This week Jussie Smollett opened up after being brutally gay-bashed in Chicago, Nyle DiMarco went “full frontal” for a good cause, and Queerty kicked off voting for the 2019 Queerties, where we name the LGBTQ community’s best of the best. Here’s what happened on Instagram:

Olly Alexander felt floral.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtREBB7AAcM/

Jonathan Van Ness wore Mr. Turk.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtW_bHPnHfd/

Mark Kanemura celebrated his one year anniversary.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtWYD-TAN7s/

Brandon Flynn, Timothy Granaderos, and Ross Butler had ramen.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs6V0kLhzyV/

Alex Landi spread love.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGyXXBBHei/

Keiynan Lonsdale took a hike.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUlTveFSTq/

Dancing with the Stars pros Val Chmerkovskiy, Brandon Armstrong, Gleb Savchenko, and Alan Bersten showed off their mustaches.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtR_i-YnP8F/

Derrick Gordon stayed humble.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtM9Ka1llrN/

PJ and Thomas McKay got close.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKQBoenqZS/

Garrett Magee spent a day in the pool.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJ8lkWFDMY/

John Kim had a donut.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMHBk9naGE/

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman kicked off Black History Month.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtWb5D6Hh-R/

Tommy Dorfman got a spray tan.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtSPxcDFZ6n/

Jonathan Bennett left the Big Brother house.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRj6XllQ5E/

Laith Ashley got his Valentine’s Day undies.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtPUeXpBV7U/

Novak Djokovic hyped himself for the Australia Open.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtFE-afgu7x/

Bryshere Gray got some sun.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUobYmhScA/

Ryan Cooper stood watch.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOln0rhblS/

Chris Hemsworth landed the cover of Men’s Health.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtSHhRwHbFI/

Travis Wall had coffee.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRj-uZhq2H/

Jason Derulo found the moonlight.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGgLAVBGt6/

Mario Lopez took his kids to the beach.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtSXSpIlevc/

Max Emerson fell asleep in the backseat.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtTiMojAcd6/

And Steve Grand attended a circuit party.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMSZZ_nD9I/

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