Queer Vulturing
August 25, 2026
A look into celebrities told to stay in the closet. Jesse Watters – cut or uncut? Marc Jacobs talks Grindr. Green Lantern was the first queer superhero. Is this engaged couple America’s cutest?
17 Celebrities Who Were Forced To Hide Their Sexualities To ‘Make It’ In Hollywood
BuzzFeed
From Old Hollywood to contemporary stars, BuzzFeed gathers 17 accounts of performers who concealed or downplayed their sexuality because they feared losing work or were explicitly advised to stay closeted. The list underscores how career pressure around coming out did not disappear with the studio-system era.
Jesse Watters wanted to debate trans kids’ bodies — until Dr. Abdul El-Sayed asked about his
The Advocate
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed flipped a Fox News exchange on its host after Jesse Watters pressed him about transgender youth. El-Sayed’s response challenged the premise that politicians and pundits are entitled to scrutinize children’s bodies.
Sir Ian McKellen admits regret over not coming out to his dad before he died
PinkNews
Ian McKellen says one of his few regrets is that he never came out to his father, who died in 1964. The actor reflected on the relationship after rereading a loving letter his father sent him for his 21st birthday.
Joe Lycett addresses reaction to him becoming dad: ‘I’ve never said I’m gay’
PinkNews
Joe Lycett pushes back on assumptions about his sexuality after the surprise that greeted news he had become a father with his girlfriend. The comedian notes that he has spoken publicly about being bisexual for years.
Matt Lucas pays tribute to late partner Kevin McGee: ‘Funniest person’
PinkNews
Ahead of his appearance on Taskmaster, Matt Lucas remembers former partner Kevin McGee, who died in 2009. Lucas calls him the funniest person he ever knew and reflects on the lasting impact of their relationship.
Love Story: Meet the gay costume designer who relaunched JFK Jr. as a style icon
OUT
Emmy-nominated costume designer Rudy Mance explains how he recreated and reframed the much-scrutinized style of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette for Love Story. It is a queer designer’s-eye look at fashion, celebrity mythology and period detail.
T’Nia Miller’s VisionQuest character ‘to be standout in MCU’
PinkNews
Lesbian actor T’Nia Miller is being tipped for a scene-stealing turn as Jocasta in Marvel’s upcoming VisionQuest. The series’ creator is already singling out Miller’s character as a standout.
Marc Jacobs says he won’t ‘lie about it’ as he talks Grindr ‘10-person’ sex scandal
PinkNews
Marc Jacobs revisits the infamous 2015 Grindr episode and says he has no interest in sanitizing his past. The designer says being candid about sex and his history now feels liberating.
Gay Wine Weekend toasts 15 years of raising queer cheerOUT
Sonoma Valley’s Gay Wine Weekend marks its 15th anniversary, mixing food, wine and queer community with fundraising for HIV services. The event has grown into both a destination weekend and a substantial benefit for Face to Face.
7 Drag Queens Who Could Bring Natalie Harp’s Twisted Trump Devotion to Life
Them
Them turns the surreal political saga surrounding Trump aide Natalie Harp into a casting exercise, imagining which Drag Race performers could embody her intense public persona. Politics meets camp in one of the day’s stranger culture pieces.
These adorable gay fiancés are in the running to become ‘America’s favorite couple’
Queerty
Evan Enslow and Aaron Prior, who met on Scruff three years ago, are competing for the title of America’s Favorite Couple. Their story gives the day a welcome dose of romance amid the heavier political news.
‘Tired but undeterred’: A Smithsonian curator refuses to let this administration erase queer history
LGBTQ Nation
Smithsonian curator Katherine Ott discusses the work of preserving LGBTQ+ history amid political pressure on federal cultural institutions. For Ott, safeguarding queer objects and stories is inseparable from her responsibility as a public historian.
Monument to LGBTQ Canadians officially unveiled
Washington Blade
Canada has officially unveiled a national monument in Ottawa honoring LGBTQ+ people harmed by government-sanctioned discrimination. The memorial gives permanent public form to a history once deliberately pushed out of sight.
Congressional Democrats urge Supreme Court to preserve state anti-discrimination laws
LGBTQ Nation
Congressional Democrats are asking the Supreme Court to protect state anti-discrimination laws in a dispute involving religious schools and public funding. The case could have broad implications for LGBTQ+ families and the reach of civil-rights protections.
Mike Pence ‘heartened’ that trans former advisor found him affirming despite his anti-LGBTQ+ views
LGBTQ Nation
Mike Pence says he was heartened that former intelligence briefer Julia Curlee, a gay transgender woman, felt she was treated with respect in his office. The exchange sits uneasily beside Pence’s long record on LGBTQ+ policy.
Softonic.com
In 2020 the Green Lantern (aka Alan Scott) came out, making him the first queer superhero.
OUT
The anarchic live comedy showcase Stamptown, hosted by bisexual clown and comedian Zach Zucker, arrives on Netflix August 25. The 90-minute spectacle brings its anything-goes mix of comedy and performance to a much larger audience.
The Guardian
At 82, photographer William Yang looks back on six decades documenting Sydney’s queer life, from the exuberance of the 1970s through the AIDS crisis and marriage equality. As institutions begin preserving his vast archive, Yang argues that the images once dismissed as marginal may be the most important work he made.
One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts ‘in two minds’ about whether gay people should be equal
The Guardian
Australian senator Malcolm Roberts told a conservative Christian conference that he was still ‘in two minds’ about gay equality, while discussing his own party’s gay director, James Ashby. Equality Australia called the suggestion that gay people could even be considered for ‘banning’ chilling and incompatible with democracy.
Gay New Jersey detective says supervisor groped him — and bosses did nothing
The Advocate
Detective Russell Kingsland is seeking $1.5 million from New Jersey, alleging years of homophobic harassment, retaliation and an assault by a supervisor inside the state Attorney General’s Office. His complaint says superiors pressured him about coming out, ignored his reports and later suspended him after he began documenting the alleged abuse.