President Gagwell, Jess from Gilmore Girls, and Thiccolas Galitzine in Handsome Devil

Disclosure Day is out, and in the spirit of disclosure, I have something I'd like to disclose.

Colman Domingo is hot as fuck.

There, I said it. My truth is out there.

I interviewed Colman once a few years back and no, I did not disclose my unbridled attraction to him, because I am what? A professional.

Did I mention he's fifty-six years old? God sure does have his favourites.

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Queer and Now

Everything new in the world of queer TV and film

— RuPaul's Airplane style comedy Stop! That! Train! has arrived and by all accounts, it's actually good. Really good. Like, "It's received a better Rotten Tomatoes score than the new Steven Spielberg movie" good.

If you're gagged, that's the correct response for a film starring RuPaul as none other than President Gagwell. She's joined here by a plethora of Drag Race alumni who have banded together in the face of a "Stormaganza" which threatens to send a Glamazonian Express train off the rails.

Stop! That! Train! is out now in US cinemas (and only US cinemas because, homophobia).

— When we're talking underrated queer classics that should be on your radar, By Hook Or By Crook really is up there. Directed by Silas Howard, the first openly trans masculine filmmaker to direct a studio-made film, this trans-butch indie classic is a must-see.

Lucky for us then that a newly restored version will screen theatrically from today in NYC at Anthology Film Archives and June 16th in Los Angeles at Vidiots before expanding to additional cities throughout the US (digital version to follow).

When Megami implored us to "Protect Queer Art," this is the art she was talking about by the way BTW.

— Call Me By Your Name is coming to US cinemas for a week from today, which is the perfect excuse to go watch Timothée Chalamet cum into a peach again on the big screen. As God intended.

— Poland isn't usually known for celebrating Pride, but a new HBO Max series named Proud is set to change that with this story of a carefree gay guy who's forced to care for his niece in the wake of tragedy.

It's important to see different kinds of gay stories beyond coming out, it's important to see these stories come from countries where LGBTQ+ rights are still under threat, and most important of all, there's an orgy three minutes into the first episode.

You know, just in case you were on the fence still.

— GagaOOLala is giving us our latest Korean BL fix with a new series titled Fix The Error where a rookie grim reaper develops feelings for a human.

Kan HyeonBae and Lee HyunJun from His Man star in the show, which you can watch here. His Man? Why can't he by my man?

35 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2026 Ranked (so far)

Plus where to watch them

In need of something new and extremely gay to watch? Look no further than my ranking of the 35 best LGBTQ+ movies released this year so far.

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Queer Awakenings

You know, the hotties who "turned" you gay.

Being gay is NOT a choice. How do I know? Because I was always going to be gay after seeing this as a kid.

I heard Milo Ventimiglia is starring in a new, presumably terrible Harlan Coben show for Netflix, which reminded me of that time he turned me into a raging homosexual in Gilmore Girls.

And Heroes.

And This Is Us with his Daddy porn tash.

By the way, don't watch This Is Us if you have health issues because you will cry and cry until there's nothing left but a dried up husk.

Watch Milo's thighs and imagine them wrapped around your face instead.

Team Jess for LIFE baby!

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Out Takes

Queer hidden gems you need to see

Thiccolas Galitzine has proved himself to be the Master of MY Universe in the new He-Man movie, but ten years prior, little Nicky played gay in a charming Irish film called Handsome Devil.

Of course, the title refers to Nicholas, the most handsome of all handsome devils, but the lead is actually Fionn O'Shea who plays a teenage boy named Ned.

The Irish rugby-obsessed, all-boys boarding school where this takes place is giving Heartstopper before Heartstopper, because Ned is super into his new roommate, Conor, the school's star rugby player.

And honestly, who could blame him.

I would have got NO work done if I was a student at that school.

John Butler's film is incredibly charming and endlessly sweet. It also includes Andrew Scott as a gay English teacher, which is an extremely likely place for him to be.

Never mind that some of the ideas underpinning this are a tad generic. Who cares when the twists are so charming, the kisses so sweet, and the devils so handsome.

You can already see Galitzine's star potential here long before he endured twink death to become cinema's premier twunk.

He and O'Shea do wonderful work here that's absolutely worth queuing up this Pride Month (along with the many, many other gay films and shows that Galitzine has gifted us over the years).

Check out where you can watch Handsome Devil at this link below.

Handsome Devil - movie: watch streaming online

Find out how and where to watch “Handsome Devil” on Netflix and Prime Video today - including free options.

JustWatch

34 Best LGBTQ+ TV Shows of 2026 Ranked (so far)

Plus where to watch them

Do you want gay shit? Of course you do. Do you want to spend hours looking for it? Obviously not. Thankfully, I'm here to help with this ranking of the 34 best LGBTQ+ shows I've seen so far this year.

Check out the link below to see where your faves end up.

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