Psilocybin, LSD, Other Psychedelics Move to FDA Approval
Different psychedelics, different speeds, but hope needs evidence.
October 13, 2026
Different psychedelics, different speeds, but hope needs evidence.
From disco to techno, here’s where the queers are partying.
Volvo Cars has long developed cars to be equally safe for women and men. Now, a new report based on decades of research shows that Volvo cars have protected women and men equally since the 1970s.
I felt like I had a target on my back. Keeping out of sight once you have been noticed in the Army is impossible.
On Sunday, the Netherlands observed the International Coming Out Day, during which companies, municipalities, and other institutions across the country raise the rainbow flag and mark the occasion with events centered on openness about sexual orientation.
“Queerness does not simply ‘rub off,’ because if it did, I certainly would be queer.”
Shatner finds likeness between the erotic 2025 drama “Pillion” and a playful shove in the face from his friend Neil deGrasse Tyson.
In this opinion piece, Eastern Cape activist Sikhander Coopoo, pictured above, looks at the long-awaited judgment in the Equality Court case against a queerphobic shop owner in Gqeberha, and what it means for LGBTQ+ people.
A developer used Claude to build free, open-source alternatives to Adobe’s creative apps. They’re ambitious, familiar, and buggy.
The male butt is having a moment, and now straight men want one too. In The Cut‘s men’s style issue, published 5 October, features writer Allison P. Davis looks at glutemaxxing, the push to build the biggest, firmest glutes possible, and the butt anxiety that comes with it.
A man is asking for help on how to deal with his partner’s apparent midlife crisis.
“Now’s our time to rally the troops, raise the flag, whatever metaphor you want.”
Gay and lesbian soldiers and veterans can now apply to have convictions for homosexual activity wiped from their service records.
There has been much attention about political parties who submitted only one name of the proportional representative (PR) list for municipalities for the November local government elections.
RFD stays small, moves slowly, refuses to chase clicks, & lets readers speak for themselves. Yet, it has endured for decades.
In today’s ‘The Internet is a Bad Place’ news, Tom Daley is catching strays on social media for doing — checks notes — “womanface”?
Race Across the World 2024 winner Alfie Watts has been met with a wave of support after publicly coming out as bisexual.
A man has prompted debate by asking if gay life was better in the 1990s and ’00s.
Queer Punjabi makeup artist and influencer Mad Sandhu has been shot dead in Amritsar, India, with police investigating the killing and saying it may have been a planned attack.
US health officials are advancing the first government-funded clinical trials of the psychedelic drug ibogaine to treat opioid addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder, the FDA said on Monday, as it sought public feedback on safety rules for the studies.
LGBTQ+ app Grindr is moving beyond dating and expanding into healthcare with a $250million acquisition of PurposeMed, the parent company of HIV prevention telehealth provider Freddie.
Berlin is ready to shine. The Festival of Lights returns October 9–18, transforming Germany’s capital into a spectacular open-air gallery across 40 locations. For international travelers, it is also an invitation to rediscover Berlin: a city of freedom, politics, LGBTQ+ culture, legendary nightlife, ITB and unexpected experiences.
I was honored to be invited to witness the incredibly beautiful ceremonial rite of vigil and benediction at St David’s Marist Inanda Chapel in Sandton, Johannesburg on 2 and 3 October. This Order traces its sacred origins to the early Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land in 1113 when it received papal recognition.
The Rustin and Pose actor talks the joy of portraying Hillman College’s first major openly queer character, Amir, on Netflix’s A Different World, which was just renewed for a second season.
Straight OnlyFans creator Andy Lee has heaped praise on his gay audience, saying homophobic adult stars are “poisonous” to the industry.
Chaos erupted as the train arrived at Kimberley station with screeching brakes. The new cannon fodder had hangovers from hell as they arrived in hell. Aggressive, tough and athletic NCOS sadistically intimidated the new government property, who looked haggard and scared.
Recent news about the significant shift of women outpacing men in attending college — now a 60/40 ratio — overlooks one of the highest-achieving groups of all: gay men.
Lady Gaga was right all along: You were born this way. In what will surely prompt schoolyard kids around the globe to start comparing their hands in between rounds of monkey bars, a new review out of a university in Canada confirms that finger length may be an indication of a person’s sexual orientation.
Nico Tortorella, the talented actor known for their role in the hit series Younger, is set to take on a new groundbreaking project. Tortorella will be starring in a queer dramedy titled The Mattachine Family where they will portray a queer man navigating the complexities of modern fatherhood, reports Instinct.
When it comes to gay discourse, there are few subjects more fraught than open relationships.
In December 1985, I spent my postgraduate vacation with my gorgeous, warm-hearted boyfriend, Dolf Claassens, on his father’s renowned farms in Bothaville, in the Orange Free State, South Africa.
As well as sharing his own coming-out journey, Takahashi said he hopes his story will help inspire others.
Julio Torres, Penelope Cruz, and Glenn Close star in this sweeping time-bending story.
Mexican Olympic weightlifter Jorge Adán Cárdenas is having a big year. In August he won his first gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo. This month, his OnlyFans account has put his name back in the headlines.
LGBTQ+ advocates denounced the administration for rescinding the rule without any public comment period.
A local Pride festival in Devon, England, has made headlines for wrapping a historic castle in a giant rainbow flag.
Arriving back at Driftsands Drive with the horrendous brown official envelope under my door spelled disaster. After an incredible summer on a Free state farm, my lingering sense of blissful tranquility was about to be shattered.
The Soweto Pride March returned for its 22nd year on Friday, 25 September, with a powerful procession through the streets of the Johannesburg township.
Liam Austen-Rondi explains why he had to speak out about the continuing unchallenged use of the offensive trope that portrays gay men as paedophiles by commentators on the news channel.
The Hacks actress was joined by Lucy Dacus, Susan Sarandon, and others to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the United Nations.