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EXCLUSIVE: Queer Eye producer Scout Productions is behind a number of interesting consumer product line including a Lego tie-up with the fab five as well as a Funko Pop range and a Walmart furniture line.

Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, and Tan France are back with Queer Eye season 8, and the trailer just debuted online!

Where to Find the Best Nightclubs, Parties, and Events for Queer Women New York is a diverse and vibrant city bursting with culture, nightlife, and amazing opportunities to meet like-minded people of all backgrounds. As one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities in America, New York offers a thriving LGBTQ scene, with countless bars, nightclubs, and events catering specifically to the community. For lesbian travelers, the city boasts several iconic lesbian bars that are well worth adding to your itinerary.

Taylor Swift op-ed speculating about her sexuality has been slammed by the popstar’s associates as “invasive, untrue and inappopriate”.On January 4, the New York Times published an opinion piece, suggesting there was “queerness implied by Ms. Swift’s work”.

A source close to Taylor Swift is responding to a recent New York Times opinion piece about the singer’s sexuality.

Taylor Swift wants everyone to calm down with all of the speculation on her sexuality!

Zoe Hewitt When you’re not a minority, role models are everywhere, particularly in mainstream movies. Heterosexual cis-gender people and their relationships are the basis for romcoms and featured in actioners. If you fall outside of that mainstream definition, it becomes harder to see yourself represented by the media in the embodiment of a fully-realized person who exists beyond tokenism and stereotype.

Queer Eye is set to lose one of the show’s key cast members after season eight.The rebooted US reality series sees the Fab Five – Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown and Tan France – apply their respective expertise to help improve the life of individuals across the US (and, for one spin-off, in Japan).The show, which first debuted on Netflix in 2018, is set to return for its eighth season in New Orleans on January 24, 2024.As confirmed in November 2023, Bobby Berk, the show’s expert on interior design, will make his last appearance on the show in season eight.In a post on X announcing his departure, Berk described the decision to leave the show as a “necessary one”.“It is with a heavy heart that I announce that season eight will be my final season on Queer Eye,” Berk wrote. “It’s not been an easy decision to be at peace with but a necessary one.

Parvati Shallow has some big news!

As always, shows have been canceled this year and shows have been renewed. One critically acclaimed program that still seems to be in limbo is “Our Flag Means Death.” A comedic re-imagining of the not-so-notorious “Gentleman Pirate” Stede Bonet, the series finds the 18th Century amateur swashbuckler, portrayed by Rhys Darby, finding himself as he battles other pirates and tries to command a very queer crew in the Caribbean.

Atlanta’s queer community is reeling at the news of Dr. Jesse Peel’s passing on December 28, 2023, at the age of 83.

Luke Macfarlane opened up about past crushes, his history with the Hallmark Channel and his starring role in Billy Eichner‘s queer romcom Bros during an interview with Daniel Tosh.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After first being announced in October, RuPaul‘s upcoming memoir “The House of Hidden Meanings” is now available to pre-order on Amazon, where it’s already a No. 1 bestseller.

, raunchy comedy , and , has taken her all around the globe. Naturally, that makes her a bit of an expert at finding the right hotels for any occasion, from (the Bulgari Hotel in Paris) to a (the Villa Treville in Italy is a totally chill spot, she says).Her love of traveling is how she booked her next role: an appearance on where she’ll share her traveling hacks and wackiest stories including that time she spontaneously checked into a place that doubled as a nightclub (iconic). Ahead, the Golden Globe-nominated actress tells Glamour about the skin-saving travel essentials she always packs in her , her fave budget-friendly properties, and her .

There are a ton of LGBTQ-themed offerings on streaming, and some of the most critically hailed projects are available to watch right now.

Black men loving Black men is the revolutionary act. – Marlon Riggs 

As another year passes, members of Atlanta’s queer community remain resilient by fighting our oppressors and celebrating our wins. In 2023, innocent members of our community have faced police brutality, the murder of our trans siblings, and the political persecution of nonbinary people and queer children. We witnessed the closing of an iconic venue, cheered as the City of Atlanta donated to trans organizations, decried the same city officials for supporting Cop City, and found healing through the power of activism and drag.

Olly Alexander has signed a pro-Palestine letter which calls Israel an “apartheid state” and accuses it of genocide.It was revealed at the weekend that the singer and actor would be representing the UK at Eurovision next year in Malmö, Sweden, the hometown of this year’s winner Loreen.Before he was confirmed as the UK’s Eurovision entrant, Alexander had signed an open letter from LGBTQ+ activist group Voices4London, which called for a ceasefire in Gaza and for Israel to allow aid into the area. The letter also condemned “Zionist propaganda” amid the war with Hamas.The letter says: “We are watching a genocide take place in real time.

