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“I don’t want to be a superstar”: Kehlani hates being famous – but loves fucking with gender norms

July 27, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Singer-songwriter Kehlani talks finding gender euphoria on and off the stage, defiantly speaking her mind and her full-throttle new album, CRASH. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH There’s a collision on the cover art of CRASH: a shattering of expectations, as Kehlani – donning black and gold six-inch thin strap heels and a glittering spiky silver two-piece – poses atop a totalled blood red car. Her return is striking, two years after her third studio album, Blue Water. Gone are moments of moss-covered beach rocks, the pools of salty seawater and the…

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Sapphic breakup etiquette 101: what should you do with the communal sex toy box?

May 22, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

For some corners of the queer community, getting dumped leads to one particularly divisive dilemma: deciding what to do with the strap-ons and vibrators you’ve used as a couple. WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER Throwing myself onto my bed and sobbing like Scarlett O’Hara has always been my post-break-up routine. I genuinely believe that this level of theatrics is a measured and proportionate response when your heart has been dashed against the rocks. I’m a romantic and a Scorpio – what can I say? I also…

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For Katie O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding is like a sapphic drug

May 8, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Katie O’Brian on finding queer comfort with co-star Kristen Stewart, why love can be lethal and landing her bloody breakthrough role. Content warning: spoilers ahead and mentions of death and violence WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH IMAGERY PROVIDED BY LIONSGATE Set in the late 80s, Love Lies Bleeding is a seedy, sexy sapphic thriller brimming with small-town vengeance and slick getaways. Starring Kristen Stewart (Lou) and Katy O’Brian (Jackie), bisexual English director Rose Glass delivers a blood-splattered crime noir that already feels like a sweaty, souped-up queer classic. When we meet…

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I Kissed a Girl: Dannii Minogue on “fresh” series and being “empowered” by the cast

May 7, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

The hit BBC Three dating series is back and this time, it’s the girls’ turn. Ahead of the new sapphic spin, we chatted to host Dannii Minogue about all things I Kissed A Girl. Words by Hollie Wong Photography by BBC I Kissed A Girl is finally here and for sapphics everywhere, this is something to celebrate – the WLW community is being spotlighted like never before on Britain’s most iconic TV channel. And let’s just say, it makes for messy, authentic and downright obsessive viewing! The queer female equivalent…

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girl in red is here, queer and ready for world domination

April 20, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

We talk to the Norwegian musician about her sophomore album I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!, her infamous Gen Z lore and what we can expect from her self-proclaimed “goofy era”. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH PHOTOGRAPHY BY LYDIA GARNETT CREATIVE DIRECTION AND FASHION UMAR SARWAR ART DIRECTION JACK ROWE CREATIVE PRODUCER ANISA CLEAVER PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT SOPHIE WILLIAMS FASHION ASSISTANTS CAMERON GIBBISON AND CALLUM MCKENZIE “Maybe I killed someone!” Marie Ulven, aka girl in red, quips over Zoom, quoting her faux online apology video. It’s early afternoon in Oslo and the singer…

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Towa Bird is a new kind of American hero

April 5, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

The British-Filipino musician on making the ultimate sapphic sex song, touring with Reneé Rapp and getting matching tattoos with Deb Never in East Hollywood. WORDS: ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN: YOSEF PHELAN PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKAYLA LOBASSO LIGHTING: ZACH ARQUILEVICH PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: VIN STRATTON, SIYOON KIM, NELE MOENS Towa Bird wants to be the lesbian Paul McCartney. On pop rock lead single ‘Drain Me!’, she mixes distorted guitars and pitchy synth-like sounds to pull off a hedonistic head rush anthem about lesbian sex – a song she grimaces at, thinking about how…