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Ricky Gervais is facing backlash.

Ricky Gervais’ new comedy special SuperNature was released on Netflix just hours ago, but he’s already getting a lot of heat over his graphic jokes mocking the trans community.

In an increasingly digital world, most of us have access to and use multiple apps on our phones on a daily basis. Our data is often collected and shared by companies behind those apps. A case in point is dating apps- popular means for LGBTQ+ people to connect and socialise. For LGBTQ+ people, personal data […]

in his just-released Netflix special “SuperNature.” The British “Office” creator’s name was trending on Twitter Tuesday as the LGBTQ community urged viewers to boycott the special — with some folks vowing to cancel their Netflix subscriptions.“I love the new women,” Gervais snarks in the special, which has only been on the streaming platform for several hours as of Tuesday morning. “They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately.

are ladies — look at their pronouns! What about this person isn’t a lady?’ ‘Well, his penis.’ ‘Her penis, you f—ing bigot!’ ‘What if he rapes me?’ ‘What if she rapes you, you f—ing TERF whore?'”Gervais marks the second comedian in recent months to have a special on Netflix with jokes about trans people, following Dave Chappelle. During his special, Gervais addresses recent reactions to insensitive jokes, referring not to Chappelle, but to Kevin Hart dropping out as Oscars host in 2018 for his own past homophobic tweets. And in that joke, Gervais doubled down on his comments toward trans people.“You can’t predict what will be offensive in the future,” Gervais said.

Gemma Collins has been forced to pull out of her role in the upcoming UK tour of Chicago due to a knee injury. Back in March, it was announced that the former The Only Way Is Essex star would take on the role of Matron "Mama" Morton on the UK tour of the iconic and much-loved musical.

William Earl Ricky Gervais’ Netflix comedy special “SuperNature” has only been released on the streamer for a few hours, but it has already drawn criticism for a string of graphic and hurtful transphobic jokes.Four minutes into the special, Gervais dives into material about the trans community seemingly calculated to draw controversy.“Oh, women!” he starts. “Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs.

Heartstopper star Kit Connor has expertly shut down speculation surrounding his sexuality.The actor, 18, has become a household name over the past week after Heartstopper rocketed up the Netflix chart and became the series everyone wanted to binge-watch.Heartstopper sees Kit star opposite Joe Locke, also 18, in what has been hailed a revolutionary and life-changing coming-of-age show for the LGBTQ+ community.Based on the novels by Alice Oseman, the series tells the story of Charlie Spring (Joe) who develops a crush on form buddy Nick Nelson (Kit).His feelings are quickly reciprocated, but the pair must battle with keeping their relationship a secret, particularly as Nick comes to terms with his sexuality.The series also guest stars Olivia Colman, with the Oscar-winning actress making a surprise appearance as rugby star Nick’s mum.Thanks to the show’s authentic queer and trans storytelling, countless fans have felt inspired to come out to their own families, however, this has also let to speculation around the actors’ own sexualities, since many play LGBTQ+ characters.Kit – who you might recognise from Elton John biopic Rocketman – took to Twitter to address any rumours in a light-hearted way.‘Twitter is so funny man. apparently some people on here know my sexuality better than I do…’ He wrote to his rapidly growing follower count.Fans were quick to shower the young actor in praise and support, reminding him that it’s never right to ‘assume’ someone’s sexuality just because they are in the public eye.twitter is so funny man.

Several notable queens from different Rupaul’s Drag Race series around the globe returned to Twitter last night after being mysteriously absent from both social media and performances for the past month, and all signs point to a new crossover season having just finished filming. Some of the recently missing queens returned to social media with less-than-subtle nods to their time away, while others have yet to announce their reappearance.

The Book of Queer, a five-episode docuseries that covers some of the gayest moments in history.“The series will pull back the curtain and take a deep dive telling the LGBTQ+ stories of the past through interviews with revered queer historians and experts who are as colorful as the rainbow flag. Blending comedy with social impact, The Book of Queer features witty recreations and original music videos to bring each of the stories to life with a modern tone,” according to a series description.The series is based on out 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist Eric Cervini’s book The Book of Queer.

The Book of Queer, a five-episode docuseries that covers some of the gayest moments in history.“The series will pull back the curtain and take a deep dive telling the LGBTQ+ stories of the past through interviews with revered queer historians and experts who are as colorful as the rainbow flag. Blending comedy with social impact, The Book of Queer features witty recreations and original music videos to bring each of the stories to life with a modern tone,” according to a series description.The series is based on out 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist Eric Cervini’s book, The Book of Queer.

