Davey Wavey’s Journey from YouTube to Gay Porn: An Interview with the Shirtless YouTuber You Thought You Knew
With over one million subscribers, Davey Wavey is known for his shirtless videos about gay sex topics that skirt the lines of YouTube censorship. I talked to him about his…
Top 5 Gay-Friendly Casinos in the World
The world is certainly moving in the right direction when it comes to LGBT rights and acceptance. More and more businesses in the world are marketing themselves as gay-friendly places, including…
Gay Porn During COVID-19
Featured Writer: Kyle Getz As I jerked off for the fourth time in one day, I began to wonder how gay porn has managed through coronavirus. Have porn studios, like…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12 Ep 2: You Don’t Know Me Recap
This article was written by our fabulous contributing editor, James Pearbutter. Disclosure This season of Drag Race has unprecedented changes. The Queen Sherry Pie has been confirmed to have committed…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12 Ep 1: I’m That Bitch Recap
There’s Still Life in This Old Bitch Yet After a shoddy eleventh season from start to finish, I couldn’t help feeling Drag Race had done its dash, but tonight’s episode…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12: Our Predictions
Our Pre-Season Predictions: Top 4: Jaida Essence Hall, Heidi N Closet, Gigi Goode, Crystal Methyd Mid 5-9: Jackie Cox, Sherry Pie, Widow Von’Du, Brita, Nicky Doll Early Out 10-13: Rock…
Where to Have a Gay Old Time in Las Vegas
Las Vegas has been the biggest party on earth for nearly 90 years now, although the entertainment has seen a lot of change since then. Gone are the dancing girls…
The Art of Twinking: Queer Comedy with an Edge
If you’re tired of cycling through one tame LGBTQ web series after another, check out Twinking, a new queer web show that doesn’t shy away from the nitty gritty of…
Here’s How to Host a Winning Super Bowl Party
It seems like summer was here a minute ago and now we’re in the full swing of another football season. Time flies! By the same token, February 2, 2020, and…
Do Celebrities Have a Responsibility to Come Out?
Imagine a world where one of the stars of Avengers: Endgame came out of the closet. What kind of social shockwave would happen worldwide if Chadwick Boseman or Chris Hemsworth…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Finale: An Yven Odder Winner!
The world of Drag has a new Superstar in Yvie Oddly. The Queens of season 11 are back one more time at the Orpheum Theatre for a runway, and a…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Reunited: Now with Kahanna, Mercedes & Ra’Jah
On this season of Drag Race, we’ve seen more drama than we have of previous seasons, with Queens fighting over wigs, memes, feelings, truth, lies, justice, catchphrases, photographs, social media,…
Drag Race Season 11 Finale Predictions
We have our final four Queens of the season, but who will win that elusive Next Drag Superstar title? In this article, we’re going to discuss who has the best…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 12: Queens Everywhere
Drag Queens Run the World As the eleventh chapter of Drag Race draws to its close, first we have the usual road-bump Music Video finale featuring the yet-another-Beyonce-rip-off choreography of…
Shame On You: The Unapologetic Podcast with a Mission to Eradicate Gay Shame
Over the past three years since we launched The Authentic Gay, we have done our best to uphold our mission of inspiring LGBTQ audiences to examine what it means to…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 11: Bring Back My Queens!
Make Up Shake Up It’s make-over time on Drag Race with a rather uninspired pointless concept. But, before that, onto the mini-challenge! After Shuga was removed from our diet without…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 10: Dragacadabra
No Sugar for Shuga Dragacadabra! Dragalakazam! It’s another episode specifically designed for a specific Queen to win. A worrying trend this season. That said, it’s a refreshing new kind of…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 9: LADP!
Now Slightly-Less-Drama-Free Today’s Drag Race episode features guest stars that the Drag Race fans don’t hate, Cheyenne Jackson and Fortune Feimster, to help this crop of Queens be funny in…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 8: Snatch Game at Sea
The Less Than Perfect Snatch It’s that time of the season where we think it’s going to be a great episode, but it’s never as good as we think it’s…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 7: Farm to Runway
Life in Plastique Half-way through the eleventh season of Drag Race, we’ve seen a recurring issue with unbalanced editing, and invisible Queens like Plastique Tiara, Shuga Cain and Honey Davenport….
