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First, Kit Connor entered his bear era, Richard Hatch got here out as a “total bottom,” and Patrick Wilson took a sweaty selfie.
Plus, Matt Terry spilled some X Factor tea, Caleb Channing made crochet sexy, and the 2026 Queerties Awards occurred!
Otherwise we’ve been targeted on consuming, dancing, and Donna Kelce’s house renovations. But extra on that later.
Drum roll please! Now presenting… the 10 things we’re obsessed with this week!
1. Liza Minnelli Prayer Candle
ICYMI: This week, we celebrated a nationwide homosexual vacation, a.ok.a. Liza Minnelli’s 80th birthday. There’s been a ton of viral tributes to the plain LGBTQ+ icon, who’s spilling some main tea in her autobiography, available for $25 on Amazon. But I can’t consider a greater method to honor Liza with a Z than worshipping her — actually — with this hilarious Liza Minnelli Prayer Candle ($17.99 on Etsy). May her flame burn everlasting, or at the very least till you possibly can now not attain the wick.
2. Tiger Shaped Tufted Bath Mat
This lovely and fluffy tub mat, obtainable in a number of colours for $49 online at Urban Outfitters, is giving “Tiger King, but make it sophisticated.” Which coincidentally was my Grindr bio in 2020.
Who says you want a associate to make bathe time really feel somewhat extra wild?!
3. “Ride” by Jessie Ware
We’re blessed to be dwelling in a world the place one other Jessie Ware album is lower than a month away. The licensed disco queen’s subsequent album Superbloom drops April 10, and whereas she’s been dropping bop after bop within the lead up, new single “Ride” may simply be my favourite.
Come for the Western-tinged and dance-floor-friendly beat, and keep for the sexually-charged, black-and-white visible, starring a really shirtless James Norton.
As homosexual pop’s twink prince supreme (and the mastermind behind that shirtless Ross Lynch second within the “One of Your Girls” music video), Troye Sivan is understood for his good style. Which is exactly why I needed to get my arms on his new Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz ($80 on Penfolds). Each bottle of the 2023 mix comes wrapped in tissue paper with one in all 20 photos from Troye’s private digicam roll.
But no phrase but on if it pairs nicely with “Rush.”
5. Normani singing Chappell Roan dressed up like an enormous fowl
If there’s something this video of Normani performing “Good Luck, Babe” dressed as an enormous fowl on The Masked Singer reveals us… it’s that she’s waaaay too proficient to be performing “Good Luck, Babe” dressed as an enormous fowl on The Masked Singer.
6. Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George
(*10*)To know Boy George is to wish to know extra. Unsurprisingly, the Culture Club lead singer and LGBTQ+ icon’s definitive autobiography ($39.99 on Amazon) is as sarcastic, glowing, and candy as you’d count on. Karma might have arrived in 2024, however there’s loads of sizzling takes, heart-wrenching tales, and juicy goss to go round. (Looking at you, Prince, Madonna, and David Bowie.) I believe The Guardian put it best, “This is George O’Dowd in all his exhausting glory.”
7. Michael Cimino, interval
I don’t keep in mind this scene from Love, Victor. I’m simply going to say, “Thank you, Michael Cimino.”
8. Donna Kelce’s house renovation
During these making an attempt instances, it’s a must to take each alternative you get to giggle. That’s why I wasted hours this week scrolling by means of memes about Donna Kelce’s “modest” house renovation. I want I used to be kidding.
It all began with a salacious and foolish submit by TMZ, which was considered over 30 million instances and garnered hundreds of jokes about its newsworthiness. Everyone LOL’d aside from perhaps Taylor Swift’s mother-in-law, who told her sons: “It’s so stupid!”
9. Paul Frederick Cotton Three Button Polo
I used to be gifted a Paul Frederick polo over the vacations, and I haven’t gone a week with out carrying it since. For my washer’s sake, I needed to spend money on one other and eventually settled on this retro-looking three-button, obtainable for $169 online.
With a flexible and light-weight really feel, a ribbed backside hem, cuffed sleeves, and a perfect-fit assure, I can guarantee you that you just’ll be equally obsessed. And if not, you possibly can simply ship yours straight to me!
10. The Devil Wears Prada 2 Popcorn Bucket
“Are you carrying the-“
“The Devil Wears Prada 2 popcorn bucket purse? Yeah, I am.”
Yes, AMC Theaters’ purse-shaped popcorn container for the highly-anticipated sequel is somewhat ridiculous, however at the very least they’ve lastly made a receptacle the gays can be extra enticed to put on than they’re to, erm, you know.
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