remembered when she came, what she looked like, why she stayed and that queer boy she set so much store by. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the lords bannermen gave him queer hard stares as he sat there, as if they wondered by what right a green boy should be placed above them, and Him a cripple too. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The queer earth was a mosaic of sleepers who nestled like spoons. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked queer among the tenements with its tiny small-paned windows, clapboards and steep slanting roof. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the soft footfalls of a sentry, men turning in restless sleep, Rorge's rattling snores, and the queer hissing sound that Biter made when he slept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I think you know what it means. Someday, someone will walk up to you and say: ‘Why are you hanging out with that queer?’ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was making it all up, and queer marriage notions did not occur to other people. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would look thin, queer, like people in hospital.... Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“She says queer things sometimes in a bantering way that you don’t notice at the time and you find yourself thinking about afterward.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or as the biologist J. B. S. Haldane once famously observed: "The universe is not only queerer than we suppose; it is queerer than we can suppose." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I remember hearing the sudden barking of the dogs and a lot of queer sounds, like praying on a very tumultuous scale, from Mr. Renfield’s room, which is somewhere under this. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Why is it when a little girl plays Cowboys and Indians everyone says she’s a darling little tomboy, but when a boy plays with a doll they say he’s queer? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And every minute the temper of the soldiers was growing shorter and a queer feeling of jubilation was apparent among the people. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In bed, he made Laila listen as he described with a queer sort of exhilaration the hands he’d seen severed, the lashings, the hangings, the beheadings. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The white flakes made a queer sort of confusion before her eyes; they brushed her cheeks like tiny flower petals and caught on her eyelashes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The fellow seemed to be talking some queer kind of politics again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was queer to see Papa’s hands so quiet when she remembered them as always trembling. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dancers danced; musicians played queer tunes with bells and squeaks and bladders; singers sang ancient love songs in the incomprehensible tongue of Old Ghis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“In the queer mass of human destiny, the determining factor has always been luck,” Mr. Turner observed, raising one eyebrow to Miss Riley. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Her name was Anna. Lord, how sweet she was, that child! It’s queer to think she’d be close to eighty now, if she’s even still alive. And my son—he’d be eighty-two.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was queer how quick the words came back to him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had appeared in Karhide in a queer kind of ship, and I differed physically from Gethenians in some respects; that wanted explaining. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jack cleared his throat and spoke in a queer, tight voice. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It is queer,” he said, “but there have been people here. Look, there is a hoof-mark, and it was shod.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you all right?” he asked, taking in the sight of Taisin and Kaede, the queer little body on the floor, the keening mother. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had a queer look on his face, as if he were not seeing her at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had once suggested a textual emendation in class, and he had given me a queer look. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“They have queer names along the Frozen Shore.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And all the other animals began making various queer noises which are their ways of laughing and which, of course, no one has ever heard in our world. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was a queer, pleased look on his face when he returned. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s when I recognized you. I saw you before. At that steak house. You were with that queer.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“The goose did what?” asked Mrs. Arable, gazing at her daughter with a queer, worried look. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Each time, reading the account of Akaky’s christening, and the series of queer names his mother had rejected, Ashoke laughed aloud. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have no idea who he is, but I don’t have to worry because everyone here is queer or trans. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw felt queer inside, dull, imagining it all, knowing how the day would be. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He used to object to people coming and staying, especially queer old people who talked and talked. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Stannis Baratheon is too bloody righteous to buy men. Nor would he make a comfortable lord for the likes of Petyr. This war has made for some queer bedfellows, I agree, but those two? No." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He went ambling down the corridors of the enchanted sett, rolling from leg to leg with the queer badger paddle, his white mask with its black stripes looking ghostly in the gloom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess they thought it queer to see us trying to travel in that snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to feel queer about, but suddenly it had just happened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a queer thing about this music she had heard last autumn. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It came all of a sudden in a very queer way—this quietness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd; so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice as Samwell Tarly had. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was inhabited by people and dwarfs, by gnomes and sylvans and other, even queerer, folk. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny had a queer feeling at the pit of his stomach. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body had come back, her boat had been found with its queer prophetic name, Je Reviens, but l was free of her forever. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s straight couples and queer couples and friends and strangers and families connected by blood or circumstance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The grey evening light cast queer shadows on the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was queer to be so strange and tight in the mind. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited for an opportunity, when the talk was going again, and Tom was telling an absurd story about badgers and their queer ways — then he slipped the Ring on. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then, out of the queer mist around me, Maxim’s voice, clear and strong, “Will someone take my wife outside? She is going to faint.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The ridges seemed to play queer tricks with sound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had an odd manner of speech, a queer lilt that reminded Cora of the way those on the plantation sounded after they lost their wits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was a queer thing, even a compromising thing, for a Party member to have in his possession. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The writer Ivan Turgenev described him as an intelligent, queer, and sickly creature. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, finding a bunch of queer people to be my friends isn’t very hard,” Sasha explained. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t got any Evian or Vichy, which seems queer to me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is always a queer shock, part a sudden upwelling of grief, part unaccountable amazement. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've seen the bones of giants, and heard many a queer tale, but no more. I want to see them with my own eyes." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His mouth twisted oddly; if that was a smile, it was the queerest she had ever seen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They lived—Aunt Sponge, Aunt Spiker, and now James as well—in a queer ramshackle house on the top of a high hill in the south of England. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Consider it my treat since you’re finally joining the queer family.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The riders escorting the carts spoke in a babble of queer tongues. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Actually, Wilbur felt queer to be outside his fence, with nothing between him and the big world. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Here’s to you, even if you don’t want to talk and even if you is acting queer.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ged watched him with wonder and some envy, and exactly so he watched Ged: to each it seemed very queer that the other, so different, yet was his own age, nineteen years. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A queer excitement took hold of me, I felt myself trembling. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made Bran feel queer when they called him prince, though he was Robb's heir, and Robb was King in the North now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When he saw the weatherworn gargoyles atop the First Keep where it had happened, he got a queer tight feeling in his belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ships of Braavos sail as far as the winds blow, to lands strange and wonderful, and when they return their captains fetch queer animals to the Sealord's menagerie. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You read it! I can’t, I feel so queer! Oh, it is too lovely!” and Beth hid her face in Jo’s apron, quite upset by her present. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunter checked its contents and eased the stopper in, wondering what land this queer man came from who knew so little about the rules of hospitality. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her, fascinated, horrified; a queer ecstatic smile was on her lips making her older than ever, making her skull’s face vivid and real. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He lay and closed his eyes and felt the claws of the bird, digging into his skin, through the thin shirt, and began to scream in a queer, gasping sort of way. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She wondered if their blood was red like hers, or if it was some other queer color. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was so far beyond ordinary exhaustion that I experienced a queer detachment from my body, as if I were observing my descent from a few feet overhead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘Sometimes he seems a right queer kind of person, but he’s not crabby. When you get to know him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Here he was with a gun ready to kill people to prove that he wasn’t queer, and I was ready to kill people because I wanted to get away from home. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, this one, now, coalescing in the air like a queer humidity. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You hear such queer things. In the newspapers there are all those awful stories, like that old man who went into that trailer in New Mexico.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

To me, my losing was only another manifestation of that queer, material way of American living that computed everything in terms of the concrete: weight, color, race, fur coats, radios, electric refrigerators, cars, money ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of my mother I remember next to nothing, only hard eyes that seemed to float like relics in her forehead, and her voice, so queer and feathery. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Pippin, who sat in the bow looking back, caught a queer gleam in his eye, as he peered forward gazing at Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And, yet, out of it all, over and above all that had happened, impalpable but real, there remained to him a queer sense of power. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My little niece calls him Wilbur. She’s a rather queer child—full of notions. She raised the pig on a bottle and I bought him from her when he was a month old.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Rowan and her scheming sisters did not want to attract notice, but their sullen silence soon had the guards giving them queer looks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That Bartolo is a queer one. He hasn’t changed at all. When we leave, you must do everything I tell you to do and you must do it quickly.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

His head turned—there was a queer mixture of questioning and apprehension in his look. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Dany liked the strangeness of the Eastern Market too, with all its queer sights and sounds and smells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“And then there’s queer, but does that just mean ‘not straight’? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how long she could stand this queer pretense that nothing had happened between them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dany had acquired three of those huge, queer beasts with her pyramid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The chaplain’s composure began trickling back as he studied the queer, cringing figure intently. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he came back, there was something queer about the silence of the kitchen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not the only one who thinks there’s something queer about “M3gan.” A Doll That Wears Sunglasses With Attitude? Oh, ‘M3gan’ Is a Gay Movie. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

In that way, the work is a magnanimous gesture of generational transference: a cheat sheet on queer history; a lecture about safe sex; a call to get angry, harness one’s otherness and ultimately claim individuality. How an Author and His Husband Host Casual Dinners in Their New York Apartment 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

Writers are queer so keep away from them. Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

But there’s a problem: Mr. Breslow, who calls himself queer rather than gay, philosophically opposes marriage. Special Issue: Gay Marriage: Ready to Wed? No, Mom. 2011-07-22T19:37:03Z

Instead, Wallace is an amalgam of Taylor’s own experiences as well as those of other queer black people on college campuses, he said. For a Scientist Turned Novelist, an Experiment Pays Off 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

And Canada’s CBC is set to air a new show in February, Asking For It, which promises “artful, poetic storytelling about a queer relationship in the shadow of power, control and violence.” 'You can hear their pain': Chasing Cosby and the rise of #MeToo podcasts 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

The text of one such ad read: Though my friends and I were/are all queer people of the post-structuralist persuasion, we marveled at the suggestion that this was the fantasy of a “straight guy.” Straight white dude seeks same: Race, power and the secret world of straight guy-on-guy action 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z

Pitt played Louis as a reluctant vampire, as he is in the novel, but that wasn’t the main reason some fans, especially queer ones, disliked the film. ‘Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’: Old Monsters, New Blood 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

“Renaissance,” Beyoncé’s seventh studio album, is a sonic odyssey through the history of dance music, with a specific focus on the genre’s Black and queer pioneers. Listening to Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ References 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

Drawings of interstellar landscapes accompany a large-scale painting of a cockpit that serves as frame for a video program taking viewers to “queer destinations.” Datebook: Boxing painters, teen idols and John Altoon's short career 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Get into SF’s disco time machine in one of the most authentic spots in town and enjoy the queer friendly mash-up dance party. Gay San Francisco: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

“Just as the cinema generated new opportunities for working-class courtship, so did it have a similar impact on queer culture,” writes Matt Houlbrook in Queer London: Perils and Pleasures of the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957. Puke, pasties and poo: the secret, stinky world of cinema ushers 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Perhaps most conspicuous — remarkably and hearteningly, given that Blanchard is straight — they both involve queer male protagonists, and their struggles with traditional conceptions of masculinity are part of their heartfelt charm. Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

The book follows Jessa-Lynn Morton, a queer taxidermist who is grieving her father’s suicide. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

This forced coexistence of bigots and the queer and trans creators on Netflix can only come at the expense of the latter. Dave Chappelle and the warped self-victimhood of transphobes 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Ball shows are accompanied by a quick-witted onslaught of commentary that requires the slickest of flows, a skill at the very heart of what 2012's queer rappers are all about. Zebra Katz, Mykki Blanco and the rise of queer rap 2012-06-08T23:06:00Z

It also had the imprimatur of the #ownvoices hashtag, in which the main characters of a book share a marginalized identity with the writer—Jackson is black and queer. In Y.A., Where Is the Line Between Criticism and Cancel Culture? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Fineman, however, wanted to sing the praises of “Tár,” which she said was “iconic, vivacious, carnivorous, queer, vague, confusing, long, partially in German, and it was hands down the funniest movie of the year.” ‘Saturday Night Live’ Goes to the Oscars 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z

“For a queer woman that comes up more often in everyday life.” Two Artists, Two Views of the Human Figure 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

“Opening up opportunities in the sector for folks like me — immigrant communities, queer communities, Latinx communities.” Activist Museum Director Named New York Cultural Affairs Commissioner 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

He is a founder and board member of Out in Tech, a nonprofit organization that unites lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people within the technology community. Marc Dickstein, Mark Dato 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z

Contemporary music has hardly been without significant black and queer artists. Minimalist Composer Julius Eastman, Dead for 26 Years, Crashes the Canon 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

We queer women bring innovative thinking about gender and a special kind of courage and resilience to our relationships with cis-gendered men. Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Locke, who also identifies as queer, jumped in: “I think coming out is stupid, that it’s still a thing that people have to do.” They Put the Heart in ‘Heartstopper’ 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z

If the two were to have a relationship, it would be a queer relationship, and Jackson would have to be okay with that. 2021 was an extraordinary year of making the nonbinary ordinary 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

This means she is not surprised that the Black Lives Matter movement was created by queer African American women. Beverley Ditsie: the South African woman who helped liberate lesbians everywhere 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

To get another perspective, I called Joe Vallese, the editor of “It Came From the Closet,” a new anthology of essays about queer horror. A Doll That Wears Sunglasses With Attitude? Oh, ‘M3gan’ Is a Gay Movie. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

I also think it's important to note that Leighton's experience and my queer experience is not the sole queer experience. "Sex Lives" stars on how their characters are "more powerful" in their sexuality this year 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

Fast forward to “Love, Simon” and “Call Me by Your Name” — mainstream cinematic worlds that are far removed from that queer Sundance 30 Januarys ago. The Day New Queer Cinema Said: Let’s Do This 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

In “Morgan,” this dynamic is queer and motherly: a woman behaviorist is attracted to her five-year-old creation. “Morgan,” “The Girls,” and the Beautiful Cyborg 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

McQuiston, who uses they/them pronouns, said their books are written for and about queer people, but they have also heard a lot of, “Oh, my mom and her book club are reading that.” ‘I Just Want Something That’s Gay and Happy’: L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

Sia, who identifies herself as "queer", said she was "anxious" after hearing the track. Sia gives Eminem money to LGBT cause 2013-11-08T10:54:52Z

“What do such large, loose, baggy monsters, with their queer elements of the accidental and the arbitrary, artistically mean?” What Was “The Good Wife” Really About? 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

On a recent Monday night, Ms. Alpern could be found greeting Bill Clark and Libby Willis at their monthly “queer industry night,” Family Meal. Building a Table for All: The Ascent of Queer Food Culture 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

On their watch Paper tracked all that was young, queer and cool in the culture until 2017, when it was acquired by EntTech Media Group. Paper Magazine, the Oral History: ‘They Were Wide Open’ 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z

Once upon time, the queer arrived to the ghetto, to queer culture, with a sense of disorientation—pushed out, despised by the straight world, but below the surface, those tangled roots, constantly pulling backward. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

But the depth of their characterizations are unevenly balanced, and the play is considerably more insightful about the psychology of its immigrant father than of his queer son. Review: In ‘Where the Mountain Meets the Sea,’ Missed Connections 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

That's not a message kids need to hear, a cliched trope where the queer character is more likely to die than the straight ones, especially if they have finally found love or happiness. Will no one think of the tweens? Kids need more queer stories than just "Heartstopper" 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z

“That involves creating this queer love story that drove everything.” In ‘Fear Street,’ a Lesbian Romance Provides Hope for a Genre 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

There's nothing more bright and heartening than to see them experience teenage wonder exploring the Louvre, local Parisian bookstores and the city's queer spaces. "Heartstopper" returns for a sweeter, more heartfelt exploration of coming-of-age queerness 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

An interdisciplinary piece about black and queer masculinity, this production, at the Abrons Arts Center, is a world premiere. Step Aboard or Put on That Blindfold: 2017’s Theatrical Adventures 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

Gayming wrote, "Since the 1970s, Rice had incorporated queer characters and feelings into her stories. 'Interview with the Vampire' is particularly interested in male-male desire." What to expect from AMC's "Interview with the Vampire" and how it differs from the Tom Cruise film 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

This is a story about four queer Latinas who made their own community inside a marginalized community. The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

“That’s a moment queer people can relate to, when you realize you don’t have to live a certain way.” The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

“My stance on it right now is that there are two branches of this moment in figuration for people who can now be author of their own stories — queer people, people of color,” she said. Two Artists, Two Views of the Human Figure 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

Based on the trailer, the movie does not seem to portray Wonder Woman as queer. Wonder Woman Is Queer, According to Her Comic Book Writer 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Although the linked stories often deal with pain and mess, their primary narrator, Lionel — queer, Black, a graduate student at a Midwestern university — develops as he navigates difficulty, sometimes with dance students Sophie and Charles. 10 books to read in June 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

Suddenly, the show gains gravity, becoming a collaboration, a memorial and immersive queer nightclub. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

His problem isn’t that the world refuses to support queer love. ‘Bros’ Review: Boy Meets Boy Meets Multiplex 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

He’s cool with being called queer, he said, explaining that it is “more freeing in a way, less about labels.” They Put the Heart in ‘Heartstopper’ 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z

As western states push for acknowledgement of queer rights, there is a danger of playing into the hands of those leaders who want to portray queer issues as the imposition of neo-colonial values. Queer rights are human rights: Fighting for freedom is polarizing the world 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Before she met her ex-girlfriend, Machado hadn’t encountered narratives of queer domestic abuse; she lacked context and precedents; she could not make sense of her experience. Carmen Maria Machado’s Many Haunted Stories of a Toxic Relationship 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

To sum up, queer culture was great when she was young, and now it isn't. Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! – review 2012-07-04T17:07:34Z

I periodically get interviewed for pieces asking questions like "Why are queer films so bad?" or "Why are queer films getting better?" Why are so many films for Latinos bad? 2011-01-28T15:01:00Z

For Kelly, now 34, the film is not only a lesson in storytelling, it’s also a display of love — queer love, at that. A Choreographer Gives ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ a Makeover 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

"I am queer, and love my queers, young and old," said Sia on Twitter. Sia gives Eminem money to LGBT cause 2013-11-08T10:54:52Z

Which brings us to the story’s bizarre premise: What Peggy decides she wants is Lee Fleming, the college’s most renowned faculty member, a poet as “queer as a three-dollar bill.” ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

It should be noted, though, that the June 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting remains the deadliest mass shooting targeted towards queer people and the second deadliest mass shooting in American history. We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

Published in March 2022, "Her Duchess to Desire" is the latest from Walsh, a queer writer whose historical romances also include the charming "Her Countess to Cherish" and "Her Lady to Love." A bolder than "Bridgerton" reading list: Regency books with a twist Eloise would love 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

He points to “Will and Grace” as an influence on their comedy’s approach, citing that comedy’s role in changing the way Americans though about queer culture in America. With "Bob Hearts Abishola" and "Sunnyside," sitcoms are showcasing the immigrant's story 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lanigan-Schmidt grew up Roman Catholic and gay in New Jersey, before escaping to New York City, where he found a creative queer community at the Stonewall Inn. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Right now, it's a female and queer band, but initially we made it all-girls band. Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova reflects on the roots of her rebellion 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

“There’s no correlation to anything gay or to anything queer — like, it made no sense. But she’s a really sweet person, as understanding as one can be as a straight woman. She did her best.” ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Is a TV Rarity With Familiar Drama 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Asexuality theory, like queer theory, seeks to create a view outside heteronormativity. Barbie has become an asexual icon, and we should all learn from her 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

Similarly, a new version of “A League of Their Own” swings at ideas about queer identity and spaces, about race, and about Blackness in particular. Review: ‘A League of Their Own’ Broadens the Field 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

This is kind of a big question but why does horror resonate so much with the queer community? Why the Final Girl and horror have always felt queer: "We've got to find our way to survive" 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Alden’s bouncy, mournful, occasionally abstract production seems to use a pirate’s line, “This is queer,” as mischievous inspiration. Review: A Stranger, Sexier Version of ‘Peter Pan’? It’s Leonard Bernstein’s 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

I know that we have queer people and trans people, but the whole conversation was privileging this other kind of experience. Surviving "God Land" in the age of Trump: Lyz Lenz on faith, politics and the Midwest 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

Or maybe we were always two queer women searching for the right alphabet letter. Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Netflix's "Single All the Way" – though part of an important shift: a bumper crop of queer holiday films – is a bit of a slog. All hail the holiday aunt: the most untraditional character in traditional Christmas films 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z

In its final minutes, it introduces numerous power differentials that could've be explored more fully: those between men and women; between queer and cishet characters; between white men and Black women. The bonkers twist in Netflix's "Behind Here Eyes" is an unresolved mess of problematic narratives 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

A 2016 report found that 81 percent of Mississippians thought queer people faced significant discrimination in the state. Stop piling on La’Porsha Renae: LGBT Americans don’t need her approval, they need better legal protections 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

And Ms. Letissier, along with indie contemporaries like Fever Ray and Sophie, is one of a handful of pop agitators using an explicitly queer perspective to grapple with gender norms in their music. Gender Is a Construct. Christine and the Queens Built a Bulldozer. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

I’ve been into queer pictures and all these invisible people since I was a kid. Revisiting a Midcentury Haven for Cross-Dressing Men 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

The cast of three dancers — Black, queer, and trans, at center-stage, perform a male pas de deux and then a pas de trois. Artists Reveal a Dark Side of the Bourse’s Crowning Glory 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

The “Ring” is “a monstrous, pulsating, ambiguous, big, queer thing,” he said. The Stakes Are Sky-High for a ‘Ring’ Coming to the Met Opera 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

In October 2019, both had attended the same party at Public Records, a bar in Brooklyn, organized by Ellis Presents, which hosts events for lesbian and queer women. When Age Is Nothing but a Favorite Number 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

But that doesn't lessen its importance to queer communities who haven't been finding what they need in the West. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

Were you at all concerned about playing into that TV and film cliché of the troubled queer person? Mae Martin Embraces Ambiguity in ‘Feel Good,’ and in Life 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

They’ll make you wistful for queer marching bands and boastful moms, thanks to Olympia Dukakis’s cheeky appearance as the devoted mother of a transgender daughter. Celebrating Pride on Film 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

Conceptually cool yet full of old-fashioned razzmatazz, this drag artist is also a queer playwright who enjoys liberating audiences from traditional gender categories, sexual hierarchies and other forms of "hetero-normative" oppression. Taylor Mac offers a glorious sneak peek of his '24-Decade History of Popular Music' at Royce Hall 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

This week’s recommended reading includes refreshers on everything from the settling of Polynesia to Brooklyn’s past as a queer enclave to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Being queer isn’t always easy but up on the big screen, it shouldn’t always be this hard. LGBT cinema still needs more happy endings | Benjamin Lee 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

"Pose" launched in 2018 as a sparkling, melodramatic and decidedly ecstatic show about New York's vibrant underground ballroom scene and the queer people of color who built it. As "Pose" ends it reminds us that the dream New York is one rendered in color 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z

He describes his 1982 dance “Jr. High” as “an autobiography of queer humiliation, martyrdom and triumph.” Review | Mark Morris bares his soul in a refreshingly raw and inspiring memoir 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Williams is on the money, however, in suggesting that Baldwin’s renewed appeal is linked to the queer theory and queerer memory of Black Lives Matter. Reading James Baldwin in the Black Lives Matter era 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

Recently, Magic has also tried to acknowledge its queer and transgender customer base. The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

I figure that so many queer people have had their voices silenced so I try to reclaim that space. Civilities: A gay Duke student threatened with death speaks out 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

Diagnosis of eating disorders, chronic self-harm and other, more arcane forms of self-injury has mushroomed over the past decade, especially among girls, young queers, anybody who is under extra pressure to fit in. 'Being a perfect girl can kill you' – extract from Unspeakable Things by Laurie Penny 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

In this large group show, 28 young queer and transgender artists, most born after 1980, carry the buzz of Stonewall resistance into the present. 33 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

These venues are an essential component of queer culture, acting as social settings and safe havens away from judgement and the fear of being othered. We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

“There were queer people, black people, white people, Asian people, and, because, we were all wearing black, there was no way to even think about the things that are often barriers to our connection.” What to Wear to Smash the State 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

She also shows support for the slow fashion movement and the queer community. Ella Emhoff Gets a Major Modeling Contract 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Miller, let’s recall, had been branded as one of the “NEA Four” who sued the government in 1990 when they were denied funding, a fact in sync with Tannahill’s aggressively queered history. Review | Sex, politics and art painted in broad strokes in ‘Botticelli in the Fire’ 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

A dozen or so beautiful people are also present at this queer and unresolved scene. Watteau: The Drawings; Esprit et V?rit?: Watteau and His Circle ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:24Z

This knowledge, however fraught, emboldens Diaz to celebrate her survival as a queer Aha Makav woman living in the 21st century. Poems of Love and Desire That Push Back Against Oppression 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

They need no "gay" or "queer" tag and can already hold their own with established literary writers. The Polari prize takes a vada at gay writing today 2011-07-05T15:06:24Z

This debut collection, set in the Cambodian American community in California, focuses on queer characters. 11 New Books Coming in August 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

“If it were something related to being a person of color, rather than a $3 queer reserve note, they would have resolved it in my favor within about 15 minutes,” Olson says. She was a CIA spy. Now she’s a lawyer battling her old agency. This is her story. 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

This is a story about the self-annihilation queer people face when they mold themselves to straight expectations, told by a lesbian filmmaker working in maybe the most stereotypically heterosexual genre — the Christmas romantic comedy. ‘Happiest Season’ Review: Make the Yuletide Gay 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

In this classic queer novel, a college student in London falls in love with her married classmate as World War II rages on in 1944. Newly Published, From Quincy Troupe to Art Censorship 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

This isn't the case the for "Bob's Burgers," especially when it comes to characters who are expressly queer. How "Bob's Burgers" and its loving queerness became a cult favorite among the LGBTQ community 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z

ACT UP is still an important hub for mobilizing people, he says, and queer people are holding weekly meetings, dividing into committees and planning for collective action to respond to monkeypox. Monkeypox is rousing old fears — and ways gay men care for each other 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z

Straight and/or cisgender folks don't get to be the people who benefit most from the work queer people do to make themselves more free. The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

I’m trying to celebrate and invent some sort of new fictions of the queer black male by subverting pre-existing Caribbean and ancient Fertile Crescent religious myths. Seven Artists on the Warhol Influence 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

For Hill, who is Black, queer and from the ’hood — intersecting outsider identities — inviting people onto coasters might just convey something about his life experience that a biographical litany cannot. EJ Hill Wants to Take You on a Ride 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Appalachian queer people have similar experiences and needs as queer people in other parts of the world. Queering Appalachia — finding chosen families online in an unforgiving landscape 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

The filmmaker Elegance Bratton follows three young queer and transgender New Yorkers of color who frequent the Christopher Street Piers in Manhattan in this documentary. What’s on TV This Week: An Obama Documentary and ‘Shiva Baby’ 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

The queerest house on the block is a functional one owing to an unspoken commitment to blend their loyalty with their hedonism. Who would have guessed that "What We Do In the Shadows" would provide a clear model of polyamory? 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

The resort felt it had to ratchet up security since the 2016 shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, being that it hosts large queer crowds. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

ROBINS-GRACE It’s really a queer and feminist take on horror, because it comes from the perspective of “the other” living within a violent society. In ‘The Baby,’ Killing With Cuteness 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

Now, nine years into an entirely new queer identity, it’s come to mean a whole lot more to me than that. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Also important, as The Mary Sue writes, "Everyone is at different points in their journey . . . characters are at different points in their lives when it comes to their queer identity." Will no one think of the tweens? Kids need more queer stories than just "Heartstopper" 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z

And, particularly if you’re a writer of color, or a queer writer, or a woman, you may learn that entrusting your work to would-be champions is a fraught endeavor. My Strange Literary Fellowship 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

And it's really an affirmation to celebrate Black queer people and an affirmation of social justice. Lazarus Lynch find success by following his authentic truth: "A show is not the end game for me" 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z

“Who Is Queen?” includes drawings and sculptures; on a huge screen run three video works, including his new portrait of Jack Halberstam, whose work in queer theory offers an alternative history of sexuality. Adam Pendleton Is Rethinking the Museum 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

A shrewd and sexy work of historical fiction, Waters’s debut novel excavates a forgotten mode of music hall performance, embedded within a queer love story. Missing the Theater? Trade Playbills for These Novels 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

