Boy Culture Links: Antoni Porowski & Taylor Zakhar Perez Flaunt Underwear, Lady Gaga for ... Rocket?!, GOP Senators Call for Kristi Noem to Go, Gay Crushes, Queer Guilty Pleasures + More
JANUARY 28, 2026
SAXX: Okay, so Antoni Porowski looks fantastic, so get your eyeful. But I encourage you not to listen to the audio of this Saxx Underwear ad. I just … don’t.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Or, if you prefer Taylor Zakhar Perez, he’s cavorting in his skivvies for Lacoste:
TZP sez:
“Accompanying Lacoste through its shows, cultural moments and special projects over the past year has been deeply meaningful to me. Each collaboration has felt deeply intentional, fostering a strong partnership that this campaign reveals with playful, vibrant energy. This campaign feels intimate, powerful, and very sincere to me, celebrating confidence, craftsmanship, and the quiet strength of Lacoste’s heritage reimagined boldly for today.”
Red, White and Royal Wedding star TZP is also opening up to GQ, admitting he has seen “a few episodes” of Heated Rivalry:
“I think they work so well because it wasn’t just about sex, it was so much about intimacy — and we crave intimacy because it’s a lot less fleeting than sex is. I think they told a really beautiful story over a long period of time. That made it very universal. Anyone can watch it and relate to that type of longing that you have for somebody — maybe it’s like a forbidden love — and what you have to do to either overcome that hurdle or just crash into each other and say yes.”
HUFFINGTON POST: Two Republican senators — albeit Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Tillis (R-North Carolina) — agree with Dems that Homeland Security dunce Kristi Noem’s head must roll. Tails are wagging everywhere in anticipation.
TWITTER: Josh Seiter, that douchebag who spent a year pretending to be trans to parody being trans, posted a horrifying take on the killings in Minnesota, sliming Alex Pretti as “a gay retard who pulled a gun on ICE agents.” (He didn’t, but facts never stopped the right.)
PEOPLE: Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr., 25, murdered Jimmie “Jay” Lee, 20, to cover up their secret same-sex relationship. Now, he’s been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the heinous crime — one he almost got away with scot-free, until his victim’s remains were finally found.
YOUTUBE: Not a fan of Lady Gaga’s unnecessary and SNL-vibing cover of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” and her swallowing of Mr. Rogers for … Rocket. It’s not like she covered this from a good place and posted it, she was paid to sing it for Rocket at a time when our country is battling fascism as if to say, “Can’t we all just get along?” And yet, until like three months ago, Rocket was funding Tucker Carlson. They only pulled out when Tucker had Nick Fuentes on. So, yeah, I don’t know if any of our divas can say no to free money anymore, and while that isn’t necessarily a dealbreaker, it’s a bummer.
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026: In the new Billie Jean King doc Give Me the Ball!, Elton John recalls how he “instantly clicked” with the tennis legend over food addiction and sexual-orientation struggles. Via People Magazine, Elton sez:
“We confided in each other about how it was for each other and how hard it was to be gay. We talked a lot about that and how it was horrible hiding — what do you do, how do you figure it out?”
This was in the ‘70s, before Elton married a woman, by the way.
SOHO PROJECT SPACE: Court Watson is celebrating the publication of his third book of original art, Horizont, with a January 30 opening reception at SoHo Project Space (127b Prince St., NYC). You can buy the book here.
PAPER: Illustrator Jeffrey Fulvimari recalls working with Madonna on her series of children’s books 20+ years ago:
“I realized what an incredible art director she was and you know how fluent she was in that language. She made very specific requests. There was one illustration of Binah's bedroom, Binah's the main character, and she's sort of poor. She lived with her father and she was an only child and her mother had died and she had kind of like this attic bedroom that was a little bit rundown and Madonna listed all the books that she wanted on the bookshelf.”
JUST JARED: Calvin Klein was spotted leaving a gym with his younger boyfriend Kevin Baker. In spite of a 46-year age gap, they’ve been together a decade. I don’t love that Baker seems never to walk WITH Klein, but Klein may want it that way; he may not like being seen as frail. CK is 83.
KENNETH IN THE (212): In case Kevin doesn’t last, CK can look into a younger model.
AP NEWS: The esteemed Philip Glass is the latest artist to bow out of working with the no-longer-esteemed Kennedy Center:
COMPLEX: Rapper Chingy almost stopped posing for selfies with gays (how would he know? was there a test?) after he was accused of having a fling with trans troublemaker Sidney Starr (who got a pic and spent two years lying about a relationship). Seems odd to decide all LGBTQ+ people are up to no good, but
E! NEWS: Graham Norton jokes about all the NDAs he’s had to sign ahead of being a guest at Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce.
QUEERTY: Gays name their all-time celeb crushes.
OUT: Out posted a strange list of recommended queer movies that are supposedly “bad” as, one presumes, counter programming to awards season? The conceit that the writer is IDing with us for liking crap movies that are actually enjoyable is … weird. Especially when her choices include actually good films, like Trick and Latter Days. Sure, some queer films are bad, but there seems to be a tendency to start with the assumption that any non-studio gay film is bad. We need to give ourselves more credit.
Anyway, as the writer of the book that spawned Boy Culture (we are clinging to “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes by the skins of our teeth!), I endorse all the films on the listicle.
