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Kate Nash: ‘People seeing the exploration of gender as a threat to feminism have it wrong’

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The British singer-songwriter speaks with GAY TIMES about her lauded fifth album, the need more for “union” between feminists and trans people and the future of her cult queer comedy GLOW. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DORA PAPHIDES FASHION BY RÍON HANNORA MAKEUP BY OONAH ANDERSON HAIR BY YO ALEXXI KRUIZ SET DESIGN BY MACY TRIEU-DINGLE SET ASSISTANTS ERELIN CRAY, DOM BLENCOWE MOVEMENT DIRECTOR LIAM JOHN LIGHTING ASSISTANT JOSH HAMMAREN “Rhonda would be such a good vampire slayer,” Kate Nash (correctly) says of her Britannica wrestler-scientist in GLOW. Minutes into…

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Billie Eilish, Victoria Monét, Chappell Roan and more LGBTQ+ artists score VMA nominations

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Good news incoming: the nominees for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are queer as hell. While a majority of the categories are dominated by Taylor Swift and Post Malone with their number-one collaboration ‘Fortnight’, there’s a lot of rainbow representation here – particularly amongst queer female artists. Following her meteoric rise to fame, Chappell Roan has earned two nominations for Best New Artist and MTV Push Performance of the Year for her rising smash ‘Red Wine Supernova’. It’s worth noting that ‘Good Luck, Babe!’, her breakout pop anthem currently…

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Ben Platt talks new album Honeymind, wedding vows and The Politician season 3

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The Broadway legend discusses his queer love album Honeymind, the status of his “chaotic” Netflix series The Politician and how he got to “kiss Superman”. Words by Sam Damshenas Images by Vince Aung “[I’m] quite bored,” Ben Platt quips after I suggest to the Grammy, Emmy and Tony-winning performer that he hasn’t got much going on at the moment. Back in May, Ben released his acclaimed third studio album Honeymind, a collection of breezy, Americana-inspired lovey-dovey anthems dedicated to his fiancé Noah Galvin, before holding a three-week residency at Broadway’s legendary…

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Beyoncé pays tribute to trans icon in new Cowboy Carter shoot

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Beyoncé has paid homage to a transgender trailblazer with her Mugler shoot. The fashion house has shared a mind-blowing new shot of the icon from the Cowboy Carter vinyl, in which she poses in front of a golden motorcycle and star-shaped flames in an ensemble from their Spring Summer 1992 ‘Cow-Boys’ collection. After publishing the photo, fans immediately recognised the embroided red cowgirl attire as the one worn by transgender model and legend Connie Fleming, aka Connie Girl, in Mugler’s aforementioned Western-themed runway. Fleming, who served as an inspiration for…

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The sapphics are ‘combusting’ over Charli XCX and Billie Eilish’s steamy Guess remix

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With Charli XCX and Billie Eilish’s remix for ‘Guess’, it’s now a sapphic brat summer. On 1 August, Charli released a new version of her addictive club banger, which features on the deluxe edition of her viral sixth studio album BRAT, with the ‘Lunch’ singer contributing flirtatious lyrics such as, “Charli likes boys but she knows I’d hit it” and “Charli, call me if you’re with it”. The equally iconic music video, directed by Aidan Zamiri, starts with Charli performing the first verse at a raucous underwear party, before Eilish…

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Monty Keates continues to defy genre with hyper-rock anthem EASY

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Monty Keates is back with another experimental anthem. Known for his futuristic blend of DnB, electro and rock – which he memorably coined as “hyper-rock” – the rising singer-songwriter is continuing to defy genre with the innovative sounds of his new single ‘EASY‘. On the raucous high-energy bop, Monty expresses how he wants the memory of a former lover to be ‘wiped’ from his brain. In a statement, he said “some goodbyes are well overdue”. “This song is an ode to showing someone the door and getting on with life…

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Chappell Roan says she wants to ‘pump the brakes’ on fame

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Chappell Roan has opened up about her meteoric rise to fame. In a recent interview with Drew Afuaolo on the podcast The Comment Section, the ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ singer reflected on the downfalls of her recent (and much-deserved) ascent in the music industry. “People have started to be freaks — like, [they] follow me and know where my parents live, and where my sister works,” she revealed. “All this weird s**t.” Roan told Afuaolo that she once vowed to leave the industry if her followers – again, not all of them –…

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Omar Apollo wants twinks to know his new album is not “loose booty hole or popper music”

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Omar Apollo has – extremely important news incoming – addressed his twink critics. On 28 June, the American singer-songwriter released his second studio album, God Said No, fronted by the acclaimed singles ‘Spite‘, ‘Dispose of Me‘ and ‘Less of You‘. Ahead of its release, Apollo told his fans via Twitter/X that he’s seen “a few twinks complaining” that the album doesn’t consist of “loose booty hole music or popper music”. While he acknowledged that there’s “SOME feel good tracks” – particularly the third uptempo single ‘Less of You’ – he said…

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SOPHIE’s family announces posthumous album to ‘honour her legacy’

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The family of the late trailblazing musician SOPHIE has announced a posthumous album to ‘honour her legacy’. In a statement on Monday (24 June), SOPHIE’s record labels Future Classic and Transgressive Records announced that her family “approached” them to release an album “from the material that she was so close to completing”. “Since then this self-titled and final SOPHIE album was lovingly brought into being by SOPHIE’s family,” they said. “As label partners, we’re humbled and overjoyed to share this music in celebration of SOPHIE’s life and her extraordinary impact…

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Adam Lambert’s new era is all about ‘freedom, hedonism and liberation’

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Adam Lambert is inviting listeners to ‘own their urges and fantasies’ with his hedonistic new EP, Afters.  Words by Sam Damshenas Photography by Brian Ziff “I’m having so much fun,” Adam Lambert says of his new EP, Afters, a collection of carnal, hedonistic dance anthems in which he encourages the listener to “own” their urges and fantasies. Although Adam is widely hailed as one of the most trailblazing LGBTQIA+ artists of the 21st century (he memorably became the first out singer to debut atop the Billboard 200 and became the far-right’s nemesis after…

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