Founder and CEO of SonX, Lee Gray pioneered and birthed his vision in 2021 of a content platform that enables musicians to monetize and grow their existing fanbase via premium content subscriptions. SonX today is not a social network, but a safe space for artists to identify, engage and monetize their most active fans. Gray […]
Queer representation in media is getting more diverse as opposed to years ago and slowly more queer main characters are headlining movies and shows with compelling stories that aren’t trauma filled or there to be the token characters. In the UK, authentic queer Black representation is still a work in progress as words like diversity […]
Lightyear is the exciting origin story of Buzz Lightyear from the iconic Toy Story franchise. The astronaut who was originally voiced by Tim Allen, but is now voiced by Chris Evans in this latest movie. With his commanding officer Alisha Hawthrone (voiced by Uzo Aduba) Buzz is on a mission to escape a hostile planet […]
Afro-Queer Artist and filmmaker Topher Campbell has over 20 years of experience in film, theatre, performance, writing, and site-specific work. His work focuses on sexuality, masculinity, race, human rights, and climate change. I recently had the honour of speaking to Topher about his latest documentary: Moments That Shaped Queer Black Britain. Moments That Shaped Queer […]
Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a seven-time WNBA All-Star, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury has been detained in Russia for over 100 days. She has also played for the Russian women’s basketball team, UMMC Ekaterinburg during the WNBA offseason since 2015. Having to play basketball in two different countries is becoming […]
Intentional weight loss is a feat that is most commonly communicated through “before and after” pictures. These pictures are created by former fat people where the “before” pictures portray them looking their “worst” (fat and sad) and the “after” pictures display them at their happiest everything: their happiest body (thin), happiest state of mind, happiest […]
The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs is a raucous, vibrant ensemble comedy, which discusses prominent issues of the day with equal parts panache and pathos. Set in a dilapidated and decrepit building in the middle of Soho. An unlikely group of lesbians (and one bisexual) meet to sing outdated songs with gusto. The play follows these […]
I spent the first eighteen years of my life in a country where it was illegal to be myself. I found out I was bisexual in seventh grade and from there it was just a matter of hiding it until I got out; that was just the reality. In Pakistan, homosexuality is treated a lot […]
Authors of Slay in Your Lane, Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke, make their fiction debut with The Offline Diaries. The book follows Adé and Shanice, two young Black girls navigating secondary school social dynamics, grief, new beginnings, and complex inner worlds expressed through a series of diary entries and social media interactions. AZ recently caught […]
In the summer of 2020 we launched a GoFundMe to support Black LGBTQ+ creatives and raised £25,000. I can’t believe that was nearly two years ago, time flies when you’re in a pandemic. We pledged £10,000 of funds raised to award 10 Black LGBTQ+ creatives to create a project of their choosing. The first 5 […]
