Singer-songwriter Bash Croft, also known as Heartstopper's Sebastian Croft, has released his fourth single "Good Light," a heartbreak track about romanticising an ex. The 24-year-old, currently starring in the second season of The Celebrity Traitors, began releasing music independently in 2025 and has a debut EP, "The Great Forever," on the horizon with no release date yet.
A new FIFA Social Media Protection Service report found France was the team targeted with the highest volumes of homophobia online during the 2026 men's World Cup, with over 18,000 abusive instances. Human analysts confirmed 240,000 abusive messages out of more than 17.1 million posts related to the tournament, an 11-times increase compared with the men's World Cup in Qatar in 2022, with 20 per cent of posts including racial abuse and seven per cent homophobic.
Swampscott, Massachusetts officials restriped two Pride rainbow crosswalks in black and white, saying it was regularly scheduled maintenance that did not signal a change in the town's support for LGBTQ+ residents. Residents including Melissa Weinand and Katie Murphy Arrington disputed that explanation, and officials later said they are reviewing roadway marking policies and invited residents to an October 21 Select Board meeting.
Two propositions on Colorado's November 3 ballot could restrict transgender students' school sports participation and ban surgeries for people under 18 that alter biological sex characteristics in response to gender identity, CBS News reports.
Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico defended his 2021 "God is nonbinary" comment at a CNN and Jubilee town hall Wednesday, saying he was being provocative but that the late Charlie Kirk and Pope Benedict made the same theological point. He also backed a national ban on gender-affirming surgeries for minors under 18 while opposing Texas's broader ban.
Drew Burnett Gregory and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya ranked every canon Chucky film for Autostraddle's Two Lesbians Rank series in October, placing Bride of Chucky at No. 2 and the 1988 original Child's Play at No. 3. The list credits screenwriter Don Mancini, who wrote every canon film from 1988 to 2017 and created the 2021–2024 show, for the franchise's thematic consistency, and highlights Jennifer Tilly's arrival in the fourth film.
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia took but did not pass the California bar exam after graduating from Pepperdine University Law School in 2011, The Wall Street Journal reported. Zacharia told The New York Times she was advised to call herself a lawyer but not an attorney, and senior administration officials confirmed the failed exam to NBC News. The White House told the Journal she was not hired to work on legal matters.
The Transgender Education Network, a Texas group advocating for trans and LGBTQ+ communities, said this week that someone impersonated it in a text message campaign linking to its online materials, including resources on navigating anti-LGBTQ+ school policies.
Heated Rivalry creator and showrunner Jacob Tierney said on Radio Andy, Andy Cohen's SiriusXM show, that the NHL is not a safe space and has not met the moment after capitalizing on the series' success. He pointed to the league's reinstatement of five former Hockey Canada players acquitted of sexual assault charges and said the NHL needs to address its toxic culture. François Arnaud, who plays closeted hockey player Scott Hunter on the show, made similar comments on the Kelly Clarkson Show, noting the NHL has no out players.
Heated Rivalry creator and showrunner Jacob Tierney said on Radio Andy that the NHL is not a safe or inclusive space, telling host Andy Cohen the league has "just hired four rapists" and has "a lot of ongoing work to do." The article notes that the NHL fully reinstated five former Hockey Canada players in December 2025 after their acquittal on sexual assault charges, and that as of 2026 the league remains the only major men's sports league in North America without any out gay players in its history.
Kendall Jenner denied longstanding rumors that she is a lesbian during the October 15 episode of The Kardashians, telling out actress Cara Delevingne backstage at the L'Oréal Paris Fashion Week Show that Delevingne "out of everyone, would know." Jenner said she has "never had a desire to have sex with women" and that she would be out if she were, referencing her January 9 appearance on Owen Thiele's In Your Dreams podcast.
The MPA has rated Amazon Prime Video's Red, White and Royal Wedding "R" for sexual content/nudity and language, with no release date or trailer yet. Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine return, and Jamie Babbit directs the sequel, reportedly due on Prime Video before the end of 2026.
Kozumi Yajima's yuri one-shot "Umeda Dungeon Between Yuri" is now free to read in full on Ichijin Plus, Ichijinsha's web comic site. The roughly 20-page story follows Meguru and Shizuka, a long-distance college couple in Tokyo and Osaka who end up at different stations both named Umeda. It ran in the November 2026 issue of Comic Yuri Hime.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to answer 10 written questions from attorneys challenging Trump's transgender military ban, warning that evasive answers could lead to a deposition. Reyes questioned Justice Department arguments that Hegseth's public statements, including an anti-trans slur she recounted from a Quantico gathering of senior military leaders, are irrelevant to whether the policy was driven by anti-trans animus.
