This summer, we took a family vacation to Oregon to hike in the Pacific Northwest. Not surprisingly, we saw a bunch of people decked out in clothing made by Columbia, the huge sportswear company founded in Portland in 1938, and named for the nearby river.
We also saw a lot of people wearing Patagonia clothes. Named after the vast geographic region at the southern tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile, Patagonia was founded by climber Yvon Chouinard in 1973 to provide durable climbing equipment and outdoor wear. The company heavily supports environmental causes and donates profits from the sale of their jackets, fleeces and other gear to ecological protection. The company even sued President Trump in 2017, for shrinking federal lands protections.
In addition to environmental causes, Patagonia has also championed the LGBTQ community by partnering with the Human Rights Campaign to oppose state legislation targeting their rights. This summer, though, the company sued one member of that community.
Wyn Wiley is an activist from Bend, Oregon, who focuses on environmental and LGBTQ+ issues, promoting acceptance of queer identities in the environmentalist and outdoors communities, and promoting awareness of climate change and its effects.
In October of 2018, Wiley created the character Pattie Gonia and produced short-form outdoors activism content on Instagram and TikTok, while dressing in drag. The first posted video garnered more than 100 million views. Pattie Gonia has 1.8 million Instagram followers and claims to have raised $3.7 million for environmental causes, including $1 million raised last year on a 100-mile hike. In 2022, Pattie Gonia partnered with The North Face, another outdoor gear juggernaut, for their 2022 "Summer of Pride" series, which consisted of outdoor community-building events focused on local LGBTQ+ engagement and acceptance.

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My qualifications: 1. I grew up playing tennis for yearssssss (wildly enough, Andy Roddick's coach was also my coach), and 2. I'm queer. Anyway, enjoy!!!!!
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If the walls in New York could talk!
Adult entertainer and JustFor.Fans CEO Dominic Ford recruited some of the biggest content creators across the globe to attend the inaugural Collab Week Fire Island.
With models traveling from all over the world to the iconic gay vacation spot, content creators were able to indulge in everything that makes Fire Island so special. Throughout the week, top adult entertainers were spotted dancing with Kim Petras during Doll Invasion, mingling and singing their hearts out at Reflections, and naturally, partying all night at the iconic Underwear Party at Ice Palace in Cherry Grove.
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After a successful launch of Collab Week Puerto Vallarta back in December, Ford decided to set his sights on the top- tier New York queer destination for models to create all sorts of content.

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I'll never forget the first time I encountered Grindr. In 2009, I was enjoying happy hour at Cobalt, a since-shuttered gay bar in D.C.'s Dupont Circle. My friend, spying the mustard skull on an iPhone (first released in 2007!) from across the room, nudged me. "That's the gay hookup app," he whispered scandalously.
When I got over the stigma of downloading Grindr, I was astounded how easy it was to flirt with nearby queer men — and to network. During RuPaul's Drag Race season 3, I changed my username to "Team Jujubee," a nod to a frontrunner, which helped me find a viewing-party friend in my neighborhood. When I lived in New York, I would sometimes engage in friendly chats with the app's gay founder, Joel Simkhai, who'd pop up on my grid from time to time.
For good and ill, tech and our relationship with it has changed a lot since the aughts. Gay apps are no longer a battery-draining novelty; for many, they're as quotidian as texting, a digital town square where a Madonna takeover and catfishing are commonplace. Many, like Grindr, are also now owned by straight people. And no need to comb the upper reaches of Cablevision's channels to find Drag Race anymore — there's an app for that too (several, in fact, depending on the region and season).
This is Out's Tech Issue, and we could think of no better cover stars that encapsulate this queer new media landscape than Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova. These queens went through the TV crucible of the House of Ru to emerge as stars of social media and the podcast world. (Their popular podcast, The Bald and the Beautiful, just signed a three-year deal with SiriusXM.) In their cover story on page 36, the media mavens discuss their dizzying rise through the digital spheres — and how their real-life friendship has kept them grounded.
Elsewhere in cyberspace, the advent of artificial intelligence has brought many miracles but also new terrors in how our data can be exploited. Learn how to protect yourself in the online dating world via Last Call (page 58). Technology does have its benefits; find ways it can improve your looks in our Beauty guide (page 26). But it's also important to find ways to unplug. In Out Picks, our editors highlight products that help them blissfully disconnect (page 8).

