LGBTQ
Dodgers Apologize, Reverse Ban on Drag Group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
The Dodgers are issuing a mea culpa. L.A.’s Major League Baseball team whipped up a firestorm of controversy after rescinding an invite made to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — a charitable drag group that dresses like nuns — to accept a “community hero award” on the field of Dodger Stadium at LGBTQ+ Pride Night on […]
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‘Strange Way of Life’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal Heat Up the Desert in Pedro Almodóvar’s Intoxicating Queer Western
The half-hour short about the reunion of former lovers also features Jason Fernández and José Condessa as the protagonists in their wild youth, with Manu Ríos as a guitar-strumming balladeer.
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Marcia Gay Harden Reveals “All My Children Are Queer” During Drag Isn’t Dangerous Telethon
Top drag stars, LGBTQ celebrities including Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Adam Lambert, and celebrity allies of the queer community banded together Sunday to stage Drag Isn’t Dangerous, a telethon to raise money to combat anti-LGBTQ legislation. As anti-drag and anti-trans bills proliferate across the United States — such as Tennessee’s ban on public drag performances […]
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Keke Palmer Says Sexuality and Identity Have “Always Been Confusion” For Her: “I Always Felt Like I Was a Little Bit of Everything”
Keke Palmer and Pamela Anderson were both honored for their commitment to LGBTQ+ activism during the Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala on Saturday, held at Century City’s Fairmont Century Plaza. The two received the Vanguard Award alongside the late Leslie Jordan, a longtime center affiliate and former host of the gala, who was posthumously given […]
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‘Fat Ham’ Review: A Defiant Queer Riff on ‘Hamlet’ Makes a Dazzling Broadway Debut
James Ijames' Pultizer Prize-winning play, starring Marcel Spears and Nikki Crawford, recasts Shakespeare's tragedy as a story of intergenerational trauma among a Black Southern family.
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Netflix, Transgender Film Center Launch Career Development Lab for Trans and Nonbinary Filmmakers (Exclusive)
Netflix and the Transgender Film Center (TFC) are teaming up to launch a new fellowship aimed at supporting promising transgender and nonbinary creators The Career Development Lab is a new, 12-week, intensive project through TFC and funded by Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity. The fellowship, which aims to accelerate the careers of its participants, will […]
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Guest Column: Trans Visibility Is More Important Than Ever
Growing up in Ecuador, the pop culture I consumed was mainly imported from the U.S. and other Latin American countries. The films and TV shows were often sexist, racist and homophobic. The limited portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters in my culture made it challenging for me to find relatable representation. For survival, I became skilled at […]
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Daniel Radcliffe Moderates Trans and Nonbinary Youth Roundtable for The Trevor Project (Exclusive)
Daniel Radcliffe is continuing his allyship. As part of Sharing Space, a new video series from the nonprofit The Trevor Project that features roundtable conversations with LGBTQ youth moderated by adult allies, the Harry Potter alum is featured in the first episode, hosting a discussion with six transgender and nonbinary youth. The episode premieres on […]
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J.K. Rowling Says Criticism Over Stances on Sex, Trans People “Hit Differently” Than Christian Conservative Backlash
J.K. Rowling says that when it comes to the backlash she’s received around her Harry Potter books and her personal stances on the rights and identities of trans people, criticism from her “allies” hit differently than conservatives claiming she was promoting witchcraft. “If it’s coming from people that you would, well, you would have thought […]
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‘National Anthem’ Review: Charlie Plummer Leads a Tender and Timely Rural Queer Awakening Drama
A young New Mexico day laborer's world opens up when he's welcomed into a tight-knit community of rodeo-performing ranchers, falling in love with a transgender horsewoman.
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Maren Morris, Sheryl Crow and More Set for Benefits Concert Amid Tennessee Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Maren Morris and Sheryl Crow are among several artists who are set to participate in Love Rising, an upcoming benefit concert in Nashville to support Tennessee-based LGBTQ organizations amid anti-LGBTQ bills that have been passed in the state. “Art & community are, and have always been, oppression’s medicine,” Morris wrote on Instagram on Tuesday, with the […]
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‘Opponent’ (‘Motstandaren’) Review: Payman Maadi Brings Searing Intensity to Character Study of an Iranian Refugee in Sweden
Writer-director Milad Alami’s accomplished second feature weaves an emotional domestic drama around a wrestler torn between family and suppressed desires.
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