‘It was a proper shebeen, man!’: how Sistermatic blazed a trail for Black queer sound systems | Music

Yvonne Taylor preparing a set for Sistermatic in 1990.

On a February morning in Brixton, old friends Yvonne Taylor and Eddie Lockhart are laughing about their first forays into London’s lesbian nightlife – and how they eventually went on to transform it. In 1984, […]

Disney’s Willow puts a queer romance front and center — and it was ‘just organic,’ says creator

Warwick Davis grins, holding a staff, as Willow Ufgood in Willow.

Image: Lucasfilm A princess and a lady knight never got together in George Lucas’ original, but for Jonathan Kasdan, it was an obvious next step Ron Howard and George Lucas’ 1988 fantasy epic Willow aimed […]

Honey Dijon: Black Girl Magic review – tight, anthemic celebration of Black queer identity | Music

The artwork for Honey Dijon: Black Girl Magic

House is truly the genre that celebrates itself. What other music is so obsessed with describing the moment of its enjoyment – the bodies, dancefloors, drugs, love, communion? In the wrong hands, an “up in […]

Unauthorized Queer Batman Movie Pulled from TIFF

Unauthorized Queer Batman Movie Pulled from TIFF

The People’s Joker, an unauthorized queer coming-of-age movie set in the Batman universe, has been pulled from Toronto International Film Festival after a single screening “due to rights issues.” Helmed by and starring Los Angeles-based director Vera […]