Month: May 2020
RUPAULâS DRAG RACE: SEASON 12, EPISODE 12 â âTHE GRAND FINALEâ
They say necessity breeds invention, and, if thatâs the case, RuPaulâs Drag Race season 12 made invention a sloppy, little bottom. Already hamstrung by controversy, the shaky start to season 12 was just the beginning as production (and the rest of the world) was pummeled by the pandemic. Instead of the appropriately grandiose grand finale, the queens,…
SEPARATED FROM YOUR PARTNER BECAUSE OF QUARANTINE? HEREâS HOW TO COPE WITH HIS ABSENCE…
From Canada to Russia, from Finland to Brazil, people around the world are struggling with how to manage the relationships with their partners who are castaways in another household, another town, or even another country. The pandemic situation has driven many couples apart, and although nobody knows how long itâs going to last, you shouldnât…
RELATIONSHIPS: BAD TIMING ÂżOR? NOT MEANT TO BE…
People always come up with reasons why a relationship or love fails. People want there to be something beyond their control, which they can complain about with their friends over cocktails, as to why their big love just fizzled out in the end. People want the romantic story, the drama of it all, the tortured…
LARRY KRAMER, PIVOTAL AIDS ACTIVIST, HAS DIED
After a lifelong fight that changed the national health policy surrounding AIDS and HIV, Larry Kramer died today according to a New York Times report. Kramer, who is an award-winning writer, died from pneumonia according to his husband David Webster. The two married in 2013. Kramer, who helped to found Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP, was…
SEX: ÂżWHAT IS IT TO YOU?
We each have our own experiences and definitions of what sex is, and thatâs okay. Whatâs not okay is when society makes many queer folks feel they are invalid for enjoying what turns them on. So what is sex for you? What are the things you cannot go without? What are the things that are huge turn…
ÂżWHAT DO WE WANT NOW?
First We Rebelled. Then We Assimilated. What do we want now?
NEW DATA: LGBTQ PEOPLE OF COLOR SUFFERING DISPROPORTIONATE COVID-19 ECONOMIC IMPACT
While information about the number of LGBTQ people with COVID-19 remains scarce, new data from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and PSB Research is is revealing the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on queer communities of color. Researchers using four online polls of 4,000 adults between April 16 and May 6 found that queer people of…