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For the GAY TIMES’ justice column, “Let’s Create Some Good In The World”: learn about activists past and present using this method called “birdogging.” 

Coronation Street’s Maria Windass is no stranger to heartache, but watching her son Liam develop suicidal feelings after being bullied has left her close to breaking point. Watching over her son day and night is also taking its toll on Maria’s own mental health, not to mention her relationship with husband Gary Windass. Samia Longchambon, 41, who plays her, says, “Maria’s devastated by what Liam’s been through.

Catch it all in this week’s edition of Bop After Bop…. Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.The boys are back with a new beat and a familiar cadence.

Emily Longeretta One of the most impressive parts of the April 13 episode of “Saturday Night Live” was Kenan Thompson‘s ability not to break during the hilarious “Beavis and Butt-Head.” During the episode, a NewsNation anchor (Heidi Gardner) attempts to interview a professor (Thompson) about AI, but the conversation is interrupted when Thompson’s professor notices that two audience members, played by host Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day, look exactly like Beavis and Butt-Head. While Gardner and Gosling couldn’t help but laugh through the duration of the sketch — which has been viewed more than 10 million times on YouTube in the five days since its air — Thompson somehow kept a straight face. That was because he broke so hard during dress rehearsal, he tells Variety.

This week, April 15 – 21, marks National Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week, a project launch by the Deaf Queer Resource Center to uplift, support, and bring greater visibility to these multiply marginalized communities. Every day this week, Queerty will be spotlighting a short film that focuses on deaf, queer characters—all of which you can watch right now.As we wrap up our coverage of Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week, you may find yourself wanting more—and that’s a good thing!Hopefully the short films we’ve spotlighted over the past few days have shown that there’s so much potential for stories at the intersection of deafness and queerness, especially when deaf, queer people are involved in front of and behind the camera.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.But these shorts are, by their nature, well… short.