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…
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LGBT GROUPS CONDEMN RACIAL VIOLENCE
More than 75 LGBT and civil rights groups have issued a joint statement condemning racial violence. The letter comes as civil unrest spreads across the nation following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Floyd, a black man, can be seen in a video gasping to breathe as a white officer is holding him down…
NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY LOOKS @ DEATH OF 8-YEAR-OLD GABRIEL FERNANDEZ SUSPECTED OF BEING GAY
Streaming giant Netflix on Thursday released a trailer for its upcoming documentary on Gabriel Fernandez. Gabriel’s mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, were found guilty of torturing the 8-year-old boy to death. Fernandez, 34, was sentenced to life in prison, while Aguirre, 37, received the death penalty. Authorities in Southern California responding to…
GARETH THOMAS: WHEN I CAME OUT AS GAY, I ALWAYS WANTED TO SHOW A SIGN OF STRENGTH
In a cover interview with Men’s Health, out UK rugby star Gareth Thomas talks about coming out first as gay and then as HIV-positive. The 45-year-old Thomas came out publicly as gay in 2009 and retired from the sport in 2011. In September, he announced that he’s living with HIV. He said that he decided to…
JANELLE MONAE SAY SEXUALITY IS A ‘JOURNEY’
In a THEM cover story, singer-songwriter-actress Janelle Monáe talked with Lizzo. The 33-year-old Monáe came out as queer last year in a Rolling Stone cover story. “For me, sexuality and sexual identity and fluidity is a journey,” Monáe told Lizzo. “It’s not a destination.” “That’s the exciting thing – always finding out new things about who you are….
SIR IAN McKELLEN URGES NORTHERN IRELAND LAWMAKERS TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE BILL
Out actor Sir Ian McKellen has backed a proposed bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in Northern Ireland. It is the fifth attempt at marriage equality in Northern Ireland, the sole part of the UK where gay couples are excluded from civil marriage. “As a gay Englishman, whose ancestors hail from…
MATT BOMER CALLS ADS TO REPEAL HOUSTON’S LGBT PROTECTIONS ‘HORRIFYING’
Out actor Matt Bomer has criticized the campaign to repeal Houston’s LGBT protections. The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) prohibits discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on more than a dozen characteristics including race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity. Opponents of the law forced it onto Tuesday’s ballot. Early voting ended Friday….
MICHAEL SAM, JASON COLLINS SUPPORT HOUSTON LGBT PROTECTIONS
Openly gay athletes Michael Sam and Jason Collins this week announced their support for the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). HERO prohibits discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on several characteristics including race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity. Opponents sued Houston officials after they rejected a petition to put the ordinance up…
JAKE GYLLENHAAL MISSES HEATH LEDGER ‘AS A HUMAN BEING’; SAYS ‘BROKEBACK’ CHANGED HIM
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal recently discussed the legacy of Brokeback Mountain and how Heath Ledger’s death has affected him. Gyllenhaal, who is currently promoting his latest film Southpaw, played gay opposite Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. In an interview with NPR, Gyllenhaal said that while he and Ledger felt “uncomfortable” at…
MICHAEL SAM HEADED TO CFLs MONTREAL ALOUETTES
Michael Sam has signed with the Montreal Alouettes, a Canadian Football League (CFL) team. According to USA TODAY, Sam signed a one-year deal and will participate in the team’s upcoming training camp. The Alouettes said that Sam will be introduced at a press conference on Tuesday in Montreal. “I am very excited and proud to…