#time #drag #first

Who says men don't suffer for fashion, too?
Jack O'Connell showed himself to be a man of extremes at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. The veteran English actor hit the Lido for the world premiere of his new Danny Boyle film from Netflix, Ink, by dressing for multiple seasons in a matter of hours, styled by Luke Day.
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Andrew Garfield has renewed his call to see a gay Spider-Man.
In an Entertainment Weekly interview, the star of The Uprising spoke about his resurfaced comments from 2013 calling for a queer spin on Peter Parker, when he famously asked, "Why can't he be gay? Why can't he be into boys?"
"It was an exercise in rebellion that I felt passionate about," Garfield doubled down in his latest chat with the outlet. "I just still believe that anyone can be in that suit."
Garfield's first comments on Peter Parker's ****** uality came in the lead-up to his film The Amazing Spider-Man 2 landing in cinemas.
He reportedly ran the idea by director Marc Webb at the time, suggesting Michael B Jordan for the role of MJ and opining, "He's so charismatic and talented."
While Garfield was - and is - keen on this idea, Marvel reportedly was not. A leaked document found on WikiLeaks and reported by Gawker revealed a list of "character integrity obligations" shared by Marvel with Sony.

#garfield #peter #reportedly #idea

This is the American dream!
Taylor Phillips may be known as a very recognizable gay influencer, but the model admits that his current reality didn't just happen overnight. Before social media really took off with major platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, the star would built an incognito account on Tumblr to manifest his dream life.
"I'm from a small, conservative town in southern Indiana. Growing up, I thought the best thing I could do was work at the bank. I started online in 2009 and I was an OG Tumblr kid! That's really where it started. I've been a kid of the internet for many years. I was manifesting this aesthetic and now I'm living it," Phillips tells Out.
Once Phillips graduated college and took a leap of faith by moving to New York City as an aspiring model, the creator picked up a camera and started documenting his life on YouTube. Once he went viral for releasing his coming out video in 2019, the star surrounded himself with his queer peers and started living life on his own terms.
Now, Phillips is married to his better half and fellow influencer Jeff O'Donnell as they travel the world, launch new businesses, and create new digital opportunities for upcoming gay influencers.

#once

In a FIFA World Cup year, the Ballon d'Or is often decided by the result of the global event and performances at the same time.
The situation this time around, however, is queer.
Spain, who won the World Cup, had no clear bona fide overperformer and won because of their collective efforts. The teams that had clear standout individuals, meanwhile, all fell short.
Lionel Messi, Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and even Vinicius Jr. had spectacular World Cup campaigns but all fell short. Further, all their club seasons were far from impressive, making the Ballon d'Or complicated.
In the Spanish contingent, meanwhile, Rodri stood out but barely played for the club through injury, and Lamine Yamal who shone for Barcelona was not as effective in the World Cup.

#d 'or #time #meanwhile

Sometimes, a totally normal moment between a couple is enough to warm your heart and make you believe in queer joy again.
Prime Minister Rob Jetten went viral earlier this year when the liberal Dutch leader became the first out gay politician to hold the position in the Netherlands —and he did it with his fiancé, Argentinian field hockey player Nicolás Keenan, by his side. Now, the two have the LGBTQ+ community cheering for them once again after Keenan walked over to get a kiss from Jetten at the FIH Hockey World Cup.
The sweet moment, caught on camera and posted on Instagram by the Royal Dutch Hockey **** ociation, shows Keenan walking over to the stands where Jetten is cheering him on while wearing his fiancé's jersey. The two men reach over the divider to hug, and Jetten plants a kiss on Keenan's cheek.
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The kiss between the couple happened after Keenan and his teammates won a match against **** an 3-0. The tournament kicked off on August 15 and will run until August 30.