Dr. Tolman called what is happening now “queering” fashion, because when you “queer” something — fashion, whatever — you’re getting out of those boxes. Beyond Androgyny: Nonbinary Teenage Fashion 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

There's no need to wait another year or even another month for a queer love story when it comes to BL. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

Our jobs as queer artists is to imagine the future. Protesting U.S. Immigration Policies, Artists Aim for the Sky 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

In the movie, Deadpool is an indiscriminate flirt, but when it comes to the possibility that the character could actually engage in queer intimacy, the film is a total tease. Don’t straightwash Deadpool: It’s time for Marvel to let a queer superhero be queer on film 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

The new Disney+ series continuation expands that tradition by placing a queer romance at the heart of its story, one part of a more inclusive vision of what destiny-bound heroes look like. The "Willow" legend continues, only now the quest is open to all who would take it, including girls 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

As the maniac, the saint, the sinner, the drinker, the thinker, the queer. Music Review: Jonatha Brooke Recalls Woody Guthrie at Allen Room - Review 2012-01-19T23:23:11Z

Leyendecker’s queer daring could have played a role in his market success. J.C. Leyendecker: The ‘Arrow Collar Man’ Who Hid a Radical Idea 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

It wasn't until the queer community began to push back that Cracker Barrel began to change their ways. “Bigotry was the blue plate special”: How Cracker Barrel went from anti-gay to angering the GOP 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

“Straight couples are becoming more queer, queer couples more gay.” Esther Perel: 'Fix the sex and your relationship will transform' 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z

The professor’s dissertations on monsters as queer symbols are a treasure map leading the viewer precisely where Franco, screenwriter Amber Coney and director Melanie Aitkenhead want them to go. Mother May I Sleep with Danger?: James Franco's lesbian vampire flick lacks bite 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z

“When we were all in the room together, there wasn’t any conversation about how we marry our queer identities with these characters, which is disappointing,” she said. For Broadway’s ‘1776’ Revival, the Drama Is Offstage 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

I’m aware that my intersectional oppression – I’m a queer woman with dark skin – requires a constant fight out of me, but there are some days I am just too tired to fight back. 'Cops only tackled me and my friend': why a dark skin tone makes activism dangerous 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

“Euphoria,” “Elite” and other shows with teen queer characters lured eyeballs with sex and bad behavior. They Put the Heart in ‘Heartstopper’ 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z

The award was surprising, as Banville seemed to have queered his pitch. John Banville: a life in writing 2012-06-29T21:55:12Z

“It’s a wild thing, this book, covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi, and borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

It’s a feed that shines with subtle and riotously strange queer humor, and because of that, his tweets frequently found their way into my group chats. The Grindr Advice Column That Became a Memoir of Modern Queer Life 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

They discuss a range of topics: mental health, environmentalism, migration, queer love. He Never Existed. Here Are His Selected Poems. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

You’ve only ever been close with one queer girl before, so this is unknown territory. 'Don’t pretend to be something you’re not': a letter to my teenage self 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z

I say that I am gay; when I am being most accurate, I say I am queer. In praise of flat places: On queerness, landscapes and understanding our desires 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z

What Cameron-Bure doesn’t seem to grasp is that you don’t have to be the mutant reincarnation of Fred Phelps to espouse beliefs that are deeply detrimental to queer and transgender people’s lives. Conservative who thinks it’s OK to discriminate against gays not OK with being criticized for wearing t-shirt with gay catchphrase 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

And, as with all advertising, the question remains if this queer visibility is being packaged as shock value or “edginess.” The queering of fashion ads: Luxury brands’ LGBT experiment 2013-12-30T13:30:00Z

As a naive and inexperienced queer person, I created profiles on the dating and social media apps. Shades of Black: how readers responded to our series on the colorism taboo 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z

By publicly celebrating their relationships, queers challenged a political system that refused to recognize their right to wed. The secret history of gay marriage 2013-09-08T14:30:00Z

This is an important collection that expands traditional conversations about sexual violence to include victims and survivors who are queer, transgender and gender nonconforming. Laurie Halse Anderson recommends five books to help talk about rape culture 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

But as the years passed, we each made efforts to bridge the differences between us; me the queer, her the devout Baptist. The enigmatic gift from my estranged mother that I decided to keep 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

The difficulty is that queer, and to some extent trans, are hard to capture, institutionally. When to Comes to Gender, Let Confusion Reign 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

I came up in the ’80s and ’90s, when queer culture was hot because it was outsider culture, and I liked it that way. Has queer culture lost its edge? 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

But I haven't seen the media giving enough space to queer families and allies who attend these events and who want to talk about the irreparable damage that these protests can cause to our children. Drag queen story hour doesn't traumatize my kids — but the anti-LGBTQ protesters certainly could 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z

Like “Weekend,” another recent film that feels like a step forward or a step away from the “queer cinema” of the ’90s, this isn’t a movie about identity or coming out or facing oppression. “Keep the Lights On”: A gay breakthrough, and a great movie 2012-09-06T13:00:00Z

“We have sort of a responsibility to do what they could not, to live with joy and passion, and continue the legacy of queer people,” McCalley said. What Generations of Gay Men Hand Down in ‘The Inheritance’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Supporting queer characters were mostly on the sidelines and white. Better Than Besties: Why Gay Holiday Films Matter 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

On its surface, this is the story of one man’s awakening, at the age of 50, after living life visibly as a queer woman. After Living as a Woman for Decades, He Staged His Own Gender Reveal 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z

I thought it was wonderful, a queer exploration of Dracula’s journey on board ship to England that is full of haunting Gothic imagery. Review | ‘Dracula’ brought vampires into the limelight. Let’s talk about the best literary blood suckers since. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

For the later TV adaptation, showrunner Daniel Cerone was more overt about his decision to play down the character’s queer history. Don’t straightwash Deadpool: It’s time for Marvel to let a queer superhero be queer on film 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

In fact, many Gen Z and Millennial slang terms, from shade and tea to slay, actually originated in the queer ball scene decades ago. 11 drag slang terms you should know 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

This year she became the first Afro Latina and first openly queer woman of color to win an Academy Award. Ariana DeBose on Hosting the Tonys: ‘Whatever We Do Is Going to Be Fun’ 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Asked in 2004 about his stature as a godfather of queer cinema, he responded, “I don’t like being put in a cubbyhole.” Kenneth Anger, 96, Dies; Experimental Filmmaker Left a Pop Culture Legacy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

For the past month, the New York Philharmonic has been an unexpected source of novelty: premieres, queer cabaret, the orchestra’s first performances of works by Eastman, Kodaly and Martinu. Review: The New York Philharmonic Brings Back the Standards 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

DragCon, now in its third year, is a celebration of “the art of drag, queer culture and self-expression for all.” RuPaul on the drag queen, as political as ever 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

“We got to play strong, tough characters. Not those weak queers,” Wayne said. Kirk Douglas rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

“The view then about queer people was that they would be inherently conflicted or tormented about their sexuality,” said Demmon. Montgomery Clift: the untold story of Hollywood's misunderstood star 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

Gina Peña, 26, who identifies as “a young, queer, Black person who loves to cook,” is currently working as the group’s lead cook. In the Twin Cities’ Robust Dining Scene, Few Black-Owned Businesses 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

He said, “I think you might be queer.” Barbara Hammer’s Exit Interview 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

“It’s kind of a D.I.Y. annual report of the queer dance scene,” said the organizer Aaron Clark. The Ultimate Guide to This Fabulous Summer 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

“Christodora” recounts a crucial chapter in the history of queer life, which is to say in the history of American life. ‘Christodora’: A powerful novel about the AIDS crisis and its legacy 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

It’s remarkable that queer cinema has grown into this gigantic ecosystem of filmmaking. A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

The music video which serves as an anthem of queer acceptance portrays a heavenly Lil Nas X in what appears to be some version of the garden of Eden. Nike files lawsuit following right-wing outrage over Lil Nas X's satan shoes 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

A something old, something new comedy about heartbreak, Turner describes the play as “a queer woman’s journey from radical despair to radical hope over the course of a single evening.” ‘Driven by the Potential for Joy’: Comedies Are the Thing This Spring 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

To some adherents, it’s all “queerdo,” a construction of “weirdo” and “queer” — apt, though of uncertain provenance. The Nightlife Outlaws of East Los Angeles 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

Balof told me Sidetrack's owners, Art and Pep, had heard queer people on the street outside the bar debating this exact issue. We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

He said that the expectation, in the social-media age, that all facets of a star be accessible is dangerous, “especially as a queer person navigating your place in the world.” For Emma Corrin, Identity Is an Ever-Evolving Project 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

As I have said, lacking a variety of narratives is unsafe for anybody on the margins—ask any queer. Where are the women Kerouacs? 2013-03-13T22:28:00Z

As plenty of queer and trans writers have pointed out, the lack of representation of trans people in sci-fi and fantasy genres is baffling, considering there's almost nothing more magical than transgender identity and existence. Lady Loki and the opportunity for trans representation in Marvel 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z

I want them not to perform according to type, but to queer the space and make us think about art and ourselves differently. The Tate Modern at 10 2010-05-04T07:00:00Z

Abstraction and representation collide in queer framings of space, time and bodies-in-action.” ‘Horizon Events,’ Inspired by the Parameters of a PS1 Gallery 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

This is a story in which girls wield swords, queer kids are cool and nerds rule the earth. Queer Kids, Nerds and Sword Fights: It’s the Hot School Play 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

In him Morris noted “a queer stiffness or jerkiness of locomotion,” and then delivered the small but powerful realization: “Eichmann was trembling.” For Jan Morris, Staying in One Place Was Never an Option 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z

This possibility is causing some anguish in the Y.A. community, especially because, as a black and queer writer, Jackson is exactly the type of voice that many people want to lift up. In Y.A., Where Is the Line Between Criticism and Cancel Culture? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Verma, who is queer, said he became a Madonna fan when he heard her song “Ray of Light,” which portrayed Buddhism and Hinduism in a way he never had seen in the West before. Madonna, in a TikTok, suggests she’s gay. Her fans aren’t surprised. 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

Ms. Molesworth, who identifies as queer, says she respects the painter’s frankness. 10 Binge-Worthy Art Podcasts in the Age of Coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

Everyone loves queer people now, even in Quincy. Jonathan Van Ness on being HIV positive: 'It gave me a reason to really fight' 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

And in as much as it was vehicle for Bridges, in a queered way True Grit is a companion piece to The Big Lebowski. Will Self considers the Coen brothers 2011-02-11T10:08:28Z

When dancing, I could just move my body and feel like myself, a queer person who loves to dance — and who loves to dance with a partner. ‘How Do You Do?’ On Being a Gentleman in 21st-Century Ballet 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

I was wondering about the ways that selfie culture could be used to help queer people connect. There’s a lot more to a selfie than meets the eye 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

“For queer artists of a certain age we just assumed that to write was to experiment,” Lawlor said. The Coming of Age of Transgender Literature 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

This is not radical in itself, of course: there exist far wilder sights and statements in the annals of queer cinema than anything in BPM. French Aids drama BPM shows Hollywood how to capture gay history 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

It's already very difficult for trans people, queer people and others to receive medical care. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

The well-deserved win for “Moonlight” is a necessary step toward inclusion for an awards show that has struggled to treat queer art as having the same importance and relevance as its competition. “Moonlight” is the first LGBT movie to win best picture. Here’s why it matters 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

Her own fragrance, Hue Growing up as a queer kid in the closet, I had a really hard time having conversations with cute girls. Hayley Kiyoko Revs Up With Arcade Fire and Chills Out to ‘Friends’ 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

Millions of American conservatives remain furious queer people have a designated 30 days in June to proclaim we deserve to be equal to them. We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

People tend to think queer cinema began with New Queer Cinema, but adult films laid the groundwork. A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Shika, 42, is the transgender singer and guitarist of Tingtong Ketz, a Malaysian three-piece band whose upbeat songs about queer and transgender life are unique in the strait-laced Southeast Asian nation. Transgender guitarist strikes a different note in conservative... 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Often queer sex is depicted as really tender and exploratory. Mae Martin Embraces Ambiguity in ‘Feel Good,’ and in Life 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

Students returning from an undergraduate queer studies conference tell me that they were deeply disturbed by a drag queen’s performance there because she made comments that were insensitive and triggering. Has queer culture lost its edge? 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

If we are going to ask queer people for help with this, however, we need to establish safe space in which we can work together. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

“I’m a queer elder,” she said with a laugh, though it wasn’t a joke at all. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

“There has always been people of color making country music, and there has always been queer cowboys and cowgirls, like K.D. Lang,” he said. Orville Peck, a Masked Gay Country Star, Rides Into Brooklyn 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

Ecosexuality is a burgeoning queer identity for some and a way to get more primal in your sex life for others, but you don’t have to be a gender studies student to join the club. ‘Nature is your lover, not your mother’: meet ecosexual pioneer Annie Sprinkle 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

In much recent queer fiction are modern, mostly openly gay characters for whom self-denial and even outright deception have become a way of life. Gay Literature Is Out of the Closet. So Why Is Deception a Big Theme? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z

“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins’s poetic triptych of queer black manhood in the slums of Miami, isn’t didactic; it simply breathes in the fears and desires of its hero, Chiron, and asks us to taste his oxygen. The Oscars and the Election 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

Charting 24 hedonistic hours in the life of a gay Greek-Australian teenager, Head On is a fierce and evocative depiction of queer identity and masculinity in crisis. What do female film-makers have to say about male stories? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

It arrives on the heels of her Guggenheim Fellowship, a lot for an artist who refers to her crew as “dirtbag queers.” A Queer Punk Vaudevillian’s Surreal Take on ‘Titanic’ 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

Lovato also talks about their difficulties coming out as a queer person. Being a pop star once meant baring skin — now, for some artists, it’s all about emotional stripping 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

By combining their powerful voices for this tour, they symbolize a lot of pride for the queer and choir-nerd communities. Beth Ditto finds her way — to Seattle and in life 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

“Christ, Kirk! How can you play a part like that? There’s so few of us left. We got to play strong, tough characters. Not those weak queers,” Wayne said. Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’ 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

That unfinished look is a hallmark of a lot of queer collections, some pieced together from incongruous elements: a tailored jacket, say, with lace lapels; a sheer frock combined with bearlike fake fur slippers. Beyond ‘Queer’ Fashion 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

I couldn't find a memoir that detailed the queer parent perspective who's been in the closet. Scammers hid behind his face — but he had hidden for years, too 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

But this year, in queer land, the performance of pride was conducted with a flamboyance that rivals Independence Day. Where Do You Find Gay Pride When It’s No Longer on Sale? 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

The danger of having Will die is that this lands squarely in the "bury your gays" trope, an outdated and overused device where queer characters are killed, particularly if they've found love, peace or happiness. How to fix "Stranger Things" for its fifth and final season 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

It is Papa who finally pops the question: “Are you queer?” ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Is a TV Rarity With Familiar Drama 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

For a quarter-century, through the ever-changing social and cultural climate, Bowers has forged lasting bonds with queer and trans folk, fighters for abortion rights, radical environmentalists, immigration advocates, Native activists and scholars across generations. Andrea Bowers: Her Activism Animates Her Art 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

While recent period dramas, including “Lizzie,” “Colette,” and Oscar winner “The Favourite,” have shed light on queer lives of yore, Stewart pointed to historical dramas as one of Hollywood’s blind spots. Kristen Stewart on the state of Queer Hollywood and "entirely fluid" new directorial effort 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

In a series of quote tweets, Nas reiterated that for him, it isn't about the awards but more about increasing queer, marginalized representation and visibility within the music scene. Lil Nas X calls out "the bigger problem of homophobia in the Black community" following BET snub 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

That is really beautiful, because not everyone has parents who want to be involved in their queer adult lives. Sasha Velour: ‘Drag is darkness turned into power’ 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

I didn't have to control so much of it myself to bring a queer sensibility. Behind the scenes of "Fire Island," from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

The film also shows the discrimination towards and impact of bullying on the deaf and queer kids. Documentary "Audible" lets a Maryland School for the Deaf football player truly be see and heard 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

“The kind of work she was doing was ahead of its time in terms of representations of queer communities of color,” Tompkins Rivas says. Stories of the Plush Pony: Vincent Price Art Museum pays tribute to a working-class lesbian bar 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

Friends not out at home were able to have safe access to queer media like "The L Word," "When Night is Falling" and "Kissing Jessica Stein." "Blockbuster" and missing the community of video stores 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

It's a peculiarly powerful mode that represents a welcome shift in queer cinema – an embrace of the real. New-wave queer cinema: 'Gay experience in all its complexity' 2012-10-04T18:59:01Z

Ali is vocal about the financial and social challenges that independent artists — and especially those who identify as queer — face in Baltimore. The Changing Sound of Baltimore 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z

Do you think there is a stigma in the queer community if folks get divorced? “The Ring Thing”: We won the right to marry, now what the hell do we do with it? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

“It’s always been about being an inclusive environment for lingerie that is welcoming to sex workers, to trans people, to queer people, to nonbinary people.” The Lingerie Addict Says Goodbye 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

And if all this seems confusing, the all-purpose “queer” is increasingly used to mean anything other than plain-vanilla 100% straight, a visibly expanding category. The pansexual revolution: how sexual fluidity became mainstream 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

The Trevor Project is a nonprofit dedicated to suicide prevention and crisis intervention for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning young people. Lil Nas X honored by anti-suicide group The Trevor Project 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

“What’s extraordinary about the collection,” he states via email, “is the range of artists — male and female, queer and straight — who take this issue in surprising ways.” In gift to MOCA, Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard give key works that explore gender and queer identity 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

“High School” looks and moves a lot like other current teen dramas: It is set in the ’90s, heavily soundtracked and open about drug use and queer sexuality. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Pride provides a moment of collective catharsis — a celebration of the humor and playfulness that has kept queer people alive. The Lesbian Avengers Will Not Be Commodified 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

He finds comfort in his other queer friends and eventually in his relationship with Nick. Gen Z's coming out still faces hurdles, according to TV and movies 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z

Performers will include Soul Summit, the collective known for Sunday sessions in Fort Greene Park, and Papi Juice, the quartet who organize monthly parties celebrating queer and trans people of color. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

Hynes once described the album as "an honest look at the corners of black existence, and the ongoing anxieties of queer/people of color." Top 10 albums of 2018 in hip hop and R&B 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

If there’s a restaurant that points a way forward for queer dining, it’s Laziz Kitchen, in Salt Lake City. Still Here and Still Queer: The Gay Restaurant Endures 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

But to fully live up to where we are today, the "Gossip Girl" reboot should feature queer identity and relationships beyond the tangential — which its writers are already promising they'll deliver. Sex and the City and Gossip Girl must learn from mistakes in reboots 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

Studies of women consumers of queer and feminist pornography indicate that their experiences with this kind of material are complex. Using pornography to rewrite the script for consent 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

Let’s get the obvious difference out of the way, too: “Booksmart” puts a fresh spin on the coming-of-age night-of comedy because it's focused on two girls, one of whom is also queer. "Booksmart" and the art of losing control: A platonic rom-com's lessons cross generational lines 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

Per an except written by Burgess, “In 1945, back from the army, I heard an 80-year-old Cockney in a London pub say that somebody was ‘as queer as a clockwork orange.’ Unpublished "Clockwork Orange" sequel discovered — here are the first details 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

Toor said that he aspired to represent “what this new free space is like,” referring to living an openly queer life. The Breakout Stars of 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

The queerest thing about Pee-wee Herman is that he purposefully breaks with those notions by rethinking the boundaries of what “queerness” really is—an act of societal rebellion. The queering of Pee-wee Herman: How the gay icon redefines queer boundaries beyond sexuality 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

The film’s ironic tone largely defangs the transgressive films it parodies, but Kramer does broaden the scope of the queer leather canon. ‘Please Baby Please’ Review: Hyper-Masculinity, on Its Head 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

The history of the future has almost always been more queer than the society science fiction purports to represent. Sulu, “Star Trek” and queer sci-fi: LGBT diversity has been there all along—now it’s gone mainstream 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

And so it is revolutionary, it is political, it is an act of protest, just by showing a trans person, a queer person who are people. Why we all love "Somebody Somewhere" star Jeff Hiller: "Everybody feels like they're the outsider" 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z

If the "Harry Potter" books do at all depict the wizard's queerness, it's a shallow, antiquated and dangerous idea of who queer people are. Harry Potter and the retconning of Dumbledore: It’s no longer about the story 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

“I’m queer and I’m black, so of course I side with Macy,” she said. From ‘This is Us’ to ‘The Cake,’ Bekah Brunstetter Has a Full Plate 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

From the start, in her own sculpture and painting, she bucked the trend that equated political art with figurative work, and invented her own modes of queer abstraction. Harmony Hammond’s Art Is Bold and Prickly as Ever 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

After class, Ms. Lam said she had discovered tango a few years ago on a trip to Buenos Aires when, almost by chance, she had attended a queer tango milonga led by Mariana Docampo. Queer Tango Brings Its Liberated Style to New York 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

Through historical vignettes and in-depth interviews, the special will highlight local unsung heroes, queer culture and community activists. Your 2020 Virtual Pride Guide 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

The stories include classic and kinky fantasies and are sometimes made by guest directors, such as the Canadian cult queer filmmaker Bruce LaBruce. ‘There’s Not Just One Type of Porn’: Erika Lust’s Alternative Vision 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

What is black and what is queer, really? This Artist Proposes a Community Space ‘to Dream, to Imagine’ 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

It’s about growing up Catholic and figuring out that I was queer. Q&A with Cameron Esposito: Putting out a memoir during a pandemic and facing the darkness onstage 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Kramer’s sequel to his queered, fictionalized take on American history stands alone as another gleeful poke at the nation’s id. New & Noteworthy, From John Sayles to Julius Caesar 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z

Wearing a red silk shirt, Montrose, played by Michael K. Williams, glistens as his character, a queer Black man, struggles with his sexuality and his race in 1950s Chicago. Michael K. Williams Brought His Whole Life to His Characters 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

But outside of the celebratory spaces of the internet, rural queer and trans people have a particularly difficult time with proving their internal visibility to outsiders. Queering Appalachia — finding chosen families online in an unforgiving landscape 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

It has helped some queer people, both then and since, "make sense of, respond to, and undermine," in Chauncey's words, "the social categories of gender and sexuality that serve to marginalise them." LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

"I'm reading about queer writers because I'm not homophobic. I'm reading Filipino writers because I've learned a lot about the Philippines through it." Author Elaine Castillo talks about empathy, Jane Austen adaptations, and "How to Read Now" 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

He prefigured many ideas about the fluidity of gender identity and sexual orientation that would gradually leach into the mainstream; he helped invent the radical gender discourse that would later be called “queer.” Rebel, alien, cynic, dreamer: David Bowie’s chimerical genius, and cultural importance, go way beyond pop music 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

We unearthed Albee’s aesthetic by putting his words in our queer mouths and laughing. Postscript: Edward Albee, 1928-2016 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

Over the course of the show's 20 seasons, there has been no growth in how the writers' room depicts queer characters. How "Bob's Burgers" and its loving queerness became a cult favorite among the LGBTQ community 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z

"Well," the film director Basil Wright asked Christopher Isherwood after a visit to a London bath house, "have we convinced Ben he's queer, or haven't we?" Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea – review 2013-02-07T08:00:01Z

The storyteller, public speaker, editor, poet, and author wrote the solo series for America Chavez, Marvel's first queer Latina star. Inside Gabby Rivera's joyful, queer Marvel revolution 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

“For queer men, many trans men, often nonbinary people, people of color — this play with the feminine or play with nail polish leads to much more significant social and physical consequences.” Man-icures: How male celebrities are popularizing painted, polished nails 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kim shares a conservative upbringing, his in a Korean American household, and he similarly struggled for a long time with being queer, he said. How New York Is New York Fashion? 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

At present, while claims of a golden age of queer cinema may seem too idealistic, the menu is a healthily broad one, with non-English-speaking filmmakers leading the charge most adventurously. Does Moonlight prove that gay cinema has to be sexless to succeed? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

And she’s still very active on Twitter, where last month she revealed to her followers that she identifies as “bi/queer.” Actress Mara Wilson has a memoir. She's not Matilda anymore. 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

“As a gay person working in a queer organization, our lives are inherently political and controversial,” he said. What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

What we got was a series as darkly funny as it was compelling, with a comic book-style pace, gore that never felt too gory and a queer subtext to boot. Streamadelica: the 30 best box sets to watch before you die 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

“Plus, it felt like a way to queer a really heteronormative institution.” Creating a Name for Themselves 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

The book’s title, for example, is a cheeky reclamation of the fetishization he says he constantly encounters as a queer Latino on dating apps. John Paul Brammer Is Obsessed With Kate Bush 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

Holcomb, the book’s other editor, pointed out that “Romance in Marseille” depicts great freedom in working-class queer life. A Book So Far Ahead of Its Time, It Took 87 Years to Find a Publisher 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

So yeah, “Tilted” can possibly be a queer song. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

We had never been close even when I was a child, but especially as a teenaged queer. The enigmatic gift from my estranged mother that I decided to keep 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

“I accuse, therefore I am. That’s the internet,” Mitchell says; he describes the way queer people sometimes interact with each other as a sort of “oppression olympics” in which “outrage becomes proof of existence”. John Cameron Mitchell on Hedwig, Caitlyn Jenner and how 'queer' has changed 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

While there are no significant statistics comparing the cohabitation speeds of queer vs. straight women, there is some science that pinpoints why a lesbian couple might move in together sooner than a hetero couple. Bed death, U-Hauling, processing: Lesbian stereotypes abound — here’s the story on 7 of them 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

As such, it will seek to strike a careful balance between New York and national queer history. American L.G.B.T.Q.+ Museum Names First Executive Director 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

As an adult, he would gravitate to the term “gender queer” to express his place in the world, but that wasn’t an option in childhood. Jonathan Van Ness on being HIV positive: 'It gave me a reason to really fight' 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z

There's no need to wait another year or even another month for a queer love story when it comes to BL. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

But it's also one drenched in color and creativity, where divisions are blurred and gender and sexuality are fluid and marvelously queer. "Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation that captures the jazzy color but not soul of the original 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z

I am a queer high school senior and the daughter of evangelical Christians. Should I Come Out to My Parents? 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

Tales of the City brings this nuance to an era in which queer stories are no longer quite so rare on screen. Why Tales of the City is still a revolutionary show 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z

What does America project onto or deny the queer sexual self, forcing queer people into invisibility or a violent type of hypervisibility? From an Iconoclast and an Icon, Poems of Personal and Public Transformation 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

“Has queer theory become an institutional space itself?” he said. Adam Pendleton Is Rethinking the Museum 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

She notes that even queer women not seeking to have sex with men may choose to present in such a “hyper-feminine” way as theoretically designed to impress them. Sexting: do men and women do it differently? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

Larkins said that as a queer person, had the law been signed when he was a child, “I don’t think I would have felt safe growing up.” This Florida teen went viral for his lesson on the Stonewall riots 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

Broome’s coming-of-age memoir explores Black manhood and queerness in the Rust Belt, and the pressures that Black queer boys face to change. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

These black women and countless others inspire her to put “one foot in front of the other” in the fight for black, queer and transgender women’s voices to be heard. Black History Month: Pressing Forward on the Heels of Progress 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

“We create five days where we are living in a queer, nonbinary, lesbian world. We celebrate who we are.” Back in Lesbian Paradise, at Long Last 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Despite nine onstage musicians, “i shot denzel” suffers from a similar lack of freshness, and here Mr. Acosta, who describes himself as a queer trans-masculine-identified artist, ventures into dangerously sentimental territory. Dance Review: At New York Live Arts, Works by Tess Dworman and Niv Acosta 2014-01-31T19:38:38Z

The female and queer gaze are at the heart of what makes the show so daring and revelatory. Analysis | ‘Made in Heaven’ offers a groundbreaking look behind big fat Indian weddings 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

Do you think the B-52’s contributed a lot to what people call the queering of American culture? The Superbly Original, Gloriously Weird B-52’s Say Farewell to the Road 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

