If you’re looking for a cute, contemporary gay romance to snuggle up with then Kris Ripper’s Book Boyfriend is a good place to start. Behind it’s rom-com trappings, it has hidden depths and a beautifully flawed lead character in PK. Preston ‘PK’ Harrington is an editorial assistant (and wannabe author) working at a book publisher... Continue Reading →
The gap between real support and performative allyship—the lurking fear that beneath the flag waving veneer of equality hides something untrustworthy, the thought that when push comes to shove straight people may not really have our backs—is the starting point for Matthew Clark Davison’s debut novel, Doubting Thomas. Thomas is an openly gay fourth grade... Continue Reading →
Over the years, too many LGBTQ+ films have relied on tired tropes to tell our stories. Coming out angst, U-haul lesbians, and drugged out circuit queens have seemingly been done to death. Imagine my surprise while watching writer/director Caleb Johnson’s The Carnivores, which on the surface trots out the old chestnut of Lesbian Bed Death,... Continue Reading →
Two pensioners, Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeleine (Martine Chevallier), living across the hall from each other are at the centre of Filippo Meneghetti’s debut feature film, Two of Us (Deux). These women are not just neighbours, friends and companions as Madeleine’s children believe, they are long-term lovers. But when Madeleine is rushed to hospital, Nina... Continue Reading →
If you need a pick-me-up at the moment you can do worse things than grab a copy of Yao Xiao’s collection of cartoons, Everything is Beautiful and I'm Not Afraid. Bringing together a selection of her serialised Baopu cartoons (a mix of old and new material), Everything is Beautiful and I'm Not Afraid charts Xiao’s... Continue Reading →
Between 2017-19 Los Angeles comic creator Sina Grace penned the adventures of Marvel’s Iceman. Over the course of two volumes, 15 individual issues, Grace led Iceman (aka Bobby Drake) through the process of finally coming to terms with his sexuality, dating men and embracing who he really is - and becoming Marvel Comics' most high... Continue Reading →
The very existence of Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles feels subversive. Comic creators Mark Russell (writer) and Mike Feehan (pencils) took classic Hanna-Barbera characters and used them as a platform to talk about institutionalised homophobia in the 50s with harsh echoes for today. Reframing the pink, theatre loving, fourth-wall breaking cougar (clearly coded gay... Continue Reading →