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President Donald Trump's goal of ending gender-affirming care is not improper and cannot be the basis for quashing a subpoena issued by the Justice Department against a provider of medical treatment for transgender youth, a divided federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The Justice Department announced last year that it had issued more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics that provide gender-affirming care as part of an effort to investigate healthcare fraud. Federal judges have quashed many of the subpoenas as illegitimate efforts to intimidate providers into ending care.
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the efficacy and long-term risks of the treatments are "uncertain," and the president has the power to align the Justice Department's enforcement priorities with his broader policy goals.
"Every President has law enforcement priorities, just as every President has signature policies (often, the former are components of the latter)," Judge Carlos Bea wrote.
Bea, a nominee of Republican President George W. Bush, was joined in the opinion by Daniel Bress, a Trump nominee. They reversed a ruling that quashed the subpoena against telemedicine provider QueerDoc, sending the case back to the district court to consider other arguments.

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MILAN — Tan France, the star of Netflix's "Queer Eye" and "Next in Fashion," deepened his interest in interiors while building his dream home, a Salt Lake City Tudor estate, with his husband, Rob.
The media personality made his debut into furniture after his agent received a call from Singapore-based furniture Castlery, he told WWD. "They agreed to let me design whatever I wanted to, as opposed to selecting new colors and fabrics [for] what they already make, which was a major plus point for me," he said.
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You've got to hand it to whichever lawyers wrote the NDAs for guests of Taylor Swift's wedding. It's been five days since she took over Madison Square Garden and blocked off a sizable slice of midtown Manhattan for her July 3 nuptials, and no major details have yet emerged about the pop superstar's dress.
But we do know who designed it. Jonathan Anderson got the commission, a major score for a creative director who was brought to Dior a little over a year ago with the task of amping up the brand's global profile. The newly wedded couple must have gotten a bundle deal: Travis Kelce opted for bespoke Christian Dior, too, and both stars wore custom Christian Louboutin shoes.
In her wardrobe and her music, Swift tends to slot herself into a variety of classic feminine roles: the fairy-tale princess, the high school lover girl, America's sweetheart. Before her wedding, fashion writers predicted a slew of designers whose wedding gowns might fit those archetypes. Ralph Lauren, one of whose dresses Swift wore for her enchanted-garden engagement shoot, would have been a solid choice for a "Miss Americana" getting hitched on Independence Day weekend. Vivienne Westwood, she of the Swift-approved corset-and-draped-skirt combo, would have made a garment worthy of the dewy-eyed romance and grandiosity Swift brings to her love songs.
Dior was not among the most buzzed-about contenders; Vogue didn't even name it in its top five guesses. Swift has barely worn the brand—though she's been spotted carrying a variety of Dior handbags this spring—which makes her choice of Anderson a bit of a surprise. For a celebrity who, for better and for worse, has placed her own personal tastes above fast-changing trends and the cachet of high fashion, picking a big-name designer at an illustrious French house to make her gown signals a desire to project a new degree of fashion prestige.
The former creative director at Loewe and the founder of his own JW Anderson label, Anderson has made his name with designs that add a contemporary edge to classic styles. He is fluent in preppy, attracted to whimsy, and adept at mining womenswear for menswear ideas (and vice versa). He's made approachable, mass-market lines with Topshop and Uniqlo, and his versatile talents have led to a creative partnership with director Luca Guadagnino, for whom he led costume design for the buzzy films Challengers and Queer. In December, the Fashion Awards in the U.K. named him Designer of the Year for the third consecutive year.

