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Wicked star Michelle Yeoh has the best reaction to being called a gay icon

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Michelle Yeoh is fully embracing her status as a gay icon (as! she! should!). As one of cinema’s most influential action heroines, the Oscar winner has become a legendary figure (and “mother!”) within the LGBTQIA+ community. With her Oscar-winning performance as Evelyn Quan Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022), one of the greatest LGBTQIA+ films of all time, and as Madame Morrible in Wicked, Yeoh’s rainbow following has only continued to grow. In a recent interview with GAY TIMES, Yeoh unleashed a “woo!” upon discovering her gay icon…

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Drag Race UK finalists on season 6 praise, “savage” moments and “Actavia’s wigs”

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Ahead of the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season six finale, finalists Kyran Thrax, La Voix, Marmalade and Rileasa Slaves are reminiscing on the moments that made it the “best season ever”. From the werkroom interactions to the lip-sync smackdowns and the innovative runways, as well as the staple Snatch Game and Makeover – both of which have been lauded as new peaks for the franchise – season six has truly been one for the herstory books. Speaking with GAY TIMES ahead of the finale this Thursday (28 November), Kyran credits…

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Drag Race UK star Lill talks “surprising” fan response

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In her GAY TIMES exit interview, Drag Race UK star Lill discusses her “uncomfortable” final episode, fan-favourite status and why RuPaul *shouldn’t* let queens change for the lip-sync. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC “I’m dead important now,” jokes (?) Lill. Over the course of Drag Race UK’s sixth season, which has been lauded as one of the franchise’s best, the Manchester queen has accumulated a die-hard following thanks to her edgy aesthetic and dry sense-of-humour (as well as her word-for-word homage of Geri Halliwell’s…

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‘This must be a simulation!’: Wicked’s Marissa Bode on making history as Nessarose

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Marissa Bode discusses her historic film debut in Wicked and why “caring about disability and inclusion benefits everybody”. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAMI DRASIN “If it sets in that this is real, I might lose my mind a little bit,” says Marrisa Bode. In Wicked – her feature film debut! – the 24-year-old has made history as the first actress with a disability to play Nessarose, Elphaba’s fiercely independent sister and Shiv classmate who just-so happens to be wheelchair-bound. While no one should be defined by their disability – as she…

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“It’s true love”: Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on “Gelphie” ship

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The relationship between Elphaba and Glinda is “true love”, according to Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. In a recent interview, we came prepared with various rainbow-hued questions, from how their respective experiences as a queer woman and LGBTQIA+ ally impacted their performances, what Pride looks like in Oz and – we had to! – their thoughts on “Gelphie”. Originating from Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which in turn inspired the iconic stage musical and new blockbuster, “Gelphie” is a long-running…

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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is disrupting the system

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From a ballroom mother to a fierce fembot and an animated ninja, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is proudly smashing the status quo. Photographer Myles Loftin Words Sam Damshenas Art Direction and Cover Design Jack Rowe Stylist Sam Knoll Stylist Assistant Jamisha Rosado  Makeup Artist Alicia Martinez using Charlotte Tilbury Hair Stylist Davey Matthew at The Only Agency Production Megan Wallace Studio Industria Superstudio Photography Assistant Andrew Espinal With thanks to Louis D’Adamio As 33F7, a fashion-forward “fembot” of the cosmic variety, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is putting an intergalactic spin on pop.…

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“We’re allies, babe!”: FLO on Access All Areas, LGBTQIA+ fans and “bad bitch replenishment”

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FLO speak exclusively with GAY TIMES about their masterpiece of a debut album, Access All Areas, collaborating with Cynthia Erivo and their appreciation of the LGBTQIA+ community. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM EMMERSON SPECIAL THANKS TO SUNNI LEKH AT SATELLITE414 FLO might need to add another ‘A’ to the title of their debut album because, as the tenacious trio tells GAY TIMES, “we’re allies, babe!”. With their future top five-peaking album Access All Areas (deserves number-one), Stella Quaresma, Jorja Douglas and Reneé Downer made sure to honour their LGBTQIA+ fans with a…

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Drag Race UK star Charra Tea on makeover exit: ‘I waited for a Kandy Muse moment’

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In her GAY TIMES exit interview, Charra Tea discusses her final hour on Drag Race UK, RuPaul’s unnecessary decision to send a queen packin’ and why season six has been an all-timer for the franchise. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC “After that cabaret talent show I was like, ‘Get me my suitcases, let’s go!’” says Charra Tea. Fortunately for viewers, Drag Race UK’s garish icon persevered and delivered one of the franchise’s most unpredictable trajectories in the process, from safe-safe-safe-safe-to-waaaasp! Her bonkers Snatch Game performance of Nadine…

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Drag Race UK winner Ginger Johnson talks ‘bizarre, ridiculous and cartoony’ new series

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Ginger Johnson says her new BBC series is a perfect encapsulation of what resides in her “great big head”. Following her win on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK last year, the Northern comedian has unleashed a camp six-part series, Ginger’s House, in which she invites familiar faces over to kiki and – as an “incredibly lazy” person – assist her with household chores. Featuring appearances from queens such as Tia Kofi, Kate Butch, Cara Melle, Danny Beard and Miss Naomi Carter, Ginger describes the series as “half-sitcom, half-chat show” due to its hybrid scripted…

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Drag Race UK: Chanel O’Conor on werkroom spats, villain status and nearly ‘dying’ on the runway

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Drag Race UK star Chanel O’Conor reveals unaired drama from this week’s runway, Coco Peru’s ‘hysterical’ reaction to her Snatch Game and the queens she wants to cause “carnage” with on a villains’ season. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC “If you want to see me as a villain, then I shall be the villain,” says yacht-owner Chanel O’Conor. Over the past six weeks, the Scottish seamstress has been labelled as such by the Drag Race UK fandom for her wickedly entertaining sense-of-humour, squabbles with…

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