The Book of Queer, a five-episode docuseries that covers some of the gayest moments in history.“The series will pull back the curtain and take a deep dive telling the LGBTQ+ stories of the past through interviews with revered queer historians and experts who are as colorful as the rainbow flag. Blending comedy with social impact, The Book of Queer features witty recreations and original music videos to bring each of the stories to life with a modern tone,” according to a series description.The series is based on out 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist Eric Cervini’s book, The Book of Queer.

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As the end of May approaches, the queer happenings are still ramping up to claim some well-earned space in our calendars. Our diaries are overflowing with these exciting events, so we thought we’d share the love with this handy guide for the final weeks before summer descends upon us. 1. May 26-28, No Queer Apologies […]

Queer Latinx musicians, including DJ Cocteautwinks, will headline part of the Broad’s summer art series “Now We’re Here” in June. Photo: The Broad

Writer’s note: Casey Rackham, who cowrote Crush, is a managing editor at BuzzFeed.

Parents and guardians are often unsure of how to broach the subject of sexuality, gender and queer identities with children, not least because this might in some way open the door to talk to them about sex. That’s a topic so notoriously uncomfortable that we still refer to this discussion as talking about “the birds and the bees”, despite being two decades into the 21st century.

welcomed an openly gay member, an Indiana drag queen was crowned prom king, and Billy Eichner‘s Bros movie got its first trailer treatment.

When we think of Donja R. Love, a few words come to mind, such as innovative, trailblazing, and fierce.Unapologetically, Black, queer, and HIV-Positive, the Philadelphia-born playwright discovered that, even when he failed to find the right words to say out loud, writing became his superpower.

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North Carolina in a military family.Milbern began advocating for disability rights at 16, according to Google. And in 2005, she coined disability justice with other activists.

Studies show that LGBTQ people over-index for a range of mental health concerns, including depression. Stigma and prejudice can make life harder, and finding sensitive, culturally-appropriate care is sometimes a challenge.

Perhaps your granny has told you already, but there’s a new Downton Abbey movie out this week. The second one! Can you believe that? People are still really into this upscale soap opera about an aristocratic British family muddling through the early 20th Century in their literal castle!Here at Queerty, we concern ourselves primarily with gay things, and luckily there is one very prominent gay thing in Downton Abbey: its scheming gay footman Thomas (Rob James-Collier). Forget all those rich straight cis white people and their other lowly servants! We’re revisiting all of Downton Abbey from only Thomas’s perspective! Here we go…Season 1: Thomas Barrow is Downton Abbey’s first footman, which means he’s slightly senior to the other one, William.

WARNING: Legendary Season 3 spoilers ahead!Ballroom reality competition Legendary is back in full effect. The live audience has returned, vogue battles are no longer separated, and the new Gag Flag device (think America’s Got Talent’s Golden Buzzer) should save the show from the likes of last season’s Tisci elimination controversy.This season definitely has the fans talking their mess on social media, but this time it’s not because of the low scores the judges are giving out.

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe in its Virginia Beach store.State Del. Tim Anderson, who is also an attorney, wrote on Facebook that due to the Virginia Beach Circuit Court finding probable cause that the book along with Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Mass “are obscene to unrestricted viewing by minors” a client of his is looking to seek a restraining order against Barnes & Noble and local schools to ban selling or lending them out to minors without parental consent.That client is Tommy Altman.

I am sharing this news of launching Queer Asian Pride Ireland (QAPI) with pride and honour. QAPI will be a dedicated support group for LGBTQ+ people of Asian heritage living in Ireland, and their allies with a primary goal to create an empowering and non-judgmental platform for them. I am collaborating with Tess (she/her), who […]

Whatever chances Gov. Kristi Noem ever had at being the GOP nominee for president were officially killed this week.South Dakota lawmakers have unanimously approved a five-page report that says Noem acted inappropriately when she intervened to help get her mediocre daughter’s real estate career off the ground.The vehemently anti-LGBTQ governor is accused of engaging in nepotism and abusing her power when she got her daughter Kassidy certified as a state real estate appraiser through the Department of Labor and Regulation in 2020 after her application was initially denied.Related: Kristi Noem in crisis mode over affair rumors, says she loves her husband, fears God, blah, blah, blahAccording to the report, the 25-year-old hadn’t completed all the required training before applying for her appraiser’s license.

There’s a lot in Severance that’s worth talking about, from the way it looks unflinchingly at capitalism and the malevolence of corporation to the mastery of the first season’s slow-burning pace, which leads to a truly breathless finale. At the center of it all is the way it approaches queerness.

Hayley Kiyoko put a queer spin on reality dating shows in the new music video for her song, «For the Girls,» which features  alum Becca Tilley.ET was behind-the-scenes of the music video and got the inside scoop from Kiyoko herself. While the music video and song are upbeat and fun, Kiyoko's reasoning behind making it was a bit more deep.«Not to get too deep, but with so many anti LGBTQ+ bills being passed right now, it's very challenging to feel hopeful for our community,» the singer explained.