Karamo Brown is going from Mr. Culture to Mr. Romance.
The TV personality and "Queer Eye" star, 45, opened up about his love life in a new interview with podcaster Carlos King, released Tuesday, June 30.
"I could get emotional. I've met my equal," Brown told King, although he did not reveal the identity of his partner. King noted that Brown's significant other is a fellow celebrity.
"It's powerful when you meet someone who you feel 100 percent safe with, you feel 100 percent secure with, who you can just trust with your heart," Brown continued. "Because you know they are just a great human being, and they get everything. It's special. It's pretty amazing."
Brown's remarks come amid recent reports that the reality TV star is dating actor and former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett. The pair was spotted hanging out together in Los Angeles on June 29, according to photos shared by TMZ.

In her book, Nom de Plume, Carmela Ciuraru writes: "To a certain extent, all writing involves impersonation—the act of summoning an authorial 'I' to create the speaker of a poem or the characters in a novel." And she's right, especially for those in the fiction **** e; creating a world, characters, understanding and illustrating their interior lives, all evidences a knack for occupying a **** e other than their own. Some writers take that bifurcation a step further, choosing a pen name to write some or all of their work under; George Orwell, Mark Twain, and Lewis Carroll are all pen names–it's a tool commonly deployed by a marginalized class to gain credibility among readers who would otherwise look past their name. The Bronte sisters famously wrote under male pseudonyms; before Little Women, Louisa May Alcott wrote under the name A. M. Barnard.
Next month, Minotaur Books will publish the private detective mystery Killer Vibes by Jack Friday–or as readers will recognize him, John Fram. Fram burst onto the literary scene in 2020 with his acclaimed novel, The Bright Lands, followed by No Road Home, and most recently The Midnight Knock; he's made a name for himself crafting queer horror novels that deliver mind bending thrills and nuanced character studies. Fram's newest endeavor is in the crime fiction **** e and that shift, in part, inspired the author to write under a nom de plume: Jack Friday. Killer Vibes is the first in what will be a series that centers on Peter Key, a bisexual stoner who inherits a home from an uncle he barely knew, only to find out that his death was probably not an accident. "He starts to poke into the case and attracts some very dangerous people, but he also makes a lot of really cool new friends, including a private investigator," Fram tells me. "By the end of the novel, Peter has gone through a lot of scrapes but he has come out a detective. He's realized that he finally has something that he's really good at and loves to do."
Ahead of Killer Vibes' release, I caught up with Fram to talk about his decision to write under a pen name, telling queer, Southern stories, and what fans of Fram–and Friday–can look forward to in this book and beyond.
Caroline Reilly: What made you decide to write your next book under a pen name?
John Fram: I think that for me it was a matter of making sure people had the right expectations going into the book. I didn't want to alienate my horror readers with something that's not a horror novel. There's nothing supernatural in Killer Vibes. So on the one hand, it was making sure people who have read my previous work knew what they were getting into. Secondly–I remember once reading a review of my book and there was a comment on it where this lady said, "I've always been interested in this author, but I'm too scared to read horror." And that was always in my head, I thought, the fact that one person has said this means there's other people who maybe feel this way. Let me give them something wh

Every year, the LGBTQ+ community gains new, out and proud members — including celebrities who choose to share their identities with the world. Although coming out can seem like less of a big deal than it once was, even the most low-key coming out announcements can be a big deal, especially under a presidential administration that routinely targets LGBTQ+ people. While high-profile queer and trans visibility can inspire others to live as their authentic self, it can also place pressure on a public figure to bear the load of representing a diverse community, and even raises questions of whether celebrities should still be expected to formally come out. Still, it's difficult to deny the impact of a well-known person using their platform to live openly and proudly.
With that in mind, we've rounded up a list of celebrities who have come out in 2026 so far, from Canada's Drag Race alum Tara Nova to former pro basketball star AJ Ogilvy.
We'll update this list periodically as more new celebrities share their identity with the world. — Abby Monteil
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor came out as bisexual in the eleventh hour of Pride Month. During an interview with Jay Shetty's podcast On Purpose dropped June 29, the 25-year-old reality television star said, "I'm gay and I'm bi and date women and men."