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 6: The Draglympics
Shablam! Tonight are the Olympics of Drag (the Draglympics, why not Rulympics? Who knows?). It’s a high-intensity challenge that we’re surprised passed the safety checks after the Eureka Gymnastics Knee…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 5: Monster Ball
Hallowed Queens We’ve waited 11 years, and it’s finally time for the Halloween Ball! Tonight the Queens celebrate Drag’s most important holiday, but who will be Monster Mash to the…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 4: Trump: The Rusical
Living in America This week’s Drag Race outlined where the show sits on the political spectrum. If anyone’s surprised this show has a left-wing angle, why? As the America’s premier…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 3: Diva Worship
Oh Honey, Honey We been knew they’d do Honey the dirty, and they did. Today’s episode came for a Drag Race first shocking bottom six in fringe! We’re shocked no-one…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 2: Good God Girl, Get Out
Pop the Cyst and Feed the Memes It’s official, Drag Race is pushing the cyst as this year’s Vanjie. Will the fans fall for a forced meme two years running?…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Ep 1: Whatcha Unpackin?
The Silky Show It’s season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race! After an overstacked season 10 which perhaps ended up wasting a lot of great talent, the show has come back…
Our RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 5 Predictions
With All Stars 4 wrapped up, it’s time to look at the remaining Queens to see who would be great on the next All Stars season. We’ve picked who we…
Which Drag Queens You Should be Following on Instagram in 2019
So, you’re into Drag Race and want Queens in your Instagram feed, but don’t want to follow all 140? Seems fair enough, can’t say I agree, but fair enough. Probably…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 10: Super Queen Grand Finale
Last Introduction Tonight’s finale, like a lot of Drag Race finales ended up on a bit of a bland note. One final twist appeared, but shaky editing gave this a…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 9: Sex and the Kitty Girl
Life’s Not Fair A ballsier part of me this week considered just submitting a blank sheet of paper. It would have been more interesting than tonight’s episode of Drag Race….
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 8: RuPaul’s Best Good Judy Race
Steal the Mustache and Run Tonight’s the makeover episode. These are usually a bit of a snooze as we’re forced to give screen-time to random guests that we will never think about…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 7: Queen of Clubs
It’s not Gia, but it’s Okay I don’t think any of us would think that in All Stars 4, Gia Gunn would be the robbed Queen. Not just once, but…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11: Meet Your Queens!
Season 11’s around the corner already, and there’s a new line up of girls on the menu to fall in love with. In this article, we’ll help you get to…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 6: LaLaPaRuZa
The One Where Nothing Actually Happens But We Ain’t That Mad About It This episode of Drag Race was one that did put a halt in All Stars 4 momentum….
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 5: Roast in Peace
Legends Only: Lady Bunny, Stacy Layne Matthews, Latrice Royale and More… Tonight’s Drag Race featured more special appearances than a RuPaul’s Drag Race Reunion that’s not season 10’s with RuTurns…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 4: Jersey Justice Recap
Jersey Girls On today’s Jersey/Judy Judy mash-up episode, we continue this season’s legacy of tears and suspicious judgements. The Queens are tested on their improv skills in a manner similar…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 3: Snatch Game of Love
It’s Tough being a Trans Woman in a Drag World: The latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race made this writer cry as the last piece of Gia Gunn’s story arc…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 2: Super Girl Groups, Henny
Legend of the Henny: The latest of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 is back, back, back again with questionable judgements and more drama than your upcoming family Christmas dinner….
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4 EP 1: All Star Super Queen Variety Show Recap
Fire, Ice and a Little Advice for Drag Race Producers The season of fire and ice has now begun on RuPaul’s Drag Race, and we’re already feeling chills. Though, we…
RuPaul’s Holiday Slaytacular Christmas Special Recap
It’s the silly season on RuPal’s Drag Race, and silly is the operative word. This episode is basically an extended commercial for RuPaul’s “Christmas Party” album. But hey, all of…
All the T on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 4
Winter may take all but only one can actually win This year all the All Stars cast is stacked with a group of some of the most fashionable queens, and…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 Finale Recap
Hello, hello, hello Ladies and Gays! Hallelu! We’ve come to the end of Season 9. It’s Sasha Velour Vs. Peppermint Vs. Shea Coulee Vs. Trinity. It’s the first time we’ve…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, Ep 12 Recap
Hello, hello, hello ladies and gays! Top 4 Ladies and Gays! This is the Top 4 we deserved: Shea, Sasha, Trinity and Peppermint. It may not be the top 4…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, Ep 11 Recap
Hello, hello, hello ladies and gays! The Top Five: Sasha, Shea, Alexis, Trinity, and Peppermint. Cue: “one of these things is not like the other.” We all know Miss Congeniality relies on our…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, Ep 10 Recap
The Aftermath: One Week Later VH1 aired episode 9 beforehand and I’m still flabbergasted. Valentina was supposed to win it all. She was supposed to overtake Shea, and prove all…
“Before the Fall” – The Gay “Pride and Prejudice” Film
“Before the Fall” is a brand-new gay re-imagining of “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, featuring scenes shot exclusively in Appalachia. The filmmakers cleverly inverted the story to reveal a…
Rupaul’s Drag Race Season 9, Ep 9 Recap
Hello, hello, hello ladies and gays. I have been bent and broken. Truly, the savagery wrought has left my heart cold as ice. Season 9 Episode 9’s elimination will go down…
How ‘Queer As Folk’ Introduced Me To Gay Culture
Like most young gay kids who grew up in a world dominated by heteronormativity, I had no formal education that taught me how to be a functional homosexual, let alone…
Rupaul’s Drag Race Season 9, Ep 8 Recap
Hello hello hello, ladies and gays! Last episode we lost Aja in a tragic, yet fierce lip sync against Nina Bo’Nina Brown Rodham Clinton. It was simply her time. But,…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, Ep 7 Recap
muah! Hello hello hello, ladies and gays! Before I go any further… I know I’m not alone in feeling apathetic about this season based on social media alone. This season…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, Ep 6 Recap
Hello hello hello, ladies and gays. Let’s just take a moment to quiet our hearts and minds. What a (metaphorically) sobering week it has been in the aftermath of episode 5….
