Nico Lang
Story Editor
nico.lang@vice.comNico Lang is an award-winning LGBTQ+ news reporter and an editor at VICE and Xtra magazine. You can read their work in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Time, The Guardian, BuzzFeed, Jezebel, Them, The Washington Post, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, The Advocate, Out, and the L.A. Times.
Lil Nas X's BET Awards Snub Is a Blow to Black Queer Artists
The BET Awards are helping to exacerbate LGBTQ erasure by upholding many of the same structural blindspots as other award shows.
Poet Tongo Eisen-Martin Finds the Universal Power in Everyday Life
Watch San Francisco duo LOAN’s “Church Bell” music video today
The Constant Loneliness of Navigating Infertility as a Black Man
In my conversations with other Black men struggling to become biological parents, the message was clear: We do not talk about this sort of thing.
It's Time for RuPaul to Finally Cast Drag Kings
Drag kings are trying to find ways to thrive, but many are struggling. “Drag Race” could help change that.
‘Fire Island’ Is the Rare Movie Where Effeminate Gay Men Are In On the Joke
In Joel Kim Booster’s new comedy, there’s no such thing as being “too” gay.
Netflix Has No Business Talking About Pride Month
If the company wants to promote transphobia, it needs to stop pretending it supports trans people.
Why Did Instagram Remove Summer Walker’s Post Criticizing the KKK?
White supremacist groups are thriving on social media, but platforms like Instagram are silencing those who speak out against racist hate.
This Florida High School Student Wasn’t Allowed to Say Gay in His Graduation Speech
“It's been absolutely awful. This is my last week of high school, and I haven't thought about that fact once," said Zander Moricz.
How a Radical NFT Project Is Fighting to Save Ukraine
The Meta History Museum is raising money for the Ukrainian government through NFTs, but the project is facing an uphill battle. Going viral is harder than it looks.
How Starting Testosterone Changed My Sex Life
"Within two months of going on T, I suddenly had an insatiable sex drive."
Kendrick Lamar’s New Deepfake Video Is a Masterpiece. That’s Exactly the Problem
“The Heart Part 5” is poised to make deepfake technology more mainstream, but should it?