John Logan is set to make his directorial debut with his new queer horror slasher They/Them – emphasis on the slash. Logan is an acclaimed screenwriter, having worked alongside Tim Burton on Sweeney Todd and Sam Mendes on Skyfall. He is the executive producer of They/Them, working with the acclaimed horror production company Blumhouse. Speaking […]

Gays, assemble. The first trailer for Peacock’s reimagined Queer as Folk series has dropped, promising not only a(n un)healthy dose of camp drama and romance, but also the exploration of serious modern-day LGBTQ+ issues. Created by Stephen Dunn, the show follows a group of friends in New Orleans who are united under the rays of […]

Having raised £25,000 through GoFundMe in the summer of 2020, the AZ Creative Fund has returned for its second phase.

Heartstopper has been renewed for a second and third season by Netflix less than a month after its release.

The fan favourite British teen show Derry Girls came to an end with its finale on Wednesday night, May 18. The episode is an important testament to the recent history of Northern Ireland and has the power to educate us all on the Troubles. The Channel 4 sitcom follows the lives of five high school […]

TV news networks spent a total of 43 minutes covering transphobic violence in 2021, despite the year being the deadliest on record.

The first in his family to graduate from university, Professor Jioji Ravulo is also the first person of Pasifika heritage to become a professor at an Australian university and currently holds the position of Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney. Professor Ravulo is committed to creating inclusionary spaces for diversity in all shapes and forms. He sees queerness as an opportunity to be proud of himself whilst also being an ally to other areas of diversity.

By Daniel RashidOne of Australia’s greatest horrors is its policy of mandatory detention, wherein for-profit concentration camps are run offshore to put asylum seekers in an indefinite lock up with no hope for reprieve. Many have fled from severe danger ranging from wars, or are escaping homophobic or transphobic violence and then put through awful sexuality tests by our government.This means refugees resort to increasingly desperate measures. Many refugees on the journey here expend huge amounts of their life savings on boats that the government has no obligation to report.

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The Umbrella Academy has made it back to the present and the streaming service has dropped the series’ third season trailer.The Umbrella Academy is based on Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's graphic novels of the same name. It focuses superpowered dysfunctional family of adopted siblings who have been trained as a superhero team under the name of the Umbrella Academy. The trailer starts off where the last season began with the Hargreeveses returning to the present only to find things aren’t how they left them.

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Peacock has released the first trailer for its reimagining of Russell T. Davies’ iconic drama Queer as Folk.

Get ready for more steamy gay makeout sessions and man-on-man armpit-licking because Season 3 of Netflix‘s homoerotic Mexican mystery series Who Killed Sara? drops today. And suddenly our ending weekend is booked solid!When the show first premiered in 20201, Who Killed Sara? quickly became Netflix’s most-streamed show in the U.S.

This year the headlines in Major League Baseball were about the lockout by the owners; rule changes to restore the public interest, which has been flagging the past few generations; and the long anticipated/feared acceptance of designated hitters in the National League. The lockout eventually ended, the jury is still out on how the rule changes will affect the game, and the NL finally caved and accepted the less intriguing world of pitchers whose only task in life is to throw the ball and sit around watching teammates actually play the game so long peddled by the American League.The question MLB should have been asking is why is it still the one major American men's professional team sport that still has not had an active openly gay player?"Football, hockey, basketball, soccer — they've all had an active player who came out," former American League umpire Dale Scott said during a recent phone interview with the Bay Area Reporter.

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.

< 1 min read The curtain has been pulled back on the reimagined new series of Queer As Folk as the first trailer has been dropped by US streamer Peacock. Relocating from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, the new series explores the lives of a diverse community of LGBTQ+ individuals whose lives are altered following a tragedy.

Hide your wallets and your Truvada because Martin Shkreli (a.k.a. Pharma Bro) was just released from prison after serving part of a seven-year sentence.The ex-pharmaceutical investor made headlines in 2017 when he jacked up the price of Daraprim, a life-saving AIDS medication, by 5000%–from $13.50 to a whopping $750 per pill–while working as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals in 2015.Related: “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli found guilty of fraud and nobody is more shocked than himIn a statement, the U.S.

Part of Peacock‘s whole premise as a streaming channel appears to be rebooting old franchises for the modern viewer. They’ve done it with several older shows already: “Punky Brewster,” “Saved By The Bell,” and “Bel-Air” are just some of the service’s offerings.

We last caught up with them as they dropped their song ‘Follower’ in March, a powerful tune that allowed us to explore the unease of holding back emotions that we are not brave enough to face head on. Now Phoeno is surprising us again with a phenomenal new single titled ‘Kelly Brook’ and we are ready […]