Kim Petras could be the next big pop star, and the fact that she’s transgender is secondly, thirdly, or even fourthly, a talking point.
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DEVMO And The Conflicts Of Stayin’ Here
Queer female rapper DEVMO just dropped the music video for her summer single “Stayin’ Here.” The music video takes place at a golden hour beach party where friends laugh together by the ocean (perhaps in Santa Monica, where DEVMO hails from). It's a classic millennial...
“What a Life. What a Remarkable Remarkable Life”: The Passing of Toni Morrison
American novelist Toni Morrison — winner of the Pulitzer Prize (1988), the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993), and many other awards — has died at the age 88.
Billy Porter Makes History With Emmy Nomination
The Television Academy just announced the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards, including several noms for queer folks like Billy Porter, the first openly gay Black man to be nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama.
The Uninhibited Queerness of Saint Taint
Saint Taint, a trans-femme artist, recently released a new video for their single “I Got Lies (feat. Mïrändä).
Stranger Things Finally Goes Queer
It only took 3 seasons, but the Netflix smash-hit Stranger Things finally delivered to us its first openly queer character. While Maya Hawke’s character Robin was clearly being set up as a foil for her Scoops Ahoy co-worker Steve Harrington, it’s not until near the end of the short season that we learn the truth: she’s a lesbian.
Nauticult Navigates Genre and Gender
Seattle genre-fluid band Nauticult has decided to change it up again. “We’ve recently decided to, instead of calling ourselves experimental hip hop, call ourselves experimental punk. That was a long discussion,” says vocalist Austin Sankey.
Emma Lee Toyoda Doesn’t Want To Play Your Show
It’s hard not to think about today’s rapidly changing and gentrifying Seattle when listening to the latest single from Emma Lee Toyoda, ‘i don’t wanna play your show.’ The song is raw and punk, like skinning your knee on the concrete floor of a basement house party mosh pit. And then getting up and moshing again anyway. It’s a departure from the more folksy, ethereal, indy sounds of their previous work.
Porch Cat Is A Manual For Finding Joy In Cruel Places
It takes a skilled artist to transform dysphoria, loneliness, and chronic illness into catchy punk tunes you can scream along to in a sweaty basement. Chan Benicki of Porch Cat has the chops to do just that. Their music is tinged with anger and sadness, but never sounds pessimistic. For every moment of despair on their latest album, the self-titled Porch Cat, there’s a balancing moment of hope.
SECS and Cinekink’s Seattle Mini-Fest of Erotic Films
Two erotic film societies – the Seattle Erotic Cinema Society (SECS) and New York’s Cinekink – joined forces last weekend to bring Seattle a selection of sexy shorts – a micro-film-festival if you will.
A Subversive Slice of Life: Three Powerful Films at the TWIST Film Festival
From the continuing plight of trans people serving in the military, to a film that was banned in its home country of Kenya, these three films are but a part of this year’s lineup at the 2018 Twist Seattle Queer Film Festival.
Glimpse Into Tomorrow at the SIFF VR Zone
The SIFF VR Zone is a pop-up virtual reality installation living, for now, on the first floor of Pacific Place Mall. It’s the most intriguing thing the 44th Annual Seattle International Film Festival has had going on all season – or for even the last two SIFF seasons. Maybe three.