I’m in a straight relationship to the outside world, but because I came out in my late 30s as queer, I didn’t get a chance to explore that as much as I would have liked. Theirs Is a ‘Traditional Untraditional’ Union 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

“Roberts detonates hierarchies,” she added, “by lingering with needle and thread on the feminist, queer and trans trails that came before them.” An Artist’s Portraits, Stitched Together on the Subway 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

It can also refer to a determined, isolating self-sufficiency: someone can be “too proud” to receive assistance from someone else.3 But queer Pride isn’t like that. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

The new "Gossip Girl" may not exactly pave the way to queer liberation, which necessarily centers the poorest and most marginalized queer folks. New “Gossip Girl” offers unapologetic male bisexual representation 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z

The energy in the house is powerful, and we’re adding our queer arty vibes to create a destination for community creativity. John Cameron Mitchell Finds Joy in Mavis Staples and ‘Veneno’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

The meditation teacher — a queer, H.I.V.-positive survivor of now two cruel pandemics — is alive and grateful for each breath. Two Wrongs Don’t Make Mr. Right 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

The first season introduced principal characters of color to the franchise for the first time but took heavy fire for what critics perceived as racial and queer tokenism. ‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2 Recap: Relationship Place 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

"The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes" is a follow-up to the novel "The Queer Principles of Kit Webb," by Sebastain, who's written over a dozen queer historical romances. A bolder than "Bridgerton" reading list: Regency books with a twist Eloise would love 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

My only regret is what happens to the other queer black people whose stories come after Smollett's alleged hoax, who are without his many resources, whose pain could be discredited because of him. There's at least one true thing Jussie Smollett said about his allegedly false hate crime report 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Take heart: If you, as a queer person, should be targeted by ISIS, Trump is on your side. Donald Trump thinks LGBT lives matter—but only if they’re victims of a terrorist attack 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

And according to the auctioneer, “Dear Keith” comes at a moment when buyers are becoming more comfortable with explicitly queer work. Keith Haring’s Personal Art Collection to Be Auctioned for Charity 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Ivo Dimchev, a queer performance artist from Bulgaria whose brash charm has been known to compel people to take their clothes off and join him onstage — it happened at Joe’s Pub last month — has questions. Life Is Raw. Life Is a Work of Art. Enter the World of Ivo Dimchev. 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z

Firas Nasr, one of the lead organizers of the queer dance protest, explains that the spectacle was “a celebration of our existence, a celebration of our community, a celebration of our environment.” A Trump protest, a fur coat, a viral photo: What did it all mean? 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

"How We Fight for Our Lives" is a compelling memoir about growing up black and queer in America, a country with a history of not being kind to people who are either or both. Saeed Jones on "How We Fight For Our Lives" and writing with "skin in the game" 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

Carson calls it Xanadu, but her husband describes the setup as a “fairy world” in which his estranged wife “is playing house with a bunch of highbrow queers.” Theater Review: ‘February House,’ at the Public Theater 2012-05-23T02:00:01Z

The sketch in which two old duffers sit in a club and speculate about whether or not David Cameron is a "queer" is audacious in its simplicity, but it's also perfectly pitched and beautifully executed. Whites, Harry and Paul and The Born Free Legacy 2010-09-29T07:00:00Z

Its founder yearned for a queer party that featured Southwest Asian and North African music. A Middle Eastern Party Scene Is Thriving on Brooklyn’s Dance Floors 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

The video, which garnered close to two million views on Twitter, further propelled his attack on the network and its supposed prejudice against queer artists of color. Lil Nas X calls out "the bigger problem of homophobia in the Black community" following BET snub 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Can you talk about staging these sequences and how you created the film's queer vibe? Behind the scenes of "Fire Island," from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

This hour-long feature explored the breakdown of a relationship and played with queer stereotyping in an innovative way, by getting the lead character to challenge her own preconceptions of lesbian archetypes. Cinekink festival celebrates a very un-American view of sex on film 2013-03-02T14:01:45Z

That was important to me as a kid when I was a queer, nerdy, closeted kid. “They don't realize how deeply racial bias permeates”: Central Park birder on where liberals fail 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z

You even included a Black queer couple getting married. We Asked Four Documentarians: How Does Film Shape the Fight for Racial Justice? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Ms. Schneider describes herself as an atheist who doesn’t believe in the occult or the supernatural but, as she said, “It’s not a queer meet cute if there’s not tarot.” ‘Jeopardy!’ Hasn’t Had a Player Like Amy Schneider 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

And I wonder, as a queer man, do you get put in boxes like that? “No Ashes in the Fire” author Darnell Moore on what it means to be “Black and Free in Ameri... 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

"And then they’re also looking for books where the main character is queer, and that is the whole plot. I think what they’re really asking for is a range of choices." Queer young adult fiction grows beyond the coming out story 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Bird's character, the sane one, is plopped into the middle of this queer ensemble to whinny and writhe. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z

The sixth book in the series, “The Burning Plain,” is a harrowing anatomy of queer rage. A Gay Mystery Novelist Who Chronicles the Aftermath of AIDS 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, queer Asian content still needs to evolve as well. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

It's much the same when media starts to introduce queer or disability storylines. From race to incels, the modern "Bridgerton" twists hold a mirror up to today's shortcomings 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z

Abuse occurring in the context of a queer relationship is examined in full. November must-read books: Lynda Barry's comics, Carmen Maria Machado's "In the Dream House" and more 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

“While that is all absolutely a part of the history, we want to look forward to the hopeful times ahead of us, where queer characters will be embraced and celebrated for who they are.” Rattlestick Theater Festival to Commemorate Stonewall Anniversary 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Here, a winding path of bricks connects life-size portraits of members of esparza’s largely queer community. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

“We are happy the queer community is finally showing their self confidence.” In Transit: Gay Pride Festival Comes to Prague 2011-08-04T10:00:03Z

That could be black and brown artists, that could be queer artists. Constantly on the Go, Looking for New Voices 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Niche queer and feminist productions tend to serve smaller audiences and pay less, too. ‘Who Gets to Be Sexy?’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z

Others said they were now “fully done” with Swift and moving “on to openly queer artists.” Taylor Swift dispels "Gaylor" rumors to the dismay of many fans who feel queerbaited 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

Over the next decade, the duo often interrupted cultural and political events, calling attention to those they said were being ignored, especially queer people, people with AIDS, and sex workers. A Surreal End for an Unforgettable Queen: Pedro Lemebel, 1952-2015 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

On a recent Friday, the club hosted a queer B.D.S.M. party called Bound: Blackout. A Temple to Techno Opens in Queens 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

It centers the stories of Latina and queer teens and, aspirationally, doesn’t allow characters to hurl insults about physical appearance or sexuality. ‘Do Revenge’: Paying Homage to Teen Classics by Way of Hitchcock 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

“It’s beautiful to be part of a show that really pushes and loves that young queer people can be in charge of their own fates.” They Put the Heart in ‘Heartstopper’ 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z

“The first album was about a young, queer girl who was a bit melancholic, but now I’m flexing my muscles,” she said. Gender Is a Construct. Christine and the Queens Built a Bulldozer. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

In this way, camp evolved as a visible queer signifier. LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

When she asked Samson, their former roadie and a student of queer theory and gender politics, to join the band, it added another dimension to their shows. The riot grrrl movement still inspires 2011-06-04T02:53:25Z

“Simultaneously, there was also the galvanising of the queer community and queer politics; that meant the garden very much became a hub for our culture and politics,” he says. In New York City's Lower East Side, gardening is a political act of resistance 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

“Warner Bros. called back and they were like, ‘Yes, we think you should make it more women of color and more queer,” Robinson said. ‘Pariah’ at 10: When Black Lesbian Characters Had the Spotlight 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

The shows touch on pre-Columbian artisanry, the U.S.-Mexico border, Chicano queer identity and the Asian diasporas of Latin America. From Donald Duck to Donald Trump, an unprecedented look at Latin American art holds up a mirror to the U.S. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ferver is best known for queer performances that playfully riff on classic theater and film, such as his work “Chambre,” based on Jean Genet’s play “The Maids.” Gibney Dance Expands Its Residency Program 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

Several are black, Latino or of Asian descent, and at least as many self-identify as queer. 3 Knockout Art Shows to See in Los Angeles Right Now 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

When that individual is queer, that just promotes old homophobic tropes. The bonkers twist in Netflix's "Behind Here Eyes" is an unresolved mess of problematic narratives 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

To add a wrinkle, his photographs also explore his queer identity. John Edmonds and the Allure of Africa 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

All of these and one other key element — Jodi’s 20-year-old son, Benjamin, a queer studies major — are presented as crisply as a white dress shirt in a box. Review: With ‘Skintight,’ Idina Menzel Takes On a Straight Play. Sort Of. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

I don't get to wrap a rainbow around my relationships while holding tightly to the benefits of being a cishet person, and not show up for queer people. The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

Ryan Davis, the family art project weekend coordinator, will also discuss how the word “weeds” can be reinterpreted, just as “queer” has been. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

In the whip-smart “Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue,” Mackenzi Lee aimed to showcase an authentically positive representation of queer identity in centuries past. In young-adult novels, queer love stories have begun to feel mainstream 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

If this season of "Heartstopper" attempts to teach its audience anything — it's that queer stories exist in all shapes, sizes, ages and experiences. "Heartstopper" returns for a sweeter, more heartfelt exploration of coming-of-age queerness 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

“To go back and receive the generosity and mentorship of younger colleagues who embrace queer and lesbian studies makes me think you just have to live long enough,” she said. With Her Eerily Timely “Indecent,” Paula Vogel Unsettles American Theatre Again 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

It also features work by 15 queer, trans and gender nonconforming Muslim artists from around the world, including Syria, Iran, and Pakistan. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

And if there’s one thing queer history isn’t, it’s boring. Queer art pushes boundaries: why I made my explicit gay porn music video | Brendan Maclean 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

The prose still seems remarkably fresh: "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York." January's reading group: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 2013-01-01T09:00:00Z

On Tuesday, the "Montero" rapper and unapologetically queer artist publicly called out the network, which stands for Black Entertainment Television, in an unreleased diss track titled "Late To The Party." Lil Nas X calls out "the bigger problem of homophobia in the Black community" following BET snub 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

But Atherton Lin is even more talented at seeing what no longer remains, of deciphering places as palimpsests of a kind, with their traces of fragile, fugitive queer history. In ‘Gay Bar,’ Time-Hopping Snapshots of Queer Nightlife 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

Among the top 20 most-watched shows for four seasons, its enormous popularity paved the way for “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” “Modern Family,” “Glee” and “Looking,” as well as television’s flourishing queer renaissance. Don’t revive “Will & Grace”: We don’t need its limited portrayal of gay life anymore 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

These land as compliments in the lingo of ballroom, the queer subculture of dance and modeling competitions founded by Black and Latino gay men and trans women in New York City in the 1970s. Ballroom Takes Root in Colombia. But Who Is It For? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

“Because queer identity has often been over-sexualized, simply having a queer character often is seen as ‘too sexual,’ even if it’s just that they kiss or hold hands,” Ng said. Yup, Velma is a lesbian. A new film removes any doubt. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

So, we don’t have to feel romantic or righteous about Mr. Morrisroe’s art; we can just be wowed by its inventive, queer, polymorphous gorgeousness. Critic?s Notebook: SoHo, Steadfast Bastion for Alternative Works 2011-04-22T03:29:51Z

We’re both queer, and, as such, I think, part of the one subgroup in North America where singleness is still fairly acceptable. In defense of single people 2012-07-09T01:00:00Z

But that was OK, because the cabaret queers had each other. Bridget Everett Shows Off Her Softer Side. And a Bra. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

“It’s a way to reconnect with an awful but important part of queer history, the onset of AIDS,” said Mr. Sperber, 29. Waking the Spirit of a Disco Innovator 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

For queer people of my generation and older, the epidemic shaped our understanding of life itself. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

Investigators speculate that lesbians and queer women enjoy greater satisfaction because of anatomical familiarity, longer sexual duration and not revering penetration as the apex of erotic mingling. What I learned talking to 120 women about their sex lives and desires 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

But by simply being himself, Mercado inspired a whole generation of queer youth to do the same. "Mucho Mucho Amor" is a loving look at the sequin-studded influence of astrologer Walter Mercado 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

He depicts his sexuality as very fluid and ambiguous, and this was before the emergence of a new queer cinema. From Donna Summer to Derek Jarman: gay stars reveal the artworks that changed their lives 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

To that end, it might be helpful to ask, what was the queer ghetto? Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

After proposing connections between a piece of Hansberry’s queer fiction and her life, Perry concedes, “But I cannot say this story is autobiographical, in whole or part.” A New Biography of a Brilliant Playwright Who Died Too Young 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Specifically, it's horror's survival elements that have resonated with many in the queer community and their experiences. Fearsome and fierce? How robot doll M3GAN become a queer icon 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

Despite showing signs of being more open to queer people, many country stars claim their management told them to stay in the closet. How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

Andrew Haigh, a writer, executive producer and director of the series, says he was acutely aware of criticism that its characters “weren’t queer enough.” ‘Vicious’ on PBS Follows Two Gay Characters 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Fingersmith is in some senses very much of its time – “To me it seems like quite an old-fashioned lesbian story. I think of queer as a 90s thing.” Sarah Waters: ‘The Handmaiden turns pornography into a spectacle – but it's true to my novel' 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

At least 185 athletes at the Tokyo games publicly identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer or nonbinary, which is more than at any of the previous summer Olympics combined, according to Outsports. Tom Daley Is All-Around Gold 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

Born in Pakistan and based in New York, the artist Salman Toor says that he draws and paints from the perspective of “a queer man from a Muslim cultural background.” At These American Museums, You Can Travel the World 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

These essays tell of heterosexual partnerships, queer love, open relationships, missed connections and the kind of loving familial bonds that often prove to be among the most complex love stories of all. What Is Black Love Today? 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

They are more associated with modernist painting, performance art and queer art, respectively, than with their homeland. Seize the day 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

“The fact that I have an album being released internationally, being an out, political, queer black person who speaks his mind and makes good music? My existence is miraculous.” For Nakhane, Songs Can Be Painful and Dangerous. His New Album Is a Balm. 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

As the creative queer hub of Manhattan at the time, this was where she could discover herself freely and started dressing almost exclusively in women's clothing. 8 facts about transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z

Since her death, Bing, called Bingo by her friends, was discovered by the queer arts community and others, developing a cultlike following. Ignored in Life, Bernice Bing Is Discovered as Museums Rewrite History 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z

It also speaks to Western Christianity's long tradition of demonizing queer, Black, Jewish, Indigenous and other people. Lil Nas X’s dance with the devil evokes tradition of resisting, mocking religious demonization 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z

Some of us may even know the phrase “internalized homophobia” – when lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender and queer people take on society’s negative perceptions about them, leading to devaluation and poor regard for themselves. Not sticking together: Why did women ignore the hate speech against Hillary Clinton? 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

When the documentary “The Celluloid Closet” came out in 1995, the public could begin to understand how rare it was for gay/queer or trans characters to be featured in film at all. Moonlight sonata: Will the film’s Oscar nod make Hollywood legitimize gay relationships of color? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

Optimistic and crowd-pleasing queer content could go a long way to fostering tolerance and empathy. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

He added that he hoped audiences would “witness this love and understanding of 15 people onstage who inhabit various spaces within the queer community holding each other up and caring for each other.” A Queer Revolutionary Classic Book, Now Onstage With Music 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

Being queer, he said, meant he had to. A Comedian’s Stunt Is a Sly Protest of Qatar’s L.G.B.T.Q. Laws 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

If the festival truly sought to position queer as anything outside the norm, it’s hard to see how these works accomplished that. Critic’s Notebook: Queer New York Festival Is in Search of Broader Definition 2012-06-18T21:35:46Z

People of color in "Virgin River" tend to only end up together, which is troubling, as is the total lack of queer characters. Why trauma is cozy on “Virgin River” 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

A group show featuring artists from different backgrounds and different generations aims to show that work by queer artists is hardly a monolithic thing. Datebook: Queer art in all its complexity and digital paintings that get naughty 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Shortly after "Fire Island" premiered, a tweet took off about the Hulu film, critiquing the lack of women in the story centering queer Asian men. Celebrating the casual bisexuality in "Hacks" 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

One can stay in the garden and eat the unforbidden fruit; one will not be banished to queer ghetto. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Jeffrey McHale, the director of a “Showgirls” documentary said Nomi’s decision to follow her dreams, find a chosen family and use her sexuality to fend for herself is “a story that many queer people understand.” Like ‘Mommie Dearest’? Stream These Movies for Pride Month 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

But the cut retained its edge in the queer community. What the Mullet Means Now 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

“A lot of the power of being queer comes from presenting yourself to the world unabashedly.” Peter Berlin, the ’70s Gay Sex Symbol, Takes New York 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

"There's not a lot of queer rage expressed in popular culture," he replied. Out in South London | Radio head 2010-03-24T06:45:00Z

I made fun of guys by calling them ‘gay’ or ‘homo’ or ‘queer.’ Football player’s coming-out story disproves every dumb theory about gay athletes 2014-02-01T13:00:00Z

Saz, an electric queer woman whose charisma is undeniable, reveals that doubling for Charles wasn't confined to stunt work. The "Only Murders in the Building" stunt double gag isn't just hilarious, it's subversive justice 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

“Joy is revolutionary. Showing brown, Black, queer, Asian people experiencing joy and thriving is a part of this revolution,” she said. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

There is a lot of writing about queerness, queering, and queer theory. The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

Empathetic characters such as Susie – battling not only mobsters but also, potentially, life as a queer woman in 50s New York – are treated like cyphers. Sorry episodes: the most disappointing TV shows of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

There are many college-specific institutions that frequently and systematically make queer students feel unsafe such as Greek life, hook-up cultures, lack of queer faculty, and lack of administrative response and protection. Civilities: A gay Duke student threatened with death speaks out 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

Until recently, the Crown Prosecution Service's guidelines for what constitutes extreme pornography included a list of sexual acts, many of which are common in queer and feminist productions. Using pornography to rewrite the script for consent 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

We’ve singled out 10 essential queer works that deserve a wider audience. The 10 best queer films you probably haven't seen 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

For the user base, access to queer, feminist and alternative representations of sex and sexuality was meaningful, leading to self-exploration and community building for vulnerable groups such as LGBTQ+ youth. Tumblr’s enduring appeal reveals the potency of the web’s cultural memory 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

But unlike this year, when Campion and her queer western are the runaway favorites, both directors had a fighting chance in 1994. Oscars Rewind: The Last Time Jane Campion and Steven Spielberg Went Head-to-Head 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

“I was telling the story of millions of queer people who never got a chance to tell theirs.” From Missing Persons to Mistaken Identities, Books About Seeing and Being Seen 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z

“People say ‘Stranger Things,’ but I’m like, ‘Nah, it’s the queer community.’ Who’s Playing Dungeons & Dragons These Days? The Usual Fans, and Then Some. 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

Despite its many congressional hearings, “Fellow Travelers” is a love story, one illustrated with some of television’s most screen-fogging queer sex scenes. To Make ‘Fellow Travelers,’ Ron Nyswaner Had to Fall in Love 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z

It took years for Schwab to find a series that offered queer female characters that she was excited about. In ‘First Kill,’ Hunter and Prey Fall in Love 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

For instance, he singles out the idea of raising children without imposing binary gender expectations – a version of the kind of radical queer experimental living defiantly championed in much of his work – as ridiculous. John Waters: why the auteur of outrage won't joke about the Manson murders 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

Young men who have had the same struggles as he has now have a contemporary book that celebrates an authentic American black queer experience. Saeed Jones on "How We Fight For Our Lives" and writing with "skin in the game" 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

When asked how she thinks Hollywood is handling queer stories during a recent interview with IndieWire, Stewart said “Still, it is exciting,” but said she saw room for improvement. Kristen Stewart on the state of Queer Hollywood and "entirely fluid" new directorial effort 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Again, his outsider status as a queer working-class African-American is a big part of the answer. He Captured a Clandestine Gay Culture Amid the Derelict Piers 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

It’s even from other queer people, who are just as likely to perpetuate biphobia as straight people. Amber Heard’s “bisexual past”: Lurid coverage of Johnny Depp abuse allegations shows how deep bisexual backlash can go 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

As various states began to recognize same-sex marriages, acceptance of same-sex unions extended even beyond the queer community. The secret history of gay marriage 2013-09-08T14:30:00Z

While queer representation is a factor for why and how viewers worldwide seek out Eastern media, BLs – like K-dramas – also offer a different perspective by featuring Asians whose love interests are other Asians. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

Mabry said she currently has feature film projects in development at four Hollywood studios, some of which center on Black queer women protagonists, although none of them are a done deal yet. ‘Pariah’ at 10: When Black Lesbian Characters Had the Spotlight 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

The silence went on for so long that fans eventually accused Rowling of wanting credit for including a queer character in her story without actually . . . y'know, having him be a queer character. "Fantastic Beasts 3" censors gay storyline for Chinese release 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

On top of it all, Max is queer. "A League of Their Own" makes up for the past's missed swings, but isn't quite a home run 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

Speaking of the diversity of queer and trans sexual experiences, on "Sex: Unzipped," the special's dating app segment further highlights all the different ways people of all genders and sexualities are connecting nowadays. From Goop to puppets, how Netflix is offering sex ed for a new age 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

Now, as Ms. Livingston said recently: “There’s a sense that these images aren’t verboten. Now, queer images are accessible and part of the human stew that mainstream media feels it’s appropriate to portray.” The Prancing Elites Dance Their Way Up 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

The truth is, every queer person has the right to come out on their own terms and on their own timelines. Gen Z's coming out still faces hurdles, according to TV and movies 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z

“It was in the Village, on Christopher Street and the nearby piers, where many trans and queer people first shared space with others like them.” Sunday Reading: Pride & the Fiftieth Anniversary of Stonewall 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z

I would come to savor them: His life as a queer man in Egypt in the early 20th century, his writings about desire. Reanimating Cavafy, a Poet of ‘Future Generations’ Whose Time Is Now 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

"It's important too to put that out there, to show queer people who are whole and not heroes, not saints, but not evil monsters either." Why we all love "Somebody Somewhere" star Jeff Hiller: "Everybody feels like they're the outsider" 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z

Today, in queer immigrant nightlife, the gritty textures of hardstyle, grime and techno often scrape against the architecture of reggaeton’s sound and feeling. Reggaeton and Electronic Music Have a Long History. 2021 Revived It. 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

In another Miranda joins the girls in what looks like a white lady culture safari uptown to a queer comedy show. Like Samantha, divorce yourself from the "Sex in the City" sequel, which has aged but hasn't matured 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

But as orchestrated by Bob’s Dance Shop — a group of five performers that its founder Vince Coconato describes as an “immersive dance crew” — the mobs lean silly, colorful and joyfully queer. Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’ 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

“Taxidermy is queering,” Arnett, who identifies as a lesbian, wrote, in Hazlitt. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

“I knew I was queer in some way in high school, but I didn’t know what way,” Burt wrote to me. The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z

While eating our chickpea curries, roti and dumplings, we talk about the memories associated with certain foods; the experiences of queer people of colour, and the dilemmas of coming out to family elders. 'We are offering something people didn’t get before': inside gal-dem 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

The New Museum’s current show, “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon,” through Jan. 21, examines concepts of trans and queer embodied in new art. Arab and Coming Out in Art That Speaks Up 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

“The Ornithologist,” a new film from the Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues, is a religious allegory on queer themes, and one of the most disarming theologically inflected films since Luis Buñuel’s “The Milky Way.” The Hidden Gems of 2017 Movies Are on ... Netflix? 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

With so many queer shows vanishing into the ether like the "Queer as Folk" reboot, "The L Word: Generation Q" and "A League of Their Own," was that element important to you when signing on? Nicole Maines talks "Yellowjackets" 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

I needed to prove to myself that I was what I secretly thought of any other queer person — a natural-born survivor. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

He was gregarious, tattooed, queer: a big personality. Witty and Soulful Stories From a Writer Who Was Just Getting Started 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

If I’d seen it on television as a little kid, as a teenager, it would have changed my life: seeing queer people succeed, win things, and nail challenges. Sasha Velour: ‘Drag is darkness turned into power’ 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

This book meant everything to me: it was proof that, as a queer person, I had a legacy, and it was also a way to connect to people who shared it. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

A queer sensibility in both form and content is evident throughout. ‘Happy Life’ Review: Ghosts in the Studio 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Regardless of location, queer and trans people are more vulnerable to experience violence and lack of access to the means to meet their life-sustaining needs. Queering Appalachia — finding chosen families online in an unforgiving landscape 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

It has nothing to illuminate about queer life that isn’t explored with more sensitivity or emotional intelligence on shows like “Work in Progress.” "The L Word: Generation Q" wants us back, but we'd rather hang with "Work in Progress" 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

Nor should it be heralded as some kind of flag-bearer for new queer cinema, heartening as its mainstream success is for the movement. Does Moonlight prove that gay cinema has to be sexless to succeed? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

The digital landscape introduces the potential for transformation for queer and trans life in our mountains. Queering Appalachia — finding chosen families online in an unforgiving landscape 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

The good news is, if you are a queer person who finally sees yourself on television in the new reboot, it may not matter whether it’s good or bad — being seen means the world. Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

He explains common story elements that popped up, for example, on “Golden Girls” or “Rhoda,” and he traces not only how stories about queer characters have changed but also how TV has changed in general. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

I had already come out to my family as bisexual, queer, maybe gay, and a person in recovery from addiction. When Neither Male Nor Female Seems to Fit 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Because, while the material could be funnier and a lot less derivative, under Michael Raine’s loosey-goosey direction, it’s brash, bratty and unabashed in its embrace of queer sexuality. Review: ‘Locked Up’ and in for a Ruff Night 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

Valid criticisms can be made about the film, including about its portrayal of Black queer characters. How "Fire Island" passes the Bechdel test – by creating a new one 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

I came here from a place in Kansas where the word queer does not exist unless it's thrown at you from a truck window. Portland, the US capital of alternative cool, takes TV parody in good humour 2012-02-11T16:28:31Z

It has, and still does, tackle issues and ideas about race, class, queer culture, the environment, skateboarding, mental illness and body dysmorphia. Riot Grrrls stake a new space in 'Alien She' 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

“There’s a queer to do anything,” said Mx. Where Are All the Lesbian Bars? Coming to a Place Near You. 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

On the surface, this suggested a kind of queer accommodation to the standard form. The secret history of gay marriage 2013-09-08T14:30:00Z

Mr. Casals is an immigrant from Argentina who identifies as queer. Activist Museum Director Named New York Cultural Affairs Commissioner 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

Every win they have, like when Ana is commissioned for, and completes, a huge, gorgeous mural depicting "queer brown love," you're cheering them on; and every time hardship strikes, you feel it, too. "Gentefied" introduces our favorite new TV family whose story deserves to be told 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

“I was touring with an all queer femme band and every sound guy was like, ‘Turn your amps down,’” she said. Sasami Wanted to Appropriate White, Male Music. She Landed on Metal. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

“As the marketing and the products are shifting a little bit toward including more women and people of color and queer people, you’re seeing this backlash.” L.G.B.T. Gamers Huddle for a Postelection Reality Check 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Dunn told me he didn’t and couldn’t make the show be everything to every queer person, but that he and his writers were “sick of seeing glossy, perfect, safe depictions of queer people.” Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

But that relationship ended tragically and abruptly and Susie seems to be another in a long line of queer characters not allowed to have real or lasting love. Goodbye to "Mrs. Maisel": You were almost briefly, marvelous 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z

In no sense could it be considered a symphony; it was nothing more than a "queer hybrid". Forgotten Berlioz: Rom?o et Juliette 2012-02-09T23:00:02Z

His mouth fell open with shock when he saw Palleson, dressed like a Hampstead queer, casually shoot Corbett through the head. Switch by Charlie Brooks 2012-08-26T19:31:01Z