HBO has confirmed a Girls revival with Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells returning for five new episodes, with production teased to start next summer and no official date announced. The piece lists seven LGBTQ+ actors it suggests adding to the reboot cast, including Anania Michael Izquierdo, Elliot Page, Conrad Ricamora, Samira Wiley, Indya Moore, Rosie O'Donnell and Cynthia Nixon.
Netflix's The Body, a sapphic teen horror series about a ritual gone wrong, is coming to the platform next month. Writer and creator Quinn Shephard, who began writing the show the year she came out, says it satirizes the trauma of growing up queer and repressed. The series features lesbian reality star Gabby Windey in a recurring role as a coach, and almost all episodes have women listed as writers.
Doechii directed the music video for her new single "BOMBS" herself, as highlighted in Autostraddle's No Filter column. The roundup also notes Louisa shot by Cass Bird, and mentions Janelle becoming activated in the spirit in October.
The Grand Prairie Independent School District cancelled South Grand Prairie High School's production of Little Shop of Horrors after senior Ana Mota was cast as the male lead Seymour, citing Texas' "Don't Say Gay" law, Senate Bill 12. In a statement to local media, district officials pointed to the romantic relationship between the two main characters and themes involving an abusive relationship.
Studio Heartbreak's 15-minute crowdfunded mature film The Lovers, a mermaid yuri set in the Philippines, has drawn over 2.6 million YouTube views and largely positive online chatter. The review praises its art, story and characters, and its ending, in which Sara frees the sirena and kisses her underwater, while noting the sirena's uncovered chest.
Rachel Talalay's Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, the only Nightmare on Elm Street film directed by a woman, doubles down on the franchise's themes of parental abuse and neglect. The film opens in a Springwood with no children left, following the last teen, John Doe, and Dr. Maggie Burroughs back to the town. Its "troubled youth" — Spencer, Carlos and Tracy — are shaped by their parents' abuse, not their own choices.
Manami Kanno's new yuri gourmet comedy "Shinigami-san to Shōten Gohan" launched on KADOKAWA's web comic site Kadokomi on October 14, 2026. The series follows Sora, a girl who struggles with socializing, and Nadeshiko, a死神 girl whose soul leaves her body, living under one roof. The first chapter is free on Kadokomi, and the work carries an official "yuri" tag.
Autostraddle has updated its lesbian Halloween couples costume guide, originally written in October 2023, with 2026 costume options. The list includes Kris and Billy from Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Cherry Jones and Leslie Bibb in Hacks, Taissa and Van from Yellowjackets, Villanelle and Eve from Killing Eve, and Dr. Ellie Sattler and a T-Rex from Jurassic Park. Ideas are also adaptable for throuples, polycules or besties.
An advice columnist tells a reader she is not overreacting for leaving a group of about 5 queer coworkers after a married, monogamous friend in the group propositioned her for sex, saying their spouse was fine with it. The columnist says the whole group knew of the coworker's intentions, calling the behavior triangulation and the reader's exit sensible self-preservation.
Kaneko Aru's yuri one-shot "Aoi to Onee-chan" is now free on Gentosha's web comic site comic Boost. The story follows sisters Hina and Aoi, who bicker through summer vacation until a summer festival outing together. Kaneko Aru is also known for the Yuri Hime Comics title "Taira Fukai Shimai wa Docchi mo Yanderu."
Bunka-sha is holding a Kindle sale on yuri manga, with volume 1 of "鬼売れアイドルが今日も私を推してくる" by 狼 at ¥0 (100% OFF) and volume 2 and 3 at ¥539 (30% OFF). Other titles at 50% OFF include パデラポッロのりお's "宝くじで3億円当たったのでヒモ美少女飼い始めました" at ¥385 and 桜家ゆきの's "キスをするまで何度でも" at ¥329. Prices are as of 2024/5/4 18:00 and may change.
Chii Masuzuka's yuri manga Hikizan Tautology released Chapter 98, titled "Bloomed Change," on October 12, 2026. The series follows girls who want to be "the same" as someone else, and the chapter is available to read via Yuri Navi Manga.
Matsuzuka Chii's yuri manga Hikizan Tautology released Chapter 98, titled "Blooming Change." The chapter is by Matsuzuka Chii.
Okazu's review of I Wanna Be Your Girl, Volume 4 covers the final volume of the manga, in which childhood best friends Hime and Akira finally confess their feelings after their fight about a boy. The series ends with their high school graduation and an epilogue showing the characters as adults, with Akira describing their bond as "Not lovers and not just friends." The reviewer scores the story 7, art 6, characters 7, LGBTQ 10 and overall 7.
