LGBTQ+ TOP STORIES Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025
Grindr Unwrapped 2025: What 135 Billion Chats Reveal About Global Queer Culture
Grindr’s fifth annual “Grindr Unwrapped” report for 2025 uses data from over 135 billion chats and more than 15 million monthly users to map how queer people around the world connected, flirted, and shaped pop culture this year.
News
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Texas Book Ban Appeal in Case Watched by Free Speech Groups
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on a Texas free speech case
What to Know About Paramount's Hostile Bid for Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Discovery's friendly agreement to sell itself to Netflix just got upended by a hostile actor -- Paramount, which made Warner shareholders a higher...
Culture
Jacob Tierney Leans Into The “Smut” Of Buzzy Hockey Romance ‘Heated Rivalry’
Canadian filmmaker Jacob Tierney, best known as the co-creator of "Letterkenny," is drawing widespread attention for "Heated Rivalry," a sex-forward queer...
Queer in the Tropics: Why Townsville Is Emerging as Australia’s Unexpected Rainbow Escape
Far from Australia’s big-name queer capitals, the North Queensland city of Townsville is quietly building a reputation as a welcoming, culturally rich base for...
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Pride
National LGBTQ Task Force's Winter Party Festival Returns To Miami Beach February 26-March 2, 2026
Now in its 33rd year, the festival will welcome thousands of international attendees to the iconic South Florida destination for the hottest winter in the...
Phyla-Vell Suits Up: How Marvel's Cosmic Invasion Is Bringing a Canonical Lesbian Hero to Life
Marvel's new game "Cosmic Invasion" features Phyla-Vell, a canonically lesbian Kree-Titanian hybrid warrior who has been a fixture of Marvel Comics for over two...
Media
Santa Speedo Run Chicago :: December 6, 2025
Santa didn't just come to town–she sprinted in a Speedo! The 14th annual run hit Sidetrack with Debbie Fox hosting, raising coins, cheers, and temps for Center...
Save Our Sex @ Lips Restaurant :: December 1, 2025
Columbia's Research Unit said "let's talk about it and let's make it fabulous," hosting Save Our Sex – a panel where the convo was deep, the dinner was free,...
EDGE RECOMMENDS
EDGE Now: 3 Queer Icons Who Changed the Game
From the first queen of drag to a pioneering candidate and a trans rights matriarch—meet William Dorsey Swann, José Sarria, and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, three icons who changed the game.