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, EP 5 Recap
Hello hello hello, ladies and gays! This episode was a doozy at the very last second. I literally ugly cried. But, there was a whole lotta episode first. Back in…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, EP 4 Recap
Hello hello hello, ladies and gays! A little RuCap: We’ve lost two queens so far. Last episode, we lost Kimora Blac, the Las Vegas beauty queen who bravely bore both…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, EP 3 Recap
Hallelu, and hello hello hello, ladies and gays! The competition has now really started! One queen down. Last time, Jaymes Mansfield was eliminated in a lackluster lip sync battle to…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, EP 2 Recap
Hello, hello, hello! After an amazing premiere, I had high hopes that each episode would smack me in the face; leave me gagged; drying out my underwear. Episode 2 stopped just short…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, Episode 1 Recap: Gaga Invades!
Hallelu! Season 9 of RuPaul’s Drag Race is live, ladies! As far as season premieres go, this could be my favorite. It was a low pressure non-elimination episode that was…
10 Reasons Nina Flowers Gives Me Life
Multi-talented DJ and Drag Queen favorite Nina Flowers gives me life. Also known as Jorge Flores Sanchez, Nina made her debut on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 1, televised nationally and…
‘King Cobra’: A New Gay Thriller Based On Brent Corrigan’s Story
The highly anticipated biographical drama King Cobra is based on the book Cobra Killer, by Andrew E. Stoner and Peter A. Conway, and follows the true story of gay porn…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2, Ep 5: The “Crystal-Queer” Recap
Hello My Darlings! This week’s episode was a real zinger, so I’m just going to dive right in! Oh, The Shade Of It All! The episode picked up right where…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2, Ep 4: The “Crystal-Queer” Recap
Helloooo Pumpkinheads! I hope everybody has had a fantastic week! I’ve started to feel a little nostalgic about our time together because it’s almost coming to an end! This Week’s…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2, Ep 3: The “Crystal-Queer” Recap
Hey Lovers! I hope everyone has had a great week bathing in anything pumpkin spice in anticipation for the fall. I sure know I am! Say, that’s not a bad…
New ‘Gay Bachelor’ Airs Today; What You Need To Know
On July 12, 2016, Logo TV announced that it would be hosting a “Bachelor-style” new reality dating competition show, entitled “Finding Prince Charming.” This show would be the first dating…
Whatever Happened to the “Black Spark”?
The first time I heard “Tell Him,” a haunting song with beautifully-crafted and tender lyrics by Lauryn Hill, was while watching a gay “art” soft-core pornographic video. The scene this…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2, Ep 2: The “Crystal-Queer” Recap
Hey Squirrelfriends! Sorry for the delayed recap! Your girl is in the process of permanently relocating from the Bible Belt to the City of Brotherly Love. One can only hope…
Britney Spears MTV VMA 2016 Performance
Yesterday marked one of MTV’s most highly anticipated music events of the year – the VMAs. This annual event was paired with performances from many high-profile musicians and performers, including…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2, Ep 1: The “Crystal-Queer” Recap
What’s up, Squirrellfriends?! This is your girl, Crystal, here to give you a breakdown each week of the latest RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2 episode! Let’s get right…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 2, This Thursday!
This Thursday at 8 pm EST the RuPaul’s queens return! Hosted on Logo, RuPaul’s Drag Race will be airing the first episode of their second All Stars season. This isn’t…