“Notes” is queer in its aesthetics, if not exactly in its form. ‘Notes on Killing’ Review: For These Puerto Ricans, Promises Never Kept 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

But they also tend to hyper-focus on the hardships of being queer, which is validating but, quite frankly, exhausting and depressing. From “Bottoms” to “Booksmart” and “Fire Island,” Queer cinema deserves to be silly and fun again 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

This year's Melbourne queer film festival runs from 14 to 24 March, while the Brisbane iteration is staged between 5 and 14 April. James Franco asks Australian censors to overturn ban on I Want Your Love 2013-03-05T11:03:25Z

She awoke to find herself in a luscious country surrounded by the queerest people. Digested classic: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum 2010-05-14T12:06:00Z

"I don't think very many people, and especially not us, thought two queer kids from northeast Calgary would get to here," said Tegan, "but here we are." Justin Bieber booed at Juno Awards 2014-03-31T10:19:25Z

"One of the things that birding does is that it gets you outside of yourself. That was important to me as a kid when I was a queer, nerdy, closeted kid." “They don't realize how deeply racial bias permeates”: Central Park birder on where liberals fail 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z

Spears' tale of hardship and perseverance, specifically involving her tumultuous career and her 13-year-long conservatorship, also resonated with many queer individuals. Fearsome and fierce? How robot doll M3GAN become a queer icon 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

Even his too-muchness, though, had its source in a rich and vivid queer identity he alternately skirted, trumpeted and refuted but could never successfully efface. No Prince Without the King 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

Going Live: Every week, Mr. Goodman goes live on Instagram to answer questions about queer sex. Brandon Kyle Goodman, a Nonbinary Voice of ‘Big Mouth’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Exhibitions like “American Landscape” ask the question “will Arab and Arab American audiences be open to seeing and including queer folks as part of their culture — and answer with a resounding yes.” Arab and Coming Out in Art That Speaks Up 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

Sandy's journey mirrored many a young queer person's path of personal transformation. Before it was cool or safe, Olivia Newton-John was a queer icon and ally 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

He lectured and hated me and likened my using the word queer to spitting in his face. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

It made me understand that there was a place for me in making art, and showed me what a queer art community looks like. Marc Swanson Draws Comfort From Rural Cemeteries and ’80s Club Music 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

Thankfully, black queer representation in TV is moving into new and exciting places. Empire: Jussie Smollett’s send-off was an imperfect – and quick – moment 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Those who would rather not have their evening “queered” are simply too bourgeois, it seems, to count. Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z

It’s even harder if you’re a woman of color who identifies as queer. DoNormaal’s creative mix of harmony and dissonance 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Diego Rivera was the love of Ms. Kahlo’s life, but she never stopped being queer. Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

“We, as queer people, that’s kind of our thing,” Symone, 26, said from her home in Los Angeles, surrounded by posters of women she looks up to. Symone Is a Love Letter to Blackness and Queerness 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

It lost the best picture to The Shape of Water: not a directly queer film, but one whose romantic interspecies fantasy rallied gay, black and disabled characters in joint support of alternative sexuality. How gay cinema is calling on the past to point at a radical future 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

The unrelated subjects “were mostly queer activists in New York who I found on Instagram and elsewhere,” France said. Deepfake Technology Enters the Documentary World 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

It might seem odd to make that claim, given that there are more queer characters on screen than ever before, and more of those are women. The return of The L Word: the groundbreaking lesbian show is back 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

Queer joy and queer love that end in "happily ever afters" also exist. From “Bottoms” to “Booksmart” and “Fire Island,” Queer cinema deserves to be silly and fun again 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

Women, particularly queer women, came together to watch it, shared discs both legal and otherwise, and developed a complicated, love-hate relationship to its shiny saga of wealthy West Hollywood lesbian life. The return of The L Word: the groundbreaking lesbian show is back 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

The French, unsurprisingly, treat frank queer sexuality on screen with a casual shrug. Does Moonlight prove that gay cinema has to be sexless to succeed? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

“We do not want to become a place where people come to receive a predigested” version of queer history. What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

“Whether you were considered a ‘fairy’ or a ‘queer’ back then wasn’t based on sexual acts so much as outward behavior.” “Gay” James Franco’s delusion: Why “a little gay” doesn’t go a long way in real life 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

We were both queer, weirdos who were happy to explore. My pandemic epiphany: the best part of having eight partners is being alone 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

From "Nosferatu" to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," queerness has been linked with horror, and horror films and TV shows have provided a refuge for queer creators, a place to explore often dark or daring stories. Why the Final Girl and horror have always felt queer: "We've got to find our way to survive" 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

And she's lucky that her hometown has a subculture of creative, loving and queer folk. Echoes of that "Ted Lasso" Midwest niceness in "Somebody Somewhere" 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

Gender equality and queer acceptance will be more widely represented and a part of life. 'A stellar choice': your thoughts on Jodie Whittaker's casting in Doctor Who 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

Talk about privilege: To have access to so many queer shows and not enough hours. Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the show's sole, queer supporting characters are two rich, white men who are basically caricatures of '90s and 2000s stereotypes about gay men. Sex and the City and Gossip Girl must learn from mistakes in reboots 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

The space on the other side of that line may be unconventional for cisgender heterosexual people, but among many of my queer friends and family, I see a different norm that points me forward. The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

It tells the story of a queer studies doctoral student who returns to his family home in Kolkata, India, with his Black American boyfriend and makes an unexpected discovery. New Soho Rep Season Spotlights Emerging Artists 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z

What about queer people in so many parts of the country and the world, where coming out actually remains a traumatic and often dangerous experience? What’s Next for the Great Gay Play? Everything. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

The move is intentionally subversive, as a way to normalize queer relationships within a story setting where such relationships are taboo. ‘Lilies’ Review: A Queer Romantic Drama That Wilts Quickly 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

He advocated diverting the resources from the Ryan White Care Act, which provides life-saving HIV funding, to conversion therapy programs that seek to “change” the orientation of queer youth. Worst of 2016: Picking the year’s 10 biggest anti-LGBT foes wasn’t easy 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

“It also wasn’t very queer, so I didn’t know if it was my vibe. Then I saw the original’s MTV recording and thought it was the best thing I’d seen in my life.” Lucy Moss Unwinds With Songwriting and TikTok Cleaning Tutorials 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

Over the course of his career, the Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce has made often subversive, sometimes playful and always queer work for the big screen. Bruce LaBruce on 'Virginia Woolf' and Other Influences 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

In the television show “What We Do in The Shadows,” vampires stumble through the modern world with high jinks and queer debauchery seemingly plucked straight from Stoker’s novel. How Bram Stoker’s Dracula Became ‘Dracula Daily,’ and an Internet Sensation 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

Andrew Belonsky described the character as “transgender” in an Out magazine essay about the comic’s queer history. The big gay lie of “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2” 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

For sure, the queer experience has its fair share of hardships. From “Bottoms” to “Booksmart” and “Fire Island,” Queer cinema deserves to be silly and fun again 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

Like a lot of language innovations, these two can trace their origins to queer people of color and Black English. 3 internet language trends from 2019, explained 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

And he wanted the stories it told — particularly the queer stories — to convey joy, too. In ‘A League of Their Own,’ Abbi Jacobson Makes the Team 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

The festival will also pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated 50 years ago, and will feature productions that reflect themes of queer identity, powerful women in leadership and more. 15 Summer Theater Festivals, From Stratford to Williamstown 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

He wants Michael to use his platform to make a statement about Hollywood’s lack of diversity and “historic abuse” of “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally and pansexual” people. Paul Rudnick's 'Big Night': Comedy and crisis in the awards machine of Hollywood 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

In “Nimona,” the story became more queer friendly on its way to Hollywood, not less. How ‘Nimona’ Helped Its Creator Explore His Emerging Identity 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

McQuiston’s earlier novels, “Red, White & Royal Blue” and “One Last Stop,” have been celebrated for their focus on queer love stories. 14 New Books Coming in May 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

The title of this debut refers to three passionate high school friends, bonded by early loss, who navigate biracial and queer identity, addiction and family reconfigurations. New in Paperback: ‘On Desperate Ground’ and ‘The Paper Wasp’ 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

When she asked Ms. Samson, their former roadie and a student of queer theory and gender politics, to join the band, it added another dimension to their shows. Music: A Feminist Riot That Still Inspires 2011-06-03T17:48:59Z

He made being queer cool as hell long before queer was a commodity.” ‘Thank You, Mr. Bowie. You Changed Our Lives.’ 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

Fans have heralded her as a queer icon, and previous Scooby-Doo writers and producers have tried to depict her as such for at least 20 years. Yup, Velma is a lesbian. A new film removes any doubt. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Deep love from my family, my black community, my people of color community, my queer community, my activist community. White supremacists 'swatted' my home to silence me. I will not be silent 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

“Certainly, Caitlyn Jenner has little in common with me, in terms of being queer,” Mitchell notes dryly. John Cameron Mitchell on Hedwig, Caitlyn Jenner and how 'queer' has changed 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

For “At the Wedding,” those institutions include more than just marriage, which many queer people can now choose if they want, in forms that, like Eva’s spectacular gown, are custom fit. ‘At the Wedding’ Review: Cocktails, Dancing and an Albatross 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

“Noah Beck Tries Things” undertakes a version of this as well with queer collaborators, striking given that one of the most frequent critiques of Beck during his rise has been of queerbaiting. TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough. 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

A familiar queer story: being attacked for one’s interest in being one’s self. Bill Cunningham Was So Alive 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

Vying to sashay into renown by earning high scores from judges, competitors—all of them queer or trans, and black or brown—stalk the floor in regalia geared to suit a given challenge. “Pose,” Reviewed: In Ryan Murphy’s Latest Musical Melodrama, Elektra Abundance Steals the Show 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

Its competition, "Gilmore Girls," ignored issues of class while doing terribly with queer issues and characters of color. "Ginny & Georgia" has a tone problem, undermining its emotional impact 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

I was embraced by a handful of queer elders, and my single mother came of age as friends with LGBTQIA+ activists doing meaningful 1980s HIV and AIDs grassroots activism. Queering Appalachia — finding chosen families online in an unforgiving landscape 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

“We’re still trying to see how we fit together with other queer spaces like Queer Circle and the L.G.B.T.Q.+ Community Center,” said the exhibition’s curator, Dawn Hoskin. What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Irving has been a longtime champion of queerness in his novels, even if “queer” in this one is used only in the old, derogatory, unclaimed sense. Sex, Secrets and Absent Fathers: It’s the New John Irving, of Course 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

This creative disruption isn’t contained to explicitly feminist and queer productions. ‘Who Gets to Be Sexy?’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z

What must it be like to rocket between politically conscious queer cabaret and a commune in the rural South? Dance Review: An Otherworldly Wildness This Way Comes 2011-01-30T22:12:14Z

If subtext by definition is furtive and secret, the queer reading of this episode couldn’t be any more overt if it were singing the Village People in gold booty shorts. The queering of Pee-wee Herman: How the gay icon redefines queer boundaries beyond sexuality 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

Why do you see this as a “queer” film? Was "Showgirls" actually a failure? "You Don't Nomi" revisits the craptastic cult film we can't quit 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

“There’s a certain muting one has to do when one goes into slightly less benevolent spaces for the cabaret queers of the world.” Bridget Everett Shows Off Her Softer Side. And a Bra. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

Gordon tells Batman that his new nemesis, Joker, has "a taste for the theatrical, like you", while Joker, consistently coded as queer, reminds Batman that "to them, you're just a freak … like me". Batman can't come out as gay – his character relies on him being in denial 2012-05-28T10:30:01Z

“New York felt more queer then, and because of groups like ACT UP and the Lesbian Avengers and sex as politics, it had an erotic feel that was still very alive.” When we all smelled like teen spirit 2013-04-21T19:00:00Z

"In Portland right now, there really are not many queer spaces and that's a problem that we need to continue to work on as a community," Zarro said. "For the morning gays": The importance of LGBTQ-owned cafes as sober, queer spaces 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z

This was no tortured version of bisexuality: Claudine loves it all and, far from being punished for it like most queer characters of her time, thrives triumphantly. The Essential Colette 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

Series like “Euphoria” and the Emmy-winning “Pose” have brought positive queer and transgender characters into the mainstream in recent years, changing the terms of the conversations around inclusiveness. ‘The L Word’ Is Back With Sex, Glamour and a Wider Lens 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

Yi’s dreamy debut feature puts a defiantly queer spin on the familiar themes of art house Chinese cinema: the pains of rural emigration; the struggles of urban life. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

They were not stereotypes or marginalized queer characters. Bad times make great art: The AIDS crisis and the New Queer Cinema 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

The tradition of “chosen family” is a common form of queer kinship making. Queering Appalachia — finding chosen families online in an unforgiving landscape 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

It is of course worse for women of color, transgender women, disabled women, queer women and Muslim women. This “bitch” won’t shut up: Sexist attacks on outspoken women are a problem for men to fix, too 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

We talk for a while about the etymology of the word "queer", and I ask him why he finds it more acceptable than the word "gay". 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z

The effect is “kind of like a queer and gossipy downtown Joseph Beuys.” Ray Johnson Defies Categories 20 Years After His Death 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

This has enabled a new generation of winemakers — the vast majority of whom are women, people of color and queer — to access land and create their own equity-centered projects, like the 280's apprenticeship program. Is it possible to decolonize the wine industry? 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z

As a queer man of color I bristled at their response, keenly aware of the homophobia and femmephobia such a sentiment implies. Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s Vanity Fair embrace: To understand the photo’s polarizing responses, start with #OscarsSoWhite 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Organized by members of the grass-roots arts collective Pioneers Go East, which spotlights the work of queer and feminist artists, the inaugural edition opened last week at the L.G.B.T. A Raucous New Festival, With a Friends and Family Vibe 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

“The Lie” may well anticipate a rich vein of queer memoir, that of the gay family man whose secret truth risks toppling the domestic edifice. ‘Had I Catfished My Wife?’: A Debut Midlife-Crisis Memoir 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z

What follows is an agonizing conversation between a newly queer woman in 2020, and a slightly older woman, who was outed as a lesbian in the '90s when homophobia was significantly more overt. On “The Morning Show,” bisexuality is ground zero for the “identity politics” debate 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

But the bulk of the special, and the main subject of criticism and protest, is the comedian's focus on punching down at queer and trans people. Dave Chappelle and the warped self-victimhood of transphobes 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

But it's much more like queer 20-somethings in the city making bad choices. When love and perfume lead to "a side hustle in murder for hire" 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

“I don’t know …” Mitchell ponders the question, but doesn’t answer it; instead, he speaks to a shift in the way queer people relate to each other. John Cameron Mitchell on Hedwig, Caitlyn Jenner and how 'queer' has changed 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Birdsall, author of the James Beard biography "The Man Who Ate Too Much," has a keen understanding of that intersection of queer culture and food culture, a space that West helped pioneer. A carbonara with its roots in queer history 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

And Ezra falls in love with Orson, describing him in the kind of rapturous, faintly resentful terms with which queer boys often render the objects of their affections. Bunkmates Turned Scam Artists Take Silicon Valley for a Ride 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

It's crucial for queer audiences to receive more meaningful representation than throwaway hints and glimpses. "Loki" teaser identifies God of Mischief as gender-fluid in much-needed, MCU queer representation 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

Youngsters in the future queer generation of America — and, of course, their allies — are welcome to celebrate Pride away from the rooftop parties that cater to adults. 5 Ways to Celebrate Pride Away From the Mainstream 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

For Sycamore, the daily insult is magnified when those who evade her searching gaze are queer. Review | ‘The Freezer Door’ is an aching, playful memoir of vivid desire amid the desperation of midlife disconnection 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

MJ Kaufman’s “Wild Pride” is the most politically conscious play of the batch, a pointed critique of the commercialization of queer advocacy. ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ Review: Pride and Pole Dancing Behind Glass 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

The formula we hit upon is "a work of poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction which best explores the queer experience", and is published in the UK in English. The Polari prize takes a vada at gay writing today 2011-07-05T15:06:24Z

What endured — Mr. West’s legacy — is the queering of the American restaurant: L.G.B.T.Q. people setting the terms for hospitality openly, beyond the gay ghetto. The Forgotten Queer Legacy of Billy West and Zuni Café 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

And while both artists explore queer identity, they’re separated by gender, geography and nearly a generation. Last Chance: Ryan McGinley at Team, and Catherine Opie at Gladstone 2010-04-13T21:27:00Z

We wanted to explore that side of what it was like to be in the industry in 1933, and more importantly, what it was like to be queer in 1933. From "Perry Mason" to "Severance," Jen Tullock explores the various shades of "American loneliness" 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

But I knew that I was queer as early as when I was 6 years old. With ‘Glamorous,’ Miss Benny Gets a Platform Makeover 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Mac’s production is a hyperextended song cycle blended liberally with inspired patter, history viewed through a queer prism, elaborate audience-involving theatrical gambits and the occasional guest star. Forget Twitter. I’d Rather Binge Theater. 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

I remember studying queer theory under the tutelage of Judith Butler, for intellectual calisthenics, not political conditioning. ‘Victory,’ by Linda Hirshman 2012-06-22T22:49:03Z

“But what is fresh about it is that it is inclusive, and it is diverse, and it is queer, and it is self-aware.” New York, ‘Gossip Girl’ Loves You, Again 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z

In D.C., a monthly dance party known as the Coven and designed for queer “witchy” women, attracts 300 people every month. Goth at 40: The enduring appeal of bleakness and black lipstick 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

So this feminine guy represents South Asian queer community also. After Making History in Bangladesh, She’s Getting Applause in New York 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

The role would also be reflective of Nixon herself, who identifies as queer and is currently married to education activist Christine Marinoni. Cynthia Nixon says Miranda was always queer with "lesbianic qualities" on "Sex and the City" 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

The notion of a secret identity may appeal especially to queer youth who do not have the resources or support to come out. Why Wonder Woman is a queer icon (and always has been) 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z

The show takes liberties with James' original story, often to creative and thrilling heights, and contemporizes it by making the central ingenue queer. "Bly Manor’s" lesbian love story is no cause to celebrate 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

At the same time, conservative Christian leaders are fixated on lording it over women, queers and kids. The perverse obsessions of right-wing patriarchal Christians 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

Except it isn't, evident in the shocking – shocking! – recent news coverage of all the ways that reproductive health discrimination and the anti-abortion movement has disadvantaged women of color, immigrants and the queer community decades. No, we're not living "The Handmaid's Tale" – it's worse, and a show highlighting how was passed over 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

This kicked off a series of protests against the company, as well as a number of queer "kiss-ins" at the restaurant. "Et tu, Chick-fil-a?": Far-right pundits turn on Chick-fil-A over diversity and equity initiative 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

Perry’s “Looking for Lorraine” has helped to draw attention to Hansberry — who had relationships with women and wrote lesbian fiction under a pseudonym — as a queer pioneer. Unseen Script Offers New Evidence of a Radical Lorraine Hansberry 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

That’s what’s happening in “Camp Morning Wood: A Very Naked Musical,” a new queer comedy about a nudist camp and the conservative Christian politician threatening to close it. Pride Is Coming Back to New York. Check Out These Events. 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

The show includes — shocking! — a “puke eater” and “two actual queers kissing each other like lovers on the lips,” the barker exclaims. Review: The Lobster Scene in ‘Multiple Maniacs’? It Still Startles 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Such work missed the complexity of queer life, she said, which includes dealing with “violence, vulnerability and historical oppression.” Turner Prize Goes to Charlotte Prodger for Films Shot on iPhone 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

We went through it as queers and most of us survived it. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

You’re taking the story of Hamlet, you’re putting it in a backyard barbecue in the South with a young, queer, Black male protagonist. Sterling K. Brown Is on His Best Behavior, Just in Case 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z

Newton-John was never tentative about expressing love and admiration for her queer listeners. Before it was cool or safe, Olivia Newton-John was a queer icon and ally 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

YouTube was the first place I ever saw happy queer people. With ‘Glamorous,’ Miss Benny Gets a Platform Makeover 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

The second season of "Never Have I Ever" is rife with thoughtful storylines like this one approaching the complexities of youth, immigrant, South Asian and queer identities, as well as grief and trauma. "Never Have I Ever" explores complexity of sharing space among women of color 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z

Kids are gender queer and they're exploring themselves, and so I love that gentle, excitable, fresh, young person comic. Inside Gabby Rivera's joyful, queer Marvel revolution 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

Also up: a best-selling Korean novel about young queer love, a biography of the photographer Vivian Maier, a novel of climate dystopia from Neal Stephenson and an exploration of San Francisco’s housing crisis. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

What "The Handmaid's Tale" doesn't reflect is the reality of which people disproportionally affected by anti-abortion and anti-reproductive health legislation: poor women, Latinx and Black women, queer folks and women trapped in abusive situations. No, we're not living "The Handmaid's Tale" – it's worse, and a show highlighting how was passed over 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Subtly, unmistakably a beautiful lineage is suggested in these echoes of the great heroines of American literature — so many tomboys, so many queer women. ‘Mostly Dead Things,’ a Story of Taxidermy, Love and Grief, With Echoes of Past Literary Heroines 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z

One might argue that for a sketch that deploys the word queer so many times, it is insufficiently satirical to warrant the offence risked, but it is the unapologetic nature of the comedy that appeals. Whites, Harry and Paul and The Born Free Legacy 2010-09-29T07:00:00Z

Mr. Perez and Mr. Sardella hope the weekend will raise awareness about queer tango – also known as open-role tango — and encourage people of all sexual orientations to give it a try. Queer Tango Brings Its Liberated Style to New York 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

“A joyous attempt to probe queer stories for all they are worth,” said the AV Club. Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

I run a queer film series through the Austin Film Society. A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

They often describe leaving their own small towns and rural communities for queer life in the city. How gay rodeos upend assumptions about life in rural America 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

“A Friend of Dorothy,” perhaps their best-known painting, features slurs like “queer” and “mary” written in antique typeface on a sunny yellow background. They Were Victorian Dandies Who Made Art. Now They’re On the Outs. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

Last year to no avail, Caton's group flooded the University of South Florida with 2,500 emails protesting a course on "queer theory." Fla. group in Lowe's flap has history of protests 2011-12-13T08:16:10Z

"Madonna queer baiting for relevance in 2022 is not something I expected," tweets one person. Did Madonna's "I'm gay" TikTok really mean what we think it means? 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z

There are words we say a lot when we talk about the queer community: accountability, justice, harm reduction, intersectionality. New & Noteworthy, From Obamacare to Women in Television 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

In fact, you can find a strong queer presence throughout the city, it’s just a case of knowing where to look. Gay San Francisco: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

But more significantly, he has started to take a stand on issues relevant to the black and queer communities. What happens when your whimsical ‘Wizard of Oz’ obsession actually pays off? 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

For Kha, his approach to photography “ties in all these aspects of being from the South, being Asian, being Asian American, being queer.” A Photographer Frames His Own American South 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z

Months after Sharia law was imposed, Indonesia’s education minister, Muhammad Nasir, advocated that queer student groups be banned from college campuses. “Do it harder”: The right-wing backlash behind the brutal lashing of gay men in Indonesia 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

“It is a novel about queer love and about queer pain,” Ani said. A ‘Lucky Child’ Writes His Way From Nigeria to the Global Stage 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

Along with all the swoon of a new romance, there’s plenty of queer history woven throughout, particularly about post-Stonewall New York City. 15 New Books Coming in June 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

With a couple of exceptions, there is almost no work from the last decade, when art by avowedly queer artists, especially women, continued to flourish. Art Review: ?Hide/Seek,? Portraits at the Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-11-17T23:28:42Z

Among the many gifts that queer kids inherit, few are more profound than the capacity to improvise. The power of touch: Years before I came out, I found the tenderness I craved at the barber 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Soon, there was a real enthusiasm and appetite among queer people for a rodeo of their own. How gay rodeos upend assumptions about life in rural America 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

The two first met at A League of Her Own, a bar for queer women in Adams Morgan. Pom Pom shakes itself free from Himitsu in Petworth 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Almost as a side effect, his pictures reveal what queer identity looks like in the twenty-first century: multiracial, gender-fluid, and empowered. A Counterculture Portraitist’s Chronicle of New York’s Youth 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

The shift in focus and an altered ending are part of Williams’s contemporary queer reimagining of the story. ‘Narcissus’ Review: Remember Echo Too (and Don’t Forget Their Fate) 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

“Andrade was queer, but very closeted, and also very conflicted about his racial identity,” she said. New Translations Explore Brazil’s ‘Endless and Unfinished’ Character 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

But Ava grows thoughtful and says, "But it wouldn't have actually been, right? To be queer when you grew up?" Celebrating the casual bisexuality in "Hacks" 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

NYC is a gay-friendly town with a variety of neighbourhoods offering pockets of queer culture and nightlife, each with its own fruity flavour. Gay New York: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Queer lineage was brought into reality through the work of imagining backward; queer ancestry was fungible. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

“Apparition” is flanked by the similarly fidgety “Hallucinations,” in which quick-mutating organic forms are superimposed on a man described by a gallery note as “anti-hetero/queer.” Review | In the galleries: An intimate panorama of video art’s variety and breadth 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

At the top of my list this spring is “Fat Ham,” James Ijames’s Black, queer contemporary take on “Hamlet” first seen last year in Morgan Green’s filmed version for the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. A Smorgasbord of Shakespeare, With Some New Trimmings 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

But "Heartstopper" is the outlier, bucking a disturbing trend: canceling shows that center queer youths and storylines — and a larger, national one: negating queer stories for all children. Will no one think of the tweens? Kids need more queer stories than just "Heartstopper" 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z

In “Black Magic: Five,” he continues his exploration of vogueing, the exhibitionist dance style that blossomed in the queer black and Latino ballroom scene in the 1970s. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

I was conditioned to believe that there was only one way to be queer at that time. Sara Ramirez Is Not Che Diaz 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

How did Raja Feather Kelly — known for his imaginative dance-theater excavations of pop and queer culture — end up as a go-to choreographer for Off Broadway shows? This Choreographer Can Make Your Play Move 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

Though the junta has criminalized “affronts to decency,” jailing and torturing queer citizens alongside dissidents and guerrilla fighters, Romina is tired of delaying her life: “Why not resist. Also I will never love a man.” A Tale of Five Women 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Therefore, as he regards queer identity and womanhood as mutually exclusive from being a person of color, he sees his degrading, bullying jokes as punching up rather than down. Dave Chappelle and the warped self-victimhood of transphobes 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Rae has also found community and friendship among other queer young people. Are hasty operations on intersex children becoming a thing of the past? 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

No one asks: ‘Ellen, you’ve done seven straight roles in a row – shouldn’t you shake it up and do something queer?’ Ellen Page on Hollywood: 'Now I’m gay, I can’t play a straight person?' 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

The best supporting actress, Ariana DeBose, is the first openly queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar. Does the Academy Hold Movies in Contempt? Our Critics Wonder. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z

Just as I’ve personally reclaimed “queer” from those who have used it in an attempt to discount the legitimacy of my identity, I now reclaim “faitheist.” Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z

With the influx of highly paid software developers and engineers, the cost of living has risen, driving out many working-class queer people and artists. Amazon ruined our “gayborhood”: Tech-bros are swallowing up Seattle’s Capitol Hill — are LGBT districts across the country endangered? 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

Whether people cut off family is a really common issue in the queer community, too. "They cannot survive without fear": A heretic on leaving the evangelical church 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

As a queer woman, Carlile’s televised performances have also helped make “music’s biggest night” better representative of the industry and the audience it serves after facing criticism in recent years. Brandi Carlile is Americana’s latest transcendent star. And she hasn’t forgotten her roots 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

The production is “strongly” encouraging performers who identify as transgender, nonbinary or queer to audition, the notice said. Daniel Fish’s Post-‘Oklahoma!’ Musical: ‘The Most Happy Fella’ 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

The hallmark protest chant, “We’re here, we’re queer, get used it to it!” was directed at a straight world that insisted on queer invisibility. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Being seen as queer is never easy when the world one lives in is coded as a priori heterosexual. There’s a lot more to a selfie than meets the eye 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

