24 of the Best Songs by Queer Artists in 2023
At a time when rights for marginalized people have never been more perilous, consuming art made by queer and trans people feels particularly necessary and sacred.
A Holiday Gift Guide For Your Favorite Gaylor
Whether you’re a general Gaylor, a Swiftgron shipper (hello my people), or a Kaylor, there’s something for you here.
Soul Train Awards Reject the Cis-Tem, Rename Gendered Award for Janelle Monáe
And ICYMI, they also won a top-off with Usher in Vegas right before Thanksgiving. Big week for Janelle Monáe.
Grammy Nominations 2024: Janelle Monáe, boygenius, and Victoria Monét Are Queering Awards Season
The 2024 Grammy nominations were announced this morning at 8am PST and let me tell you they are GAY GAY GAY.
E.R. Fightmaster on Loving Femmes, James Bond, and Their New EP “Violence”
“I think the thing that’s hot about transmasc people is there’s no encouragement to be transmasc. In order to have our identity, we have to be as in touch with our real selves as possible.”
Britney Spears Music Videos, Ranked By Homoeroticism
“Britney is very often being homo-erotic with herself but you know what? It’s allowed. Be Free.”
Victoria Monét Spent the Weekend Singing a Love Letter About Strap-Ons, How Bout You?
I don’t know what else it’s going to take to convince you that no one’s writing about queer sex like Victoria Monét, but hopefully “Imma need more than a handshake, baby go and get that strap” is a start.
Have a Heartbreak Halloween With Nonbinary Artist Black Polish’s New Song “Graves”
This video has everything you could want from October: dripping blood, dragging dead bodies, and peak mummy fashion.
I Saw MUNA and boygenius and All I Got Was a Surge of Queer Joy
I finally understood that sacred feeling one can get in a religious service.
On *NSYNC and Being a Lesbian Who Loves Boy Bands
If you had to make me into a pie chart, being queer and loving *NSYNC are basically the same size.
Two Queer Women Discuss Their Free-Ass Time At Janelle Monáe’s Age of Pleasure Tour
Sexual freedom can also just be about freedom in general, at least for one night, in a special space.
Chappell Roan’s Debut Album Is the Anthem for Us Midwestern Queers
Every single song on this album makes me want to throw on a puffy prom dress and hysterically dance around.
What Are We Wearing to the Janelle Monaé Concert, Bestie?
Age of Pleasure has the aesthetics of summer heat and sweaty queer bodies, but the tour covers September and October! And “fall queer beach party” aesthetic is just so f*cking hard!
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Are Scissoring
Cardi and Meg sent a message in their new “Bongos” music video. And that message was y’all keep bi erasing us if you want, but ✂️ ✂️
Every Celebrity You Know Went to Beyoncé’s Birthday Show, Here’s All the Gays
A fellow earth sign herself, Kehlani easily wins “top” prize (see what I did there?) for most thorough recap of the night.
Victoria Monét’s “Jaguar II” Is Fighting for Queer R&B’s Life
Very few have clawed their way to the status of being R&B’s up and coming It Girl, let alone while crooning about a preference for short fingernails or cracking a joke that “it’s a bisexual blunt, it can go both ways.”
Cara Delevingne Directs Reneé Rapp Music Video About Meeting Your Clone at a Club and Then Making Out
Rapp’s debut album Snow Angel is out now!
Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop
Because what’s a celebration of women’s contributions to 50 years of hip-hop without a playlist?
Keke Palmer Dances in Boxers in Usher’s “Boyfriend” Video, a Well Timed Clapback to Her Ex
You don’t have to scratch especially deep beneath the surface for a queer line reading of Keke Palmer rolling around in a pair of boxers while crooning that someone’s girlfriend is going to be thinking about her at night.
Bisexual R&B Star Victoria Monét Is Giving Sexy Tomboy in New Music Video
If you just so happen to love it when queer girls dress up like a ’00s era Ciara or Beyoncé music video, “On My Mama” was made for you.