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Hating Peter Tatchell director Christopher Amos on the controversial campaigner

Hating Peter Tatchell director Christopher Amos on the controversial campaigner | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Launching on Netflix today is the documentary Hating Peter Tatchell, a look at the life of one of the most The post Hating Peter Tatchell director Christopher Amos on the controversial campaigner appeared first on CityAM.

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Everything’s Gonna Be Okay S2 Lets Its Queer Family Mess Up

Everything’s Gonna Be Okay S2 Lets Its Queer Family Mess Up | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Creator Josh Thomas’ specialty is in combining idiosyncratic takes on loneliness, depression or sex and infusing them with a healthy laugh.

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National Geographic Runs 1st-Ever National Grammy Spot for Premiere of Genius: Aretha Next Sunday

National Geographic Runs 1st-Ever National Grammy Spot for Premiere of Genius: Aretha Next Sunday | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Following a virtual premiere along with four drive-in events in New York, Atlanta, Detroit and Los Angeles this past Thursday, with an encore this afternoon, that attracted a combined 10,000+ of invited industry influencers, press and VIPs in attendance, National Geographic tonight premiered its first-ever Grammy® spot featuring Cynthia Erivo singing “Amazing Grace.”

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'It's A Sin' Brings A Lost Generation Of Gay Men To Life

'It's A Sin' Brings A Lost Generation Of Gay Men To Life | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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.

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It's A Sin: Millennials and Gen Z React To Channel 4's Hit Show

It's A Sin: Millennials and Gen Z React To Channel 4's Hit Show | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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Charlie Carver on Ratched, coming out, and The Boys in the Band

Charlie Carver on Ratched, coming out, and The Boys in the Band | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Charlie Carver sat down with us to discuss The Boys in the Band, a potential Desperate Housewives reboot, and of course, all things Ratched.

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We Survived Bury Your Gays to Usher in Queer Immortality

We Survived Bury Your Gays to Usher in Queer Immortality | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Stories are still using the tired bury your gays trope, but they're also switching to immortal gays. The Old Guard uses this trope successfully.

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Pride All Year: LGBTQ Network Revry and Xfinity Present The Beltway Pride Screening Series

Pride All Year: LGBTQ Network Revry and Xfinity Present The Beltway Pride Screening Series | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

At Comcast, one of our top operating principles is diversity and inclusion. We believe that a diverse and inclusive company is a more effective company, leading us to approach diversity as a driver for business growth and innovation. We also celebrate Pride all year long and are excited to introduce

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It's No Drag: The Past, Present, and Possibilities of Ballroom at ATX Television: Leiomy Maldonado and Dashaun Wesley from FX's Pose and HBO Max's Legendary are finally taking the spotlight

It's No Drag: The Past, Present, and Possibilities of Ballroom at ATX Television: Leiomy Maldonado and Dashaun Wesley from FX's Pose and HBO Max's Legendary are finally taking the spotlight | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Leiomy Maldonado and Dashaun Wesley from FX's Pose and HBO Max's Legendary are finally taking the spotlight

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Where Did All the Lesbian Bars Go? Increasingly, They’re on TV

Where Did All the Lesbian Bars Go? Increasingly, They’re on TV | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Most lesbian bars have vanished in recent decades — and that was before the pandemic. But three current TV shows offer their own fictional forms of wish fulfillment.

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"Love Is Blind" Is Basically a Lesbian Reality Show for Straight People — and I Can't Get Enough of It

"Love Is Blind" Is Basically a Lesbian Reality Show for Straight People — and I Can't Get Enough of It | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

This show forces straights to do what lesbians do all the time — talk about their deepest fears and feelings, endlessly.

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The return of The L Word: the groundbreaking lesbian show is back

The return of The L Word: the groundbreaking lesbian show is back | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The glossy 00s drama with a cult following has been given a revamp but how does it fit into a different TV landscape?

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Gay performers shine with several wins at the Emmy Awards

Gay performers shine with several wins at the Emmy Awards | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Gay performers shined at the Emmy Awards on Sunday with wins in several categories including best actor in a drama series, which went to "Pose" star Billy Porter as the first openly gay black man to take home the honor.

