Welcome to the Watering Hole

Hey queers, welcome back to The Watering Hole—your weekly scroll through the queer internet’s collective brain. This week we’re spiraling over olympic boyfriend reveals, trans joy that actually builds houses, and murder dolls with better one-liners than your ex. We’ve got country girl pansexuals, beatles biopic backlash, and the ever-relatable desire to dissociate via black mirror. oh, and florida is still being florida. hydrate, deep breathe, and dive in. there’s rage, there’s heart, and there’s carrie coon being mother. What more could you want?

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• Florida is out here criminalizing basic human rights like it’s a personality trait. Marcy Rheintgen, a trans woman, got arrested just for using the bathroom during a peaceful protest. Literal dystopia. Like, sorry that her existence offends your fragile little worldview, but the girls are not backing down. Free Marcy and flush the transphobia, thanks.

• Kit Connor and Charles Melton locking lips during an interview for Warfare? The girls are SCREAMING. The chemistry is insane. The tension is hot. This movie was made for the fan cams. This is cinema. This is art. This is gay rights.

• NASA scrubbing their DEI pages is giving “we landed on the moon but couldn’t handle a rainbow flag” energy. Like, I’m sorry—diversity in SPACE offends you now?? The aliens are watching this like, “Y’all still doing this in 2025?” We deserve a queer astronaut reboot just to balance the vibes. Bring back the gay galaxy.

• Some café in Mississippi put up a “No Weirdo Zone” sign like it’s a burn and not just free promo for the queer community. Like okay, guess I won’t spend my gay dollars on your dry scones and bootleg coffee. Being weird is literally the only thing keeping us from complete societal collapse. Embrace it, babe.

• Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn, and Harris Dickinson playing the Beatles… Twitter’s in shambles, Letterboxd is combusting, and somewhere a film bro is crying into his vinyl. Personally? I’m seated, but afraid. Even if they turn it into a gritty, homoerotic fever dream—we’ve earned that.

• Black Mirror is back, baby—and based on the trailer, it’s giving “what if your vape could read your thoughts” energy. The cast is stacked, the vibes are deeply unwell, and we’re ready to dissociate. Charlie Brooker once again said: “Let’s ruin your day but make it hot.” Can’t wait to spiral.

• Tanner Adell casually came out as pansexual on the Billboard Women in Music red carpet like it was NBD—and that’s why we love her. A country baddie with Beyoncé co-signs and queer energy? Inject it. She’s proof that yeehaw and gay rights can coexist. Also, “Strawberry Crush” makes so much more sense now. Welcome to the pan fam, queen!

• So The White Lotus was this close to giving us a nonbinary character—and then cut it because America is on its flop era. Carrie Coon spilled that her character had a trans/nonbinary kid in the original script, but they pulled it after the 2024 election, worried it’d be “too much.” Honestly, it’s heartbreaking but not surprising. We deserve stories that don’t get edited out for political palatability. Representation shouldn’t be negotiable.

• Carrie Coon clapped back at transphobic nonsense on the White Lotus set, and honestly? Mother. She said Trans Day of Visibility is real and sacred, and if that makes you uncomfortable—good. We need more celebs shutting down bigotry mid-production. If Carrie doesn’t get a dramatic monologue in season 3 while sipping a Negroni and defending trans rights, I’m suing.

• Alex Consani linking up with Madonna for Trans Day of Visibility? It’s giving mother-daughter slay. Gen Z’s baddest it-girl and the original pop priestess aligning for the girls, the gays, and the dolls. This is the crossover event we deserve. Trans joy is powerful, and this moment? Iconic behavior.

• Kelly Clarkson took a break from making boomers cry to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility and it was beautiful. She gave trans voices the mic, listened, uplifted, and proved (again) that she’s that girl. True allyship is quiet, consistent, and comes with vocals. We stan forever.

• M3GAN is back, bitch—and she’s even more unhinged. the new M3GAN 2.0 trailer just dropped and our fave murder doll is giving full sci-fi slay, wingsuit and all. The line “hold onto your vaginas”?? instant camp classic. They knew exactly what they were doing and made this for the gays, let’s be real. She’s no longer just a doll—she’s mother. Can’t wait to watch her serve, slay, and stab again.

• Ts Madison just turned her former home into the ‘Starter House’—a sanctuary for Black trans women in Atlanta. Teaming up with NAESM, she’s providing safe housing, healthcare, and job opportunities for those in need. It’s giving community, it’s giving support, and it’s giving hope. Madison’s emotional connection to the house makes this initiative even more heartfelt. This is what uplifting the community looks like.

• Yared Nuguse just hard-launched his boyfriend on IG like it was no big deal and honestly? I’m obsessed with this behavior. The Olympic track star dropped a “can’t believe we’re already one year in, my love” with a casual lil “don’t act so surprised” and the gays immediately lost it. It’s giving athlete-soft-boy-realness. We love a slow-burn coming out that’s just pure joy and zero drama. He runs fast and has taste in men?? Olympic excellence.

• Gay guy music video is all over the feed again - the phenomena of gay men sitting around at a party or pregame watching music videos. We’re talking about that sacred ritual: a group of gay men sitting cross-legged on a couch, maybe sipping a vodka soda, fully locked in watching the music video for “Break Free” like it’s a TED Talk. No one’s talking. Someone’s lip-syncing. And when the beat drops? Full-body convulsions.

• Get Me To God’s Country: After an abrupt exit following his SNL performance last week, noted racist, Morgan Wallen, posted an IG story from a private plane with the caption “Get Me To God’s Country”. This phrase quickly became a meme within the LGBTQ+ community, with users humorously reimagining "God's country" as various iconic queer spaces and cultural references. Because when life gets too real—like, say, when you throw a chair off a rooftop or mumble a slur—there’s only one place to go: God’s Country™.

@missthingthepod

it seems like every day we are turning 19 in Poland #19 #poland #serving #servinglooks #servingrealness #fypage

• Turning 19 in Poland: ​This phrase has recently become a viral meme, stemming from a tweet stating, "In Poland, when you turn 19, you are tested to see if you can serve." Think videos of Lady Gaga stomping in a meat dress, drag queens doing death drops, models strutting down imaginary runways, or Beyoncé mid-VMA hair whip—all with the caption: “Me turning 19 in Poland.”

Okay, bye.

That’s all from us this week, babes. Whether you’re spiraling over soft-boy Olympians, dodging dystopia in Florida, or preparing to serve on your 19th birthday in Poland, just know: the timeline stays unhinged, and so do we. Keep your tongue sharp, your eyeliner sharper, and your gay little heart open. Until next time—stay weird, stay loud, and stay hydrated.