Ahead of the publication of Rainbow Wales: Queer Icons Past and Present, author Emily Garside shares an exclusive extract with The Queer Review along with her approach to writing the book. Some books come from an "I need the world to know my nerdy opinions" urge (at least that’s how I’ve written books in the... Continue Reading →
Catherine O’Hara was more than an actor to many: she was a "TV Mom". Particularly to the queer community. On more than one occasion, she played a character that made it clear we were welcome and loved. Whether that was through campiness in her own performance or through the characters she played who embraced their... Continue Reading →
If you loved Heated Rivalry, Jacob Tierney’s TV adaptation of Rachel Reid’s Game Changer series of novels and are longing for more queer hockey romances, you're in luck, there is a whole raft of books out there to discover; from YA, to spicy adult fiction and sapphic stories. François Arnaud as Scott Hunter and Robbie... Continue Reading →
Contains spoilers It’s been a moment since a TV show was almost unavoidable in both media discussions and memeification, but it’s currently impossible to miss "the gay hockey show" aka Heated Rivalry, writer-director-producer Jacob Tierney's adaptation of Rachel Reid’s Game Changer series of novels. Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov... Continue Reading →
"Russell T Davies made Doctor Who Gay", read headlines in the mid-2000s. With every passing reference to queer folks, or with the tremendous pearl-clutching when Captain Jack Harkness arrived in the TARDIS, there was much outrage or elation at the ‘New Who’ being a little bit gayer…depending on where you fell on the tabloid outrage... Continue Reading →
Writer-director Daniel Levy's Netflix film Good Grief is a testimony to the complexities of grief. More than that, it's also a reflection on the received wisdom of grieving and how we function beyond it, or more importantly, with it. Too often, we're told that grief is a cry-it-out at the funeral scene and a bounce back... Continue Reading →
Schitt’s Creek rewrote queer stories on television. From David's now iconic "the wine, not the label" line, to Patrick’s heartwarming coming out, through to the couple's "happy ending" wedding. In a new book, You Are My Happy Ending: Schitt's Creek and The Legacy Of Queer Television, The Queer Review contributor Emily Garside recalls classic moments... Continue Reading →
It's been six years since there was a Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon a Time, which saw the Twelfth Doctor's final yuletide adventures. Since then, we've had Thirteen causing ripples by being the first female incarnation of the Timelord and in November the show returned to its "New Who" roots with Russell T Davies... Continue Reading →
The thing about "alternative" Christmas shows is that they can often be the most Christmassy things you’ll see all season, aside from your drunk auntie Doris snoozing in the corner with her party hat on. Queerness has certainly been at the heart of Christmas programming for the past few years at Wales Millennium Centre, where... Continue Reading →
The world of Russell T Davies has always been very queer…and always fairly nerdy. So the below extract from my new book seemed fitting…on Nerds in the Russell T Davies universe. Beyond nerds, Gay Aliens and Queer Folk, how Russell T Davies changed TV (published by Calon Press on September 21st, 2023) is a dive... Continue Reading →
