some background: when I was young I was obsessed with mysteries, from the complete sets of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew that kept me occupied during an extended stay in the children’s wing of my local hospital, to the Agatha Christie classics that I’d inhale during long, lazy summer after...
Camp by L.C. Rosen Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It’s where he met his best friends. It’s where he takes to the stage in the big musical. And it’s where he fell for Hudson Aaronson-Lim – who’s only in...
In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, we’re singling out 50 essential LGBTQ films — from comedies to dramas, documentaries to cult classics, underground experimental work to studio blockbusters. It is nowhere near a comprehensive rundown of every great movie to feature out-and-proud heroes and villai...
Jamie Babbit's satirical romantic comedyBut I'm A Cheerleaderis a joyfully bold, bitingly clever examination of heternormativity. Natasha Lyonne burst onto the scene as Megan, a seemingly perfect teenager and closeted lesbian sent to conversion camp, when her parents figure out her sexuality befor...
Already a modern classic of LGBTQ+ cinema, Luca Guadagnino’sCall Me by Your Nameis as affecting today as it was in 2017. The film chronicles the summer romance between 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and 24-year-old Oliver (Armie Hammer) in 1980s Italy. Based on the eponymous nov...
It took a near-death experience for Edwin to admit what we knew all along: he was in love with his best friend. Although Charles couldn’t say he felt the same, he assured that they’ve got “literally forever” to figure it out, leaving their friendship intact and us relieved that it...
To get a wider look at the phenomenon of child stardom, as well as its wide-reaching effects, Lovato also sat down for one-on-one conversations with the likes of Kenan Thompson, JoJo Siwa, Drew Barrymore and herCamp Rockco-star Alyson Stoner — all of whom have their own traumas, triu...
LGBTQ adults are making up for lost time at camp For many queer and trans adults, summer camp remains a lost part of their childhood. Plenty of LGBTQ people went to camp, but they often weren'toutthere. It was supposed to be a refuge from school and a place to explore new identities;...
And it was Summer when you told me you were leaving You had to try a fall and distant land And we cried, though we knew it wasn’t over And the last thing I touched was your hand And it was Winter when I heard the news about you ...
36.‘Last Dance’ by Donna Summer All good things must come to an end, and Donna Summer’s 1978 disco smash is an invitation to go out with a bang. Written for the movieThank God It’s Fridayby gay disco composer Paul Jabara—who won an Oscar for it—the number begins in a sleepy...