Kade McCall closed out his college career as an All-American and as an out gay athlete competing at the highest level. A strong finish and the kind of visibility that still matters. http://ow.ly/cYP030sUmfT

Some of the most important queer visibility in media is happening behind the desk, not on the red carpet. These journalists are helping shape how the news sounds, lands, and gets remembered. http://ow.ly/EPtb30sUmfS

EJ Johnson got very specific about who they are and are not attracted to. The dating answer is blunt, unexpected, and basically built to start conversation. http://ow.ly/LGNv30sUmfR

A Texas A&M dugout celebration is going viral and people cannot agree on whether it’s just sports hype or something else http://ow.ly/pewr30sUo61

Matt Terry says X Factor producers told him he looked too gay before a live show. It’s a brutal detail, and it says a lot about what the industry thought it had to sand down. http://ow.ly/GLmJ30sUmfQ

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Conan came out swinging at the Oscars with AI jokes, Chalamet digs, and a full Aunt Gladys bit. The opening went weird fast, which is exactly why people are still talking about it. http://ow.ly/czUY30sUmfP

New York City just named Taylor Brown to lead its new LGBTQIA+ Affairs office, making her the first openly trans person to head a city office there. That is a real milestone, and not a symbolic one. http://ow.ly/eCNK30sUmfO

Law Roach got the chance to walk back the Zendaya and Tom Holland wedding talk and very much did not. He doubled down just enough to send the rumor mill right back into overdrive. http://ow.ly/wJus30sUmfN

Agador is back, crop top and all. Hank Azaria revisited The Birdcage for its 30th anniversary and fans of that movie are going to feel this one immediately. http://ow.ly/icKU30sUmfM

Stewie Griffin is getting his own show. Fox just gave Family Guy’s most chaotic character a two-season spinoff, which is either overdue or a terrible idea. http://ow.ly/JncO30sUmfL

Young Miko just became one of the first openly queer Latina artists to front a Gap campaign. The brand built the entire spot around her hit WASSUP and a full dance video. http://ow.ly/2Obt30sUk47

Rich Burns says something strange happens to gay characters once they hit middle age. His series "The Disappointments" was built around that problem. http://ow.ly/1Ty530sUiuU

Weeks before Euphoria’s long-delayed season three, the show’s composer just torched the project on Instagram. Labrinth posted “F*** Euphoria” and said he’s leaving the industry. http://ow.ly/cW7X30sUk45

The Pussycat Dolls just wiped their socials and returned with a reunion announcement. The comeback includes new music and a tour that fans have been waiting more than a decade for. http://ow.ly/G1a630sUk44

A major London museum is doing something portrait galleries rarely do. Catherine Opie’s new exhibition puts butch identity inside one of Britain’s most traditional art institutions. http://ow.ly/P7Aj30sUiuT

René Redzepi is stepping down from Noma after new allegations about abuse inside the restaurant’s kitchen surfaced. The fallout is hitting one of the most influential restaurants in the world. http://ow.ly/AMHv30sUiuS

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Jake Adicoff just crossed a line no openly gay man had reached before at the Winter Paralympics. The Team USA skier’s gold medal is quietly rewriting a piece of Paralympic history. http://ow.ly/qF6b30sUiuR

Dallas is tearing out the rainbow crosswalk at the center of its LGBTQ district. The removal comes after Texas ordered cities to eliminate “non-standard” street markings or risk losing funding. http://ow.ly/xcIu30sUk43

TLC once marched into their record label demanding the money they were owed. T-Boz is now telling the full story of the day the group confronted Arista executives face to face. http://ow.ly/1hvs30sUiuQ

Maya Rudolph is stepping into one of Broadway’s weirdest and most talked-about roles. She’ll play Mary Todd Lincoln in the chaotic hit comedy Oh, Mary! for a limited run this spring. http://ow.ly/2vNv30sUiuP

A gay Muslim creator in Berlin is using Ramadan dinners to challenge how people think about faith and queerness. His inclusive iftar gatherings are quietly building a space many LGBTQ Muslims say they never had. http://ow.ly/lsfx30sUiuO

Reality TV rewards chaos, but some queer contestants played a very different game. These players quietly ran the strategy behind the scenes and changed the outcome of their seasons. http://ow.ly/FPbe30sUiuN

Colman Domingo is putting his Los Angeles home on the market and it’s pure midcentury dream. The space reflects the actor’s love of design, art, and queer cultural history. http://ow.ly/yElx30sUiuM

