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Kim Petras makes history at the VMAs as first trans performer
Kim Petras performed her new song, Future Starts Now, at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show in Brooklyn, New York. The German singer-songwriter took to the stage in a historic performance of her...
View ArticleLil Nas X drops Brokeback Mountain-inspired music video
Lil Nas X has released what might be his queerest music video yet – and it’s inspired by Brokeback Mountain. The singer-rapper dropped the music video for “That’s What I Want” just as his...
View ArticleHow Kim Petras brought her bubblegum pop fantasy to life
The VMAs pre-show has always signaled tomorrow’s biggest superstars, making space for performers who tend to find their way on subsequent years’ main stage with some eventually winning awards for their...
View ArticleAngel Baby
Troye Sivan has unveiled the music video for his latest single Angel Baby. A “celebration of love and queerness and tenderness and sex and fantasy,” the black-and-white visual shows the Australian...
View ArticleLionesses, K-pop’s ‘first openly queer boy band’ debuts
A group claiming to be the “first openly LGBT+” K-pop boy band has launched in South Korea with their colourful debut music video. Although LGBT+ representation is growing in South Korea, there are...
View ArticleThe history of gay hip-hop
Rap is changing. The immutable rules of the genre and the conduct of its participants loosened considerably in the last decade. Sitting in the crux of this generational gap is Lil Nas X. Prior to...
View ArticleQueer pop culture moments 2021
For the queer community, 2021 was a historic year, but all too often for the wrong reasons. We continue to live in a time and place — the world over — that’s dangerously hostile to our existence. And...
View ArticleMusic video about a gay teen may have saved many lives
The 2017 music video for rapper Logic’s song “1-800-273-8255” may have saved hundreds of lives, a new study found. The song’s title is the phone number of the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline....
View ArticleTrouble by Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan has shared the new song “Trouble,” featuring Jay Som and produced by Styalz Fuego. It was recorded for Three Months, an upcoming coming-of-age film directed by Jared Frieder and starring...
View ArticleSub-Radio make queer and inclusive indie-pop
Sub-Radio, an up-and-coming indie-pop band, is a poster-child for musicians doing all they can to find ways to connect with their fans during the pandemic. Lead singer Adam Bradley said the group has...
View ArticleAlexander Malofeev
20-year-old pianist Alexander Malofeev playing a variation of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody. Recently several of his concerts were cancelled despite him condemning Russia’s attack on the Ukraine, saying...
View ArticleGay K-Pop star Holland attacked and called ‘a dirty gay’
Holland, one of the first openly gay K-Pop idols, said on Twitter that he was assaulted while walking in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea, on May 5. “Last night, I was walking around Itaewon with my manager...
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