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Sprawling epic of gay life The Inheritance to transfer to West End

Sprawling epic of gay life The Inheritance to transfer to West End | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Matthew Lopez’s sold-out two-part play at the Young Vic will move to the Noël Coward Theatre in September
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New Gay History Epic by Andrew Lippa to Receive World Premiere

New Gay History Epic by Andrew Lippa to Receive World Premiere | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Lippa's Unbreakable will play San Francisco's Nourse Theatre.
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‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’ Lands Series Order at Netflix

‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’ Lands Series Order at Netflix | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Netflix has ordered a new 10-episode installment of "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City," Variety has learned.
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Writer and Musician Jennifer Juan Announces the Release of New Poetry Collection, "Kissing Boys, Just For The Thrill"

Writer and Musician Jennifer Juan Announces the Release of New Poetry Collection, "Kissing Boys, Just For The Thrill" | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Writer and musician Jennifer Juan has announced the upcoming release of her fourth printed poetry collection "Kissing Boys, Just For The Thrill," following the success of her 2017 release "Hom
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Stars Of Starz Network's VIDA Set To Appear At LGBT Center's CINEARTE

Stars Of Starz Network's VIDA Set To Appear At LGBT Center's CINEARTE | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
CineArte, the 5th annual arts festival of the queer Latinx community presented by The Los Angeles LGBT Center, announces a special, red-carpet event and an advance screening of the first two episodes of the STARZ network's highly anticipated new original series Vida on Saturday, April 21, at The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, located at 1125 N. McCadden Place in Hollywood.
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Former QVC Host Dale Guy Madison Spills the Tea About Making a Living as a TV Pitchman and Drag Queen

Former QVC Host Dale Guy Madison Spills the Tea About Making a Living as a TV Pitchman and Drag Queen | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Hilarious Docucomedy “Life After QVC” Gains Official Selection in the Independent Filmmakers Showcase Film Festival The new, vérité-styled docucomedy “Life After QVC,” starring former QVC tv host D…

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Outfest Helps Acquire 60-Plus LGBT Movies New to Amazon Prime

Outfest Helps Acquire 60-Plus LGBT Movies New to Amazon Prime | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The streaming service is adding dozens of LGBT-themed films to its library including Howl with James Franco, G.B.F., and modern favorites about queer women like Loving Annabelle. 

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The Touching Gay Story At The Center Of This Year’s Raunchiest Movie

The Touching Gay Story At The Center Of This Year’s Raunchiest Movie | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Though many raunchy comedies before it have relied on gay panic jokes, Blockers gives us a moving story about a gay teen and her father’s quest to help her accept herself. (Warning: spoilers!)
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Bo Burnham’s ‘Gay Kid and Fat Chick’ Moves Ahead at Paramount Players

Bo Burnham’s ‘Gay Kid and Fat Chick’ Moves Ahead at Paramount Players | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Paramount Players is moving ahead with Bo Burnham's teen comedy-drama "Gay Kid and Fat Chick," hiring TV director Amy York Rubin to helm.
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Rising Country Music Artists on Issues Like Gun Control, Gay Rights

Rising Country Music Artists on Issues Like Gun Control, Gay Rights | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Country music's rising leaders are giving voice to new thoughts on such social issues as gun control and gay rights.
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VIDEO: LGBT Short film Mar - an erotic thriller set in the beautiful coastal town of Peniche Portugal

When a couple decide to spend their summer vacation in a small town on the coast of Portugal, they had no idea that they would be faced with a dark mystery that would lead to seduction and betrayal. Mar is an erotic thriller set in the beautiful coastal town of Peniche Portugal. It’s main characters Xavier (Lourenço Seruya) and Eduardo (João Santos Silva) visit a childhood friend Cristóvão (Diogo Tavares) who carries a dark secret that only his mother (Sylvie Rocha) knows. Sexual tensions rise until the shocking secret is revealed but only after someone’s fate is sealed.