Gentosha's Day sale discounts yuri manga such as "Shirosama-sama, Himitsu desu yo" by Yukiko to 50% off on Amazon through 10/12. Titles in the sale include "Futari Beya," "Konohana Kitan," and "Yuri Kuma Arashi," with listed prices as of 2026/10/11 22:35.
Autostraddle's Sunday Quiz asks readers which lesbian horror movie they are living, prompted by scenarios like an ex dating an ex, a shirt cropped too much, or a dog hating a girlfriend. The quiz frames such predicaments as grounds for "compensation" in the form of the quiz itself.
Trailers for The Moon on a Rainy Night, slated for a spring release, and The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't A Guy At All, arriving in January, are up on YouTube. Kinokuniya launched Love Bullet Volume 2 with an exclusive cover and shikishi, and The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All Volume 4 hits shelves later this month. Bloom Into You creator Nio Nakatani and other artists called out Yuriten for using AI art for its 10th anniversary.
Amayo no Tsuki Volume 12 (雨夜の月) holds 97% five-star ratings on Amazon JP across several hundred reviews. In the volume, Saki admits to herself who she is and Kanon sees herself from the outside for the first time, while the Amayo no Tsuki anime trailer is live on YouTube. Volumes 1-8 are available in English from Kodansha, with Volume 9 due in January 2027.
Navigating With You Volume 2, written by Jeremy Whitley, continues Gabrielle and Neesha's story with a new art team led by Falia Hanakata, plus Linden Cahill, Juancho! and Carlos M. Mangual, with Cassio Ribeiro on cover art. The volume emphasizes community and new characters like Noli and Cary, but Okazu's review rates the story 5 and finds the central romance underused despite strong characters (10) and art (7), for an overall 8.
nekobungi announced that five selected titles of her manga have been released in print on Amazon across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Japan. Shueisha's Manga Plus is debuting Slap Shot Girls, a hockey and yuri story translated by Jacqueline Fung, while Morishima Akiko's Hitorimi Desu. is getting a print release. Taiwanese GL drama She and Hers, based on Xi Cheng's novel, is premiering at the Kaohsiung Film Festival.
Matt Marcus reviews the first three episodes of the Tsukiatte Agetemo Ii Kana live-action drama, an 8-episode, 23-minute adaptation of Tamifull's manga about two college students in a light music club. He credits episode 1 with making Saeko and Miwa's awkwardness palpable, but says episode 3's summer club retreat arc cuts the character Kan entirely, reducing Miwa to an object of Saeko's jealousy, and that sex remains off screen. The series airs in Japan on MBS, TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TeleTama, Tochigi TV and Gunma Television, streams via TVer and FOD, and is available overseas on GagaOoLaLa.
"The Art of Manga" is on view at the Brooklyn Museum from October 1 to January 31, 2027, after a run at San Francisco's De Young Museum. The exhibition features works by Chiba Tetsuya, Akatsuka Fujio, Itō Junji, Agi Tadashi, Okimoto Shū, Tori Miki with Yamazaki Mari, and Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage prints of Oda Eiichiro's ONE PIECE, Ikeda Riyoko's Rose of Versailles and Kubo Tite's BLEACH. A free virtual tour runs December 1, 6–7:30 Eastern US Time.
Crave has picked up the webseries Slo Pitch for a network TV reboot, with two episodes premiering Friday, Sept. 25 and two episodes dropping each Friday after that. The series stars Jess Salgueiro, Karen Knox, Gwenlyn Cumyn, Emma Hunter and Emily Hampshire, with women's softball legend Ayami Sato as a special guest star, and is based on the 2020 short-form series of the same name created by J Stevens, Karen Knox and Gwenlyn Cumyn.
LezWatch.TV has recalculated its show scores so queer characters are weighted by how long they appear on screen relative to a show's run, rather than by raw character counts. Law & Order: SVU dropped from 40 to 31 while Adventure Time rose from 64 to 77. The site also reworked how it tracks seasons, using TVMaze data and flagging incorrect IMDb entries.
LezWatch.TV's redesigned statistics pages show on-screen queer representation peaked at over 1000 characters in 2020 and now sits around 200, with a backlog of over 500 characters still to add. Shows on air peaked earlier, at 546 in 2018, and in 2025 59 shows with queer characters ended while only 20 premiered, down from a peak of 172 new shows in 2019. The site also reports that Bury Your Queers remains the most common harmful trope across 424 shows, against 163 shows where a queer character gets a happy ending, and that 2025's The Mighty Nein debuted with 8 queer characters.
LezWatch.TV has rebuilt its statistics feature, first launched in March 2016, to add context and clearer visualizations to its data. The redesign trims long lists to the top 10 or so, renders charts without JavaScript for screen-reader friendliness, adds dark mode and a year-by-year navigator, and includes a CSV download button on key pages.