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No bones about it, Billy Eichner is an LGBTQ+ icon. The New York-raised actor has been in the business for over 20 years now and I think it’s fair to say that he’s up there with the comedy greats.  With an impressive resumé ranging from guest appearances in Dickinson, Parks and Recreation and American Horror Story, […]

Actress Nicola Coughlan has been very much in the limelight in recent months. The star, 35, plays teenager Clare Devlin on Channel 4’s Derry Girls and can also be seen on Netflix as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton.

Bros has finally arrived and it's been worth the wait. Bros is the first LGBTQ+ romantic comedy green-lit by a major studio. Eichner co-wrote, produced, and is one of two male leads in the Universal Pictures film.

Heartstopper was a reminder of what it is to be alive: to be open to the joy of finding yourself, even despite all of life’s complications. It’s a complicated time to be LGBTQ, to say the least. Last week a leaked draft opinion signaled that the Supreme Court is preparing to overturn Roe v.

About: Comic-book nerd Wesley 'Wes' Hudson has been pining after his best friend, Nico, for as long as he can remember, and with the two of them heading off to separate colleges in a month, the time to confess his true feelings is running out. To make matters worse, Wes' dream job at his beloved safe space and local used book store, Once Upon a Page, is put at risk when a coffeeshop franchise shows interest in buying the space.

Outfest today unveiled the lineup for its second annual LGBTQIA+ television festival, The OutFronts—a four-day hybrid event with free-to-view, internationally accessible virtual panel discussions and ticketed in-person events in Los Angeles, featuring the talent from some of the most exciting LGBTQIA+ programs available on television today. The festival will run from June 3-6, kicking off with the world premiere in-person screening of Peacock’s Queer As Folk at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, which will be followed by a conversation with the reimagining’s creators and cast.

On the opening page of Alejandro Varela’s debut novel The Town of Babylon, the protagonist Andrés identifies the moment his intuition told him to turn the other way, to resist the temptation toward mess. Of course, he ignores his own judgment and goes anyway.

The Pretoria-based OUT LGBT Well-being says it is alarmed at ongoing reports that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are falling prey to kidnappers and extortionists on dating and networking apps.

The UK's first dedicated LGBTQ+ history museum has opened in London. Queer Britain, which opened on 5 May, can be found at Granary Square, King's Cross – a part of the city with a "rich queer heritage" according to museum director and co-founder Joseph Galliano, a former editor of Gay Times magazine.Museum manager Stephanie Stevens told AFP: "[The museum is] a permanent place for us to celebrate who we are, the incredible contributions we have made to history, and to educate the nation to know those contributions as well.”Queer Britain is free to visit and open to everyone, whether part of the LGBTQ+ community or not, having been funded by private donations and support from companies including Levi's. The museum plans to play a key role in the preservation of queer culture and history.

Gary Lineker says openly gay footballer Jake Daniels’ decision to come out will pave the way for "many others."The Match Of The Day host said the brave Blackpool FC star has laid a "path many others will follow." Lineker, 61, who scored 48 goals in 80 matches for England, said: "I think he will be massively accepted.""Not just in his own dressing room but players he plays against. I think, overall, dressing rooms wouldn't think about it." Lineker said he believes Daniels' announcement "shouldn't be significant" and football should have "passed this watershed moment a long time ago."The 17-year-old striker has been hailed an "inspiration" after becoming the first active male UK professional footballer to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990.In 2013 former Leeds player Robbie Rodgers revealed he was gay shortly after retiring before returning to play for LA Galaxy in the MLS.

Queer As Folk.Cattrall also posted a short video clip to her Instagram of her appearing to sing at a nightclub.  A post shared by Kim Cattrall (@kimcattrall)Cattrall will having a recurring role as a Brenda, a “martini-soaked, high-society Southern debutant with trailer park roots”, according to EW.Related: Fire up the teapot, Kim Cattrall just broke her silence on ‘And Just Like That’Brenda will be the adoptive mom of Ryan O’Connell‘s Julian, a “pop culture nerd with cerebral palsy who is more than ready for some independence,” and Devin Way’s Brodie, the “charming and sometimes chaotic commitment-phobe who finds a reason to stay in New Orleans after tragedy rocks his community.”Lewis will play Judy, “a single mom who is more of a friend than a parent to her teenager” Mingus (Fin Argus).Last week, Stephen Dunn, the creator of the new Queer As Folk show, gave a lengthy interview to the Hollywood Reporter. He talked about how the new show came about and teased some of the plotlines.Related: New Queer As Folk show follows Pulse-like shooting at a gay clubHe said the new show should not be considered a “reboot”.

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Pink News. “I want people to feel like they’re connected to a deeper heritage, that they haven’t just emerged from nowhere.

Table Captain sales are now open for the 41st annual Black Tie Dinner, set for Sept. 24 at Sheraton Dallas Hotel. The dinner is presented by PNC Bank.

extra queer time, schedule your visit during one of the many festivals or themed weekends and weeks.

