Day: May 6, 2026

Aotearoa and Niuean artist Tyrun talks about blending  growth, queer visibility and Vagahau Niue into his fresh contemporary sound  On Tyrun’s single FILA, the singer-songwriter questions what happens when love is forced to change.  For the Aotearoa and Niuean artist, that came from a period of personal reflection.  “Saturn returned!” he explains, laughing. “It made me hyper aware of how I had […]

For most of his life, Bill Costello lived behind what he calls a mask.  Born and raised in Whanganui, Bill knew he was gay as a teenager, but the world around him made that truth feel dangerous. When he was young, his mother noticed how close he and a male friend were becoming and threatened […]

Jacob Gutierrez’s path to Netflix’s Big Mistakes was anything but ordinary. While preparing for grad school in clinical psychology, the Broadway actor unexpectedly landed a role opposite Dan Levy in the chaotic new comedy series. Playing Tareq, the secret boyfriend of Levy’s character Nicky, Gutierrez brings warmth and authenticity to a queer storyline about love, […]

The Met Gala is one of the few red carpets where male celebrities are expected to do more than simply turn up in a standard black suit — and, thankfully, several stars took that challenge seriously in 2026. While many major awards shows still see men relying on safe tuxedos and predictable tailoring, fashion’s biggest […]

The Trump administration has launched civil rights investigations into 36 school districts in Illinois, focusing on how schools teach and manage issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. The Department of Justice said on Thursday, 30 April, that its Civil Rights Division will examine whether school districts gave parents adequate notice before students were […]