‘Girls Like Girls’ Review: Hayley Kiyoko’s Confident Feature Debut Captures the Giddy Thrills and Crushing Devastations of First Love

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To paraphrase “Girls Like Girls,” the 2015 track by singer-songwriter Hayley Kiyoko that has now inspired Girls Like Girls, the debut feature by writer-director Hayley Kiyoko, there’s “nothing new” about the story at its heart. There’s nothing unheard of about the premise, which chronicles the attraction between two teenage girls. There’s nothing radical about the…

‘On the Sea’ Review: A Piercingly Observed Queer Love Story Set in a Hyper-Masculine Welsh Fishing Community

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It’s tempting to describe English novelist-turned-filmmaker Helen Walsh’s fine-grained gay love story On the Sea as another version of God’s Own Country, switching out Yorkshire farmland for coastal waters in North Wales. But that would be unfairly reductive. Like Francis Lee’s smoldering 2017 debut feature, this is a rugged, elemental drama whose slow-burn potency plays out against a…

‘Lesbian Lines’ Doc Shines a Light on Irish History Not Taught in School – and the Power of Listening

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In 1979, a small community of Irish lesbians established a network of underground telephone helplines to provide a lifeline for people experiencing isolation, abuse and/or profound loneliness. After all, homosexuality faced intense social and legal hostility in a conservative Ireland. The feature documentary Lesbian Lines, which was directed by Cara Holmes (Notes From Sheepland) will…

‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’ Review: An Engrossing if Incohesive Dive Into William Friedkin’s Gay S&M Thriller and Its Surrounding Controversy

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Arguably no major gay-themed film has ever been as polarizing within the queer community as 1980’s Cruising, the gritty William Friedkin crime thriller set against the backdrop of New York’s leather-bar scene. Documentarian Jeffrey Schwarz takes a three-pronged approach to the subject in Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders, examining the real-life homicide that inspired the story, the development…

Critic’s Notebook: In Praise of ‘Heated Rivalry’ and Gay Happy Endings

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[This story references plot points from the entire first season of Heated Rivalry, including the finale.] Much has been written, including by my THR colleague Seth Abramovitch, about the phenomenal numbers of women devouring Canadian streamer Crave and HBO’s sizzling gay hockey series, Heated Rivalry. Female viewers appear drawn by the romance and the toned…

XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary

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Cocona, a member of the global hip-hop and R&B-inspired group XG, has come out as transmasculine and nonbinary. The 20-year-old announced the news in a birthday Instagram post on the group’s account. “Today, I turned 20. As I reach this new chapter in my life, I want to share something that’s been in my heart…

Dustin Lance Black, Sean Penn Hit Back as Navy Ship Is Stripped of Harvey Milk’s Name: “These Guys Are Idiots” (EXCLUSIVE)

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Dustin Lance Black and Sean Penn, who won Academy Awards for writing and starring in the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk, are speaking out on orders from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to remove the name of the gay rights activist and late San Francisco Supervisor from a Navy ship. “This is yet another move…

Ariana Grande, Pedro Pascal, Sabrina Carpenter Sign Open Letter Supporting Federal Funding for LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention

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Ariana Grande, Pedro Pascal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sabrina Carpenter and Daniel Radcliffe are among more than 100 Hollywood notables who signed an open letter, slamming the Trump administration’s proposal to cut funding for LGBTQ youth suicide prevention programs. Published by the nonprofit organization The Trevor Project, the celebrities are calling for Trump and Congress to…

The Hollywood Reporter, GLAAD to Celebrate Pride ’25 and the 40th Anniversary of the LGBTQ Advocacy Organization

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The Hollywood Reporter and GLAAD have teamed up to celebrate Pride ’25 and the 40th anniversary of GLAAD. THR and GLAAD are hosting an invite-only bash June 11 at a West Hollywood hotspot. Paramount+, the streaming service home to popular originals such as Yellowjackets, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and RuPaul’s Drag Race, is a…

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Creative Duo Set for Sheffield DocFest as “Queer Stories Face Growing Resistance”

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The Sheffield DocFest will feature producers and directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the co-founders of production company World of Wonder (WOW), who have been behind the likes of RuPaul’s Drag Race, as this year’s guests of honor, screening several of their films and TV series. Among the programming in tribute to the duo, the…