Day: October 2, 2025

Oct 02
Flaming Star: Queer Cowboys and Camp Critique 

YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall speaks with Milly Mitchell-Anyon, curator at The Dowse Art Museum, about Flaming Star, a brash, shimmering exhibition that reimagines the myth of the cowboy through queer, Indigenous, and feminist lenses.  At The Dowse in Lower Hutt, cowboys are kissing, saddles are shimmering, and bolo ties are coming gloriously undone. Flaming Star […]

Oct 02
Sarah McBride Says Trump’s Trans Military Ban ‘Weakens’ the United States Armed Forces

Democratic congresswoman Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender woman elected to the US Congress, has condemned House Republicans for blocking her proposed amendments to the 2026 National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) — amendments that would have repealed Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the military. Despite her efforts, the Republican-controlled House refused […]

Oct 02
Ryan Murphy Considered Monster Season on Luigi Mangione Case

Monster creator Ryan Murphy has revealed that one potential subject for a future season of the hit Netflix crime anthology series was Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024. While promoting Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Murphy spoke to Variety about his creative process and the ongoing development of […]

Oct 02
Gays, Girls and Group Chats Agree: Robert Irwin Just Won DWTS

Robert Irwin is no stranger to the spotlight, but his latest performance on Dancing With The Stars US has well and truly broken the internet – and possibly a few gay hearts – with a sultry, shirtless Tango that sent social media into meltdown. The 21-year-old wildlife warrior turned TV star is competing in the […]

Oct 02
RFK Jr Sued by 17 States Over Anti-Trans Sex-Ed Funding Threats

Former US presidential candidate & Trump appointee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, is under mounting pressure from a coalition of states after his administration threatened to withdraw federal funding from sex-education programmes that include references to transgender and non-binary people. A legal complaint has been filed against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), […]