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Arts & Entertainment

How Sundance 2026 celebrates its queer legacy

The festival's programmers discuss how the 2026 event's films, reissues, and documentaries honor Robert Redford's inclusive spirit.

Best Queer TV of the First Quarter Century
Arts & Entertainment

The 25 best queer TV shows of the century so far ranked

From Queer as Folk to Transparent to Baby Reindeer, the first 25 years of the 21st century have witnessed a sea change in LGBTQ+ TV series including game-changing moments like Michaela Jae Rodriguez becoming the first trans actor to win a Golden Globe.

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New Queer Cinema: Renegotiating 'Male Hustlers'

Male sex workers, as entertainment.
May December’s Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman on Playing Transgressive Women
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May December’s Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman on Playing Transgressive Women

The stars of the Netflix film May December, Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, open up about the boundary-crossing women they play. They also touch on their director, New Queer Cinema legend Todd Haynes.

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Understanding the Women Behind The Matrix, Sense8, and Bound

This author examines the Wachowski sisters, the most influential trans filmmakers in Hollywood. 

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NewFest

New York’s NewFest 2023 Can’t Miss Films: View the Full Lineup

George C. Wolfe’s Rustin opens the LGBTQ+ film festival while the Annette Bening-starrer Nyad is named U.S. Centerpiece.

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Arts & Entertainment

'Hollywood Pride' tells you all you want to know about LGBTQ+ films and artists

Film historian and critic Alonso Duralde's new book offers a comprehensive view.

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World

Derek Jarman Lives

Isaac Julien brings the queer auteur's life and work back to the big screen with his documentary Derek, which will premiere at Sundance.

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'Pride' Spans 60 Years of LGBTQ+ History With Eps From Queer Directors

The trailer for the FX docuseries from directors including Cheryl Dunye, Andrew Ahn, and Yance Ford is out now. 

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Death Becomes Him

Director Tom Kalin returns to the Sundance Film Festival -- which in '92 embraced his first feature, Swoon -- with Savage Grace, a movie about another, very different gay killer.

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World

Roundup: Edwards, Serbia, Emmy Three-way

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25 LGBTQ+ Coming-of-Age Films Charting the Teen Years

LGBTQ+ coming-of-age films from But I'm a Cheerleader to Moonlight help us remember that coming into a queer identity is a journey.

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World

The Living End Lives Again

Gregg Araki's sexy and angry AIDS road movie hits DVD in a revamped new edition.

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Hangin WIth Mr Cooper

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NewFest to Offer Dustin Lance Black, Brandi Carlile, & More

The New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival will showcase a variety of narrative films and documentaries highlighting the diversity of the community.

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Hot Sheet Tigre Plummer

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Hot Sheet Gregg Araki Michael Urie

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World

Sundance, part deux

Weathering the Queer Brunch crowd with John Waters, moderating a panel with Armistead Maupin, and getting the scoop on Lifetime's upcoming Gwen Araujo movie

LGBT Movie Poster History: Preserving the Fossil Record
Voices

LGBT Movie Poster History: Preserving the Fossil Record

Posters for LGBT-themed films tell us as much about our history as the films themselves, says professor and collector Wes Davis.
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Why Halston's Fascinating Queer Life Story Took 20 Years to Make

Executive producers of the Netflix series Halston chat with The Advocate about New York City in the 1970s, Ewan McGregor, and imperfect queer characters.

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Arts & Entertainment

Golden Globe Nominees Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz & More on Their Acclaimed Projects

We spoke with Golden Globes nominees Rustin’s Colman Domingo, Dead Ringers’ Rachel Weisz, Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham, and others about queer identity and more. Here's what they had to say.