The BBC has come under pressure to fire the UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entrant Olly Alexander after the Years & Years frontman signed a letter describing Israel as an “apartheid” state.

After seeing her DC-inspired debut feature The People’s Joker pulled from TIFF 2022 over what the fest described as “right’s issues,” Vera Drew has secured a North American release for the film via L.A.-based indie distributor Altered Innocence.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “The People’s Joker,” a queer comic book parody that garnered headlines after getting axed from the Toronto Film Festival lineup, is heading to the big screen. Los Angeles-based distributor Altered Innocence acquired the film, which will open in theaters on April 5. Vera Drew directed “The People’s Joker,” which was slated to play in 2022 at TIFF.

Jonathan Van Ness is sharing an update with fans after a recent surgery.

Blake Lively finally dropped her photo dump from Taylor Swift‘s magical 34 birthday!!

K.J. Yossman Jennifer Ehle has been cast in Jaclyn Bethany’s queer indie drama “In Transit.” Written by Alex Sarrigeorgiou, the Maine-set feature tells the story of a small town bartender called Lucy who agrees to model for painter Ilse – played by Ehle – who is existentially floundering as she seeks solitude away from her career and complicated personal life while on an artists retreat. “Through their relationship, both women must confront their preconceptions of what makes a good life,” reads the logline.

Katie Findlay is starring in a new holiday movie for Hallmark Channel!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Better late than never, the 50th Annual Daytime Emmys got underway on Friday night from downtown Los Angeles’ Westin Bonaventure Hotel, after six months of postponement due to the Hollywood strikes. Airing live on CBS, “Entertainment Tonight” hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner were back to emcee this year’s event. “General Hospital” jumped out to a dominant early lead in the competition, winning six awards — including daytime drama, as well as both supporting actor and supporting actress, younger actor, guest actor and directing.

Fifty years ago today, the American Psychiatric Association dropped “homosexuality” from its list of mental disorders. The historic event was lauded as a key advancement for the cause of LGBTQ+ equality.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor International Film Festival Rotterdam has revealed its selection of 16 feature film projects for the 41st edition of CineMart, running Jan. 28-31. In “Another Journey Without Women” six chain-smoking know-it-alls embark on a tragi-comedic polar expedition in Greenland in 1918.

In a clip from the documentary, Little Richard: I Am Everything, we hear the young entertainer singing an early version of what would become his signature tune, “Tutti Frutti.” But surprise! The original lyrics were different than the ones we know today: “Tutti frutti, good booty/Tutti frutti, good booty!”

Naman Ramachandran Mia McKenna-Bruce (BIFA winner for “How to Have Sex”), Louisa Connolly-Burnham (“Vampire Academy”) and Michael Fox (“Downton Abbey”) will star in “Sister Wives.” The film is a love story that follows two young women living in a strict, fundamentalist, polygamous society. Kaidence and Galilee find themselves bound to one another, under the same roof, in the same marriage, as they develop scary, new, exciting feelings for each other. In a harsh, regressive, watchful community where being queer is considered a cardinal sin, they begin having thoughts of leaving the only life they have ever known behind.

Vincent Rodriguez is making history on the Hallmark Channel!

Over the years, the LGBTQ+ community has made significant strides in advocating for acceptance and understanding, challenging norms and promoting inclusivity.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent “The Summer With Carmen,” Zacharias Mavroeidis’ queer comedy, has been acquired in major territories since world premiering at the Venice Film Festival. The movie, which is represented by Be For Films and had its North American premiere at AFI, recently won three prizes at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. It will be released next year by Cinobo in Greece, Epicentre in France and Xenix Filmdistribution in Switzerland.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events While the LGTBQ rights movement has made tremendous strides since that first rock was thrown at the Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969, there are still many areas of the U.S. where the queer community doesn’t feel safe. In the new Hulu documentary, “We Live Here: The Midwest,” director Melina Maerker and producer David Clayton Miller chronicle queer families living in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio.

Valerie Wu Intern The Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced its 2024 lineup. Held by the Palm Springs International Film Society, the PSIFF aims to spotlight and celebrate a range of global films. The 35th annual festival’s opening night will host the U.S.

faced severe backlash after saying that “the entire Black community” may have been “brainwashed to hate Jews”. Margulies also claimed that Black and queer communities were not supportive enough of Israel following the October 7 attacks: “It’s those people [who use they/them pronouns] that will be the first people beheaded and their heads played with…like a soccer ball.”She also went on to say: “There was a film being shown by this Black lesbian club on Columbia’s campus, and they put signs up that said, ‘No Jews allowed’.” She also said “as someone who plays a lesbian journalist on The Morning Show, I’m more offended by it as a lesbian than I am as a Jew, to be honest with you.” The actress has since deleted her X/Twitter profile and turned off comments on Instagram.Now, Margulies has issued an apology for her comments in a statement to Deadline.