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.

kurt and blaine sang baby, it's cold outside at the royal albert hall in october. i need to lie down. Chris Colfer walked onstage at Darren Criss's Royal Albert Hall debut in London on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, and the two Glee stars sang "Baby, It's Cold Outside," the Kurt and Blaine duet from the show's 2010 Christmas episode. Alan... october 20 olivia rodrigo gave chappell roan one verse and she used it to get ghosted by a girl. classic la behavior, honestly. Olivia Rodrigo released a remix of "expectations" featuring Chappell Roan, with a game-show music video directed by Bardia Zeinali and hosted by David Byrne, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. Roan's new verse is about a girl who ghosts her, and... october 19 The March on Washington Was Run by a Gay Man. A Senator Outed Him Two Weeks Before. Most people know the March on Washington. Far fewer know that the man who organized it was gay, and that two weeks before it, a United States senator stood up on the Senate floor and said so, as an attack.... october 18 Times Square Named a Theater After a Drag Queen. In 1912. Most people know RuPaul. Far fewer know that more than a century before Drag Race, Times Square named a theater after a drag queen. His name was Julian Eltinge, born William Dalton in 1881, and in the 1910s he was... october 18 the yellow pages filed a massage therapist under "nude gay massage." a federal judge says she can sue. we have notes on "russian." On Sept. 30, 2026, U.S. District Judge Jessica G.L. Clarke let a Newburgh, New York, massage therapist's defamation claims proceed against Thryv, which owns Yellowpages.com. The site associated her listing with "exotic," "Russian" and "nude, gay massage." The judge found... october 16 orville peck plays a vain, social-climbing psychopath in street fighter. he says he's dated that guy. haven't we all. Orville Peck plays Vega in Kitao Sakurai's Street Fighter, in theaters Oct. 16, 2026. Asked by Them how it felt to play a character who "embodies gay wrongs," he said Vega only wants to be "elevated up to this superiority,"... october 16 kendall jenner told cara delevingne she's not a lesbian, then said "men suck." we'll allow it. On the Oct. 15, 2026 episode of Hulu's The Kardashians, Kendall Jenner told her friend Cara Delevingne she is not a lesbian, then said she "wouldn't be opposed to having some fun with a girl" and that being a lesbian... october 15 today asked chick-fil-a's ceo three times where the company stands on gay rights. he answered with a sandwich every time. honestly? commitment. In his first broadcast interview, aired on TODAY on Oct. 14, 2026, Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy was asked by Craig Melvin about protests over the company's stance on LGBTQ+ people and its official position on equal rights. Cathy said everyone... october 14 holland taylor was asked if she'd ever work with sarah paulson. "wouldn't it be creepy?" she asked paulson, who said "kinda." love is knowing. Asked on the third hour of NBC's TODAY on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, whether she would ever do a project with her partner Sarah Paulson, Holland Taylor said the two had just discussed a particular project and decided against it:... october 14 fewer ninth graders say they're gay or bi. the researcher who found it says she has "no idea" why. the right already knows, apparently. The share of U.S. ninth graders identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual fell from 17% in 2023 to 11% in 2025, according to San Diego State University psychologist Jean Twenge's analysis of the CDC's 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, published... october 13 two tv news bosses got fired over a memo saying pride needed "both sides." a jury gave them $4 million. read the fine print before you scream. A federal jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Oct. 9, 2026, awarded former WOOD-TV news director Stanton Tang and assistant news director Amy Fox about $4 million combined against Nexstar, which fired them in 2023 over a memo limiting Pride... october 13 todd haynes once promised us an nc-17 gay romance. with pedro pascal in it, it's now "most likely" r. i'm being so brave about this. Director Todd Haynes told Variety at the Lumière Festival in Lyon on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, that De Noche, his 1930s gay romance starring Pedro Pascal and Danny Ramirez, will most likely be an R-rated film. In 2023, when Joaquin... october 13