The brand Ru trailer for Drag Race All Stars 6 has dropped and it’s… a gag. Premiering this summer on Paramount+, the teaser for the highly-anticipated season promises the “mother of all twists” that will force Drag Race viewers – and the contestants – to “forget everything they know about All Stars”. The trailer also…
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DEPICTING LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA, WITHOUT STEROTYPES
Only one-fifth of people globally see LGBTQ+ people represented regularly in visual media, and when they do, the representation is often narrow and stereotypical. But a new project from Getty Images and GLAAD aims to improve the situation. Getty — which provides images to media companies, advertising agencies, and publications, including The Advocate — and the LGBTQ+ media…
“DID SOMEONE ORDER A GLOW-UP?” – ‘ALL STARS 6’ ARRIVES ON PARAMOUNT+
Paramount + is now the new home to RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6, premiering Thursday June 24th. The newly minted cast of All Stars showcases queens from both recent seasons as well as earlier seasons of the reality show juggernaut, bringing together an eclectic mix of queens from different Drag Race eras. The dolls will be battling it out…
LOVE, VICTOR TACKLES COMING OUT, SEX & EXES IN SEASON 2 TRAILER
For a lot young LGBTQ folks, coming out may seem like crossing a finish line, but as we know – it’s just a beginning. Hulu released the official trailer for Season 2 of Love, Victor today which picks up right at the moment we last saw Victor (Michael Cimino) – coming out to his parents. The series…
LANDO, PANSEXUAL ‘STAR WARS’ STAR, GETS DISNEY+ SERIES
Dear White People and Bad Hair creator as well as 2019 Out100 honoree Justin Simien is bringing the galaxy’s favorite pansexual scoundrel to Disney+. While announcing a whole new slate of shows and movies, Star Wars announced a new Lando Calrissian series, titled Lando, is coming and that Simien is in “the early stage of developing the project.” Lando has long been…
JUSTIN SIMIEN WANTS TO WRAP UP THE FINAL SEASON OF DEAR WHITE PEOPLE WITH A BANG
The Point Foundation didn’t let a pandemic stop them from honoring so many awesome LGBTQ+ leaders this year! The organization, dedicated to empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students through developmental programs and educational scholarships, threw a gala this past weekend to celebrate a few 2020 wins. Hosted virtually by Hannah Rad, this year’s…
WATCH NETFLIX’S ‘MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM’ QUEER, SOULFUL TRAILER
If you were waiting for another music-filled film to sweep you away, Netflix has got you covered. The streamer’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, based on the August Wilson stageplay of the same name is hurtling our way and it looks … like it’s primed for Oscar season. Starring Viola Davis in the titular role of Ma…
HULU’S SUPERNATURAL SERIES HELSTROM FEATURES A MESSY GAY ROMANCE
Helstrom, a television adaption of the Marvel comics of the same name, is Hulu’s latest supernatural (and LGBTQ+ inclusive) series. Released just in time for Halloween, the show follows Daimon (Tom Austen) and Ana Helstrom (Sydney Lemmon), the son and daughter of a mysterious serial killer, as they “track down the worst of humanity — each with…
LAVERNE COX’S DOCUMENTARY DISCLOSURE LOOKS @ TRANSGENDER REPRESENTATION ON FILM
Laverne Cox serves as executive producer in the Netflix documentary Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen. The documentary takes a look at transgender representation in film. According to Indiewire, the film’s creative team, cast, and crew were “almost exclusively transgender.” Cox, who is best known for playing transgender inmate Sophia Burset on the Netflix dramedy Orange is the New…
HOW A STRAIGHT, MIDDLE-CLASS COUPLE BECAME THE BIGGEST DISTRIBUTORS OF GAY PORN
For more than 35 years, the Circus of Books bookstore was a place where Los Angeles LGBTQ people could socialize and celebrate themselves without judgment. Not just ‘a book store,’ the retail venue was a gay porn emporium run by a straight, mainstream Jewish couple – Barry and Karen Mason – whose three children attended…