An older bisexual character is something missing from television, where elder queers are few and far between. Is Meryl Streep an "Only Murders in the Building" love interest? It's Oliver's time 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

Pratt, star of the popular "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise, has come under fire for his alleged involvement in a Los Angeles megachurch that may not be welcoming to queer members. Disgraced director James Gunn defends disgraced actor Chris Pratt 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

For queer people, our lineage extends alongside heteronormative history — and just as far back. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Queerness often still comes with a stigma in the Black community, so not only do we need stories with nuanced portrayals of Blackness, but of queer Blackness as well. The Unintended Racial Horror of ‘Lovecraft Country’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

It embeds biographical material within layers of literary, gender and queer theory. Festival of Books: Female writers talk 'mansplaining,' un-motherhood 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

While there's been some improvement in queer representation in books, TV, and movies, these characters are still all too often marginalized within the narratives. Queer young adult fiction grows beyond the coming out story 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

As a queer millennial, Dunn is highly attuned to, and refreshingly blunt, about structural injustices of the financial system, whether it’s the student loan industry or health insurance maze. 7 Podcasts Your Wallet Will Love 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

A graduating senior who identifies as queer told Salon that the petition "has been a huge encouragement and way of solidifying our community." Evangelical Taylor U community in uproar over Pence speech: "Deeply at odds with following Christ" 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

A lot of queer people — a lot of people — are told to buck up, swallow your feelings, behave. A Gay Man Remembers His Awakening, as AIDS Shook His World 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z

“When I walked on set and looked out at the team, I was like, Oh! It’s all queer and trans people,” Gill-Peterson said. A Trans Icon of the 20th Century Revived by Trans Stars of the 21st Century 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

“I’m very conscious of being a queer black woman in America,” she said. Mickalene Thomas Shares Everything. Even a New Show. 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

“Their message is urgent: We are not just here, we are queer and Brown, and we bring substantial value to the cabaret canon.” Determined to Salvage the Fall, Cabaret Plots Its (Outdoor, Online) Return 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

Young Sun Han — a former student of Kara Walker’s — uses photography and performance to explore queer identity issues, history and social movements. Artists on Artists to Watch, and Maybe Even Collect 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

“The Arabic language lacks queer vocabulary to translate such expressions because, officially, there is no queer scene in Arab-speaking countries,” Mr. Lansari said. Art Challenges Social Norms in the Arab World 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

And now, she joked, “within the queer community, it’s accepted knowledge — our version of the Bible.” Are You Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z

In her view, the revised definition, even as it encompasses queer couples and individuals, comes perilously close to characterizing being single or queer as a form of disability. The Case for Redefining Infertility 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

The underground reflects themes and identities, as well as literal geographies, that are usually marginalized, or are, in a word, “queer.” The Nightlife Outlaws of East Los Angeles 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

“But I didn’t have in mind to explain my queer experience to straight people. I had in mind to tell my stories to queer people.” Adeem the Artist, Crafting a Country Music of Their Own 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z

When I was in my early 20s, I was always nursing the vague sensation that I’d missed some lovely queer boat. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

It’s not a very safe environment for a queer person to come out.” A Place for Us to Skate 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

So yes, I will say it: we do need queer theatre. Playwright Michael Twaits on why we still need gay theatre 2010-06-24T15:08:00Z

To connect with other queer fans of all colors and genders on social media. Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

His own animations, in a vivid style reminiscent of video games, draw on growing up in Tijuana amid its violence, but also on pop culture, his personal memories and queer identity. From the Border, the Whitney Biennial Asks What American Art Can Be 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

The artist, whose sexuality is best defined as fluid or queer, shapes her canvas works to resemble pointed breasts, folding lips, or rounded torsos and bellies. Review | This visionary artist lives on an island. Does that make her insular? 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

I exist; I am queer; my queer self exists. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

“I think the idea of a Friendsgiving is very queer, especially when you consider how important chosen family is to the queer community,” said Ortiz, 30, who uses the singular they pronoun. For Those Who Feel Rejected by Family, Friendsgiving Can Be a Lifeline 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

This, too, is a cornerstone of queer narratives, which suggest that whatever comfort can be found in concealment is inextricable from self-knowledge. Gay Literature Is Out of the Closet. So Why Is Deception a Big Theme? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z

In “The Nest,” a Latina waitress gets her foot cut off in Leo’s incident; a queer black teen-ager helps Melody’s children get comfortable in their own skin. Novels of White Status Anxiety 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

A tapestry of queer and trans history, activism and politics has emerged, defined by the details: handmade protest signs, bumper stickers, pride flags and pet collars. An Artist’s Portraits, Stitched Together on the Subway 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

And I'm happy to take it so that for all of the wonderful queer Asian creators that I know who are coming up right behind me, it will be less of an issue. Joel Kim Booster on his radically transparent comedy, critiques and "the Bechdel test of it all" 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z

But Kristen Jeffers, the founder of the Black Urbanist, a media organization whose stated mission is to look at urban planning through a Black, queer and feminist lens, said some suburbs still perpetuate exclusionary practices. America’s Next Great Restaurants Are in the Suburbs. But Can They Thrive There? 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

It is — in the words of its principal creator, Sarah A. O. Rosner, director of the A. O. Movement Collective — “a queer feminist cyborg time-travel epic thing.” Review: ‘ETLE and the Anders’ Is a Sarah A.O. Rosner Take on Feminism 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

We were both super young, going to queer clubs, protesting every night. Kiki and Herb Will Be Back Where They Belong for Christmas 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z

A gathering of queer Latin American and Latino artists who specialize in performance art, it focuses on what the museum describes as a meeting of religion and sexuality, or “theologizing without underwear.’ A Constellation of Stars From the Latin Art World 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

And yet next to nothing is broadly known about her life, beyond the facts that she was black and a woman and, maybe, that she was a communist and queer. A New Biography of a Brilliant Playwright Who Died Too Young 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Peirce asked, then added, “I feel bad that the experience is painful. And at the same time I still think it’s important that we have a super-committed queer director trying to tell the story authentically.” ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ 20 Years Later: For Trans Men, a Divisive Legacy 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

It is now more common to see quinces as celebrations of identity, including for queer and transgender individuals, and quinces that honor more than the transition to adulthood. The Quinceañera, Redefined 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

They were also alarmed by the difference between the way heterosexual and queer couples were treated. The Case for Redefining Infertility 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

The exhibition “tackles the representation of Islam and Muslims all over the world but through a queer lens,” Mr. Bhutto said. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Being a queer woman is the air that I breathe, and it’s inescapable, and it’s going to be part of the work. A Conversation With Nicole Eisenman and Grace Dunham 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Of course, all these hidden messages could be nothing but the overactive imagination of a group of largely queer Swift fans that want to claim the singer as their own. How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

Sparkle, hosts this variety show featuring his favorite queer and alternative comedians in the city. 6 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

If both shows borrow the superficial structure of macho procedurals, they subvert the genre with bonkers crises, deep kindness and ensembles that lean on queer characters, characters of color, women over 40. When the World Feels Like a Disaster, ‘9-1-1’ Is on Call 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

Franco, who seems most comfortable within the confines of academia, tries to give the film a queer theory spin. Mother May I Sleep with Danger?: James Franco's lesbian vampire flick lacks bite 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z

In the middle section, Lil Nas X is executed – ostensibly as a queer martyr – after which he pole dances to hell. Lil Nas X’s dance with the devil evokes tradition of resisting, mocking religious demonization 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z

Newsome, an artist working in sculpture, collage, dance and computer programming, uses those tools to reflect on black queer culture in the internet age. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Folks listen to me speak, at literary festivals, on panels, at conferences, in bookstores, and while I am speaking, naming myself queer, they might interrupt. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

With this book, Broome hopes to counter the force of that punch by exploring the beauty of queer Black manhood, while offering a new way to write about that beauty. In a New Memoir, the Miracle of Black Queer Self-Creation 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

A survivor of sexual abuse, a former sex worker and the editor of five award-winning anthologies about queer culture, Sycamore wants to preserve the possibility for sharing fervid joys foreclosed by heteronormative bureaucracy. Review | ‘The Freezer Door’ is an aching, playful memoir of vivid desire amid the desperation of midlife disconnection 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

She was not shy about outing closeted celebrities, particularly ones taking queer roles or protesting other forms of discrimination but not trans/homophobia. Alexis Arquette and The Lady Chablis: deaths a reminder of barriers they broke 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

“I pitched it as a queer ‘His Girl Friday,’” Gage said. Lukas Gage on the Audition That Went Awry, ‘You’ and Writing His Own Ticket 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

I think you can project a lot of things on this song, but for me, Christine is a queer character, totally. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

It was a queer half-life for the writer, for while The Days of the Turbins was revived in 1932, his other original plays remained proscribed, while only his adaptations were staged. Hung up 2010-03-20T00:05:00Z

We see a liberation for queer, migrant and Black communities as deeply bound together because they are all rooted in the issues of white supremacy and colonization. Protesting U.S. Immigration Policies, Artists Aim for the Sky 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

Or as BenDeLaCreme, the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star, put it: “the beautiful, bizarre things that queer people exposed themselves to when they had to search harder.” Better Than Besties: Why Gay Holiday Films Matter 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

In a hushed tone, Joyce says that her ex-husband used to call the boy "queer," almost mouthing the word so no one would hear her. Will Byers on "Stranger Things" was always going to be gay 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

This plays into the notion that queer women tend to move in together at lightning-fast speeds. Bed death, U-Hauling, processing: Lesbian stereotypes abound — here’s the story on 7 of them 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

Being queer and being progressive, being a feminist, all these things are really more important to me to protect than my own anxiety. Margaret Cho's message to drag show haters: "Take equal rights like a man" 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z

Her hair is bleached and her clothes are masculine, but she is still establishing a life for herself as a queer person. ‘Blue Jean’ Review: No Privacy in the Girls’ Locker Room 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

"I think the show's queer representation has improved remarkably," they said. How "Bob's Burgers" and its loving queerness became a cult favorite among the LGBTQ community 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z

The group Homo Climbtastic, a group of rock climbers, hosts what it calls “the world’s largest queer climbing convention” in Fayetteville, W.Va. A Guide to Gay Summer Events Worth Traveling To 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

At that same time, “Pose,” created by Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals and set in the 1980s Harlem ballroom scene among queer people of color, began to hire its staff. True Romance: Janet Mock on the Final Season of ‘Pose’ 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z

Machado, a queer woman of color, challenges the way we read as she changes what a memoir means, just as she did in her 2017 National Book Award finalist “Her Body and Other Parties: Stories.” The 10 books to read in November 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

So, there is an aspect to Nomi that gay men and queer people relate to. Was "Showgirls" actually a failure? "You Don't Nomi" revisits the craptastic cult film we can't quit 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

And last year, a Very Bad Words podcast episode devoted to "The C Word" delved into why c**t has long resisted the kind of reclaiming that say, "queer" has. Let’s not normalize the c-word: Why the “worst word” you can call a woman matters 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

When asked if she always thought Miranda was queer, Nixon responded with an enthusiastic, "Yes!" Cynthia Nixon says Miranda was always queer with "lesbianic qualities" on "Sex and the City" 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

Intentional Choices They collaborated with Black, queer and plus-size artists and professionals. When a Few Thousand Strangers R.S.V.P. 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

I don’t think people realize there’s this hidden history of queer filmmaking contained in adult films. A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Directors of queer stories get to move faster these days. How gay cinema is calling on the past to point at a radical future 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

The guests Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang discussed their experiences as queer performers who happen to be Asian, for example. Comics of Asian Descent, Tired of Being Invisible, Put Themselves Onstage 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Yet it has always seemed to me as equally applicable when looked at as a slogan the queer community speaks to itself. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

The sex educator Ruby Stevenson, 25, who describes herself as a “queer, nonmonogamous vegan stereotype”, schedules time for sexual exploration, saying it is “really important for nonmonogamy”. Sex schedulers: meet the couples who diarise their love lives 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

If only the queer community’s most privileged citizens — white queers, cis queers — saw their queerness as the call to action it has always been. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Do you think of “Tilted” as having a particular queer message? How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

"Fire" was originally presented at the Smithsonian as part of a queer portraiture exhibition, "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture." Smithsonian censorship yields solidarity in Chicago 2010-12-18T23:25:00Z

Like his queer counterparts across town, his lip-syncing is flawless. ‘The Gospel of Eureka’ Review: Christianity and Queerness Intersect in a Small Town 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

For me, "queer" allows me to move between desiring women, and not desiring anyone at all. In praise of flat places: On queerness, landscapes and understanding our desires 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z

“It’s a flooding of all the emotions and things a little queer kid wasn’t allowed to express, growing up in the time we did,” Mac said. Machine Dazzle: How Many Ways Can You Say Fabulous? 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z

This sets the tone for Hoke’s new novel, narrated by a queer mountain lion who lives near the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, guarding a homeless encampment. 9 New Books Coming in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

The 24 artworks, which feature themes including hip-hop culture, queer identity and social justice, are accompanied by videos and written labels created by the artists. 2 Years After Racism Outcry, Indianapolis Embraces Black Artists 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

In a smart and funny work — part confession, part polemic — Sycamore navigates the complexities of life in gentrifying Seattle, where she no longer feels welcome in the “politicized queer spaces” she once held dear. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

“At all times, a queer person I know is rewatching ‘The L Word.’” she said. ‘The L Word’ Is Back With Sex, Glamour and a Wider Lens 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

On the magazine’s payroll, he smashes in faces, bugs phones and pays off police for “tips on quivering queers, jittery junkies, dipsos deep in DT’s” and amasses “fat files on celebrity secrets.” Review | James Ellroy’s new novel is an unabashedly retro tale of Hollywood’s sordid side 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z

It seems that he sees himself and others like him as victims of queer people, whom he codes as exclusively white, while erasing the many queer and trans people of color who exist. Dave Chappelle and the warped self-victimhood of transphobes 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Still, they beamed talking about widening queer acceptance, despite recent tragedies and political setbacks. Adeem the Artist, Crafting a Country Music of Their Own 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z

Sorkin aside, some queer performers came out okay, on some level, in the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad year that was 2021. 2021 was an extraordinary year of making the nonbinary ordinary 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

Wade, leading many to fear that marriage equality and other rights for queer people may be next. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

Disney producers confirmed on Monday what fans had already surmised, that two characters in the series, Orka and Flix – voiced by Jim Rash and Bobby Moynihan respectively – were a queer couple. Out of space: Star Wars Resistance has gay characters, Disney says 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

Under Locke’s stewardship, the black arts revolution of the 1920s was undeniably, if obliquely, queer. The Philosopher Who Believed That Art Was Key to Black Liberation 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

“His experience of what we could call gay and he would call queer culture, his idea of gender as performance, unexpressed in the 1940s, is absolutely commonplace.” Interpreting ‘The Maids’ Through a Shifting Societal Lens 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

“The queer characters are not portrayed as being exotic or subcultural,” he said. A Book So Far Ahead of Its Time, It Took 87 Years to Find a Publisher 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

"Pose," which premiered in summer 2018, centers on New York City's underground African-American and Latino queer and gender-nonconforming drag ball culture. "Pose" star Michaela Jaé Rodriguez makes history as first transgender actress to win a Golden Globe 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

During our conversation, the busy actor, writer and director shared a hint of what lies ahead in the next season of "Severance," as well as the importance of "aspirational" queer stories. From "Perry Mason" to "Severance," Jen Tullock explores the various shades of "American loneliness" 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

Many people, not just queer people, know a lot about these dynamics. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

There’s something to be said about the role of queer bakers: we often end up providing comfort to those who may not have given it to us. Bread Pudding and the Comforts of Queer Baking 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

I wrote whatever the hell I was thinking about — millennial cults, labor movements, being queer living in the country. Paper Magazine, the Oral History: ‘They Were Wide Open’ 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z

For many working class queer men in urban centres such as New York around the turn of the 20th century, camp was a tactic for the communication and affirmation of non-normative sexualities and genders. LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

“One person’s experience will not fill the void of queer stories on TV,” Dogan wrote in an email. Colton Underwood Comes Out and Comes Clean 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

“You can imagine in 1955 what hick fathers were doing with their queer kids — and it wasn’t pretty,” Haggerty says, his voice growing solemn. WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

It’s not that he’s queer or even asexual, but that—by being frozen in a state of stunted adolescence—he exists in a prepubescent universe where sexuality doesn’t quite exist yet. The queering of Pee-wee Herman: How the gay icon redefines queer boundaries beyond sexuality 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

She’d like to banish that feeling, along with the everyday predation and abuse that put women and queer people at risk. Review: ‘{my lingerie play},’ a Glitter-Dusted, Song-Filled Call for Liberation 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

Standing near the pier, he sings “Lonely Town,” a perfect—and perfectly evocative—ballad, one that means so much more nearly twenty-five years after Bernstein’s death: you can feel his queer loneliness in it. Two Musicals 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

Then I started inhaling people’s stories: the queer former-cheerleader, the opera singer, the tree climber, the corset-maker, the pin-up model with PTSD, my mountaineering accountant going through her own divorce, on and on and on. Seven things I wish I'd known before my divorce: an optimistic guide to the future 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

And this goal puts him well in the framework of queer and transgender thinking now. Stephen Varble: The Street Was His Stage, the Dress Was His Weapon 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

My colleague Alison Stine already pointed out the many ways the show fails its queer characters by sliding into ancient tropes. How "And Just Like That" makes its new friends compete for a seat at the table 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z

At some point, it may be time to make it for lesbians and transgenders or queers. Barbara Hammer’s Exit Interview 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

Waithe has gone on to produce and write a slew of buzzed-about projects, including The Chi for Showtime and Twenties, which will focus on a group of queer women, for BET. ‘Make films where black characters don’t die’: Queen & Slim sparks debate over ‘trauma porn’ 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

The festival will include plays in the queer theater canon alongside works from a new generation of artists. Rattlestick Theater Festival to Commemorate Stonewall Anniversary 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Incorporating dance, music, video, poetry and painting, “Black Bois” celebrates Black and queer bodies. Celebrate love and art with these Valentine’s Day events around Seattle 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

“I wanted to create a fashion vehicle with a queer voice in Brazil, because it did not exist.” A New Brazilian Magazine Is a Fantasy for Dark Days 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, on the demand side: Emily Roach is a researcher at York University, looking at queering popular culture, fans and the communities they build. Too closure for comfort: the death of definitive TV endings 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

It’s easy to scoff at these material trappings of success, but what better rebuke to those who find the idea of a black queer family anathema? Kaleb and Kordale: meet America’s new modelfamily 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

Instead, she asks readers to recognize how messy, precarious, and queer, in every sense of the word, life in a body can be. A Professor’s Memoir of Life Inside a Ravaged Body 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

How important is it to have art about queer women made by women? In ‘The Bisexual,’ Desiree Akhavan Grapples With All Kinds of Sexuality 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Part of what makes queer and trans art dangerous is its willingness to wager its own future and expend the labor required to write oneself into the considerations of a nation. From an Iconoclast and an Icon, Poems of Personal and Public Transformation 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

My message was to not allow this incident to be viewed as an outlier but rather a physical manifestation of prejudice and oppression that queer bodies experience daily. Civilities: A gay Duke student threatened with death speaks out 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

I think a lot of times I get asked, "Do you think Hollywood is progressing in this way that we have queer characters on screen and things like that?" "Sex Lives" stars on how their characters are "more powerful" in their sexuality this year 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

Terms are tricky: in this article I use the term “queer” to stand for everyone whose sexual orientation or gender expression deviates from the societal norm. Queer rights are human rights: Fighting for freedom is polarizing the world 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

For the first and not the last time you think, There’s nowt so queer as folk. Ali Smith’s Seasonal Cycle Turns to a Dreamy ‘Winter’ 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

Today the very word is used for convenience rather than categorically, with “queer” often used. Art Review: Sexuality in Modernism: The (Partial) History 2010-12-10T23:38:00Z

While queer women and gender nonconforming dancers assigned female at birth are beginning to find safe spaces in professional ballet, few have been able to pursue traditionally male roles. A Nonbinary Swan, on Pointe 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

The snake’s temptation becomes queer in this context, and Anyanwu has linguistic fun with her Eve’s awakening, which comes in a verbal cascade. ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ Review: Pride and Pole Dancing Behind Glass 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

Moving back a few months ago, in my late 30s, not just queer but also openly trans, I was new but rooted in a place that is capable of holding so much complexity. California’s Highway 1, With Memory Riding Shotgun 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

I love that you have created this unapologetically queer space. Cherdonna Shinatra takes her subversive clowning to Frye Art Museum with ‘DITCH’ 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

What greater message lain beneath their outer derision for queer people? We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

He titled the collection Subservient Authorities and described it as “queer empowerment.” New York Men’s Fashion Week: The Mixtape 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

In May, the National Gallery of Art in Washington announced it had acquired one of his garments, which draws on Native American designs and inspiration from queer performers like the nightclub fixture Leigh Bowery. Jeffrey Gibson Will Be First Indigenous U.S. Artist at Venice Biennale 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

A rejoinder to more decorous historical portraits, Rupert Everett’s chaotic, sensual Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince offers a modern, sympathetically queer reading of a character caught at least a century out a time. How gay cinema is calling on the past to point at a radical future 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

These girls, who in Díaz’s words were “black and brown and poor and queer,” are her tribe. New in Paperback: ‘The Pandemic Century’ and ‘Dad’s Maybe Book’ 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

It is a sensitive, deliberate examination of what it means to be a black, queer boy born into a world that accepts neither you nor the people you love. The Most Important Decade for Movies About Black Lives 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

His character is a celebration of queer self-acceptance, self-love, and steamy, sexual chaos. New “Gossip Girl” offers unapologetic male bisexual representation 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z

Furthermore, 90% of incarcerated women, who are more likely to be queer and women of color, are survivors. TV "copaganda" still helps the real-life police more than survivors 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

Or “Orange Is the New Black,” or “Looking,” or some other of the many nuanced, easily streamable portraits of queer characters and stories that have cropped up in the past decade. Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

Its members, many of whom identify as queer and are of Caribbean descent, are united by a carnival aesthetic. Playing Hoodoo: Renée Stout and “The Rootworker’s Table” 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

The film’s star, Divine, whose character competes to be the “filthiest person alive,” is one of the prototypes for modern drag and queer culture. ‘Pink Flamingos,’ a landmark of shock cinema, is honored by the National Film Registry 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

“They thought of the middle-class suburban couple with two kids, a job and a dog as a prison they were fighting against. And, in fighting it, they embraced gender-fluid, feminist and queer ideologies.” Queercore: behind a documentary reliving the gay punk movement 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

Hilarious and complicated, with a difficult family and the shadows of poverty also looming over her, many accused the show of queer baiting with her character. Goodbye to "Mrs. Maisel": You were almost briefly, marvelous 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z

Lastly, Benedict's own storyline still remains unclear at this point, including his sexuality, with many fans theorizing that he's queer and/or gay. Why "Bridgerton" pivoting to a different love story next season makes sense 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

But this is no queering of the minimalist aesthetic, nor a critique of macho 1960s art. Fabrice Hyber: but is it fruit? 2013-03-26T18:30:10Z

To succeed as a queer woman of color today takes strength, confidence and precise intention. DoNormaal’s creative mix of harmony and dissonance 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

The accusations against Singer come mostly from queer men who were minors at the time of their alleged encounters. Bryan Singer bombshell investigation echoes the Harvey Weinstein and R. Kelly stories 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

As a black, queer, H.I.V.-positive poet, Smith inhabits a vulnerable body on the front lines of American violence. In Protest or Celebration, Four Poets Evoke a Sense of Endings 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

But if recent advances in queer rights and marriage equality are any indicator, the general public is finding conservative Christianity’s obsession with traditional patriarchal privilege and sexual entitlement increasingly wearisome and offensive. “11-year-olds shouldn’t get IUDs!”: Fox News creates mythical preteen IUD seeker, ignoring the success of school-based reproductive healthcare clinics 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

I was 20 years old and five years into a queer life defined by protest politics, postmodern gender theory and queer punk bands. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Soloway and their colleagues were working with the organization to make sure that “Transparent” did its best to portray its queer and trans characters appropriately. They Live in Public 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

But the "Wonder Woman" movie actors danced around the notion of the superhero being openly queer, a dance that only became more desperate. Why Wonder Woman is a queer icon (and always has been) 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z

Baselessly accusing queer people of coercing children into being queer and trans is not a new lie, but it has been dusted off and viciously clamped around the right's portrayal of who we are. We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

Each of the portraits speaks to an element of what it means to be queer. Finding a Lavender Thread Even in Catherine Opie’s Landscapes 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

He’s here, he’s queer and he’s used to it. Troye Sivan Is a New Kind of Pop Star: Here, Queer and Used to It 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

I think of Wade as queering painting with his approach. A Collector Juxtaposes the Erotic and the Familiar 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

“The bigger picture for queer India,” said Shobhna S. Kumar, the owner of Queer Ink, a publisher and online book retailer, “is it’s in limbo at the moment.” A Gay Film Festival in India Strikes a Chord 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

At Cooper Union, I didn’t know any students who were queer, though I did run into my sculpture professor at the lesbian club the Cubbyhole almost every weekend. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

But these portraits are oil on canvas, and yi Hou is celebrating with great tenderness what it means to share space, memories, and to be seen in a contemporary, fast-paced, queer world. Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

"Even though she was only really interested in men, I think that Miranda had many other queer and frankly, lesbianic qualities about her," she said. Cynthia Nixon says Miranda was always queer with "lesbianic qualities" on "Sex and the City" 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

That Carl has spent the greater part of his career as a women’s rights activist, and that he earned his Ph.D. in queer theory, imparts to the scene a sense of vertigo. After Living as a Woman for Decades, He Staged His Own Gender Reveal 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z

If queers can be likened to wildflowers among the wheat, it is well to remember that on a subterranean level all our roots are tangled together. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

She didn’t mean that she feared being prosecuted for homosexual sex—it was the court’s acknowledgment of the basic humanity of queer people that came too late for her. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

Both straight and queer women got some skin in the game initiating female-centric brands such as Bumble, The League and HER. Does digital dating put women at an evolutionary disadvantage? 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

The inaugural attempt at queering the format was “Boy Meets Boy,” the Bravo show that lasted just one season in 2003. “The Bachelor” still so white: “UnReal” and “Finding Prince Charming” break new ground — why is the premiere dating show stuck in the past? 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

This is a queer movie made by queer people for queer people. After a Quick Breather, Chloë Grace Moretz Comes Out Fighting 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

Sandy quickly ascertains that the man is one of the “queer fellows” who try to convince boys to come up to their rooms. How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

“I wanted to find out, can we be as theatrical as possible, can we bring the queer culture into it, and find a way to express a truth rather than a lie?” Taylor Mac’s ‘Fever Dream’: Exploring the Philosophy of the Hang 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

Jeremiah Moss, the author of “Vanishing New York,” said restaurants like Naps counter the notion that queer people “don’t need spaces anymore because we have the internet.” Still Here and Still Queer: The Gay Restaurant Endures 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

And I’m queer, so there’s a lot going on there. Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose: From One Anita to Another 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Among restaurants, Zuni drove the liberation of queer San Francisco. The Forgotten Queer Legacy of Billy West and Zuni Café 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

You came up as a comedian in San Francisco, when it was ground zero of a crisis that was particularly targeting the queer community. Margaret Cho's message to drag show haters: "Take equal rights like a man" 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z

He thinks setting up your exes is more common in queer circles. Match of the day: meet the people who helped their ex find new love 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

Or as the imagined voice of Karen Silkwood, another whistle-blower from the same Oklahoma town as Ms. Manning, says to the audience, “she conjoins the personal and the political in a distinctively queer way.” Review: ‘Whistleblower,’ a Dance-Theater Take on Chelsea Manning 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

We also get a queer story for Arthur. "I wrote endless drafts": "Sanditon" boss on the pressures of giving Jane Austen fans closure 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

“None of these films have any queer content, it’s just the queer gaze,” said co-curator Brittany Shaw. 'It's not about nostalgia': re-examining gender roles in film posters 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

