Category: Arts & Culture
Award-winning choreographer Oli Mathiesen explores queer archetypes, Māori identity and what happens when culture is appropriated by the politics it once resisted I haven’t always been intrigued by the Village People. In fact, their hyper-masculine personas, cheap choreography and recent political alignment have done everything to deter me. Yet the culturally irrelevant group, whose timeless […]
The cast of Drag Race Philippines season four have paid an emotional tribute to their late sister Misua, whose final scenes aired this week after she died during production earlier this year. Drag Race Philippines has honoured Misua in a deeply emotional episode featuring the 27-year-old queen’s final appearance on the show. Misua, whose name […]
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards delivered plenty of queer star power, with LGBTQ+ artists picking up major wins, owning the red carpet and taking part in one of the night’s biggest musical tributes. Kehlani left with a Moon Person, Adam Lambert made a surprise appearance honouring George Michael, Orville Peck proudly declared he was […]
England appears to have developed an unexpected national emergency: a shortage of hunks willing to enter Mr England. Organisers of the male pageant are searching for more contestants after only seven men reportedly signed up for this year’s competition, well short of the 12 they hope to take forward. Eligible men aged 17 to 27 […]
Gleeks, this is getting serious: Ryan Murphy has confirmed that a script for a new incarnation of Glee is officially written. Just two months after revealing he was considering returning to McKinley High, Murphy says he has reunited with fellow Glee creators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan to put the idea on paper. He has […]
Forty-five minutes from central Wellington, Leilani Sio (they/them) has found a place where they can disappear. They live in a small village on the Kāpiti Coast, close enough to Pōneke for their work at Experience Wellington but far enough away to enjoy a degree of anonymity. The ocean is central to life there. Sio swims […]
Charlie Hunnam is looking back fondly on the groundbreaking gay series that launched his career, as he returns to Netflix in another story steeped in queer themes and sexual repression. Long before Sons of Anarchy, The Gentlemen or Monster, Hunnam was 18 and playing Nathan Maloney, the fearless 15-year-old at the centre of Russell T […]
Troye Sivan has gone full medieval for his new single Party, combining Madonna, Sir Ian McKellen and a castle full of queer revelry into one gloriously unexpected music video. The Australian pop star’s latest track is the second taste of his upcoming album She’s the Best, following the title track released last month. Party samples […]