Late 1800s: The etymology of the phrase "drag queen" is debatable, but many scholars believe that the phrase was coined in the 1800s as a reference to the hoop skirt. As seen in this photo, hoop skirts would "drag" along the ground. The term "queen" was used as a derogatory slur towards homosexuals...

Tony award-winning actor and musician Ben Platt released his new single “Cherry on Top.” He will also be embarking on “The Honeymind Tour.” He is featured with Noah Galvin. Both Played Evan Hansen on Broadway and they are engaged to be married. The song “Cherry on Top,” which was produced by Gra

Actors and singers Noah Galvin and Ben Platt have got engaged… again! You may remember six months ago, Platt asked Galvin to marry him during a night out at a restaurant in Brooklyn. Both men posted photos at the time to their respective social media.Platt said, “He agreed to hang out forever.” Gal

he Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2019 took place live from Tel Aviv, where 26 countries competed for the trophy, and the honor of hosting next year's Eurovision Song Contest. After 3,5 hours of music, performances, entertainment and excitement, Duncan Laurence from Netherlands was crowned a...

Erez (Omer Perelman Striks, Best Actor Award winner at the 2021 Jerusalem Film Festival), a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp at a boarding school, where the one to win the competition gets a ticket to the Olympics. There he meets the beautiful and tal

Free & Equal’s newest video – narrated by movie star Zachary Quinto – exposes just how much LGBT exclusion really costs. Rates of poverty, homelessness, depression and suicide have been found to be far higher among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people than in the general population. But it’

Matt Terry is the winner of the X Factor contest 2016. His single, "His Car", was released on 22 March 2024. The single dealt with the singer opening up about being gay. On 1 October 2023, Terry announced his first single in over 4 years titled "You Don't Know Nothing" available on 13 October 202...

At Broadway Backwards 2019, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Darren Criss (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, TV’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) battled a case of pre-wedding jitters with the rapid-fire patter of Stephen Sondheim’s “Getting Married Today” from Company. Criss,

James Ivory — one half of the legendary production company Merchant Ivory Productions, which gave us The Remains of the Day, Howards' End, and A Room with a View — visited TIFF days after his historic Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay (Call Me by Your Name). Ivory is now the oldest Academy Award

Sam Smith received the 2015 Oscar for Best Original Song for his 007 theme “Writing’s on the Wall” and dedicated his win to the LGBTQ community. The clips in this video features Smith walking through a series of landscapes and is interspersed with shots from the new Daniel Craig Bond film for which