Jaquel Spivey is redefining what it means to be a leading man on Broadway, and both critics and audiences are paying attention. Hired shortly after graduating from Pittsburgh’s Point Park University to star in Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, A Strange Loop, the endearingly sassy 23-year-old has already won a Theatre World Award and earned nominations for this year’s Drama League and Tony Awards for his performance as Usher, a young Black artist at odds with his sexual identity, familial expectations, torturous thoughts, and desire to create original art.Spivey spends nearly every moment of the self-proclaimed “big, Black, and queer-*ss Great American Musical” pouring his heart out as a conflicted artist trying to decide who he is and what he wants in a world that goes out of its way to remind him that he is too Black, too gay, too fat, and not hung enough to play in the big leagues.

American psychotherapist Dr Joe Kort, coined the term to describe gay men who don’t enjoy anal sex and don’t feel comfortable defining themselves as a top or bottom!Grindr has announced that it was going beyond ‘top’, ‘bottom’ and ‘versatile’ and adding a new option – giving its users the option to identify as a ‘Side’.#grindr @grindr is adding “side” to its positions. I created a this term in 2013.

Summer is right around the corner, and once again queer (and queer-adjacent) artists are ready to carry the music industry on their backs. After two years of plastic-shield drag brunches and Pride celebrations over Zoom, the community is officially ready to act up this Summer, and we’ve got just the soundtrack for it.

Wizard of Oz sketch in the Night of a Thousand Judys benefit concert they host and write, riffed with them about satirical possible sequels at their Feinstein’s/54 Below show (“Pixar presents Sex and the City 3: Journey To The Heart”), and guest-starred in their Joe’s Pub night obsessing about the culty 1986 fantasy/musical movie Labyrinth.But enough about me.Sayre has written plays and novels, was a writer for 2 Broke Girls and appeared on The Comeback. They are unfailingly witty and knowledgeable, which makes their imminent projects eminently worth marking calendars for.

Ireland’s most beautiful midsummer festival Body & Soul announced its full lineup for the 2022 edition and it is filled with fabulous talent and queer delights. The festival returns to its historical location, the Ballinlough Castle in County Westmeath, on the Summer Solstice weekend of June 17-19. Body & Soul focuses on curating diverse experiences […]

Last night, May 12, the official launch of the initiative Work With Pride took place at the River Lee Hotel in Cork City. Founded in 2021 by Cork Pride, an LGBTQ+ organisation that hosts one of Ireland’s largest Pride events, the initiative is a network for LGBTQ+ professionals that aims at enabling them to build […]

FEW (Forum for the Empowerment of Women) is holding a Queer Book Fair on Saturday 14 May at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.

‘They/Them’ a new queer horror film to stream on Peacock. (Courtesy photo by Josh Stringer/Blumhouse)

A post shared by JOHNNY SIBILLY (@johnnysibilly)Early into his career, Johnny Sibilly thought that he’d have to “butch it up in order to be taken seriously” as an actor, he recently admitted. His acting coach told him that, because queer actors were afraid of being typecast, they would often turn down queer roles, only to have those roles taken by straight actors.It was then that he decided to lean into roles that broke him out of the butch mold.

‘Waitress’ plays through Sunday at the Winspear. (Courtesy photo by Jeremy Daniel)

ABOVE: He knows full well.

A Strange Loop is leading the way at this year’s Tony Awards, with 11 nominations across the night’s biggest categories.

Queer As Folk show for Peacock has given a lengthy interview to the Hollywood Reporter about bringing the iconic series back to life. He also gives a glimpse of what we can expect.Dunn says his storyline for the show, which will be set in New Orleans, was partly inspired by the Pulse nightclub tragedy.After the success of Dunn’s movie, Closet Monster, at Sundance in 2015, he began talking with producers about the possibility of bringing back Queer As Folk.However, the rights for the US version had reverted from Showtime to QAF’s original creator, British writer Russell T Davies (It’s A Sin). Dunn flew to the UK to pitch his ideas to Davies.“I knew what it was going to be about,” says Dunn.

AT 9:05 A.M. on the 10th of November, a hush fell over the leaden turbulence of the Bosporus. All activity on the strait ceased.

Before Johnny Sibilly was an out-and-proud star of game-changing LGBTQ+ shows like “Pose,” “Hacks,” and the “Queer as Folk” reboot, he was an actor in a class, trying to find his voice and place in the entertainment industry.

Gender Revolution," the journalist Katie Couric met with a group of LGBT students at Yale University who schooled her in contemporary Western gender terminology."Why are we suddenly seeing such huge changes in the way people are looking at their gender?" Couric asked."It's not new," one of the students told Couric. "I mean, people who might identify as trans, they've always existed in cultures for as long as we've had history and we find it now everywhere across the world."Well, sort of.