Laying the groundwork for a free trade agreement that would remake his nation's economy, Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari loaned crates of art to the United States in the autumn of 1990. Bolstered by a $10 million advertising campaign, the works were destined to be shown in a series of one hundred and fifty exhibitions and events intended to counter Americans' derisive views of Mexico. Illustrating many of the ads was a self-portrait of Frida Kahlo.
Frida Kahlo, Untitled [Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird] 1940. Nickolas Muray Collection of Mexican Art.
The selection of Kahlo's mestiza visage as the face of Salinas's neoliberal propaganda was as prescient as it was improbable. Within a decade, Frida would become one of Mexico's leading exports. Championed by celebrities including Madonna – who deemed Kahlo her "soul mate" – the artist grew into a global brand in the years that Salinas privatized the Mexican economy and NAFTA lifted his country to the pinnacle of globalization. Mattel brought a Frida Kahlo Barbie doll to market. Frida's name and likeness, known only to an elite in her lifetime, have been licensed for products ranging from sneakers to cosmetics. For those manufacturers, and for the neoliberals who appropriated Kahlo to sell free trade with Mexico, her life of political radicalism is left unmentioned. (Mattel never considered making a doll of her lover Leon Trotsky.)
The peculiarities of "Fridamania" provide the leitmotif of Frida: The Making of an Icon, a sprawling exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, now on view at Tate Modern. The MFAH curator Mari Carmen Ramírez suggests an underlying cause for Kahlo's many conflicting representations in the opening paragraphs of her astute catalogue essay. Kahlo's iconicity "is not limited to a single image but is plural, resulting from the seemingly infinite number of competing icons that today comprise and perpetuate her myth," Ramírez writes, making the case that the myth entails much more than even the legends of Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso. "The Frida phenomenon is unlike anything else in past or recent history. It is not limited to Kahlo's art-making but extends to all aspects of her social image, innermost character, as well as her attire."
As a "polyvalent" icon with a lifelong habit of narcissistic theatricality, Kahlo has been put in the service of causes ranging from Chicano identity to Mexican dignity, from socialism to feminism, from queerness to disability. All of these have a basis in her life, which also included the role of devoted wife and muse to the muralist Diego Rivera, and the part of avant-garde painter creatively mixing Mexican folk art with Surrealism. Each of these dimensions of her character has attracted different constituencies to the cult of Frida. And many aspects of her identity have come into fashion recently, decades after her premature death in 1954.

Iran and Egypt are scheduled to play a World Cup group stage match at Seattle's Lumen Field on Friday in what the city has designated a "Pride Match."
This weekend, June 27-28, is Pride Weekend in Seattle to celebrate Pride Month, which honors the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) culture and community, noting their contributions and achievements. Festivities include the Pride Parade through downtown Seattle on Sunday and PrideFest celebrations in various parts of the city, including Capitol Hill and the Seattle Center.
However, Egypt and Iran playing in the match has created friction as both countries have anti-gay laws and philosophies.
Before the World Cup draw determined which countries would be playing in Seattle, the city’s host committee planned for Friday’s game to be part of Pride Weekend festivities.
The Iran Football Federation has asked FIFA to prevent "ceremonies and activities" supporting the LGBTQ+ community, in addition to symbols and other representations during Friday's match, both surrounding and inside the stadium, according to The Athletic.

