Boy Culture Links: Queer Oscar Nominees, Sundance Highlights, Is Gen Z Bored of Queer Equality?, Bill O'Reilly Ailing, Randy Wicker vs. ChatGPT + More
JANUARY 24, 2026
THEM: Some of the LGBTQ+ films debuting at Sundance.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: In Adrian Chairella’s debut film Leviticus, conversion therapy is the monster.
OUT: A very short list of the queer people and projects shortlisted by Oscar.
One note about the Oscar-nominated song “Golden” — its writer Mark Sonnenblick is as much of a sure thing to win as Jessie Buckley is for her Hamnet performance. This song is everywhere, and feels like it’s been out for 15 years:
MSN: Emma Stone, 37, is the youngest woman to rack up seven Oscar nominations, beating Meryl Streep for the honor. (Streep has 21 overall.)
ABC NEWS: Delroy Lindo’s Oscar nomination this week at age 73 was his first ever.
FACEBOOK: Trail-blazing LGBTQ+ activist Randy Wicker interacted with ChatGPT this weekend, listening to what it was saying about his legendary career. It ended with ChatGPT declaring him dead to his face! As Wicker pointed out in real time, he is 88 years old on February 3 and has no plans to die soon.
MSN: This list of the greatest queer TV shows (not just series) of all time forgets quite a few. How about Brothers?
PINK NEWS: Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness says of AWOL co-star Karamo Brown, “I respect him.”
PEOPLE: Bill O’Reilly, 76, is stepping back from his podcast to deal with a mystery illness.
ADVOCATE: Federal court denies DOJ access to trans-youth medical records.
NEW YORK TIMES: The Trump Administration wants even the beyond-safe POLIO VACCINE to be optional.
AMERICAN SURVEY CENTER: No, support for LGBTQ+ rights has not collapsed among Gen Z.
NEW CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: Yes, support for LGBTQ+ rights has collapsed among Gen Z.
JOE.MY.GOD.: An FBI agent who was pressured to stop a civil-rights inquiry into Renee Good’s killer Jonathan Ross has quit.
KENNETH IN THE (212): When nostalgic music fests bite back!
Really appreciate how this collection captures the messiness around Gen Z polling data. The back-to-back contradiction about wheather support actually collapsed or not shows how much survey framing matters. I've seen this play out at my university where some students are vocal advocates but reluctant to label themselves in traditional ways, which probaly skews the results depending on how researchers phrase things.