Queer Vulturing
November 6, 2026
Los Javis talk on ending romance. What to do when your twinkdom ends. Club Kid cast say their film was made for queer people. Queer boxer Oscar Bonifacino inspires another to come out.
Los Javis on La Bola Negra and the End of Their Romance
The Independent
As La Bola Negra opens in UK and Irish cinemas, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi talk about ending their 13-year relationship mid-shoot while keeping it secret from the cast. The Cannes Best Director winners remain creative partners, and their Lorca-inspired epic is now Spain’s Oscar submission.
Rainbow Wave: How the Midterms Reshaped LGBTQ+ Representation
Gay City News
Gay City News tallies the LGBTQ+ gains from Tuesday’s Democratic sweep, from Pappas’ Senate breakthrough to new out members of the House and a string of firsts in statehouses. The numbers move the needle on a representation gap that remains stubbornly wide, even after a historic night.
Florida Elects a Republican Who Called for Executing Queer People
LGBTQ Nation
Marshall Clayton Rawson, a Republican with documented white-nationalist sympathies who posted support for executing LGBTQ+ people, has won a seat in Florida’s legislature. The heavily Republican district delivered as expected, a reminder that the blue wave broke unevenly.
Even Ron DeSantis Thinks the Anti-Trans Ads Were a Mistake
The Advocate
Florida’s governor, whose own record on trans issues is hardly restrained, suggested Republicans could have dialed back the anti-LGBTQ+ messaging this cycle. The GOP spent tens of millions on anti-trans ads in Texas alone and lost both the governorship and a Senate seat there.
Gay Boxer “The Beast” Wins Again, and Inspires Another to Come Out
Outsports
Uruguayan boxer Oscar Bonifacino notched another victory and learned that his visibility helped another fighter find the courage to come out. It’s a mentorship chain that runs back to Orlando Cruz, the first active pro boxer to come out.
Senator-Elect Chris Pappas Puts Trump’s Judicial Nominees on Notice
The Advocate
In his first interview since becoming the first out gay man elected to the U.S. Senate, New Hampshire’s Chris Pappas says any Trump judicial pick will need to show respect for Obergefell before winning his vote. He also credits husband Vann Bentley with getting him through the race and declares Manchester the chicken-tender capital of the world, which, given his family’s Puritan Backroom, is less boast than birthright.
Chris Pappas and Vann Bentley: A Relationship Timeline
TV Insider
With the senator-elect’s election-night embrace making the rounds, TV Insider walks through the couple’s story, from their 2021 engagement to their 2023 wedding. It also revisits how Bentley’s past as an Amazon lobbyist became campaign fodder long before he became the Senate’s first gay spouse.
I’m 29 and Twink Death Is Approaching. How Do I Not Freak Out?
Queerty
In this week’s Ask Jake, a reader whose Grindr handle has been “Twink182” for a decade panics after a man calls him “handsome” instead of cute. Therapist Jake Myers gently points out that youth is gay culture’s most volatile currency and suggests the reader invest in something with a longer shelf life: himself.
How a Queer New York Teen in the ’90s Became a Leading LGBTQ+ Historian
LGBTQ Nation
LGBTQ Nation profiles historian Hugh Ryan, whose new memoir My Bad turns his archival eye on his own coming of age in the queer ’90s, from AOL chat rooms to the downtown club scene. It’s a reminder that one generation’s adolescence is the next generation’s history lesson.
Andalusia’s Deep Queer History, Behind and Beyond La Bola Negra
Condé Nast Traveller
Condé Nast Traveller follows the Lorca-haunted landscape that inspired Los Javis’ La Bola Negra, mapping the queer past layered beneath southern Spain’s whitewashed villages. Part travel guide, part pilgrimage, it makes the case that the film’s ghosts still walk the region.
The Life and Death of Former College Running Back Quinton Baker
Outsports
Outsports examines the life of Quinton Baker, the former Western Kentucky and Portland State running back killed by Las Vegas police in February along with his 3-year-old son, after reportedly coming out to his girlfriend during a domestic dispute. A recent county review left questions unresolved, including police acknowledging they cannot determine who fired the shot that killed the child.
Jess Fishlock Gets an Emotional Send-Off in Seattle
Outsports
The Seattle Reign bid farewell to Jess Fishlock after 14 seasons of play and outspoken LGBTQ+ advocacy. The Welsh midfielder leaves as one of the NWSL’s foundational figures, on the pitch and off.
Pro Beach Volleyball Player Alex Ukkelberg Comes Out
Outsports
Professional beach volleyball player Alex Ukkelberg has come out as gay in a video in which he says he’s thankful for who he is. He joins a growing roster of out athletes in a sport that has quietly become one of the more welcoming corners of pro athletics.
The Club Kid Cast on Trans Sisterhood and Not “Dumbing Down” Nightlife
Queerty
Jordan Firstman and his stars Saturn Risin9, Miss Benny, and Alaska Riley discuss A24’s Club Kid, in which a fading party promoter learns he has a 10-year-old son. Firstman says he was urged to keep the language universal and refused: everyone is invited, but the film was made for queer people.
Cara Delevingne Says She Found Belonging in the Queer Party Scene
People
Cara Delevingne tells People that queer nightlife gave her a sense of community she didn’t find elsewhere. It’s a long way from the model who once admitted she’d lived a “very straight lifestyle” and came to the scene late.
Ariana DeBose to Bigots After the Blue Wave: “Please Grow Up”
The Advocate / Out
Promoting her new Audible sci-fi series Exoplanet, the Oscar winner calls out those more worried about trans people in libraries than guns in public spaces. She also says she’s manifesting more queer roles “where no one dies.”
Pilobolus Dance Captain Isaac Huerta Brings TRIPS to Dallas
Dallas Voice
Pilobolus, the first company ever to perform for TITAS 45 years ago, returns to Moody Performance Hall Nov. 6–7 with its intergalactic program TRIPS. Queer dancer Isaac Huerta, in his second year with the troupe, says the company lets him bring his full self, and a queer voice, into the work.
Colman Domingo Went to High School with Will Smith
Queerty
On the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, Domingo revealed he and Smith overlapped at a Philadelphia high school but were never friends: Smith was the cool kid, he was the nerd trying not to get beaten up. Their last encounter came years later, when Domingo waited on Smith’s table at an El Torito.