October 18, 2024

Hello Out readers, the Out100 is here!

This week at Out.com, we unveiled the 2024 Out100, led by cover star Cynthia Erivo, who will be stepping into the black shoes of Elphaba in Wicked this November.

"It's hard to talk about Elphaba as an other without having it intrinsically linked to being a woman who walks through the world as a queer Black woman. Immediately I understood what it meant for people to look at you and see you as not beautiful, not acceptable, not any of those things, because I walked through the world like this," Erivo says in the cover story about her new role. "And having to find a way to not necessarily be OK with it but be OK with yourself enough so that when other people put that on you, you can still move through it."

The 2024 Out100 also features artists like Katy O'Brian, Nymphia Wind, Auli'i Cravalho, Victoria Monet, Jessica Gunning and Maren Morris, disrupters like Pabllo Vittar, Harper Steele, Ncuti Gata, Cole Escola, and Nava Mau, storytellers like Mark Cortale, Ron Nyswaner, Justin Torres, and Brittani Nichols, innovators like Trixie Mattel, Kaeden Kalaqtic, Ernesto Apreza and Johann Moonesinghe, groundbreakers like TS Madison, Jodie Foster, and Sen. Laphonza Butler, and educators like Channyn Lynne Parker, Esera Tuaolo, Nina West, and Nick Adams.

Check out the whole list today! And keep reading to find out the gayest song of the week!

Now, onto the news.

Giorgio Armani's first gay crush 'I couldn't wait to be near him, to be touched'

DEBLO ANDREA/Shutterstock

The Out100 turns 30 this year, so let's relive some of our brightest moments!

Behind the scenes, these creators are making entertainment a queerer place

Queens only! These are the main pop girlies we stanned all year long

Who is the hot influencer Troye Sivan gave a lap dance to on the Sweat Tour?

L & R: Instagram (@troyesivan); Mid: X (@vinniehacker)

Gettin' sweaty! 21 pics of queer celebs working out

Instagram (@leeepfrog; @bowens_official; @jbayleaf; @dyllonburnside)

Gael García Bernal & Diego Luna dressed up as iconic 'friends' Bert & Ernie and we have to stan

Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

10 hot actors with totally fake poles on screen

HBO, Netflix

Gayest Song of the Week

Lesbian pop star Zolita is back with another great breakup song, "Bye Bye Baby"! Zolita always delivers some of my favorite songs, and this is another great one!

Comment of the Week

"Absolutely love this! Her voice is truly legendary!! 👏👏💚🔥" - @carloarrechea on our Instagram post about Out100 cover star Cynthia Erivo!

If you want your comment to be featured in a future newsletter, follow and comment on our Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X (Twitter).