LGBT Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music

Even “supportive” cis comics I performed with lectured me on the limits of “identity-based comedy.”

“For a long time, I was using standup to talk about my life, what had happened to me,” the comedian says.

A new British TV drama looks at the lives of gay men in London at the very start of the AIDS crisis — back when no one wanted to stop the party, and no one thought the virus could touch them.

Today, LGBTQ-led band Hemisphere has released a video to accompany the song “America”, which is included on their most recent album American Dreams.

Jenna Laurenzo's follow-up to 2015's viral smash "Girl Night Stand" is an inclusive valentine for audiences weary of pandemic life.

A man lies alone in a hospital bed, frightened and cut off from most of his family and friends, while the outside world grapples with the growing threat of an unfamiliar virus. As he lies stricken, he is cared for by doctors and nurses dressed head to toe in PPE. Eventually he begs for his mother to make him better and asks her through tears if everyone who has contracted this disease has died.

Gay boy with autism explores a lifetime of trying to fit in with other men, with mixed results. Comedian, Harry Wright tests out the makings of their debut show, Smalltown Boy. Harry treats us to insightful observations with a youthful and exciting voice.

Author Darryl W. Bullock’s upcoming book, The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties (out February 25 from Omnibus Press), traces not only the lives and careers of men like agent and producer Larry Parnes, manager Brian Epstein, and producer Joe Meek, but also weaves the stories of these me

A.E. Clarke's book 'Grayscale' is about a superhero in Toronto who happens to also be gay.

Inside Out has teamed with OUTtv to launch “Out On Set”, an online database of LGBTQ2 film crew and creative talent...

Italy’s The Open Reel has closed several international theatrical and VOD rights deals, an increasingly popular combination as questions of theatrical exhibition linger during COVID-19, for a…

The book, which is comprised of dozens of images, as well as poignant essays, renders queer resilience, survival, and joy.

With opposition to transgender issues regularly expressed by mainstream British figures, the country’s trans comedians are often just trying to assert their humanity.

Like the character he plays in “It’s a Sin,” the actor and singer struggled with being gay. Now, he tells the world everything.

The pandemic has stripped us of our LGBTQ+ spaces. Until they return, television can help fill the void

The Third Season of the Limited Series Starring Erivo as the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, and Courtney B. Vance as C.L. Franklin Will Premiere Double-Stacked Episodes Over Four Consecutive Nights, Beginning Sunday, March 21, at 9/8c

A joyful yet devastating series centred on a group of friends whose lives are changed irrevocably by the HIV/Aids epidemic, It’s a Sin is not only the most talked-about TV show of 2021 so far, but also Channel 4’s most watched drama series in its history. Russell T Davies’s 80s-set series has started conversations around Britain about the realities, both political and personal, of living through the HIV/Aids crisis, led to an increase i

The streaming platform Montage is currently hosting nine films by Fan Popo, one of China’s best-known filmmakers on queer themes. The collection traces his career from his early days to his most current work.

It’s estimated that around 35 million people have died from AIDS since the 1980s, but the devastating impact of the pandemic on gay and bisexual men in those early days has rarely been represented on mainstream TV – until now. Since Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin began airing on Channel 4, the drama has been welcomed as long overdue representation for the queer community and their allies. Alongside memories of those who lived through th

Disclosure had a production model that was unique, inclusive and transformational. Sam Feder, Nava Mau, and Mona Sinha share more.

It is no exaggeration to say that discovering LGBT+ literature in 1970s Ireland saved me.

Like her character, Jo Ellen Pellman identifies as queer, and she is making her film debut in the Netflix musical alongside A-listers like Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.