Middle school students in Pennsylvania are rallying behind a teacher who was reportedly fired for providing them with a hotline for LGBTQ+ youth.Students at Doylestown’s Lenape Middle School gathered in protest on Tuesday, demanding the school reinstate social studies teacher Andrew Burgess. Burgess was abruptly fired last Friday after he reportedly gave a bullied transgendered student the hotline number.“It was kind of like a slap in the face to everyone that would go to him and stuff for, because I would consistently go to him for when I was being bullied and harassed within our school,” one of the student demonstrators told Channel 9.“It was simply a hotline number, just in case the person needed help,” said another.Another protester told the station that Burgess is “one of the biggest allies of this school,” and that he “supports all students in every way, and a lot of people go to him.”Related: This Florida student is saying gay all over the place and school officials are freaking outAn online petition to get Burgess his job back has received over 3,700 signatures at the time of this post.“Mr.

It’s not every day that we see a South African, queer, dystopian-sci-fi novel hitting bookstore shelves. The fact that it’s also a gripping, poignant and timely book is further cause for celebration.

It’s A Sin. And he hasn’t slowed down since!The show followed lead character Ritchie Tozer (played by Alexander), a young gay man who moves to London just as the AIDS epidemic hits the UK.

Welcome to Flatch. “But I thought that I would just be doing other jobs to be able to do that because my favorite comedy is improv, and that’s not something that is [usually] paid.” Holmes has appeared in some shorts and TV series but says it wasn’t until they were hired to star in Welcome to Flatch that they were able to call performing a career.Based on the British mockumentary sitcom This Country, Welcome to Flatch follows a documentary crew that goes to the fictional town of Flatch, Ohio, to film cousins Kelly Mallet (Holmes) and Lloyd “Shrub” Mallet (Sam Straley) as they move through their eccentric lives.Holmes, who is queer and uses she/they pronouns, became involved with the show in 2020 after having moved to Chicago to pursue improv.

Spring Awakening continue to be hot-button topics in 2022.But the HBO documentary Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known (available now), which follows the hit musical’s original cast through a 15-year reunion and concert, proves the enduring relevance of the piece — it includes stories of queer desire, sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, and abortion. The musical moved to Broadway in 2006, predating national marriage equality, the #MeToo movement, and the recent furor over Roe v.

13 schools have been awarded accreditation from BeLonG To, deeming them safe and supportive for LGBTQ+ students. The institutions are located across seven counties – Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Meath, Roscommon, and Wicklow. The recipients originally signed up for the Safe and Supporting Schools Project in 2020, an initiative designed and facilitated by BeLonG To […]

June is quickly approaching, which means that Pride Month will be here before we know it!

Understanding What Makes Us Mad at Others Starts with Understanding Ourselves“Okay, I got it,” you may be thinking. But people can still make me really mad. What am I supposed to do about that?First, look inside of yourself: Take a look at your expectations. Why can’t people act like they should?  We all have expectations for how we think other people should think, feel, and behave.

The Queer as Folk reboot has found a home in the UK.

Amazon is facing backlash after reportedly prohibiting raunchy queer fave Shortbus from streaming on its service.

Stonewall Uprising, The Women's House of Detention was an unavoidable fixture of queer life. "It was one of the Village’s most famous landmarks: a meeting place for locals and a must-see site for adventurous tourists," Ryan writes. "And for tens of thousands of arrested women and transmasculine people from every corner of the city, the House of D was a nexus, drawing the threads of their lives together in its dark and fearsome cells."From 1929 to 1974, the House of Detention permeated life in New York City so thoroughly that it even began appearing in songs and pop culture.

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Miguel Cardona, claimed he hasn't "heard...an appetite" for parental involvement in students' education. Just a day earlier, Biden told teachers, "They're not somebody else's children. They're like yours when you're in the classroom." Apparently, Democrats are either clueless or just ignoring the outrage erupting over the woke ideology left-wing activists are pushing in classrooms across the country.

Located in Dublin’s Hirschfeld Centre from 1979 until the building was destroyed by a fire in 1987, Flikkers Disco offered Dublin’s queer community one of the only places where gay, lesbian, and Trans folks could gather at a time when not only were certain identities deemed illegal under Irish law, but when the ongoing HIV/AIDS […]

If anything describes what the discerning historian encounters on a day-to-day basis, it might be this quote from Gregory Smithers' |new book>, "Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America." "History is not a listing of facts," Smithers writes, quoting Catawba Nation queer artist and researcher DeLesslin George-Warren. "It's a mythology with citations."Smithers' book, published in April by Beacon Press, contains a great many citations and tackles that mythology head-on, as it relates to the roles of Two-Spirit persons in the histories of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Jack Shafer 05/09/2022 07:26 PM EDT Link CopiedJack Shafer is Politico’s senior media writer.Almost every American institution and branch of government stands guilty of mistreating gay people. Not until December 1973 did the American Psychiatric Association vote to remove homosexuality from its psychiatric disorder category (the APA still recoiled from calling it “normal”). Not until July 1975 did the federal government lift the blanket work-ban on gay men and lesbians.

Ireland and the UK alike are still digesting the history-making Sinn Féin win at the recent Northern Irish elections, in which they secured 27 seats in the 90-seat legislature. This means the Democratic Unionist Party, having won just 25 seats, has now been pushed out of its position of power, with many members of the […]