A landmark anniversary, a varied programme including a new information gazebo – and, as every year, the Allianz Arena lit up in the colours of the rainbow: FC Bayern is once again supporting its 'QUEERPASS Bayern' fan club as part of its 'Red Against Racism' initiative at Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Munich's city centre this Saturday. A special highlight this year: 'QUEERPASS Bayern' is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
The fan club members look forward to welcoming everyone who joins them at the CSD from 12:00 CEST onwards to send a joint message of diversity, tolerance and respectful coexistence. The meeting point is from 11.15 by the float with start number 123 in Block E on Erhardtstraße, on the corner of Zweibrückenstraße. This year, the walking group will be accompanied by two FCB vehicles, including one with its own DJ booth. Mascots Berni and Mia will also be joining in once again.
For the first time, in collaboration with ‘QUEERPASS Bayern’, ‘Red against Racism’ will also be present throughout the day with its own information stand, to create a **** e for discussion about diversity in sport. At the same time, the initiative is supporting the independent queer sports network ‘Sportpride’, which campaigns for the normalisation of queer people in sport.
The stand, which will be supported by members of FC Bayern’s volunteer development programme ‘PACK MA’S’, will be located in the so-called ‘Sportarea’ of the CSD on Ludwigstraße, between Schellingstraße and Geschwister-Scholl-Platz. ‘Sportpride’ will also have a stand there.
As in previous years, the Allianz Arena will once again be lit up in the colours of the rainbow in the evening (from 21.30 - 23:00 CEST).

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The entertainment industry has long been at the forefront of LGBTQ+ storytelling, shaping culture through film, music and television. But what does allyship look like inside entertainment companies, among the professionals doing the work? If the people creating these stories don't feel safe to be themselves, what does that mean for the stories they tell?
Eight years ago, I was a first-year ******* ociate secretly in a relationship with a woman. I was terrified for anyone to find out. One day, my girlfriend sent me flowers to the office and I panicked. What if someone asked who they were from? A senior ******* ociate noticed them and simply said, "Those are beautiful." No questions. Just warmth. That small, human moment changed everything for me. It told me I was safe. I practice entertainment law, and I think about that moment every time I meet with a creative team.
For Pride Month, as an entertainment litigator, former outside pro bono counsel to GLAAD, and member of the LGBTQ+ community myself, I wanted to find out if others had similar experiences. So I asked LGBTQ+ women and non-binary professionals across the industry to share what allyship has meant to them in real, human moments like mine.
What they shared is a reminder that the most meaningful allyship happens behind the scenes in a writers' room, on a set or in a hallway conversation.
"In 2008, I was a lesbian singer-songwriter trying to find my place in the music scene. I had been booked to open for a gay male headliner whose career was much further along than mine. Before the show, he asked the organizers to switch the lineup so I would perform later in the evening. He explained that queer women deserved more visibility in music. For context, this was seven years before marriage equality became law across the United States, and seeing openly LGBTQ+ artists succeed still felt rare. That small act of allyship stayed with me. He didn't just make ******* e for me on a stage. He showed me that success didn't have to be a competition. It could be an opportunity to lift others up. I still think about that moment whenever I have the chance to open a door for another artist."

Hockey, well, hockey romance, is booming.
Canadian streamer Crave’s breakout hit Heated Rivalry — one of the most talked about shows of the last year — became a pop culture phenomena. The queer hockey romance drama not only took social media by storm in late 2025, it made certified stars out of its at-the-time unknown leading actors, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie and the source material, a string of novels by Rachel Reid, bestsellers years after release. The Jacob Tierney-created show became appointment television, a rarity in the streaming age.
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For Juniper Simonis, that night in 2012 replays like the start of a favorite movie. It’s a warm summer evening, and she’s speeding through Ithaca, New York, on her bike. The wind is in her hair — at least as much as it could be under a bike helmet. Mariee Siou, the American folk singer, is blasting through her headphones.
The moment is memorable because of the feelings of freedom and hope sparked by an email she has just received. It says that the Ithaca League of Women Rollers derby team voted to allow her to play.
“As somebody who played sports and was queer, but those were two very separate parts of my life, the promise and the opportunity … to integrate those was very hopeful for me.”

