Queer Vulturing
October 5, 2026
Nyle DeMarco joins Ryan Murphy’s All’s Fair in a role tailored for him. Why are straight men obsessed with glute-maxxing? Check out this photo of three famous 1950s ‘frenemiies.’ And where have all the queer books gone?
Nyle DiMarco joins Ryan Murphy’s All’s Fair in role rewritten for a deaf actor
SOURCE: PINKNEWS
Nyle DiMarco has joined season two of All’s Fair in a recurring role originally conceived for a hearing performer and rewritten for a deaf actor. The sexually fluid model, actor and filmmaker has long advocated for more authentic deaf representation onscreen.
Taipei gay-bar raid sparks protests over police treatment of queer spaces
SOURCE: PINKNEWS
Around 100 people protested after police raided Commander D in Taipei, detained 51 patrons for questioning and arrested the owner. The confrontation is especially striking in Taiwan, long regarded as one of Asia’s most LGBTQ-friendly democracies.
Grindr makes a $250 million move into HIV prevention with Freddie acquisition
SOURCE: THE ADVOCATE
Grindr is acquiring telehealth provider Freddie, pushing the hookup app further into LGBTQ+ healthcare and PrEP access. The deal turns a dating-platform giant into a much more consequential player in sexual health.
Pennsylvania lawmaker faces backlash over remarks about Malcolm Kenyatta
SOURCE: METRO WEEKLY
Republican state Rep. Aaron Bernstine is under fire over reported homophobic comments and an AIDS-related smear aimed at openly gay Democratic colleague Malcolm Kenyatta. The episode has prompted calls for Bernstine to resign.
Two trans candidates in Georgia bet voters are ready for something new
SOURCE: WASHINGTON BLADE / UNCLOSETED MEDIA
Bentley Hudgins and Bella Bautista are running for the Georgia House in dramatically different districts. Either would help break new ground for transgender representation in a state where LGBTQ+ rights remain a live political battleground.
Georgia trans student barred from running for homecoming queen
SOURCE: THE ADVOCATE
Riley Williams says she was prevented from seeking the homecoming-queen title because school officials classify students by sex assigned at birth. She is now pressing education officials for rules that allow trans students to participate according to their gender identity.
Tim Walker weaves a fantastical tapestry of queer British life
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
Fashion photographer Tim Walker turns his extravagant visual imagination toward queer Britain, bringing activists, artists and everyday subjects into a lavishly staged portrait of LGBTQ+ life and history.
One of America’s remaining lesbian bars gets a financial lifeline
SOURCE: THE ADVOCATE
Washington, D.C.’s A League of Her Own and neighboring gay sports bar Pitchers have brought in HV Entertainment as a minority partner. The deal is intended to shore up two queer gathering places, including one of the relatively few dedicated lesbian bars left in the country.
Luke Evans clarifies his take on being gay, politics and ‘woke’ culture
SOURCE: MANDATORY
Luke Evans’ comments about gay identity and the word “woke” have generated online debate. The actor has since emphasized his belief in equality and compassion while discussing the pressures surrounding sexuality in Hollywood.
Why are so few professional male footballers openly gay?
SOURCE: FOURFOURTWO
Former German international Thomas Hitzlsperger, who came out after retiring, considers why elite men’s football still has so few openly gay players. He points to toxic masculinity and a culture that continues to make disclosure unusually difficult.
SOURCE: QUEERTY
The straight-male pursuit of bigger backsides has become an online fitness obsession, and Queerty considers the phenomenon from the gay gaze. File under body culture, internet anthropology and cheeky cultural appropriation.
The butt-anxiety economy behind glute-maxxing
SOURCE: THE CUT
A useful companion to the Queerty item digs into the body-image anxiety, fitness culture and consumer machinery driving the glute-maxxing boom. The result suggests the male beauty arms race has found a new frontier.
Documentary rescues the legacy of gay-photography pioneer Roy Blakey
SOURCE: QUEERTY
Filmmaker Keri Pickett’s Uncle Roy explores the remarkable life and archive of her uncle Roy Blakey, a figure skater and erotic photographer whose work helped shape gay male visual culture. The film also asks what happens to queer history when personal archives have nowhere to go.
Michael Cunningham offers a master class in a gay life in writing
SOURCE: BAY AREA REPORTER
A look at Michael Cunningham’s Unsayable considers the Pulitzer-winning novelist’s career and his continuing exploration of queer desire, memory, art and the limits of what can be put into words.
Donald Webster Cory’s pioneering gay-rights legacy gets another look
SOURCE: ATTITUDE
A film project returns attention to Donald Webster Cory, whose 1951 book The Homosexual in America helped articulate a gay political consciousness years before Stonewall. His complicated legacy makes him a fascinating figure in the pre-liberation movement.
A vintage photo of literary gay frenemies has the gays talking
SOURCE: QUEERTY
An archival photograph has revived fascination with a pair of literary gay rivals, a reminder that queer literary history has always had its alliances, grudges and exquisitely sharpened elbows.
A Filipino queer superhero remains an icon 20 years later NEW
SOURCE: ABS-CBN
Two decades after Zsazsa Zaturnnah leapt from Carlo Vergara’s comic into musical-theater life, the flamboyant superhero remains a potent Filipino queer icon. The character’s staying power says plenty about camp, fantasy and LGBTQ+ representation in the Philippines.
Bill Russell’s memoir of gay adventures opens for pre-orders
SOURCE: PLAYBILL
Side Show lyricist and book writer Bill Russell is looking back on his theatrical career and gay life in a new memoir. Pre-orders opened October 5, offering musical-theater devotees another backstage chronicle from a major queer Broadway artist.
Where have all the queer books gone?
SOURCE: THE BOOKSELLER
A commentary examines the disappearance and suppression of queer books, connecting publishing and bookselling decisions to a larger struggle over whose stories remain visible and accessible.
Brighton campaigner calls for help as gay venues disappear
SOURCE: BRIGHTON AND HOVE NEWS
After the loss of two major gay venues, a local campaigner is urging Brighton officials to intervene and has floated a levy on Pride tickets to support the city’s LGBTQ+ sector. It is another warning about the fragility of queer nightlife even in famously gay destinations.
Wolf Cutt on hyperpop, queer rave culture and 15 years of EDM
SOURCE: THE PLAYGROUND
Wolf Cutt reflects on electronic music, hyperpop and the queer dance floor after 15 years in EDM. The interview places rave culture in the larger story of queer community-building through nightlife.
Tom Brady biography revives old speculation about his college years
SOURCE: PINKNEWS
A new biography recounts speculation among Tom Brady’s Michigan teammates about his sexuality. The story concerns what teammates reportedly thought at the time, not evidence about Brady’s sexual orientation.
A Palestine joke involving gay activists draws laughter and controversy
SOURCE: LGBTQ NATION
A report on a joke about Palestine and gay activists, and the audience reaction it received, lands amid a particularly fraught debate over queer politics, solidarity and the war in Gaza.
Jim Bakker dies at 86, reviving questions about a contradictory queer legacy
SOURCE: LGBTQ NATION
Televangelist Jim Bakker, whose career included anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric as well as persistent rumors about relationships with men, has died at 86. LGBTQ Nation revisits the contradictions and speculation that followed him for decades.