“All my work operates around feminism, queer theory and makeup — that’s everything I live for,” she said. Tavi Gevinson of ‘Rookie’ Inspires Young Women to Create Communities of Self-Empowerment 2014-04-02T21:19:04Z

“I was frustrated I wasn’t fully transitioned. So I joined OkCupid to meet queers in the city.” His Dating Profile Listed Reasons Not to Date Him. She Was Intrigued. 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

The stars subvert the male, pale and stale status quo: they are mainly women of colour, and also represent queer, trans and working-class identities. ‘The boys' club has been obliterated’: meet the women of colour shaking up comedy 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

No one at the museum can agree on what exhibits to place inside, a subplot that allows queer people in the film to openly debate which stories it wants to tell about itself. ‘Bros’ Review: Boy Meets Boy Meets Multiplex 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

She had the camp aesthetic, gave larger-than-life performances, and some in the queer community saw her struggles as parallels to their own. Why "A League of Their Own" goes over the rainbow 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

There was a gravitational pull that promised unprecedented visibility to the queer individual and the illusion of self-determination in how one might be seen by others. There’s a lot more to a selfie than meets the eye 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

To get people excited about history and look beyond the surface of queer cinema. A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

The Drag Race finale drops in the UK at a high watermark for queer programming. RuPaul's Drag Race: from camp curio to the very best reality show there is 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Mancini enjoyed “consciously injecting” queer content into the films, he said, but “Chucky” is “the most autobiographical” work of his career. Chucky Returns to Terrorize TV. His Creator Couldn’t Be Happier. 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Dense and layered, the book crests with the lyrical resonance while looking back at a young, queer life gripped in the talons of loss, on the rim of death. Review | Paul Lisicky’s ‘Later’ conjures a queer utopia amid the AIDS crisis 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

Barnabas was a cursed man with forbidden attractions, which sounds a lot like what queer people at the time were told their sad lives were about. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Dark Shadows’ 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

Women are on the queer spectrum, some of them. Booker Prize Winner ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ Is Coming to America 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

But a quick glance at some of the most popular shows on the streaming service does reveal that some of them are lacking in terms of queer representation. Why “Bridgerton” probably won't make Benedict queer (but should) 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

"I think queer people are often very good at performing. We have had to learn that skill as a survival technique." Behind the scenes of "Fire Island," from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

It seemed to pervade much of queer popular culture, that to turn 30 marked the sharp drop in one’s value on the meat market. When Hell Is Coming to Terms With Other People, and Yourself 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

“I like having queer characters represented and having that part of me heard,” Ms. Taylor said. The Baronesses Are Coming! And Filling a Comedy Gender Gap 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

Originates from New Orleans's sissy bounce scene, an outpost of queer rap with an accelerated beat. How to dance … twerking 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z

For me, she is a writing technique, and a queer one. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

“Dickinson” takes a less definitive line, offering a Dickinson who’s queer in the broadest sense. A Very Modern Emily Dickinson (Twerking Included) 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

Her sister’s upcoming wedding, shitposting, the queer community, shared houses, worst drinking stories, board games, tattoos, Pride. Blind date: ‘I’d like to see her glasses fog up again’ 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z

MeMe’s Diner, a popular queer restaurant in Brooklyn, permanently closed in November, citing shutdown measures and a lack of government support. Still Here and Still Queer: The Gay Restaurant Endures 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

The queerness of the series won’t surprise longtime Chucky fans: “Child’s Play” may be the queerest of the big horror franchises. Chucky Returns to Terrorize TV. His Creator Couldn’t Be Happier. 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Justin Torres was a finalist for “Blackouts,” which follows a dying man who passes along his research into queer history to someone he met at a psychiatric hospital. Here Are the Finalists for the 2023 National Book Awards 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z

Yes, one of the most famous documentaries on queer cinema of all time. From "Perry Mason" to "Severance," Jen Tullock explores the various shades of "American loneliness" 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

It’s not like the New York Philharmonic hasn’t been queer before. Review: Philip Glass and the Bangles, Mashed at the Symphony 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

Rainbow capitalism is especially offensive because of the continued economic oppression of queer people. After Pride, corporations will "ditch these gays" but the harm will already be done 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

“I’m different, that’s for sure,” Palmer replies, when Sam asks if Palmer’s queer — a word he learned from his mom’s brutal boyfriend. ‘Palmer’ Review: A Crisis of Masculinity 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

Brammer’s debut uses the form of an advice column to paint a funny, poignant picture of modern queer life, in 12 essays about everything from childhood trauma to years spent in the closet. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

The hunger for and drive to produce BL meant that this Chinese production was willing to risk possible censorship and heartache to honor a queer love story. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

There are spaces where you can be free and as queer as you are without being hurt and areas where you wouldn’t dream of that. “My entire life I’ve been trying to find an identity something bigger than me.” Singer Nakhane Touré on his impressive screen debut in “The Wound” 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

Her own writing was buoyed by Baldwin’s unrelenting and rigorous interrogation of power and humanity, and allowed her to see what was possible as a queer black woman who also wanted to write. Review | Well-Read Black Girl’s Glory Edim continues to grow her empire — this time with a book 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

“It’s a very particular position to be in . . . to be queer and Arab and Muslim and in the U.S. when this happens,” Sinno told me when we spoke several days later. Queer, Arab, and Onstage After Orlando 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

In each self-portrait, the artist is creatively adorned in found objects, all of them heavy with meaning in black queer history and today. Hail the Dark Lioness: A roundtable of black, queer Seattle artists on Zanele Muholi’s photography exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Like most queer couples, they knew that they’d require medical assistance to get pregnant. The Case for Redefining Infertility 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

“It’s funny to suggest he should be taken off the show. It’s clearly his baby,” said Drew Gregory, a filmmaker and critic who has written about “Euphoria” for the queer news site Autostraddle. They Are Fans of ‘Euphoria,’ but Not of Its Creator, Sam Levinson 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

Talking with Soloway is a little reminiscent of the conversations I had with friends when we discovered feminist and queer theory and revelled in the jargon. Transparent’s Jill Soloway: ‘The words male and female describe who we used to be’ 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

As a queer person, I can easily connect with this kind of fantasy-building. Casablanca to Starship Troopers: the movie breakups that hit our writers hardest 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

“We don’t learn queer history at all,” he said. This Florida teen went viral for his lesson on the Stonewall riots 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

Increasingly, queer men are taking the lead either in directing or writing Thai BL series, which has led to shows correcting such misconceptions and taking a political stand on issues. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

With the passage of the controversial "Don't Say Gay" law, Florida Republicans revived the deadly "queers recruit" myth. "I do not like gay cookies": Conservatives vow to boycott Oreo over new ad 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

“For every one female character, every one Black character, every one Latino character, every one queer character, there’s 20 or 30 that aren’t those things.” A Black Superman? It’s Happened, and Could Again. 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

It’s an overdue corrective to television’s long-running erasure of queer and transgender people of color who were crushed by AIDS. TV Taught Me About AIDS. ‘It’s a Sin’ Reminded Me How Far We’ve Come. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

He told his Instagram followers that their revolution needed to include Black queer people and Black transgender people. Justice Smith Doesn’t Need Your Assumptions 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

There’s not one specific way to be queer, and that’s why “Generation Q” has been making sure that everyone is seen and heard. Jillian Mercado on ‘Generation Q’ and the Importance of Joyful Stories 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

Much of the group’s choreography involves elements of voguing, a style created by queer Black and Latino dancers. Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’ 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

Straight, gay or bisexual — many responded feverishly to the image, now considered a classic of both magazine publishing and queer history. K.D. Lang Doesn’t Have to Indulge Your Constant Cravings 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

While America has made enormous strides with it comes to legal recognition for same-sex couples, queer intimacy remains shockingly taboo. Pop culture still fails queer people: Sanitizing LGBT romance is a tradition Hollywood can’t seem to break 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

Everybody has an opinion and a relationship to family, whether you are queer or straight. Behind the scenes of "Fire Island," from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Goodman is also a Black and queer activist who hosts a weekly podcast, “Black Folx,” which features conversations about diverse Black voices. Brandon Kyle Goodman, a Nonbinary Voice of ‘Big Mouth’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Being able to be on this incredible show, this unapologetically queer show, it's like escape into this, theorize about this, let this be your own escape from your own wilderness right now. Nicole Maines talks "Yellowjackets" 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

At the film series I co-curate and host at the IFC Center in New York, called Queer/Art/Film, we invite queer artists to present films that influenced their lives. How Twin Peaks led a fan into and out of trouble 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

“I don’t like being identified as just one thing,” she said, before settling on “multi-hyphenated Renaissance woman who tells stories through my own queer lens.” Richie Shazam Is a ‘Multi-Hyphenated Renaissance Woman’ 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

He offers his farmland for other queer farmers to find an entry point to agriculture and rural life. Taking to the Woods With Maine’s ‘Tree Tippers’ 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

And Purchell, 32, is a historian of queer film who has a soft spot for movies that provoke, arouse, tickle and otherwise stir the queer cinema pot. A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

So, it’s a small sample, but I did interview half women of color and half white women, half queer, lesbian and bisexual women and half straight women. Finally! A nuanced look at hookup culture 2013-03-03T01:00:00Z

I dated, usually telling my partners that I was queer without elaborating. When Neither Male Nor Female Seems to Fit 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Was decrying marriage something queer people only do until they find The One? What my queer journey taught me about love 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z

"P-Valley," along with the feature film "Fire Island" and the "Queer As Folk" reboot are among the very few shows depicting non-white queer people as part of a city's fabric. All hail Uncle Clifford on "P-Valley," a vision of Black queerness not seen anywhere else on TV 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

“I’ll never forget being in the Castro, in a huge audience of queer men in leather sitting next to old immigrant Chinese men who could barely speak English,” she said. Alice Wu’s Lesbian Rom-Com Was Influential, but Her Follow-Up Wasn’t Easy 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

We need actual change, such as more legal and structural protection for queer people – especially people of colour and trans people. Sasha Velour: ‘Drag is darkness turned into power’ 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

“We have our lesbians, our gays,” he said, before adding, “bisexual, transsexual, queer, homosexual, asexual.” Generation LGBTQIA 2013-01-09T21:10:18Z

Me being a queer artist and him being one of the first queer male dancers to perform as a queer person — he’s somebody I’ve always admired. Six Stars of the New ‘West Side Story’ Discuss Its Enduring Relevance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

Their raunchy and bloody teen comedy "Bottoms" is pegged as a queer, high school "Fight Club." Why is Ayo Edibiri everywhere these days? Because we need her awkward sincerity more than ever 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z

I got a job as a “bottles girl” at Club Q, a queer dance party on Divisadero. The Long Road to Angela Davis’s Library 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

“But I felt like I hadn’t really read this story of a queer, working-class boy’s childhood before.” How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

Organizers billed the event as a massive queer dance protest for climate justice at Ivanka Trump’s house, and pledged to bring biodegradable glitter. A Trump protest, a fur coat, a viral photo: What did it all mean? 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

With women, except for in dedicated queer spaces, it’s not typically like that. Back in Lesbian Paradise, at Long Last 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

His comedy draws on his life experiences — as a millennial, as a queer person of color — in a style that is spiked with social commentary. Newest ‘Daily Show’ Correspondent Has Graduated From Twitter Fame 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

What even is the queer ghetto in literature, today? Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

But none of its queer characters appear well-rounded. You can be queer but you can't be happy on "Ted Lasso" 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

I’ve been to readings where I’ve been packaged as a Southern writer, and at other readings, it’s black writer, queer writer. Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

I also think that tradition -- and this is an aspect of literary history that I don't think is discussed enough -- is a very queer tradition. Garth Greenwell on writing sex in his novel 'What Belongs to You' and the queer literary tradition 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

By coming up a real queer kid, amid the fake kind, while absorbing the genre’s accent on individual style, I learned glam’s broadest lesson. Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Whether it's uplifting the Japanese or feeling peachy in Georgia, the Fab 5 always touch our hearts with the compassionate way they transform people's lives, while also representing different ways queer people can present themselves. From "Pose" to Spike Lee's "Da 5 Bloods," Netflix's June offerings spotlight LGBTQ and Black voices 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z

It apparently began with extensive reading in feminist and queer theory, including Olof Dreijer taking a course at Stockholm University's department of gender studies. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual – review 2013-04-04T14:30:01Z

I think that no matter our race, creed, color, nationality, whatever, there’s something to be learned from those who exist in that space of black and queer. This Artist Proposes a Community Space ‘to Dream, to Imagine’ 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

I don’t even know what my definition of queer literature is beyond, the books I love. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Pride is a purposefully joyful tradition, a revolt of long-standing stereotypes painting queer life as inherently sad or tragic. Queer young adult fiction grows beyond the coming out story 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Out of over 150 cast members in its history, the show has had four openly queer players its entire run, and that figure includes new hire Bowen Yang. Even without Shane Gillis, "SNL" has always been a conservative show 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

Those hurt most by this will likely be other victims who try to come forward, and especially queer black people who are not wealthy or famous and remain vulnerable to multiple forms of violence. There's at least one true thing Jussie Smollett said about his allegedly false hate crime report 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Decades later, in late June 1969, not far from New York's former "fairy resorts," a group of queer and trans teenagers used camp to dramatically shift the outcome of the Stonewall uprising. LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

Stine’s horror series, queer people not only are the lead characters, but a lesbian romance propels the entire narrative. In ‘Fear Street,’ a Lesbian Romance Provides Hope for a Genre 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Written by Lino K. Villa, it’s an enjoyably sophomoric romp that’s also playfully queer, thanks to a nutty detour involving a character named Popo. ‘Satanic Hispanics’ Review: The Devil Made Them Do It 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z

Sebastian’s past, present, future and his fantasies of all three interact through flash-forwards and flashbacks, weaving together to create a moving and intellectually rewarding testament to queer life and loss. ‘Tu Me Manques’ Review: Traces of a Lost Love 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

“Twelfth Night” is sailing under the flag “Illyria” at Avant Bard, and it’s set in a queer 1980s Manhattan nightclub, disco tunes and all. Review | The hippies are back in Shaina Taub’s musical ‘As You Like It’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

He didn't feel at home in the city until he found a community with other queer cowboys. How gay rodeos upend assumptions about life in rural America 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

It’s crucial to Norsworthy that all of him is welcomed, not just the parts that are apparent and presumed — being a Black, queer man — but also the parts that are subdued and fugitive. Telling Stories of Black Life Rescued Him 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

On top of its well-realized performances, “Bruise & Thorn” counts a memorable authenticity among its best qualities; the work is very queer, very Latinx, very New York City. Review: ‘Bruise & Thorn,’ a Gay Fantasia at a Laundromat 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

I'm also writing for people who don't identify as queer. Garth Greenwell on writing sex in his novel 'What Belongs to You' and the queer literary tradition 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

And a 2016 report from The Center for Talent Innovation, an international corporate research team, found that queer and transgender people tend to support companies that support them. Anti-LGBT bigotry isn’t just bad for business. It’s also bad for your career 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

“It was my first exposure to a queer person.” Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

“For queer kids in Russia, seeing a Russian band performing in this amazing online queer community is encouraging because they feel like they are represented somehow,” she said. Partying on Minecraft, in a Replica of a Brooklyn Club 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

Uninhibited visions of queer sexuality in the multiplex may be many decades off, if even a prospect. Does Moonlight prove that gay cinema has to be sexless to succeed? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Type “queer horror films” into a search engine and you’ll get a bevy of articles poring over every gesture, sentence of dialogue and subtext in movie history, from “Psycho” to “The Babadook.” In ‘Fear Street,’ a Lesbian Romance Provides Hope for a Genre 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Too few queer characters, who are often saddled with tragedy, are so capable of moving on. ‘Summer of 85’ Review: Denim Embraces and Stolen Kisses 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

But this vibrant city is an undisputed queer capital of the Middle East. LGBT-friendly cities, hotels, restaurants and clubs: readers’ travel tips 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

“Conceptually cool yet full of old-fashioned razzmatazz, this drag artist is also a queer playwright who enjoys liberating audiences from traditional gender categories, sexual hierarchies and other forms of ‘hetero-normative’ oppression.” Taylor Mac is a MacArthur genius. If you don't know about his 24-hour extravaganza, here's why you should 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Seven queer filmmakers helming these installments, setting the agenda of what is meaningful about their decade from their specific point of view. Eclectic docuseries "Pride" walks viewers through queer American history one decade at a time 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

No wonder it’s key to the uncanny intrigues of the film, part queer love story, part supernatural psychodrama, by the French director Léa Mysius. ‘The Five Devils’ Review: The Scent of the Past 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

Even talking to teens, it was very clear that through social media and the general exposure of how queer people presented, they don't have same stigma and shame around that. There's no shame in "A Sexplanation," a fun, honest documentary that steps in where sex ed left off 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

Outspoken and outrageous, Ms. Ditto, who advocates queer visibility and body positivity, wouldn’t seem to need help speaking up or pushing back. Beth Ditto is ‘Feeling Self-Defensive’ and Fights Back 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

"Since my sons were born, I've realized how much of my work is an investigation of the idea of family and queer stories told within that framework," says Murphy. Inside Netflix's tender tearjerker, "A Secret Love," and taking on queer erasure 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

Equal parts absurd and empathetic, “Afterparties” probes the complex lives of California Cambodian Americans in a style So once described as “post-khmer genocide queer stoner fiction.” Review | Anthony Veasna So’s ‘Afterparties’ is a bittersweet testament to the late author’s talents 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

Once upon a time, no babies were born in the queer ghetto. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

I saw a lot more black folks, people of color, queer folks. Was Broadway Ready for ‘Slave Play’? 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

So how will that film stack up against other queer stories? Kristen Stewart on the state of Queer Hollywood and "entirely fluid" new directorial effort 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Not being born in the queer ghetto, not being raised to be queer, it does take some getting used to. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

It’s a more daring work: a meta show about a queer Black playwright writing a show about a queer Black playwright that opened Off Broadway in 2019 and won the Pulitzer Prize. In Washington, a Princess Party and a Carnival of Self-Loathing 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

Machado’s debut collection is a wild thing, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link, borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Queer joy and queer love that end in "happily ever afters" also exist. From “Bottoms” to “Booksmart” and “Fire Island,” Queer cinema deserves to be silly and fun again 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

Turns out two of three boys in our family are queer as a football bat. Honey, we’re praying for you 2013-03-31T01:00:00Z

The groups’ aims range from developing more climate-friendly eating habits to building solidarity among queer people of color through organizing club nights and workshops. Still Fighting Over the Turner Prize 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

Still, if the Academy and the major studios keep meeting queer cinema in the middle, we may be pleasantly surprised by what a little Moonlight can do. Does Moonlight prove that gay cinema has to be sexless to succeed? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

“If you recontextualize Abraham Lincoln as queer,” he explained in a phone interview, “suddenly our whole idea of what it is to be an American for some people becomes challenged.” Enlisting Lincoln and Caesar in the Culture Wars 2010-07-18T02:53:00Z

“There is a history of queer and Black artists making work and having it destroyed,” Council, who identifies as Black and nonbinary, said in an interview. Does Public Art Have an Afterlife? 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z

I moved to NYC in 2005, and I was excited to see a queer world I was very familiar with explored in a novel. “‘Dallas Buyers Club’ drives me crazy”: Ariel Schrag on chronicling queer life through a straight man’s eyes 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

“I happen to be queer, and it unfolded that way and it feels joyous,” said Mx. Still Here and Still Queer: The Gay Restaurant Endures 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

Though a conventional network sitcom, “Will & Grace” was a milestone for queer representation, and it allowed Messing to refine her gift for dizzy, kinetic physical comedy. Debra Messing Can Age 90 Years Easily. It’s Baking That’s Hard. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

Madison, a trans woman and a reality TV star, described the delight of working with an almost entirely queer cast. Crafting a Rom-Com That’s True to 21st-Century Gay Life 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

If anyone knows, a little queer black girl from the South Side of Chicago certainly does. Master of None's Lena Waithe: 'If you come from a poor background, TV becomes what you dream about' 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Double rainbow: In celebration of this year’s World Pride in New York, she performed the headlining set at Leslie Pride 2019, a queer party held in the cellar of Hotel 50 Bowery. Dizzy Fae Makes R&B Music That Defies Labels 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

“I’m queer, and in the culture I’m from there was a lot of stigma around that,” said the designer, whose Los Angeles label was founded just before the onset of the pandemic. How New York Is New York Fashion? 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Especially if you're a young, queer person navigating the world of color. Inside Gabby Rivera's joyful, queer Marvel revolution 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

We talked about everything: I knew he was progressive, liked queer women, and was attracted to my fluid self-expression. Planning my wedding as a non-binary bride 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

They were an early kind of queer culture, really playing with gender codes. | Filmmaker Matt Wolf on the Origins of Teenage Culture 2014-03-11T21:24:59Z

Darling is nude at center, along with three cisgender male stars of Warhol films, grouped like some queer parody of Rubens’s Three Graces. Avedon at Large 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

The almost-confession, an attempt to sell how she would bring the underrepresented, queer perspective to the debate, nearly comes out, but . . . doesn't. On “The Morning Show,” bisexuality is ground zero for the “identity politics” debate 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

Does this new iteration still focus on black queer identity — what this moment means for black queer people in particular? This Artist Proposes a Community Space ‘to Dream, to Imagine’ 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

But in Oakland, the radical black paradise of my childhood imagination, I find myself wading through white couples looking for “exotic unicorns” and black queers conducting virtual paper bag tests. I am not your exotic unicorn: going on Tinder as a queer, dark-skinned black woman 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

In contrast, the law today is milder to nonheterosexuals than ever, but much queer talk has turned dour. In One City, 2,000 Years of Gay History 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

In Cape Town, known to be the queer capital of South Africa, young people often escape through night life. Cape Town’s New Masculinity 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z

“Our queer communities are embracing food more explicitly and intentionally and creatively,” said Ora Wise, the culinary curator of Queer Anga, an L.G.B.T.Q. wellness collective in which movement practice and food rituals intermingle. Building a Table for All: The Ascent of Queer Food Culture 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

It’s been quite a year for Black queer theater, due in large part to the Broadway debut of Michael R. Jackson’s mind-bending, genre-busting musical “A Strange Loop.” 10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

“Whether it’s pop camp, queer camp, high camp or political camp — Trump is a very camp figure — I think it’s very timely.” Met Costume Institute Embraces ‘Camp’ for 2019 Blockbuster Show 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

And thanks to Queer Appalachia’s upcoming online recovery resource for queer and trans people in Appalachia and the south, soon you’ll be able to find people like yourself to lean on for support anywhere, anytime. Queering Appalachia — finding chosen families online in an unforgiving landscape 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z

The day of the premiere, they said their Instagram was lit up with queer and gender-nonconforming people on trains from all over the U.K., making a “pilgrimage” to the gallery to see their work. For This Artist, the Medium Is the Body 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Both halves of the narrative wind through queer spaces and various character awakenings but only with a well-meaning mildness that feels like preamble rather than actual story. Review: ‘A League of Their Own’ Broadens the Field 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

She uplifted the contributions of female directors and declared her own sense of pride at being black and queer. Perspective | The Oscars red carpet was diverse, even if the nominees weren’t 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

But to Pendleton, the monument in its interim state — gloriously emblazoned with messages celebrating Black, brown, queer and trans lives, denouncing police brutality and more — formed a remarkable text in itself. Adam Pendleton Is Rethinking the Museum 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

In their movement, because they are queer people, there's a queerness to it. Behind the scenes of "Fire Island," from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

The contemporary Australian drama “Lonesome” opens with a buff cowboy hitchhiking along a deserted highway — an image that cheekily recalls well-worn queer archetypes. ‘Lonesome’ Review: Using Sex, Finding Intimacy 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z

“And I’m like: ‘Well, I was going to pitch a queer superman anyway, so we’re on the same page before I’ve even written a page.’ Writer welcomes positive reaction to new bisexual Superman 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

On Sunday, November 20, 2022 I learned that an armed killer entered Club Q, a queer bar and nightlife space in Colorado Springs, and prematurely ended the lives of five patrons and injured 22 more. We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

There are plentiful tips and affirmations, some derived from the wisdom of Black queer and ballroom culture. Rashaad Newsome Pulls Out All the Stops 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

“He found the queer scene, the trans scene, scenes asking identity questions about ‘Who am I?’ Ulay, on His Own Terms 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

I was interested in queer politics ever since I was 16. Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova reflects on the roots of her rebellion 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Yet this is the alternative it presents: smug, petty stunts demeaning women and queer people. Kanye West and the smug cruelty of the anti-”cancel culture” movement 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

“We just love everyone; we just want to get to know each other. And I think there’s wisdom to it. There have always been queer people whose role that is, and it’s a necessary one.” ‘Queer Eye’s’ Jonathan Van Ness is a one-man meme machine ready to take down toxic masculinity. Can you believe? 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Additionally, Galvin stated that as a queer person, it’s important that the character he plays on television feel authentic—and not just another act of gay minstrelsy. Don’t apologize, Noah Galvin: Let’s applaud celebrities who dare to speak their mind, not tear them down 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

Whether the character is male or female, bisexual representation has long failed queer audiences, resorting to tired tropes and damaging clichés. “Both-sexual” men on TV can save lives: How “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” is smashing the “evil bi guy” myth 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

Ms. Beresford wore an aubergine suit by Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn company that specializes in suits for queer and gender nonconforming people. Their Story Wrote Itself 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

My own teenage years were defined by my friendships, for better or worse — as a closeted queer teenager, I didn’t have much else. 6 Y.A. Novels That Showcase the Power of Teenage Friendship 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

“To kill these characters in droves sends a toxic message about the worth of queer female stories,” Ellis wrote in the report. LGBT characters on TV will make up larger percentage than ever, study finds 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

In a world predisposed to queer villainy, “Dear Senthuran” claims monstrosity as a space of intentional rejection. Akwaeke Emezi: ‘Imagine Being Ogbanje, Like Me’ 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

In 2017 Baker created Ballet for Black and Brown Bodies, a class designed to be as inclusive as possible, especially for queer and transgender people of color. Lesbians in Ballet: ‘Has Anyone Like Me Ever Walked These Halls?’ 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

In fact … families were often supportive of queer sons and brothers. Book reviews roundup: Family Secrets, A Hologram for the King and China's Silent Army 2013-02-08T18:50:01Z

This VIP is portrayed as a pervert and sexual predator, and his same-sex soliciting of Jun-ho also just so happens to be the only queer representation in the series. “Squid Game” missed an opportunity to show capitalism & patriarchy are one 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

Sharing a name with an album by the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Barbed-Wire Kisses panel was a turning point for queer film. The Day New Queer Cinema Said: Let’s Do This 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

“The Inheritance” was not my attempt at a grand summation of the past quarter century of queer history. What I Wanted to Say in ‘The Inheritance.’ And What I Didn’t. 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

Radcliffe has been a supporter of the Trevor Project, a nonprofit which focuses on suicide prevention for queer youth, for over 10 years. Daniel Radcliffe is no Voldemort: "Harry Potter" actor assures that Rowling doesn't speak for him 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

Ongoing debates over representation in the United States have centered on seeing brown, black and queer faces in existing American genres. Analysis | ‘Made in Heaven’ offers a groundbreaking look behind big fat Indian weddings 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

By coincidence, two songwriters who have braved those subjects, and who continue to explore a complex spectrum of queer desire, released new albums last Friday. Moses Sumney and Perfume Genius: Complex Voices of Desire 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z

Weekends on the Hill feel like Mardi Gras, and bars that were once reliably safe for the queer populace are filled with the neighborhood’s new residents — heterosexual tech workers and their girlfriends. Amazon ruined our “gayborhood”: Tech-bros are swallowing up Seattle’s Capitol Hill — are LGBT districts across the country endangered? 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile he lives in a sexually liberated working-class milieu, where queer love is accepted as a fact of life, no more subject to judgment than its heterosexual counterpart. A Book So Far Ahead of Its Time, It Took 87 Years to Find a Publisher 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