Buffy the Vampire Slayer stars are mourning the loss of Anthony Head, whose death was revealed Friday by his two daughters in a statement they gave to the Press **** ociation in the U.K. The actor died from complications of pneumonia. He was 72.
The British actor was best known for his role as Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers' (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar) mentor and surrogate father figure throughout all seven seasons of the series, making his debut in the pilot episode. Head was a main cast member for the first five seasons and later appeared in a recurring guest star capacity. Head has also appeared in Jack Ryan, Bridgerton and Ted Lasso.
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A high-profile lawsuit between two well-known entities is never just tried in a courthouse; it's also tried in the court of public opinion. And that's exactly what's happening with the Pattie Gonia vs. Patagonia copyright infringement case. The apparel company sued the drag queen in January after she applied for a trademark to sell merchandise and promote her activism and online marketing. This, the company alleges in a statement posted on its website, violated a previously held agreement between the two parties — though the drag queen claims there was no agreement.
Patagonia maintained it did not want to sue Pattie Gonia, but needed to do so to protect its trademark and itself from bad actors. Initially, when the lawsuit was filed, the drag queen remained silent. However, that silence was broken last week, when she uploaded a video to Instagram and a written statement, claiming that the brand is trying to "erase an activist." At first, Pattie had the court of public opinion on her side, especially in this fraught political landscape where queer and nonbinary people's rights are at risk, and drag queens are used as scapegoats.
The two parties have shared their stipulations for dropping the lawsuit on social media: Pattie says that she would drop her pursuit of a trademark if the brand agrees to drop the lawsuit. Meanwhile, the brand says it will drop the lawsuit if she drops all trademark applications, ceases using its logos, and stops selling and promoting apparel and other products under the name Pattie Gonia.
As the two parties reach a stalemate, Out spoke with three lawyers who specialize in trademark and intellectual property law about what is going on in this case, who has greater legal standing, and what the path forward is for both Pattie Gonia and Patagonia.
Alexandra J. Roberts is a professor of law and media at Northeastern University and a leading voice in intellectual property and social media, with expertise in trademark law. She largely sides with Pattie because she feels the brand has a much higher bar to clear, given the claims in the lawsuit.

Jonathan Bailey refused to live in the closet for the sake of his career.
When the Wicked star was first starting out as an actor, he feared being openly gay "would be a hindrance" to his career, but he was willing to "take that risk."
"I was well aware [of] the possibilities and the limits of queer actors and what that means to an audience and whether that bleeds into commerce and how that affects it," Bailey said, reports The New Zealand Herald.
The 38-year-old actor opened up during a discussion with Sir Elton John as part of the inaugural Elton John Impact Awards, which is being broadcast by iHeartMedia as a podcast series.
Laverne ******* , Melissa Etheridge, Billie Jean King, Orville Peck, and pop star Chappell Roan will also be honored as trailblazing members of the LGBTQ+ community, and Billy Porter and Elvis Duran will be acting as hosts.

Karamo Brown reveals why he did not participate in Queer Eye press six months ago due to years of toxic dynamics within the show
Brown shares that he relapsed during season 3 after 12 years of sobriety. Today, he says he's been sober for over a year
He recently launched a wellness app Kē, plans to release a self-help book and hopes to reconcile with his former castmates in the future
Inside his Hollywood Hills home in early May, Karamo Brown mirrors the sunny mood outside. Music blaring, the Queer Eye alum is dancing in his kitchen, surrounded by the people who know him best: his mom Charmaine, son Jason and longtime best friend Tré.
As he settles into a living room chair for his first interview since drama erupted publicly amid the premiere of the show's tenth and final season six months ago, Brown underscores that his palpable joy is hard-won.

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Any news on how the Women + TIM session went last Thursday? Did women show up? Did men invade? Curious to know how populated their upcoming "queer" sessions are as they've put their business on the line for them.

To some people, food choices can seem inextricable from **** ual identity.

But, is the food itself queer? Two new books explore the restaurants that have empowered a community.

“They” would be killed twice. Once for being Queer and once for being Trans.