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Wicked: For Good: Easter eggs, viral theories, references, & questions

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · 13d

The #WickedForGood discourse is here, so let's get into it. 💚🩷💜

With Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, this sequel to the Wicked movie is giving us everything.

Latin Grammy's first trans winner, Liniker, makes history again with 7 nominations

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · 21d

Liniker — the first-ever trans winner of a Latin Grammy Award — is making history once again with a total of seven nominations at the 2025 #LatinGrammys.

All the tea on @out.com 💛

Liniker is making history at the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards — again!

Lil Nas X's father shares heartbreaking details about rapper's arrest

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Aug 30

Lil Nas X's father, Robert Stafford, has broken his silence about the out rapper's arrest — and the details shared by Stafford are heartbreaking.

Plus, a brief overview of Nas X's complicated relationship with his parents.

Robert Stafford revealed that the out rapper kept "apologizing to people for something he was going through."

Meet the fierce queens competing on 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' season 7

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Aug 22

The cast of #DragRaceUK season 7 is here! 👑

Hope you're U.K., hun! The cast of Drag Race UK season 7 is here.

D.C. bar owners say Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown is killing their business

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Aug 18

Too much wake it up from people who just make it up

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Aug 16

D.C. bar owners say that Trump's federal law enforcement crackdown is already damaging their businesses.

One bar owner feels "panicked," Christopher Wiggins writes in The Advocate.

Big scoop from @cwnewser.bsky.social. Read below on @advocate.com.

“This is not sustainable,” Dave Peruzza, a gay business owner in D.C., told The Advocate.

www.advocate.com

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Aug 15

John Cena is coming in James Gunns-a-blazing for #Peacemaker season 2.

Make bisexual love, not war!

Peacemaker has bisexual orgy in S2 — John Cena confirms DC hero is bi

Make bisexual love, not war.

Exclusive: Tom Blyth & Russell Tovey heat up tense 'Plainclothes' trailer

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Aug 12

The #Plainclothes trailer is here!

Watch the exclusive trailer on @out.com 👀🔥

www.out.com/film/plaincl...

The film tells the story of an undercover cop who falls in love with a man he's supposed to target.

JT opens up about gay uncles, queer fans, Bad Bunny, and 'Love Island'

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Aug 10

Who is Jordan Torres?

I asked, and JT answered.

Jordan Torres, a.k.a. JT, tells Out how he feels about having a huge gay audience and shares details about his latest project.

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jul 25

Caraca, é sério? É sempre chocante ouvir isso 😳😆 mas me sinto lisongeado 💛

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jul 25

Eu também 😭💛

Drag queen makes Wicked history with Madame Morrible casting

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jul 25

🔗 www.out.com/drag/wicked-...

Everything you need to know about Gloria Groove, the first drag queen in history to get cast as Madame Morrible in a stage production of Wicked.

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jul 25

— first drag queen to grace a print cover of Vogue magazine around the globe ✅

— third most-followed drag artist in the world ✅

— first drag queen to play Madame Morrible in a stage production of #Wicked ✅

The world is ready for @gloriagrovve.bsky.social. 🪄

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jun 19

On Broadway, Monsoon season never ends! 💛

#OhMary #TODAYShow #JennaAndFriends #DragRace

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jun 18

Legendary back-to-back choices… 🤯😏🙂‍↕️ #OhMary

Cole Escola; Betty Gilpin; Tituss Burgess; Jinkx Monsoon in Oh, Mary! on Broadway.

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jun 15

I saw episode 1 of #KingOfDrag. I won't spoil anything, but here's the tea:

This drag king competition series is INCREDIBLE. You're going to fall in love with these talented and lovable queer artists.

S1 E01 drops Sunday, June 22 on Revry. Tune in. Trust me. 🥸⚔️💛

Meet the reality TV icons competing on 'The Traitors' season 4

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jun 13

They're here, and a few of them are queer!

Meet the cast of #TheTraitors season 4, coming soon to Peacock.

The Traitors season 4 is packed with queer contestants and pop culture superstars.

Charles Blow: Coming out later in life is a 'restoration of the soul'

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · Jun 7

"Late to the Party: Coming Out Later in Life" premieres tonight on ABC, streaming tomorrow on Disney+ and Hulu.

I spoke with Charles Blow and Randy Barbato about making this fantastic ABC News Studios docuspecial.

Randy Barbato and Charles Blow discuss the ABC docuspecial Late to the Party: Coming Out Later in Life in an interview with Out.

AJ Bediako, OG 'Drag Race UK' Pit Crew member, reportedly dead

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · May 29

An original member of the Pit Crew (a.k.a. Brit Crew) of #DragRaceUK, AJ Bediako, has reportedly died.

The Pit Crew alum is being remembered by his teammates, loved ones, friends, and partner.

Queer icon Kevin Aviance hospitalized for troubling health issues

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · May 26

Kevin Aviance — one of the queer icons sampled on Beyoncé's Renaissance album — has been rushed to the emergency room.

The musician and drag performer, sampled on Beyoncé's Renaissance album, has been rushed to the emergency room.

Bob is first Black queen in 'Drag Race' history to hit 2M IG followers

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · May 25

The #DragRace season 8 winner, best-selling author, and global entertainer is the first-ever Black queen of the franchise to reach 2 million followers on Instagram.

Congrats to Bob the Drag Queen! 👑

The RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 winner, best-selling author, and global entertainer is the first-ever Black queen of the franchise to reach 2 million followers on Instagram.

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · May 21

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Activists hang Trans Pride flag in California's Yosemite National Park to protest erasure efforts

Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · May 21

Transgender, queer, and allied activists unfurled a 55-by-35-foot Trans Pride flag on El Capitan, a vertical rock formation in California's Yosemite National Park.

The display is "a celebration of trans belonging in nature, in community, and everywhere."

"Let this flag fly higher than hate," says organizer Pattie Gonia.

www.advocate.com

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Bernardo Sim @bernardosim.com · May 21

Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, has come out as bisexual.

If you still haven't read Evelyn Hugo... I couldn't recommend it more! Reid also has a new novel coming soon. 🌈

'Evelyn Hugo' author Taylor Jenkins Reid comes out as bisexual

The author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is setting the record straight. She's not!