Shakira just broke attendance records in Mexico City and now she’s up for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Thirty years into her career, she says it still feels like the beginning. http://ow.ly/jZFZ30sUgeO

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just secured a court order targeting a company that sells chest binders to minors. The move is part of a wider push against gender-affirming care in the state. http://ow.ly/oCS830sUgeN

“Chapstick lesbian” keeps popping up across TikTok and queer spaces. The label sits right between butch and femme and a lot of people are realizing it describes them perfectly. http://ow.ly/NTWG30sUiuL

Raven-Symoné is calling out people attacking her wife online. She says the commentary about Miranda Maday’s appearance and their marriage crosses a line. http://ow.ly/9ZpX30sUiuK

A leaked student group chat shows Turning Point USA members using the N-word hundreds of times and joking about violence. The messages are now forcing resignations and triggering a university investigation. http://ow.ly/ILcv30sUgeM

Liza Minnelli is opening up about a chaotic romance with Martin Scorsese that spiraled during the filming of 'New York, New York.' The story behind it reads like a lost chapter of 1970s Hollywood excess. http://ow.ly/pqgh30sUiuJ

Tinker Bell is getting her own live-action spotlight. Disney just greenlit a new Disney+ series centered on the iconic fairy as the studio continues expanding its classic stories. http://ow.ly/yZgo30sUgeL

A sapphic romcom built around selkie folklore is debuting at BFI Flare. The film follows a struggling artist whose beach encounter with a shapeshifting stranger turns into something deeper. http://ow.ly/u5ab30sUiuI

A new British reality show literally handcuffs strangers with opposite lifestyles together. One pairing puts a gay-for-pay OnlyFans creator alongside a deeply conservative housewife. http://ow.ly/AOMw30sUiuH

One creator is leaning all the way into the femboy aesthetic and the results are impossible to ignore. The mix of feminine fashion, masculine confidence, and thirst-trap energy is pulling serious attention. http://ow.ly/Wbln30sUgeK

“Grey’s Anatomy” just dropped Amelia Shepherd into a brand new relationship and it escalated fast. A med school crush confession turns into an on-call room moment that changes the vibe at Grey Sloan. http://ow.ly/gvb130sUgeJ

For a lot of queer fans, furry culture became a place to explore identity long before mainstream spaces caught up. Fursonas, conventions, and online worlds built a community most outsiders never fully understood. http://ow.ly/foyV30sUgeI

“Heated Rivalry” is everywhere right now. Civil rights advocates say that visibility is colliding with a spike in homophobic bullying across Massachusetts high school hockey programs. http://ow.ly/S4JM30sUgeH

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Sydney’s indie wrestling scene has a diva legend most fans outside the circuit have never heard of. A new documentary finally puts trans wrestler Nikki Van Blair’s story and persona on screen. http://ow.ly/yMwQ30sUgeG

Timothée Chalamet’s comment about opera and ballet is drawing backlash. Conductor Gustavo Dudamel fired back publicly, saying dismissing the art forms reflects ignorance about music’s history. http://ow.ly/1hkw30sUgeE

Jodie Sweetin says she figured out who “You Oughta Know” was about the second she heard it. The realization hit while she was still a kid on the 'Full House' set. http://ow.ly/5QBO30sUgeC

The Oscars are finalizing plans for Sunday’s ceremony. With Conan O’Brien returning as host and a major In Memoriam tribute planned, producers promise an emotional night for film fans. http://ow.ly/yWSA30sUgeB

Savy King’s heart stopped on the field during an NWSL match. Ten months later the Angel City defender is cleared to play again and turning the scare into a nationwide push for CPR training in women’s soccer. http://ow.ly/BOir30sUgeA

Rosalía just sparked a wave of reactions with one unexpected answer. Asked the quality she likes most in men, the singer laughed and said the ideal trait is simple. http://ow.ly/UmiX30sUgey

Robert Rice leaves nothing to the imagination in the new series “Laid Bare.” Set at a Palm Springs nude resort, the murder mystery mixes campy thrills, secrets and very revealing scenes. http://ow.ly/6qoA30sUgex

Bebe Rexha is entering a new era on her own terms. The pop star just announced a 13-track visual album and dropped the first single after leaving her major label. http://ow.ly/Ag4e30sUgew

Country music is changing fast and queer artists are leading the shift. From Orville Peck to T.J. Osborne and Amythyst Kiah, a new generation is rewriting the genre’s rules. http://ow.ly/GWAU30sUgev

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