The fantastic queer thriller "They/Them" flips the script on horror films starting with its clever/devious opening scene involving a lone driver in the woods at night. Conversion camp horror flick "They/Them" is a crafty, killer good time 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

“But maybe most importantly, it’s about queer resistance.” A ‘Lucky Child’ Writes His Way From Nigeria to the Global Stage 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

Bryan's been talking a lot about robots and A.I., how they can also be queer. Why the Final Girl and horror have always felt queer: "We've got to find our way to survive" 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

“When you see a book about a queer Midwestern coming-of-age,” Taylor added, “it’s hard not to see his hands all over that.” Living With Edmund White 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

To say that one experience has a greater value over another undermines the experiences of people who don’t live a linear life, like queer and trans people. Women Who Said No to Motherhood 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

As the performance artist Susana Cook said on Tuesday, the term queer can become so diffuse that “it’s not naming anything.” Critic’s Notebook: Queer New York Festival Is in Search of Broader Definition 2012-06-18T21:35:46Z

“The thing about queer people’s careers in the past is that it’s been focused on a narrative of sexuality and you don’t get the substance,” she said. Already a star, singer King Princess releases debut album 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

“But she’s not, which is also great because now you have this mix of a queer cast and then this religious married-to-a-man host, so it’s like two worlds converging.” ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Is a TV Rarity With Familiar Drama 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

“We found that almost invariably, the artist turns out to be female-identifying or queer.” ‘Art Fairs Bring Me the Whole World’ 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

Paranoia — brought on by living as a queer woman in the 1950s, by McCarthyism and by the Cold War — invaded Highsmith’s thoughts to an extreme degree. The Many Faces of Patricia Highsmith 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

Zendaya netted her second nomination for "Euphoria" while her co-star Hunter Schafer was passed over – which reminds us that last year's Emmy nominations were notable for the breadth of queer representation. Emmy nominations: The Good, the Bad, and the "Squid Game" of it all 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

Buoyed by the success of “Silk Chiffon,” the band is now on the verge of breaking out of its cult following and bringing its anthems about queer joy to a wider audience. Muna’s Fresh Start 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

“For a queer person, it blew my mind away,” Ricamora said of the Philadelphia production. Conrad Ricamora on His Bumpy Road to ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

His films made his native Baltimore look like the queerest place on the planet. Gaysploitation Upends the Stereotypes That Make Us Wince 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

She's Carson's guide to quite a lot, including navigating identity and life as a queer woman. Why "A League of Their Own" goes over the rainbow 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bowie was queering both masculinity and whiteness. How David Bowie Challenged MTV on Race 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

The second will feature a conversation among parents with queer children of varying ages. How Kareem “Mr. Bake” Queeman serves up space for queer chefs of color 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

It was then, and later that decade while she joined in anti-AIDS and queer liberation protests in San Francisco, that she began thinking of androgyny as a desirable artistic goal. A Female Composer Makes History With ‘Orlando’ in Vienna 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

If the "Harry Potter" books do at all depict the wizard's queerness, it's a shallow, antiquated and dangerous idea of who queer people are. Harry Potter and the retconning of Dumbledore: It’s no longer about the story 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

The owners’ intent was to create a queer space that was open to all. An Astrology-Themed Brooklyn Bar Filled With Art 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

"When I read this, it was like this a queer sort of story, and they're actually calling . . . a Black queer person to direct it," Porter said. Marlee Matlin and Billy Porter help viewers understand the "Accused" in Fox's new crime series 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

I’m spending my quarantine life bearing witness to that history, far from my queer origins, in the mountains outside Los Angeles, where I currently live with my wife. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

The first step in accomplishing anything is organisation, and drag does bring people together in a really powerful way: it’s a way to get the queer community passionate, get us talking, get us listening. Sasha Velour: ‘Drag is darkness turned into power’ 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

That also means if you're a Black, Indigenous, Asian, queer or other non-white, non-heterosexual conforming person who somehow gets invited to such a place, you can expect at the very least to stand out. It's the most wonderful time of year ... to not make your loved ones of color visit a sundown town 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

The family in "Fire Island" is found family, a bedrock of queer experiences as many youth may lose or be estranged from biological family. How "Fire Island" does Jane Austen 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the queerest house on the block is a functional one owing to an unspoken commitment to blend their loyalty with their hedonism, making one the strong basis of the other. Who would have guessed that "What We Do In the Shadows" would provide a clear model of polyamory? 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

She rebels against viewing straight privileges, like marriage and military involvement, as queer goals. Review | ‘The Freezer Door’ is an aching, playful memoir of vivid desire amid the desperation of midlife disconnection 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

There’s a kind of serendipity to the fact that Queer Eye returns to television at a time when the vitality of on-screen queer representation no longer hinges upon its very existence. As Queer Eye gets a reboot, television enjoys a wealth of gay perspectives 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z

I remember feeling like I had missed out—I wanted to go back to high school with other queer people. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

Even amid the influx of chefs of color and growing chorus of queer voices on multimedia platforms today, the diversity therein, as in many communities, remains vastly underrepresented. How Kareem “Mr. Bake” Queeman serves up space for queer chefs of color 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

The unique challenges and barriers they had to overcome due to their identities are dismissed by the idea that it's actually advantageous to be a woman, queer person, or person of color today. On “The Morning Show,” bisexuality is ground zero for the “identity politics” debate 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

The artists are “influenced by queer theory, speculative fiction, human geography and the sociopolitical as it relates to urban space,” their biography notes. In the galleries: A towering exhibit offers a new definition of domestic life 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

“I’m so proud to be standing here as a black queer artist telling stories,” Monae said. Almost-EGOTs Elton John, Hildur Guðnadóttir win music Oscars 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

Diaz claims the love poem — its imagery, its language — and makes it her own, centering the experiences of queer women of color in lush lines that address love, sex, desire and, always, politics. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

There may be no concept more sacred to queers than “Pride.” How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

“What needs to happen for this to be a queer dance?” he asked my date and me, leaving us each with two index cards and a Sharpie. What Can Queer and Dance Do for Each Other? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

Suranne Jones plays the pioneering queer icon, with a script written by the great Sally Wainwright. From Gentleman Jack to Killing Eve: who are TV's greatest lesbian icons? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

When we think about empathy, usually what it means with marginalized people, with people of color, with queer writers, that becomes the vehicle through which to justify the presence of these writers on our bookshelves. Author Elaine Castillo talks about empathy, Jane Austen adaptations, and "How to Read Now" 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Both Owen Youngs and Russo are queer women, and they approach “Buffering the Vampire Slayer” with an eye for marginalized viewpoints and systemic injustice. 6 TV Recap Podcasts for Better Binge Viewing 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

Amy also points out that there are very few roles on television for queer women of color. 6 harmful media myths about sex and Latinas 2014-02-02T22:00:00Z

Once she went, she understood its outsize reputation within queer circles. Back in Lesbian Paradise, at Long Last 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Not only on myself as an actor, but I'm so grateful to everyone queer in my life. "Sex Lives" stars on how their characters are "more powerful" in their sexuality this year 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

Billed as a celebration of queer people, people of color and their allies, it’s a party, not a play. It’s a Sex-Positive Party, Not a Play 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

In the work’s first half, they individually and collectively pay tribute to childhood idols and reflect on their queer identities. 12 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

Much ink has been spilled on the topic of corporate endorsements during large Pride parades, the way that capitalism has sprawled itself over the day and co-opted Pride from its radical queer roots. What Does Pride Mean Now? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Had I seen images of queer men being proud of their bodies, I think that would have made growing up a bit easier.” The Covid Nurse Turned Polaroid Portraitist 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

Then, in 2001, Stipe told Time magazine that he was "a queer artist". 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z

As statistics from PornHub show, congressmen might be legislating against queer and trans people, but their constituencies sure do love to watch them have sex. The red state gay porn habit: Why conservative states like Mississippi and North Carolina lead the nation in same-sex porn consumption 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

Created by young people of color, many of them queer, hustle offers a progressive vision of social dance — especially in its gender-neutral approach to partnering. A Walk in Their Heels: Meet the Hustle Evangelist 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

Since the invention of “womyn,” many people have come to prefer the term “queer” as a catchall for a number of L.G.B.T.Q. identities. Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Live in This Perfect Place? 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

What are the contours of so-called black art or queer art? ‘Homie,’ a Book of Poems That Produces Shocking New Vibrations 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

With so many series currently centralizing actual queer lives, instead of deploying their talents as tools of self-improvement, the show’s revival could have felt passé or overly gimmicky. As Queer Eye gets a reboot, television enjoys a wealth of gay perspectives 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z

The queer ghetto was arrived at willfully, a radical choice, or through expulsion, an absence of choices. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

“My brother and I both studied queer theory.” Special Issue: Gay Marriage: Ready to Wed? No, Mom. 2011-07-22T19:37:03Z

So let’s try this: “Carol” is one of the greatest American screen romances of any era, period – and perhaps that serves as the ultimate vindication of Haynes’ outspoken commitment to “queer cinema.” “Carol” isn’t just a “lesbian movie”: Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara’s ’50s love story is a classic American screen romance 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

And as a queer white woman doing social justice work, giving my money to the animal industrial complex was an expression of solidarity with my oppressor. How examining my whiteness brought me to animal rights 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z

He was drinking on the job, he claims, and there were rumours he was gay, or at least frequented “queer clubs”. True Detective recap: season two, episode six – Hunters in the Dark 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

That one overtly queer film that was in the official selection? How gay cinema is calling on the past to point at a radical future 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

I think queer people are often very good at performing. Behind the scenes of "Fire Island," from filming sexy rain encounters to endearing dance-offs 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

Steve Almond: It’s hard enough to be a queer adolescent girl in this world without a family that undermines you. I’m a Closeted Teenager in a Conservative Town. Get Me Out of Here! 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

By centering its story on two friends who are not romantically involved but proudly queer and unapologetically feminist, the show is a far-cry from Bollywood’s fairy-tale romances. Analysis | ‘Made in Heaven’ offers a groundbreaking look behind big fat Indian weddings 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

Yes, and she’s starting a newsletter, too — called “Bite Curious,” a wink at her queer identity. Soleil Ho is a young, queer woman of color who wants to redefine food criticism 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

This big-hearted and bare-chested romantic comedy centers two best friends determined to have a summer vacation for the record books on the legendary queer haven hamlet in New York. The best new movies to watch at home soon, from "Everything Everywhere All at Once" to "Fire Island" 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

There are scenes with artists in salons, in nightclubs, in queer nightclubs. Harlem Renaissance Novel by Claude McKay Is Discovered 2012-09-14T22:57:55Z

"The Assassination of Gianni Versace" sought to view America's fraught relationship with queer culture through a lens of obsession, with each portraying the media as complicit in perpetuating bigotry through editorial choices and coverage. FX's "Impeachment" doesn't acquit itself well, despite a humanizing portrayal by Beanie Feldstein 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

Required Reading” is a revealing book, and one that offers advice and understanding about the minority queer experience. “Being black and gay in America both come with heavy doses of self-loathing”: Actor Darryl Stephens opens up about typecasting, visibility and telling his own story 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

The pandemic prompted me to reflect on 25 years of shifting identities and embrace “queer.” Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York." Don't judge The Bell Jar by its cover 2013-02-01T14:19:46Z

While it’s nice to finally see queer characters in this extremely flamboyant franchise, A-Spen’s introduction raises more questions than it answers. ‘Zombies 3’ Review: Take Me to Your Cheerleader 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

The actress recently came out as queer in an “Out Magazine” interview. A ‘Euphoria’ Star Wants to See the Show Get Even More Queer 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

After decades of disuse, the term was repopularized in the seventies and eighties by people of color and queer communities—this time as a gesture of defiance. The Politics of Conspicuous Displays of Self-Care 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

Do you consider your book a queer book? Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Thankfully, there are many better examples of queer female representation in pop today. Girl Talk! How queer pop came out 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

In earlier seasons, "Ted Lasso" was rightfully criticized for its lack of queer characters. You can be queer but you can't be happy on "Ted Lasso" 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

In the days since his death, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender fans have shared how the rocker influenced their lives and helped bring queer culture into the mainstream in the 1960s and 1970s. Was He Gay, Bisexual or Bowie? Yes 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

It was another reminder that I had to choose: There were categories in life, and if I was a little different, a little queer, I’d have to explain why. The boy I used to be: The world would look at me and see Leslie — they don’t know I’m really Peter Pan 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

Back then, personal ads and phone chat lines were a lifeline for young queer people—in a way, they were precursors to the dating apps we see now. Douglas Stuart on Growing Up Queer Before the Internet 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

Burnside isn’t an outsider: In the first episode, he shares his experience as a “queer boy” who left his native Pensacola, Florida, to be what he calls his authentic self. New this week: Lady Gaga, ‘Space Force,’ Ghibli films on HBO 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

“But for a queer feminist artist born in Ciudad Juárez or Tehran, they’re coming from very different experiences.” Revisiting a Groundbreaking Show of Feminist Art 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

People think it's a movie about queer women's experiences. Why women lie about sex 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

I think, whether we’re talking about gender inequality or racism or queer rights or indigenous rights or animal rights, we’re talking about the fight against injustice. Joaquin Phoenix's Oscars speech in full: 'We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and steal her baby' 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

The Universal Pictures film is a rare thing: a major studio comedy about queer characters, played by queer actors. Crafting a Rom-Com That’s True to 21st-Century Gay Life 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

DeBose's triumph represents the first time an openly queer woman of color has won an Oscar. Will Smith slapping Chris Rock made the 94th Academy Awards one to remember — for the wrong reasons 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z

In January a talk radio host reported Desmond’s family to Child Protective Services after he performed at 3 Dollar Bill, a queer bar. Sashaying Their Way Through Youth 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

Heaven forfend! – but it’s undeniably pleasing that Crawford decided to share her story with a black queer woman, in a magazine published by another black woman, instead of handing it over to two white men. Friends reunited: the one where they try to get along again 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

The current location, the Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary, was chosen with expanded queer inclusivity in mind. The Ultimate Guide to This Fabulous Summer 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

For this, obviously, it was a louder connection in that I haven't played that many queer characters before. From "Perry Mason" to "Severance," Jen Tullock explores the various shades of "American loneliness" 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

When we think about his intersectionality and his identity as a Black queer man, that is really what it is. "The Inspection" and Don't Ask Don't Tell for a queer Black man: "Boot camp is brainwashing" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

Big Break: As a self-described “brown, queer kid in Queens” raised by conservative Guyanese parents, she said some of her earliest childhood memories were of “questioning everything.” Richie Shazam Is a ‘Multi-Hyphenated Renaissance Woman’ 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

Smollett seems to have been banking on the all too real danger of assault that queer people of color face, especially in an age when hate crimes are on the rise. If Jussie Smollett is a hoaxster, what do we call Donald Trump? 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Between Paul’s homophobic white masculine friend circle and Wye’s generous queer family of color, a slight Shakespearean dynamic develops, shading the romance. ‘Port Authority’ Review: Two Outsiders Searching for a Place 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

Books from that issue dominate this week’s recommended titles, from poets new and established, considering everything from class politics to colonialism to queer identity. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

And finally, we have a YA show that accurately and authentically portrays this — and for both queer and straight youth, for that matter. Honest approach to virginity in “Love, Victor” dismantles trope of the horny teenage boy 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z

My nieces and nephew are always telling me about gay, queer, or transgender kids in their schools. On LGBTQ allies and angels, and Stonewall at 50 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z

Many of the stories focus on women who live on the outskirts of the traditional family context—they're childless, or queer, or single, or divorced—which marks them as both insider and outsider at once. New page-turners heat up our summer reading: "Blacktop Wasteland," "The Only Good Indians" and more 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

At the same time, the more radical side of the queer movement insisted that gustatory pleasure could save queer bodies, just as claiming a right to sexual pleasure had saved their souls. What We Eat During a Plague 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

As a student at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, he was immersed in that city’s long-established L.G.B.T. scene, which included a queer theater group, the Pagan Babies. Stephen Varble: The Street Was His Stage, the Dress Was His Weapon 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

"Maurice" may not be a rom-com or a sex comedy, but it certainly paved the way for queer fiction to end with hope and happiness. From “Bottoms” to “Booksmart” and “Fire Island,” Queer cinema deserves to be silly and fun again 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

Both of these characters are queer, and both have been labelled the Piggy of their school. How to write about murder for teens, as an adult: Consider Piggy in "Lord of the Flies" 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

In fact, sometimes you wouldn’t know any of this from the surface, particularly from individuals who experience queer invisibility on a daily basis. There’s a lot more to a selfie than meets the eye 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

I can still see the pain in the eyes of one of my queer friends at those words. Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

We need stories of lots of types of queer kids, not just their parents. Will no one think of the tweens? Kids need more queer stories than just "Heartstopper" 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z

Maybe this portends a new era of the series that does better job of centralizing queer characters that it has in the years before Whittaker and Chibnall. What the new "Doctor Who" era portends 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

It’s a visual celebration of — maybe even a temple for — some sort of divine feminine energy that has old, religious origins but has been given a secular, queer update. Protest and Pleasure: Riffs on Classical Indian Art 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

And so it is the turn of mainstream hip-hop to adapt and accept the unstoppable influence of queer rap on their universe. Zebra Katz, Mykki Blanco and the rise of queer rap 2012-06-08T23:06:00Z

Where the rest of the show descends rapidly into complicated, heterosexual nonsense, its queer storylines are simple and fun, as queer representation should be. New “Gossip Girl” offers unapologetic male bisexual representation 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z

It was maybe reassuring to a lot of queer artists to see that they can go out and make music, but I fought against it. Zebra Katz: 'Creating a strong, black, queer male is something that needed to happen' 2013-05-25T18:00:00Z

I felt so exposed and visible as a queer person. Tegan and Sara on Queering Pop and Ditching Guitars 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

A recent article in the NYU Local, a college newspaper, accused Mr. Jonas of “queer baiting” and “cashing in on something he’s not.” For Nick Jonas, Showing Off Is Paying Off 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

The clips showwomen and queer and transgender people demonstrating different activities, from cooking and ukulele playing to truck driving, and much more. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

The movie is an apt, and not at all unserious, example of queer cinema at its most playful. ‘Knife + Heart’ Review: Gay Porn and Murder in ’70s Paris 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

Is there such a thing as a gay or queer sensibility? Finding a Lavender Thread Even in Catherine Opie’s Landscapes 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

With this, it was really important to us that we were showing the danger, threat, humiliation, and the anxiety of being totally closeted in 1933, but without exploiting the queer part of the story. From "Perry Mason" to "Severance," Jen Tullock explores the various shades of "American loneliness" 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

“I would want the ‘Buffy’ that I didn’t have, that makes space for queer characters,” Schwab said in a video call from Los Angeles last week, referring to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” In ‘First Kill,’ Hunter and Prey Fall in Love 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

Now 78, Ms. Hammer prefers the term “actionary” to “visionary” in describing the work of other queer artists she has documented and promoted over the decades. The Best Art of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

That's also frustrating to acknowledge, given Eichner's care with and emphasis on featuring a cast of queer actors deserving a brighter spotlight than most have been given. The promotion for "Bros" was botched. But its ordinary rom-com trappings may also be to blame 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

Even before Covid, concern that rising rents and rampant property development were threatening the city’s landscape of clubs rooted in its queer techno underground had led to a new term: Clubsterben, or club death. Berlin, Back in Full Swing 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

The quiet candor with which Hannam addresses issues of masculinity, and how it intersects with an Indigenous and queer identity, elevates this otherwise conventional story. ‘Wildhood’ Review: On the Road, Sorting Out Growing Up 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

In terms of the visual style, Don't Ask Don't Tell comes around in the 1990s, but queer servicemen were forced to serve in silence for almost 80 years cumulatively. "The Inspection" and Don't Ask Don't Tell for a queer Black man: "Boot camp is brainwashing" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

The only thing new is that the romantic leads are both men — and hopefully soon, dramatizing queer lives will be less of a novelty just by itself and simply a part of many more stories. All hail the holiday aunt: the most untraditional character in traditional Christmas films 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z

“This is very queer,” she said, and went on a step or two further. Why Narnia Still Matters 2013-11-22T18:24:54Z

Yeah, I think my whole character, my whole project is queer in a way. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

Supported by family and friends — many of whom are also queer veterans of the skateboarding scene — Leo ultimately chooses to live openly as a transgender person and withdraws from the Olympic team. ‘Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story’ Review: Surviving the Grind 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

That’s something of a credo for Mac, whose work, including the epic “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,” celebrates community and connection through a radical queer lens. Taylor Mac’s ‘Fever Dream’: Exploring the Philosophy of the Hang 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

Early taps the microphone: “Check, check. You guys can hear me, right?” he asks before adding: “I just want to make sure this is amplifying queer voices.” John Early Brings a Deliriously Over-the-Top Sensibility to Stand-Up 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

The new work, “Black Exhibition,” is described in the script as an attempt “to look at a queer black male psyche through the lens of its literary influences.” Secret From ‘Slave Play’ Creator: Surprise Show in Brooklyn 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

They also promote “disrupting or queering the normally passive experience” that people have at poetry readings, museums and other art events. Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z

There is a culture within the queer community that “We have to do things better.” “The Ring Thing”: We won the right to marry, now what the hell do we do with it? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

The 34-year old Brazilian infamously dismissed the idea that there would ever be a queer suitor—because gays are perverts. “The Bachelor” still so white: “UnReal” and “Finding Prince Charming” break new ground — why is the premiere dating show stuck in the past? 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

The beauty industry’s main creative forces, including hairstylists and makeup artists, have been dominated by queer people and people of color. Report From Planet Beautycon: Diversity and Small Female-Owned Companies in the Spotlight 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

One reader explained, “I identify as queer because it lets me comfortably move with my sexuality as it changes during different periods of my life.” Does sexual behavior have to mimic sexual orientation? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

The show’s creator, Fatimah Asghar, said she had funneled her personal experiences as a queer Muslim woman into Leila, unpicking the threads of family, religion and desire tangled within her own sexual identity. 'So often we get pigeonholed': how queer women of color found a voice online 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Director Alice Wu makes her "Saving Face" follow-up with this heartfelt, queer twist on the Cyrano de Bergerac tale. The best movies to stream in May, from "Star Wars" to "The Lovebirds" 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

The story, inspired by Soria’s own mother, looks at the relationship between a parent and her queer son. Theater to Stream: ‘Wicked in Concert,’ Christopher Lloyd as Lear 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

In the show, “H,” as he is known, calls his inner circle “a bit like little ships lost at sea … a bunch of queers and freaks and girls who haven’t grown up yet.” Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston! 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

This is only exacerbated by the fact that, for as long as there’s been film, television, and theatre, queer folks have yearned for representation and visibility. Andrew Garfield, queer-baiting and the perils of 'playing gay' 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

It’s a fascinating, scrappy time capsule of queer life in post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS epidemic America that chronicles the revelry and protest that greeted the modern gay liberation movement. Celebrating Pride on Film 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

“We don’t want to go queer like white girls do.” Review: ‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman,’ Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Debut Novel 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

But “Closet Monster” is firmly its own thing — an earnest, lived-in portrait of the very real stigmas and fears of being a queer kid, and the kinds of adolescent insecurities that manifest as a result. ‘The Beta Test,’ ‘Closet Monster’ and More Streaming Gems 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

And so perhaps viewers shouldn't be surprised if it's eventually revealed that Vecna, in his human form, might have come out as queer. Will Byers on "Stranger Things" was always going to be gay 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

Women can be heroic and can save each other, but the white man is still the one who sacrifices himself for the white woman, straightening out WIP’s queerer dynamics. Mad Max: Fury Road is less radical than its B-movie influences 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

A queer man of mixed race, a son of working-class folk, Mr. Chavarria may be the most highly placed Latino currently at work on the creative end of the American fashion industry. Mr. Chavarria Will See You Now 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

Clark is funny as Happiness, tossing side glances, raised eyebrows and witty asides to the audience, providing some much-needed representation of a queer Black character, despite dipping from the well of gay clichés. Review: ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ Preaches to the Choir 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

In his workshops, he guides fellow queer and trans artists through an examination of their needs — financial, artistic, medical and otherwise — to create actionable plans to move toward sustaining themselves solely by their art. Seattle poet J Mase III makes his own way and teaches other trans and queer artists to carve out sustainable careers 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

“You often see women’s stories, but you don’t often see women of colour who are queer. And I think we need more of that,” she offers as explanation for her sudden demand. Master of None's Lena Waithe: 'If you come from a poor background, TV becomes what you dream about' 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

But after a few months, I realized that there is so much bureaucracy, Soviet-style censorship, if you want to write about things like queer politics. Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova reflects on the roots of her rebellion 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

I wrote my second book because I wanted to read a story where a young queer Muslim girl's story was not about pain or suffering. Why I write carefree Muslim girls 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

Be it intersectional supper parties, Puerto Rican solidarity efforts, dining spots that serve as neighborhood safe spaces or increasingly prominent queer culinary creatives, the food industry is mobilizing the L.G.B.T.Q. community. Building a Table for All: The Ascent of Queer Food Culture 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Rationally, I knew that was nonsense, but everything I learned in church told me that if I embraced my queer identity, I would face some kind of punishment. My night in Judgement House, the church play about hell that made me a teenage born-again zealot 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z

Among the young people’s literature finalists are “The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School,” a debut novel by Sonora Reyes about a 16-year-old queer Mexican American girl. Here Are This Year’s National Book Award Finalists 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z

Expressions of queer sexuality are often called “explicit,” because queer and trans sex are both abject, outside of what is considered desirable. From an Iconoclast and an Icon, Poems of Personal and Public Transformation 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

But first, he had to demonstrate that America was ready for this debut major-museum exhibition of queer art. Hide/Seek: Too shocking for America 2010-12-05T22:00:00Z

The show depicts Julia as conflicted in her feelings about queer people, particularly when she crosses paths with a fellow Smith graduate who names her as the reason she embraced her lesbian identity. Are "Julia" and "Minx" the same show? Basically, yes. That's wonderful 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z

Thomas injects the queer paranormal romance genre with a fresh shot of lavishly detailed Latinx culture, blending in Mayan, Mexican, Central American and South American traditions while commenting on cultural appropriation, deportation and class. Young Adult Debuts 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

At that time, I had no gay friends; I did not know what queer even meant. 'Meeting new women became an addiction': one woman, 30 dates 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z

My novel is the latest in a long history of Oz homages, particularly in the magical, surreal and queer corners of culture. The Wizard of Oz at 80: how the world fell under its dark spell 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

Ms. Turner, in a note in the script, calls the play “an excavation of queer history,” and it is that, tracing nearly four decades in the life that Woolley and Marks share — passionately, turbulently, joyously. Review: ‘Bull in a China Shop’ Finds a Revolution in One Woman 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

I think that really hit home when I would sit with and talk to people who were queer, who really, really didn't want to leave the church, but there was no place for them. Surviving "God Land" in the age of Trump: Lyz Lenz on faith, politics and the Midwest 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

"How do we get back to those spaces that are designated and intentionally created for the queer community?" "For the morning gays": The importance of LGBTQ-owned cafes as sober, queer spaces 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z

By bringing a queer relationship to the forefront, the writers have a chance to tell a story that doesn't often get to be told, especially not on a major TV show. Why “Bridgerton” probably won't make Benedict queer (but should) 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

“This is a queer love story,” she continued. For Two Broadway Stars, a Love Story Blossoms in a Honky-Tonk Bar 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

There's no better emblem of ambiguity, indeterminacy and queer fabulousness than Mac in one of Machine Dazzle's costume creations, which are themselves subject to multiple interpretations. Taylor Mac offers a glorious sneak peek of his '24-Decade History of Popular Music' at Royce Hall 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

And a woman in her 80s told him she was inspired by queer people his age, claiming that it was her generation that had a lot to learn from his. What Generations of Gay Men Hand Down in ‘The Inheritance’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Kinship with our elders is a privilege not often afforded to queer people. ‘… What the End Will Be’ Review: Learning to Let Go 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

“The queer community . . . especially the drag community, is made up of many people who fall below the poverty line,” and “many black and brown people,” said Velour. How drag queens have snatched the political spotlight in the Trump era 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