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Epstein and Friedman, whose docs influenced LGBT history, get SFFilm honor

Epstein and Friedman, whose docs influenced LGBT history, get SFFilm honor | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

For the past 30 years, filmmaking partners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have created some of the most dynamic and humane documentaries of our times. Their films have not only positively changed the trajectory of LGBT history, but also have helped influence later generations of documentarians from all walks of life, particularly in the realm of bringing narrative techniques to nonfiction work. Now they are being honored with the Georg

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‘The Golden Girls’ and ‘Gilmore Girls’ Team to Develop Gay Senior Citizen Comedy ‘Silver Foxes’

‘The Golden Girls’ and ‘Gilmore Girls’ Team to Develop Gay Senior Citizen Comedy ‘Silver Foxes’ | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Super Deluxe has commissioned the comedy from "Roseanne" and "Gilmore Girls" collaborators Stan Zimmerman and James Berg.
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Chinese censorship of Eurovision prompts LGBT community outcry

Chinese censorship of Eurovision prompts LGBT community outcry | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
A Chinese broadcaster's censorship of gay-themed content during this week's Eurovision Song Contest has fuelled an outcry among the country's LGBT community and prompted the European Broadcasting Union to halt its relationship with the channel.
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Don’t Cry for Me Argentina! Performing Arts Streaming Service Cennarium Brings Theatrical Productions Online

Don’t Cry for Me Argentina! Performing Arts Streaming Service Cennarium Brings Theatrical Productions Online | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Five performances filmed live in Buenos Aires showcase Argentinian performers, writers, musicians, choreographers and other talent.

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‘Boy Erased’: Director Joel Edgerton and Lucas Hedges Reveal First Footage of Gay Teen Drama at CinemaCon

‘Boy Erased’: Director Joel Edgerton and Lucas Hedges Reveal First Footage of Gay Teen Drama at CinemaCon | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Focus Features also gave early glimpses of "Mary, Queen of Scots" and "On the Basis of Sex."
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‘Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas’ on Police Brutality of Transgender Women

‘Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas’ on Police Brutality of Transgender Women | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The comedian's new late-night series for HBO tackles social issues through the lens of policing, with his unique blend of humor and heart.
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Tribeca 2018: The Best LGBT Films to See at This Year’s Festival, From ‘Disobedience’ to ‘Studio 54’ Documentary

Tribeca 2018: The Best LGBT Films to See at This Year’s Festival, From ‘Disobedience’ to ‘Studio 54’ Documentary | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
This year's festival launches Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams as Orthodox Jewish lesbians, and sees Alia Shawkat embracing her inner tomboy in "Duck Butter."
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How the Early ’80s Changed Gay Writing Forever

How the Early ’80s Changed Gay Writing Forever | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
‘Dancer From the Dance,’ ‘Angels in America’ — and the decade that brought queer literature to the fore.
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After cyclone, transgender Tongans hope movie will help build acceptance

After cyclone, transgender Tongans hope movie will help build acceptance | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A movie about transgender women fighting for acceptance in Tonga hopes to bring about change in the Pacific island nation - and help local activists start over after a cyclone smashed their main office, a leading gay rights campaigner said. Leitis in Waiting, which has its European premiere at the Festival of Commonwealth Film in London on Sunday, follows Joey Mataele, a prominent transgender activist, as she organizes a beauty pageant amid growing pressure from religious groups.Gay sex and cross-dressing are illegal under colonial-era laws in Tonga - one of 36 Commonwealth members that criminalize same-sex activity, according to the Commonwealth Equality Network.

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From Philadelphia to 120 BPM: the changing face of Aids in film

From Philadelphia to 120 BPM: the changing face of Aids in film | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Rampant homophobia in the 80s meant that film-makers were reluctant to vent their anger at indifference to the HIV/Aids crisis. Not any more. But should directors of the past have been braver?
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Director Andrew Haigh on the State of Gay Cinema (Exclusive)

Director Andrew Haigh on the State of Gay Cinema (Exclusive) | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The 'Lean on Pete' writer-director sits down with ET to talk about the challenges of making his latest movie and how his perspective of being gay is seen in all of his work.
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Bob Dylan Sings About Gay Love

Bob Dylan Sings About Gay Love | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Six music artists including Mr. Dylan, Kesha and St. Vincent rerecord pop songs with a same-sex twist.
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The Incredible Story of 'Passio,' the Gay Porno Starring Jesus

The Incredible Story of 'Passio,' the Gay Porno Starring Jesus | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The 2007 film was billed as a "cockbuster jam-packed with unrepentant religious ecstasy."
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Does Gay Hollywood Have Room for Queer Kids?

Does Gay Hollywood Have Room for Queer Kids? | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The unspoken rule of gay cinema and television: Masculine leads only.
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