by Beth Holmes | Oct 22, 2021 | Business, Civil Rights, Entertainment, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
MTV is taking a stand for gay rights in Hungary, according to CEO Chris McCarthy. Back in 2019, MTV brokered a deal to hold its 2021 Europe Music Awards in Hungary. The long lead time is not usual; these things take a considerable amount of time to plan and execute....
by Beth Holmes | Aug 10, 2021 | Entertainment, Gay and Lesbian, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT, Queer Community
Team LGBTQ took 32 medals in the Tokyo Olympics. If Team LGBTQ, an entirely unofficial denotation celebrating the nearly 170 publicly out gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, or otherwise queer athletes currently competing, was a country, they would rank...
by admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Entertainment, Featured, International, LGBTQIA+, News
On February 5 2021, German entertainment magazine Süddeutsche Zeitung published a letter signed by 185 German actors. With their signatures, each came out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, non-binary, or queer, an incredible thing in a relatively conservative sector...
by admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Arts, Entertainment, International, Transgender
Everything in Isabel Sandoval’s indie drama Lingua Franca matters.
From Christy Lemire’s review: “In telling the story of a woman who, like her, is a transgender Filipina, Sandoval encompasses not just the complicated issue of sexual identity but also...
by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Bisexuality, Entertainment, Featured, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Opinion, Queer Community, Transgender
“Bury Your Gays.” “Dead Lesbian Syndrome.” “But Not Too Gay.” “Out of the Closet, Into the Fire.” There are dozens of names for the common trope in media to include a queer character for diversity, but to kill them off for the twin ‘benefits’ of increased...
by admin | Mar 21, 2018 | Entertainment, Featured
Vice President Mike Pence’s daughter Charlotte and wife Karen Pence worked together to write and illustrate a charming slice-of-life story about their family pet, the rabbit Marlon Bundo. “Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Life of the Vice President,” (yes,...
