cultural digest

Queer culture news: film, music, television, awards and whatever the group chat is arguing about this week. What happened, who said it, and why it landed the way it did.

candace owens swears the macrons never sued her for calling brigitte a man. a judge just made that the question the case turns on. pass the popcorn. On Oct. 27, 2026, Delaware Superior Court Judge Sheldon K. Rennie dismissed Candace Owens individually from Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron's defamation lawsuit for lack of personal jurisdiction, but kept her companies Candace Owens LLC and GeorgeTom, Inc. in the case.... october 28 a strictly star's 'protect the dolls' shirt got blurred off the bbc. she forgave them. 206 viewers took it to ofcom anyway. Strictly Come Dancing contestant Bethany Antonia told Digital Spy on Oct. 24, 2026 that the BBC "had to do what they had to do" when it blurred the "Protect the Dolls" slogan on her T-shirt in the Oct. 10 broadcast,... october 27 the internet's most famous lesbian bar raised $21,600 in a month. it's closing anyway. i need to lie down. Last Ditch, the lesbian bar and arts venue at 10 Fiske Ave. in Greenfield, Massachusetts that went viral in September over a mask-optional night, announced on Oct. 26, 2026 that it is soft-closing and will close this winter unless someone... october 26 the selling sunset star and g flip are over after four years. she filmed it instead of writing it. nobody talk to me. Chrishell Stause, the former Selling Sunset star, and her spouse, the Australian musician G Flip, announced on Instagram on Oct. 26, 2026 that they have separated after more than four years together. Stause posted a tearful video; G Flip posted... october 26 26 out women won olympic gold for team usa. one proposed the day before the final, then tied it with two minutes left. The Watering Hole counted 26 women who won Olympic gold for the United States and have spoken publicly, in their own words, about being gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer or pansexual, or about the woman they love: Jennifer Azzi, Sue Bird,... october 23 a tiktoker says the crumbl cookie co-founder got him cut from grindr's halloween party. the co-founder showed up in his comments. TikTok creator Grant Gibbs said in a video this week that he was taken off the guest list for Grindr's third Pleasure Ball, a Halloween party in New York on Oct. 22, 2026, because Crumbl Cookies co-founder Sawyer Hemsley was... october 23 kid cudi told trans actors looking for work to hit him up. the replies turned into an open audition. Kid Cudi posted on X early on Oct. 22, 2026, "If you are a trans actor looking for work, holla at me," hours after announcing on Instagram that he will write, direct and star as Jean-Michel Basquiat in a film... october 23 glee is officially coming back, and lea michele is reportedly in talks to play rachel berry again. we are, unfortunately, gleeks again. On Oct. 21, 2026, Disney+ and Hulu gave a series order to a Glee reboot from 20th Television. No cast, plot or premiere date was announced. Variety and TheWrap reported that Lea Michele is in talks to return as Rachel... october 22 anderson cooper made a supercut of trump talking about men's bodies and called him the assman-in-chief on cnn. i need to lie down. Anderson Cooper closed CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 on Oct. 21, 2026, with a Seinfeld clip and a montage of President Trump praising the looks of male Republicans, a day after Trump told a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, that he... october 22 strangers keep walking up to the young sheldon star to ask if he's gay. his answer is "not for you." iconic, no notes. In Jessica Radloff's book about Young Sheldon, published Oct. 20, 2026, Iain Armitage, 18, said strangers ask him in public whether he is gay or dating anyone. He did not describe his sexuality; he said he answers with lines like... october 21 two ex-nba players told the wnba they're women to make a point. the wnba wrote back "you're men." now one of them says he's been misgendered. In an Oct. 16, 2026 letter to Rep. Marlin Stutzman and four other House Republicans, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert wrote that "only women are eligible to play in the WNBA" and that former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce... october 21 reneé rapp called being repulsed by penises "the most lesbian thing" about her. that was 14 months ago. the internet just heard it. pull up a chair. On an August 2025 episode of Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast, Reneé Rapp said being "deeply repulsed" by penises was the most lesbian thing about her, citing her girlfriend Towa Bird. A clip of the exchange went viral on... october 21