The bill allows businesses and employers to discriminate against queer and transgender people based on “sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.” Boycotts won’t save Mississippi: Hollywood helped kill Georgia’s anti-LGBT bill, but this state might have nothing left to lose 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

Touring the country I meet young queer people with their parents, which is a new phenomenon: they watch the show together and it changes what they see as possible for their own lives. Sasha Velour: ‘Drag is darkness turned into power’ 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

Novak carries the family’s glass bee as she finds a home in queer Manhattan circles, “the amorphous marginal magic family found by noticing each other.” A Sweeping Family Saga of Breaking and Mending 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

These female queens are traversing gender boundaries as well as putting on outrageously entertaining performances, often in the face of prejudice and misogyny, even within queer culture. Workin’ it! How female drag queens are causing a scene 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

Mind you, the '90s were a fertile time for indie film and queer cinema in particular. Eclectic docuseries "Pride" walks viewers through queer American history one decade at a time 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z

A group number designed to hype up the audience, under strobe lights and confetti, leads into a queer romantic duet. A Dance Show on a Cruise Ship? It’s Not What You Think. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

We both deal with the notion of desire from a queer lens. Seven Artists on the Warhol Influence 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

The album’s embrace of house and not, say, trap unambiguously aligns Beyoncé with queer Black folks. America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

I rallied a group of my students — all women of color, some also queer — to help me dismantle everything offensive about the Dewey Decimal system. Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

It’s undoubtedly a queer film that isn’t textually queer. A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Not because, as some people think, "queer" affords mobility between socially normative and non-normative gender and sexual presentations. In praise of flat places: On queerness, landscapes and understanding our desires 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z

Six months later, they reconnected at a Queer Talmud Camp hosted by Svara, an organization that focuses on studying Jewish texts through a queer lens. ‘Traditionally Jewish, but Also Extremely Queer’ 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

But to agree that these are universal human issues doesn’t deny that a queer person — and particularly a queer artist — will usually perceive them more pervasively, and with greater immediacy and urgency. Finding a Lavender Thread Even in Catherine Opie’s Landscapes 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Along with chronological vignettes from her relationship, Machado weaves in childhood memories, meditations on queer representation, and a legal history of lesbian domestic abuse. Carmen Maria Machado’s Many Haunted Stories of a Toxic Relationship 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

I am reminded of it now when I consider the seemingly disparate layers of my own voice and identity – multi-generational Appalachian, first generation college graduate, economically privileged, queer, feminist, antiracist, mother, writer, teacher. Talking right: I lost my Appalachian accent to fit in. Now I want it back 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Given the time and effort I'd put in to get to this point, you'd think I'd have whipped up something appropriately profound to say as I cast my queer forebear to the ages. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

Galliano-Doig wanted to represent diverse queer experiences, he said, and to create a museum where visitors not only see, but also feel seen. What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

At this point Ralph Spencer, turning to the woman he loves, “looked at her with a queer, soft smile on his lips.” Review | Why O. Henry is so much more than those short stories you had to read in school 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

For better or worse, queer people, minorities, disadvantaged communities, and the marginalized, it is the cross we have to bear. There's no shame in "A Sexplanation," a fun, honest documentary that steps in where sex ed left off 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

This is a queer noir world, full of inexplicable violence, an encyclopedia’s worth of sexual deviance and a deeply flawed, untrusting and untrustworthy antihero. The Dystopia Has Just Arrived 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

A 2014 poll in the U.K. showed that the average British person knows eight queer people. “They’re selling to people’s fears”: Fear of the unknown fuels anti-transgender laws like North Carolina’s — and their days might be numbered 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

I lost the only friend I watched Gossip Girl with, who was romantic – who was writing about daffodils in a small town, where it was a struggle to be a queer man. My friend left this world – and I learned to let him go 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

“My hope is that, if you’re white, cis and het, you’ll have a really candid look into what it is to be Black and queer,” he said. Brandon Kyle Goodman, a Nonbinary Voice of ‘Big Mouth’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

A difficulty is that queer, and to some extent trans, are hard to capture, institutionally. Art and Museums in NYC This Week 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

What does that mean for male intimacy, and have a queer person at the center of that question? "The Inspection" and Don't Ask Don't Tell for a queer Black man: "Boot camp is brainwashing" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

But Drake opted for club music — the average b.p.m. here is over 100 — building an explicit musical bridge to Black and queer musical subcultures. Drake Rebuilt Hip-Hop in His Image. Now He Wants You to Dance. 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z

But the novelty and success of queer characters no longer depends on their angst, their fabulousness or even their centrality to the story. What’s Next for the Great Gay Play? Everything. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

But creators of Scooby-Doo stories have long wanted the character to be openly queer, and wrote her as implicitly so for years. Why it matters that Velma has come out, and how it's different from Dumbledore 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

Why are these queer, but they're not queer – but they are queer? Why the Final Girl and horror have always felt queer: "We've got to find our way to survive" 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

Maybe they were preppy, maybe their community was queer or maybe they were white and had just loved the jokes on Black Twitter even though they didn't really participate. RIP Twitter: You were once cool 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z

Writers shut that ship down at the last minute, in response to criticisms that it was unrealistic for Kat to be with someone who supported policies that undermine her existence as a queer Black woman. Saying goodbye to “The Bold Type”: “Happily ever after” looks different for all women 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

They had used abstraction in previous works to investigate the overlap between queer activism and craft traditions. An Artist’s Portraits, Stitched Together on the Subway 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

“It’s really frustrating because the censorship seems to vary,” they said, and has seemed to disproportionately affect queer communities and people of color. Leg Booty? Panoramic? Seggs? How TikTok Is Changing Language 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z

“You can find queer and feminist moments, but none of it will be perfect.” 'It's not about nostalgia': re-examining gender roles in film posters 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

Young, queer black people are always first and foremost on my mind. Saeed Jones on "How We Fight For Our Lives" and writing with "skin in the game" 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

She spoke with Salon about the book, being a queer desi Appalachian woman in a complicated part of the country people think of as only white, found family and home. Growing up in "Another Appalachia" is more relatable than you think: "I keep finding myself here " 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z

As he wrote to her in September 1957: "We are a queer pair, each with vast, almost complementary drawbacks." The real Larkin 2010-06-26T23:04:00Z

His groundbreaking casting is a stunning rebuke to the long-standing belief that queer actors simply cannot play straight — because the audience won’t take them seriously. The great gay subversion of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

The Internet is probably a great way for young queer people to connect and to learn about themselves, but it’s something my generation didn’t have. Douglas Stuart on Growing Up Queer Before the Internet 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

She is right to scupper the art world’s expectations that certain artists and curators — black ones, queer ones, ones from the global South — must explain themselves, or, worse, teach others how to improve or atone. At the Berlin Biennale, the Art of Saying ‘No’ 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

This was just another day on the internet, where people – disproportionately women, people of color and queer people – are harassed, abused, bullied, intimidated and threatened. A normalization of violence: how cyberbullying began and how to fight it 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Marga Gomez spins a comic fantasia on depictions of lesbians in the movies in her new solo show, “Pound,” presented at Dixon Place as part of the theater’s annual “celebration of queer culture.” Review: Marga Gomez’s ‘Pound’ Mocks Depictions of Lesbians on Film 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

All of Topple’s current staff identifies as queer. They Live in Public 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

I am a fat, queer woman, an automotive educator, a journalist covering cars and travel, and an influencer who takes up space. A new guide to traveling — and traveling to eat — while fat 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

“A Strange Loop” In this Pulitzer Prize-winning meta musical, a Black queer man who works as an usher on Broadway battles his demons and doubts while trying to write his own show. The Twisting Trail to the Tonys: ‘Can You Believe That We’re Here?’ 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

She is studying to be a psychiatrist but also struggles with depression, and it was speculated that she was queer. That "Oppenheimer" sex scene speaks to a larger problem with Christopher Nolan's storytelling 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z

These mass shootings targeted at queer people specifically, and the visceral hatred those individuals have towards people like me — what does that mean? We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

But I think the dynamic in the last third of “The Light Years” is less a queering of the wilderness than a wilding of queerness. On Being Young, Gay and Addicted in the 1970s 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Regardless, ushering in more people of color and queer storylines has been embraced by many – but not by all. Candace Cameron Bure & the Hallmark Xmas star exodus to a more "traditional" network 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

To work around these barriers, some creators would “queer code” characters — giving them a style or demeanor that runs “counter to heteronormative expectations,” but without explicit confirmation of their sexuality, said Ng. Yup, Velma is a lesbian. A new film removes any doubt. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Over the phone from her home in Los Angeles, Saracho spoke to Salon about grieving the series, evolving queer identity, what she hopes for the show's legacy, and working with her best friends and "framily." "We are an invisible people": Creator Tanya Saracho on the end of her queer Latinx series "Vida" 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Jay, who is seventy-two, was a professor at Pace University for thirty-nine years and has written and edited several key books on queer history and theory. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

That means these collectors, who focus on the work of female and queer artists, are the perfect art fair clients. ‘Art Fairs Bring Me the Whole World’ 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

As I became more and more politicized I focused instead on racial and queer justice, examining and unlearning how my whiteness contributed to a racialized system of oppression. How examining my whiteness brought me to animal rights 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z

“It would have been important to see images of queer people like these when I was younger,” Smith, now cleareyed, said. An Artist’s Portraits, Stitched Together on the Subway 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

In other newspaper accounts, however, reporters delivered, with relish, details about a victim that suggested a queer life, in which a motive for such risk-taking would presumably be found. The Theory That Justified Anti-Gay Crime 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

The company's more recent betrayals of its queer and trans employees expose how its facade of supportiveness has always been a performance, not unlike its execs dressing in the "Squid Game" contestant costumes. Netflix execs and "Squid Game" VIPs are playing from the same out-of-touch handbook 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Garfield’s clearly not ignorant of the magnitude of the undertaking – and what the play has meant to queer folks for the last quarter-century – which ought not to be discredited by an unfortunate soundbite. Andrew Garfield, queer-baiting and the perils of 'playing gay' 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

But this shyness is pretty faithful to the 1980s, a time when coded language was often employed to identify someone as queer. Will Byers on "Stranger Things" was always going to be gay 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

Adolescence was isolating, as it often is for queer kids. A Counterculture Portraitist’s Chronicle of New York’s Youth 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Love Is a Dirty Word Writer-performer Giovanni Adams’ new solo drama with music about his life as a black, queer, Christian man. L.A. theater openings and critics’ choices, June 11-18: 'King Richard II' and more 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

She did not live to see the Black power movement, or the queer women of color who led third-wave feminism. Onstage This Fall, the Enduring Friendship of Baldwin and Hansberry 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

Receiving the message, even from other queer people, that you don't exist or that your identity doesn't matter, can lead to poor health outcomes, depression and abuse. Celebrating the casual bisexuality in "Hacks" 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Likewise, celebrating Wonder Woman’s queer identity might seem like a risky marketing manoeuvre for a film that will be aiming to pick up the widest audience possible. Will Wonder Woman be the movies' first major gay superhero? 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

My feminism was profoundly informed by them, but some of their views seemed narrow to me, especially as a queer woman. Perspective | For today’s feminist writers, sex makes a comeback 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

Australia's classification board has refused producers permission to screen it at the forthcoming Melbourne and Brisbane queer film festivals, deeming it overly sexually explicit. James Franco asks Australian censors to overturn ban on I Want Your Love 2013-03-05T11:03:25Z

Disparagement of pride is rampant in Christianity, and don’t for a moment think that queer people fail to make this connection. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

“And our activism is about queer joy because that’s really our own story.” Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’ 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

"Are you queer?" the playwright asked right off. Mark Ruffalo was schooled by 'Normal Heart's' pioneering gay playwright 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

If so, what might that mean of our future? — are queer questions, questions wholly invested in what is not yet possible. From an Iconoclast and an Icon, Poems of Personal and Public Transformation 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

Yet many queer people living in rural areas in the 1970s and 1980s refused to relinquish their claim to a rural – and an American – identity. How gay rodeos upend assumptions about life in rural America 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

In the wake of the prologue leak, many diehard Gaylors were expectedly disappointed and even angry that their favorite pop star appears to be merely an ally and not queer herself. Taylor Swift dispels "Gaylor" rumors to the dismay of many fans who feel queerbaited 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

Like many of his projects, this one channels the ideas of writers and artists he calls his queer ancestors, in particular the poet Audre Lorde. This Artist Proposes a Community Space ‘to Dream, to Imagine’ 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

If you know the person well enough and they have a sense of humor, he continues, you might even get away with “queer.” “22 Jump Street”: Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill go meta-gay 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

Noting the “sorrow” of people, straight and queer, who “seek to ‘sell themselves,’ performing allure,” Vollmann seems to want to restore balance, assign dignity, to those hobbled by a toxic standard. A Lesbian Who’s Not a Lesbian Walks Into a Bar, and ... 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who some speculate was a closet homosexual himself, led a purge of gay employees from government offices, as it was believed that queer people were inherently communist sympathizers. Caught in a bad bromance? We should be encouraging man hugs, not mocking them 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

The series is one of the latest queer movie endeavors from Purchell. A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

What I love about the image of the bridge is that it shows what is constructive in the rupturing that queer people do in our daily lives, both for ourselves and for others. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

The dance scholar Clare Croft organizes this festival of performance and discussion to examine and celebrate the potential of queer dance today. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

Here's a closer look at M3GAN's icon status and her popularity within the queer community: Fearsome and fierce? How robot doll M3GAN become a queer icon 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

Drawing on J-Sette’s rules of formation and order, “Let ’im Move You” confronts the real and imaginary meanings of Black queer bodies in public assembly. Perspective | In theaters or at home, dance is here to move you 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

Because, again, this is not the sole queer experience. "Sex Lives" stars on how their characters are "more powerful" in their sexuality this year 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

May Hong HaDuong, the director of the archive, said plans are afoot for the films — “queer heirlooms,” she called them — to travel to other cities. The Day New Queer Cinema Said: Let’s Do This 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

What is it like to be a transgender person working in queer cinema in Texas these days? A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Being queer implies a disconnect with the traditional norms of heterosexuality. Finding a Lavender Thread Even in Catherine Opie’s Landscapes 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Like Billy Crystal’s in “Rabbit Test,” Lil Nas X’s prosthetic belly is just a costume, but this time it’s worn by a queer pop star rapaciously churning cultural shibboleths into internet chum. Pregnant Men Were a Movie Punchline. Now They’re Horror Villains. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

So when Janelle Monáe, a black, queer, working-class star, shows up in her latest music video sporting a giant pair of juicy vagina pants, it’s joyous and uplifting. Why Janelle Monáe’s vagina pants make me cheer | Chitra Ramaswamy 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

Today I’m one of those queers who can find a narrative about sexuality in anything. Talking Sex With Dad (in the Ford Taurus) 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

These takes are smart, well-written and accurate: There’s something that’s always been defiantly, unmistakably queer about Pee-wee Herman, but it would be a mistake to solely ascribe that to his sexuality. The queering of Pee-wee Herman: How the gay icon redefines queer boundaries beyond sexuality 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

It’s generated by Vo’s portrayal of Jordan as a queer Vietnamese American in a country growing increasingly racist and homophobic. Review | Nghi Vo’s demonic adaptation of ‘The Great Gatsby’ might be — gasp — jazzier than the original 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

With transgender rights in the news, this big group show on the concepts of “trans” and “queer” in art is ideally timed. Art and Museums in NYC This Week 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

To be queer in Hollywood today means always being “nice”. The Politician's antihero is a victory for queer characters – because he's awful 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

The owners of HAGS, a self-described “queer fine-dining restaurant” scheduled to open this year in the East Village of Manhattan, have come up with a number of practical ways to welcome gender-expansive customers. When ‘Sir’ and ‘Ma’am’ Miss the Mark: Restaurants Rethink Gender’s Role in Service 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z

And in Edward Crutchley’s treatise on queer culture and the Goth, with its crushed velvets slipping down the torso, hole-poked cobweb knits — and reading list. London Fashion Comes Back to Life 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

Right on cue, a sizable group of self-coined "queer rappers" have emerged – and they have talent to match the hype. Zebra Katz, Mykki Blanco and the rise of queer rap 2012-06-08T23:06:00Z

Increases in anti-LGBTQ bills and political rhetoric, not to mention violence against trans individuals and the banning of books with queer content demonstrate the urgency for a counternarrative to this demonization. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

We alone are invited into that queer realm of art where one stranger’s pain is regularly, willingly assumed by another. Rembrandt and Gerard Manley Hopkins: How to Take Comfort in Art 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z

Asghar grew up as a queer Muslim orphan in the confusing, unfair months and years after 9/11. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Attackers choosing to murder queer people in nightclubs and bars, on dancefloors and during drag shows, is an exercise in dismantling the spaces we have intentionally created for ourselves. We fill queer spaces with joy and belonging. That’s why they’re under attack 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

“A lot of writers’ groups on the theater circuit, and MFA programs for directing, are curated like the Spice Girls: one white woman, a queer white woman, a black woman and an Asian woman. A young playwright's quest to ask difficult questions about race, class and gender 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

That’s why I like the queer aesthetic as well—you take your scars, you take your flaws, you make something generous with it, and then you can share it and transform everything. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

I was at this Pacific Pride conference with a roomful of beautiful, glorious queer youth kids. Iceman Came Out. Now He’s Coming Back in His Own Series. 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

Writer Emilie Notéris, 40, who describes herself as a “queer text worker”, is excited by the emergence of the voices of women and racial and sexual minorities disturbing the institutional fabric. Ne me touche pas… the shift in sex and power sweeping France 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

During the opening week of the exhibit, Seattle Art Museum invited several black, queer artists and performers in Seattle to view the exhibit privately and discuss it among themselves. Hail the Dark Lioness: A roundtable of black, queer Seattle artists on Zanele Muholi’s photography exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Jones’s debut novel is an important contribution to American letters, Black queer studies and the present moment’s profound reckoning with the legacy of America’s racialized violence. Review | ‘The Prophets’ reimagines the lives of enslaved people with the epic love story of two men 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

“The Other Boy” is part of a new battleground for rights for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. Reaching Out to Younger Hearts and Minds About L.G.B.T.Q. People 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

Seeking a world that represented the liberty he felt denied, Herriman created a powerful, if perhaps too-little acknowledged, addition to the canon of queer American literature. The Gender Fluidity of Krazy Kat 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

“You don’t have to be gorgeous and perfect; you can be imperfect and queer and weird and too large. It’s nice.” Bridget Everett Shows Off Her Softer Side. And a Bra. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

When I asked one student where queer books should go, her words brought tears to my eyes: “I want queer books to be everywhere. Because love is everywhere.” Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

But even as it made gains, queer San Francisco was struggling in the 1980s. The Forgotten Queer Legacy of Billy West and Zuni Café 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

Moffat included a few, and there were queer characters during Chibnall's run, but Davies demonstrated how to write these figures as fully expanded individuals without sliding into stereotypes or, worst of all, killing them off. What the new "Doctor Who" era portends 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

Now, after a two-year break, it’s back, filled as before with queer and radically feminist stories, told with immersive and experimental sound design. Podcasts Worth a Listen: ‘Fiasco,’ ‘Unwell,’ ‘In Those Genes’ 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

A queer teenager could watch that episode and feel that its makers were in his or her corner. Cemetery Junction's gay-baiting is not funny 2010-04-21T14:49:00Z

The notion of a secret identity may appeal especially to queer youth who do not have the resources or support to come out. Why Wonder Woman is a queer icon (and always has been) 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z

This memoir surveys an underexamined aspect of queer experience: that of the closeted partner and parent. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

Steiner is an archive of sorts, gathering different biographies, communities and identities of queer artist-activists. At Henry Art Gallery, ‘In Plain Sight’ tells stories of immigration, power imbalances and more 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

Perhaps you are, like me, new to the ecocritical parlance in which a novel or concept or place is said to be “wilded,” the way in the 1990s we said one could be “queered.” On Being Young, Gay and Addicted in the 1970s 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Because of this I feel really queer sometimes. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

The artists and audiences who adored disco were forced underground, particularly the queer community, and such was the birth of house music. Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for "Renaissance" 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

Outside, there's an urban park and just a block away, Zona Rosa, the historical queer neighborhood. Piles of churros and carnitas costra de queso: What a travel writer eats in Mexico City 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

Another said that her "most uncomfortable Jewish moments have been both in very left-wing and in queer circles". Discussions about antisemitism need to include gender and sexuality 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

The pros of returning to the hometown I’d left as a queer teenager, and had been too afraid of visiting as an openly gay adult, outweighed the cons. A Surprising First Live Show, in the Hometown I Once Fled 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z

“By hiring a cis actor to play a non-binary individual in a clearly negative way, the film endorses harmful and dangerous perceptions of the queer community at large.” Trans rights activists launch petition calling for Zoolander 2 boycott 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Last year, Kristen Stewart, an openly queer "Twilight" saga alum who plays Princess Diana Spencer in the forthcoming movie, "Spencer," weighed in about similar conversations surrounding the queer holiday flick, "Happiest Season." Who gets to play who on screen? The queer question of Julianna Margulies on "The Morning show" 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

There are many layers to Bradley's newly discovered, queer sexuality, like the fact that she's in her 40s and is thus exploring her sexual orientation somewhat later in life. On “The Morning Show,” bisexuality is ground zero for the “identity politics” debate 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

The result is a tumultuous queer love triangle. Family, Home and Heartbreak in Three Debuts 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

So she shared a few clips on Twitter — as “proof,” finally, that Velma was queer. Yup, Velma is a lesbian. A new film removes any doubt. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

When accepting her award for Transparent, the first show to center on a family dealing with trans issues, Soloway spoke of her joy of being part of a queer TV revolution. Jeffrey Tambor calls on industry to hire more trans actors in Emmys speech 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

I claim as lineage, as ancestry, as queer, all those who dared to fight, who engaged with this stigma, who moved through it, or lived in it. Don’t get used to it: Queer literature in a time of triumph 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

The exhibition is the first “to link the voices and experiences of queer folk around the world to the evolution of an art genre,” said Horace D. Ballard, an assistant curator who organized the show. Raising the Cultural Bar on Campuses 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Folman's film is a queer fish indeed; the director's equivalent of that difficult second album. Cannes 2013: The Congress – review 2013-05-16T13:42:34Z

It’s the closest I’ll get to stepping foot inside a crowded queer bar until further notice. In the Pandemic Present, a Literary Tour of Greenwich Village’s Past 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

“There's one cis male and the rest are female, mostly queer,” she said. Love and loss in L.A.'s Eastside: Just by existing, Tanya Saracho's "Vida" is a political act 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Of course, there is both room and need in queer cinema for films that universalise the experience of homosexuality as well as ones that explicitly localise it. Does Moonlight prove that gay cinema has to be sexless to succeed? 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

If there’s anything that would benefit everyone, it would be comprehensive sex education that talks about consent, that talks about the existence of queer people, and talks in a smart way about gender. Dan Savage has been dishing out sex and love advice for 30 years. Some questions still surprise him. 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

The debate around the festival’s admission policy mirrors — on a festival-size scale — other discussions happening across the world in feminist and queer communities around “no cis men” spaces. The Ultimate Guide to This Fabulous Summer 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

The teenager sees Velma’s path unwinding the same way: a young person many had assumed was straight slowly coming into her own queer identity. Yup, Velma is a lesbian. A new film removes any doubt. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Regrettably, outside of art cinema, queer male characters rarely get naked or have sex onscreen. The sex scene isn’t disappearing — it’s simply shifting from clichéd fantasy to messy reality 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z

For long minutes I don't think about the Bengali words I've forgotten and the queer lexicon that seeped in like rain to fill the empty spaces. Queer wedding planning at the end of the world 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

The disproportionate harassment of women, people of color and queer people reflects underlying social, culturally embodied issues. A normalization of violence: how cyberbullying began and how to fight it 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

In our society, systems create very real constraints for people who have limited money or are women, queer, or have a disability, for example. The queering of friendship: Rethinking platonic relationships, guided by LGBTQ models 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

Acquaye said that the posts “did not uplift other queer people and these voices.” Lauren Hough Loses Lambda Prize Nomination After a Twitter Feud 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

And Montell has lots to say about “queer language”: why there’s so much gay male slang and so little lesbian slang; why some gay men speak with a “gay voice,” though there’s no lesbian equivalent. A Defense of the Semicolon and Other Adventures in the English Language 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

By the time Patrick was 5, his father realized his son was queer and always encouraged him to be honest with himself about who he was and did everything he could to nurture his talents. WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

"And this is in a movie that's supposed to be about empowering queer people!" James Corden in "The Prom" sparks critic outrage: "offensive" and "worst gay-face" 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

She’s awkwardly suspended between her previous life as a desirable queer woman and her new role in a suffocating simulacrum of domestic happiness. Review | Kristen Arnett’s ‘With Teeth’ gives voice to a parent’s darkest thoughts 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

HIV criminalization adds to my paranoia of state surveillance and the fear of arrest that I already live in as a young queer Muslim man of color. When being HIV-positive was a crime 2013-04-02T15:15:00Z

I, too, was captivated by Highsmith’s chronicling of what it was like to be a young, queer woman out and about in wartime Manhattan, when the rules were being rewritten, albeit fleetingly. The Essential Patricia Highsmith 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z

Although people of color have more autonomy on "Bridgerton," the plight of women and queer people is still relatively authentic to the period, which is to say, abysmal. From race to incels, the modern "Bridgerton" twists hold a mirror up to today's shortcomings 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z

When I was a kid growing up in Baltimore, I was lucky enough to have a group of queer friends. How We Saw the Arts This Year 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

MAD’s larger mission, presented with unusual clarity in the show’s catalog, is to examine queer excess as a survival tactic, aesthetic stance and political resistance. New Shows That Widen the Beaten Path 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

In holiday movies, he added, queer people “get to live in the Christmas they always wanted or didn’t get to have.” Better Than Besties: Why Gay Holiday Films Matter 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

And throughout women are major contributors to the show’s queer rewriting of history and art history. Art Once Shunned, Now Celebrated in ‘Queer Archaeology; Queer Abstraction’ 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

But by teaching marriage as the only “right” way to have sex, abstinence-only messages have serious repercussions for queer youth who might live in states where same-sex marriage isn’t legal, or socially acceptable. 8 most absurd lessons Americans teach kids about sex 2014-04-21T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I think there’s a stigma about divorce no matter what, but especially in the queer community because they fought for this right. “The Ring Thing”: We won the right to marry, now what the hell do we do with it? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

The central fact of London Spy, a too-rare show centered around the inner life of a queer person, is that Danny’s been spying his whole life. Review: 'London Spy' Delves Into the Inner Life of a Gay Sleuth 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

“There’s no show on television where the protagonist is a queer person of colour, male or female,” says Waithe. Master of None's Lena Waithe: 'If you come from a poor background, TV becomes what you dream about' 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Nick and Charlie, side characters in “Solitaire,” were Oseman’s first queer characters — she wrote them at a point, she said, when she didn’t yet know she was queer herself. ‘Heartstopper’ Is a TV Love Story With the Soul of a Comic 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z

What we can hopefully change is the general attitude toward and treatment of queer people. Civilities: A gay Duke student threatened with death speaks out 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

Johnson was, to put it mildly, an odd duck: “the queerest man who ever occupied the White House,” according to a contemporary. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Alongside the mostly gay, male concerns of the new queer cinema, Mr. Araki’s films stood out as less gay than omnisexual. Film: Young and Restless Never Gets Old 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z

In the comics, heterosexuality never feels like the default — there are major and minor queer characters and good and bad queer characters, none of whom are used as tokens. ‘The Sandman’ Is Coming to TV. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

There are multiple cases of Beijing's censors removing same-sex kisses from films and eliminating scenes in which queer individuals' sexuality is mentioned. Why “Bridgerton” probably won't make Benedict queer (but should) 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

The chorus speaks to real or imagined "weird" and "queer" taunts, answering back with a resounding WE DON'T CARE. Friday Favorites: three songs from Partman Parthorse's "Emerald City Dummies" 2010-06-11T19:31:00Z