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'Proud of Pose's legacy, it's more important than the show itself': Ryan Murphy hails series' biggest LGBTQ+ cast ever

'Proud of Pose's legacy, it's more important than the show itself': Ryan Murphy hails series' biggest LGBTQ+ cast ever | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The big flashy red carpet has made its return to New York City — albeit in a massive socially distant manner — with the premiere of the third and final season of the FX series, Pose.

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'Genius: Aretha': TV Review

'Genius: Aretha': TV Review | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Cynthia Erivo stars as the Queen of Soul and Courtney B. Vance as her pastor father in Suzan-Lori Parks' decades-spanning Nat Geo miniseries 'Genius: Aretha.'

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'It's a Sin': Olly Alexander Is Done With Shame

'It's a Sin': Olly Alexander Is Done With Shame | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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From RuPaul to Pose: the TV providing queer community through lockdown

From RuPaul to Pose: the TV providing queer community through lockdown | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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From Nylon to Netflix: LGBTQ+ storyteller Gabrielle Korn on Trump, TV and tokenism

From Nylon to Netflix: LGBTQ+ storyteller Gabrielle Korn on Trump, TV and tokenism | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

It didn’t seem like the most auspicious start. Gabrielle Korn became the fashion, culture and lifestyle publisher Nylon’s youngest ever editor-in-chief aged 28 in the midst of Donald Trump’s tumultuous presidency. As the brand’s digital director during his candidacy, she had been aiming to steer the brand’s content in the direction of inclusivity and diversity, but she had a job persuading the powers-that-be that Nylon needed to mee

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'Coastal Elites' Star Dan Levy Recalls When Auditions Asked Him To 'up the Gay'

'Coastal Elites' Star Dan Levy Recalls When Auditions Asked Him To 'up the Gay' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Dan Levy plays an actor going for a superhero role on HBO's 'Coastal Elites.' The role brought back memories of some of his own auditions.

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An LGBTQ+ Comedy About Dating And Falling In Love During A Global Pandemic

An LGBTQ+ Comedy About Dating And Falling In Love During A Global Pandemic | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

OML will release dating ‘in’ place, a 10- episode short-form series available to stream on the new OML ON REVRY NETWORK.

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'Cheer' Star Jerry Harris on Becoming a Gay Icon: 'I Want to Be Someone That’s Fearless'

'Cheer' Star Jerry Harris on Becoming a Gay Icon: 'I Want to Be Someone That’s Fearless' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Jerry Harris, the fan favorite of Netflix’s “Cheer,” can’t help thinking that his late mom is watching over him as he has become one of this year’s most beloved pop culture phenomenons. “I feel like she’s very, very happy and excited for everything that’s been going on, and she’s really loving it,” Harris, whose mother

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Eastsiders' Kit Williamson Says LGBTQ Characters 'Saved My Life'

Eastsiders' Kit Williamson Says LGBTQ Characters 'Saved My Life' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The Eastsiders creator-writer-star opens up about what the show means to him, why queer stories matter — and his dream to become "the gay male Phoebe Waller-Bridge"

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‘Feel Good’ Review: Netflix Queer Addiction Comedy Has ‘Fleabag’ Vibes

‘Feel Good’ Review: Netflix Queer Addiction Comedy Has ‘Fleabag’ Vibes | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Comedian Mae Martin writes and stars in a clever six-episode show about chasing straight girls and chasing highs, also starring Lisa Kudrow.

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'Out on Television' tracks evolution of LGBTQ portrayals

'Out on Television' tracks evolution of LGBTQ portrayals | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Actor Wilson Cruz says a new documentary on the evolution of LGBT depictions on television is a “love letter” to the medium’s power

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The Very (Very) Slow Rise of Lesbianism on TV

The Very (Very) Slow Rise of Lesbianism on TV | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Early efforts to introduce thoughtful story lines about women who love women gave way to gimmicks in the 1990s, before returning with force this century.

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