The 23rd annual Tribeca Festival launches on Wednesday, June 5th with the world premiere of Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, exploring the fashion designer's life and cultural impact. Running in venues across New York City until June 16th, the 2024 edition of the festival once again coincides with Pride... Continue Reading →
Back in 1993, when Chelsea was the gay epicentre of New York City, Frederick Kearney and David Lauterstein met over $1 margaritas at the Break bar on 8th Avenue in Manhattan, and soon fell in love. A year later, the future husbands co-founded what would become one of the world's most iconic gay culture brands,... Continue Reading →
From reviled underground filmmaker to widely revered, self-proclaimed "filth elder", John Waters was honoured for his six-decade career with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last year just as a major exhibition and retrospective screening series, John Waters: Pope Of Trash, opened at the prestigious Academy Museum in Los Angeles. The latest title... Continue Reading →
With the first four episodes of We’re Here season 4 now steaming on Max, and new episodes debuting Fridays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO, drag artist, activist, writer, and RuPaul's Drag Race season 9 winner Sasha Velour speaks exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about becoming a host on the Emmy, Peabody, and... Continue Reading →
Eight legendary queens—Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Gottmik, Jorgeous, Nina West, Plastique Tiara, Roxxxy Andrews, Shannel, and Vanessa Vanjie—make their return to RuPaul's Drag Race in All Stars 9. They are back...to save the world. This season of All Stars sees each queen compete to raise funds for their chosen charity, with $10,000 up for grabs with... Continue Reading →
Heartstopper, The Last of Us, Rustin, Red, White, and Royal Blue, and The Jennifer Hudson Show were among winners at last night's 35th GLAAD Media Awards in New York, and there was a joint documentary win for three films that centre Black trans lives: Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later, Kokomo City, and The Stroll.... Continue Reading →
Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony-winning singer, actress, and producer Jennifer Hudson will receive GLAAD’s Excellence in Media Award and groundbreaking gay country artist Orville Peck will receive the Vito Russo Award at the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York on Saturday, May 11th hosted by Emmy-winning television host and producer Ross Mathews. GLAAD's... Continue Reading →
NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization, has just announced the full lineup for its fourth annual NewFest Pride summer film series running May 30th to June 3rd in-person in New York, with select titles available virtually throughout the United States. A House Is Not A Disco. Courtesy of NewFest. NewFest Pride will... Continue Reading →
GLAAD—the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization—has partnered with international advertising, marketing, and PR agency Ogilvy to create the “Protect This Kid" campaign in support of LGBTQ youth. The launch comes as the ACLU is currently tracking 489 anti-LGBTQ bills in the United States, many of which target trans youth, during a highly consequential election... Continue Reading →
At the TIME100 Summit in New York on April 24th, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President and 2024 TIME100 honoree Kelley Robinson took part in a panel entitled The Art of Advocacy moderated by CNN anchor Abby Phillip. "In no short order, she has ignited innovative campaigns that uplift the most marginalized in our community including... Continue Reading →
