Arts & Entertainment

Trailer drops for new Dekkoo series exploring interconnected LGBTQ lives

Published

7 years ago

February 6, 2020

The Dekkoo streaming service has dropped a trailer for an upcoming series about the interconnectness of queer lives.

“Stranger Hearts,” a new original series from filmmaker Kevin James Thornton (“How To Get From Here To There”), follows three queer protagonists from wildly different backgrounds who gradually find out they are all connected – “through fate, work, family, love…and donuts,” as the show’s press release puts it.

According to the synopsis:

“Andre is a shy young African-American man struggling with his sexual identity. When his mother finds a stack of gay porn hidden in his closet, the truth starts inching ever closer to the surface. Luka is a gender non-conforming photographer who has fallen on hard times. In need of a steady job, Luka decides to dip their toe into the risky world of escorting. Billy is a smooth-taking media mogul who finds his life turned upside down when he’s diagnosed with an incurable heart disease. While waiting for a transplant, he begins reevaluating his life and learning to appreciate the people closest to him.”

Thornton says of his first series, “I wanted to tell a story about interconnectedness. It’s interesting to me that within a minority group like LGBTQ+ there’s so many types of people that this could be explored within itself.

“I am a queer filmmaker making queer cinema. I hope viewers will see ‘Stranger Hearts’ and see themselves.”

The three lead characters are played by Amo (MTV’s “The Challenge”, “The Real World: Go Big or Go Home”), musician Matt Moran, and newcomer Qua Robertson Harper.

Dekkoo (pronounced “DECK-koo”) has positioned themselves as “the premiere subscription-based streaming service dedicated to gay men, providing the largest streaming collection of gay-centric entertainment available.” It is available via iTunes, Google Play, AppleTV, and a host of other platforms.

The first five-episode season of “Stranger Hearts” will be available on the network beginning March 12th. You can watch the trailer below.

Stranger Hearts – Trailer from TLA Releasing on Vimeo.

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Clavicular charged in alleged rape of teenage influencer

Online personality’s real name is Braden Peters

Published

22 hours ago

September 23, 2026

Joe Reberkenny

Braden Peters a.k.a. "Clavicular" (Screen capture via NBC News/YouTube)

Online personality Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, has been accused of rape.

According to NBC, Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, an 18-year-old influencer known online as Alorah or Alorah Ziva, accused Peters of sexual assault, and the case is making its way through the court system.

The alleged incident occurred on May 23, 2025, when Mendoza was 17.

According to a criminal complaint from the Chatham (Mass.) Police Department, Peters called her an Uber to his family’s home. Once there, he allegedly got her drunk on vodka while they livestreamed on Twitch and then raped her. His mother and grandmother were allegedly in the house.

The documents allege Clavicular committed rape, drugging a person for sexual intercourse, and procuring and providing liquor to a person under 21.

According to court documents acquired by NPR, Mendoza began communicating with Peters on Instagram, where he paid her to appear on his livestreams to help her “make her name known on social media.”

According to those documents, Peters arranged for the minor to come to Cape Cod home to participate in a videostream for his 437,000 followers on Kick, 1.2 million followers on TikTok, and more than 1 million followers on Instagram.

At his home, Peters allegedly instructed Mendoza to say she was 18 on his videostream and to claim the alcohol on camera was water instead of vodka. Mendoza said she felt peer-pressured to drink the spirit and that she became noticeably intoxicated after a couple of drinks.

The allegations go on to state that after stopping the stream, Peters and Mendoza kissed on a couch and then had sex in his bed without her consent. Mendoza said she did not receive a sexual assault forensic exam after the incident. NPR does not name alleged victims of sexual assault.

The charges come months after Mendoza sued Peters in Miami, accusing him of sexual battery in connection with the events of May 2025. The civil lawsuit also separately alleges that he injected her face with a non-FDA-approved fat-dissolving substance during a November livestream in Florida.

Peters is known for his “looksmaxxing” concept of vanity, which is at the core of his online presence. The “looksmaxxing” culture he has helped cultivate combines elements of incel culture and heterosexuality, with the stated goal of attracting the opposite sex. He has gone as far as to say he has undergone “bonesmashing,” or hitting his own face with a hammer; taken anabolic steroids to more rapidly grow muscle; and used crystal meth as an appetite suppressant.

At the same time, looksmaxxing has been described as having elements of homoeroticism, with “looksmaxxers” appearing more concerned with impressing other men than women. Peters has multiple times pointed to openly gay actor Matt Bomer as the gold standard for male facial aesthetics.

Peters’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 14.