A new report from the National LGBTQ+ Women’s Community Survey was recently published, highlighting things like sexuality and gender identity, political affiliations, income, education, and the struggles that LGBTQ+ women are experiencing in the U.S. The organization surveyed 5,002 LGBTQ+ women across the county between June 2021 and June 2022 and asked over 100 questions to try and get a snapshot of what is happening in the lives of queer women. Lesbians made up 2,798 or 56% of respondents, with another 791 people identifying as queer and 742 calling themselves bisexual. More than 52% selec ..read more

Is Lauren Jauregui getting ready to start an all new group? The queer singer and former Fifth Harmony member has opened up about her dating life and has said that now that she's broken up with ex-partner Sasha Mallory, she's open to exploring polyamory. "I'm also kind of in this space of exploring polyamory a little bit," Jauregui said on the Two Dykes and a Mic podcast earlier this week. "I just know that I’m in a space right now at this point in my life where I’m like, I want to belong to myself primarily," she continued. "And then I want to leave space for whoever I meet and me to create ..read more

Keke Palmer is staying booked and busy! The Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate is rumored to be circling a big Marvel role, but that's not the only movie she's working on. Deadline announced today that Palmer is set to star alongside Grammy winning singer SZA in an untitled buddy comedy from TriStar Pictures. Not only that, but the film will be produced by Issa Rae and written and directed by members of her Rap Sh!t crew. The comedy will be directed by Rap Sh!t director Lawrence Lamont, and Rap Sh!t writer Syreeta Singleton will be handling the script. This will be SZA's acting debut. According to ..read more

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What if you died and instead of passing on, you and your best friend stayed in limbo to solve supernatural cases? Well that's the reality of the Dead Boy Detectives, Netflix's newest series from the same universe as The Sandman. Out had the chance to sit down with the brains behind the series, creator and co-showrunner Steve Yockey, during a special event in New York celebrating the release of the series. Yockey has been vocal about this being a queer series at its core, while also pushing the importance of representation in media in a realistic way. We asked the showrunner why representatio ..read more

And they were roommates! The official House Hunters TikTok account has started to post clips from their long-running HGTV series where people, usually couples, try to find their dream homes. One recent clip they posted from clip from the ninth episode of season 163 (yes, season 163...) features two "roommates" who want to buy a house together, and people are wondering if perhaps... something is afoot. @househunters Pumped to Purchase in Austin - pt. 1 They could say they're brothers and I wouldn't question it | S163E09 | #HGTV #HouseHunters #HouseHunting #Austin #Realestate ♬ original soun ..read more

UMI is solidifying herself as an alternative R&B princess with her consistent, feel-good records that you can play while driving in the wind on Mulholland Drive. The 25-year-old songstress began on SoundCloud posting covers before sharing original music with the world. One of her biggest hits to date, "Remember Me," pushed UMI to the forefront and made the world pay attention. The artist is back with new music, having dropped her EP Talking to the Wind earlier this year. In a fun, laid-back environment, the singer spoke with Out about the project, dream collaborations for her upcoming al ..read more

It's the last day of Lesbian Visibility Week and I want to shout out to all the lesbians in the Out readership! That includes lesbians who date trans men, lesbians who are trans, lesbians who are nonbinary, and lesbians who don't know exactly who they are. I want to share this opinion piece I wrote last summer after Yellowjackets and Scream star Jasmin Savoy Brown said that she identifies as "both lesbian and pansexual" "depending on the moment and depending on the day." There was immediate backlash saying that lesbians are only women who only date and sleep with women, and that if you are att ..read more

Google being Team Yellow wasn't in our bingo card, but we're living for it! Nymphia Wind recently won the 16th season of RuPaul's Drag Race after performing her original song "Queen of Wind" and delivering a fierce lip sync for the crown to Kylie Minogue's "Padam Padam" alongside fellow finalist Sapphira Cristál. Nymphia wore a boba tea-inspired outfit for the lip sync, which opened to reveal that balloons were hiding underneath. Once revealed, the balloons flew across Nymphia's face and created a mesmerizing visual. Nymphia was subsequently crowned America's Next Drag Superstar as the grand ..read more