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Drag queen revenge thriller 'Femme' gets nail-biting trailer

Drag queen revenge thriller 'Femme' gets nail-biting trailer | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay star in "Femme," a thriller about a drag queen seeking revenge on the man who attacked him.

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‘Eating Out’ 20th Anniversary: Reflections and Interviews

‘Eating Out’ 20th Anniversary: Reflections and Interviews | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Considering the legacy — personally, and for filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka and star Jim Verraros — of a seminal queer indie gem.

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A Woman Searches for Her Long-Lost Niece in Levan Akin's Trans Rights Drama ‘Crossing'

A Woman Searches for Her Long-Lost Niece in Levan Akin's Trans Rights Drama ‘Crossing' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Borders, political, social and societal, are being transversed in Crossing, the new film from And Then We Danced director Levan Akin. The drama, which arthouse streamer MUBI has picked up for North America, the U.K., Germany and Latin America, stars Mzia Arabuli as Lia, a retired teacher who sets off to find her long-lost niece

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Kristen Stewart Goes Viral With “Gayest” Rolling Stone Cover Shoot

Kristen Stewart Goes Viral With “Gayest” Rolling Stone Cover Shoot | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The 'Love Lies Bleeding' star gets candid about her efforts to flip gender roles and express herself as an "openly gay movie star."

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Hannah Gadsby's Netflix Special ‘Gender Agenda' Sets Lineup of Genderqueer Comedians: Jes Tom, Alok and More (EXCLUSIVE)

Hannah Gadsby's Netflix Special ‘Gender Agenda' Sets Lineup of Genderqueer Comedians: Jes Tom, Alok and More (EXCLUSIVE) | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

When Hannah Gadsby entered a deal at Netflix in 2022 with the goal of broadening "a notoriously transphobic industry," they set plans for a multi-comic special featuring genderqueer comics from around the globe. Now titled "Gender Agenda," that project will debut on March 5 with a lineup of seven performers. With Gadsby as curator and

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Lilly Wachowski to Direct Queer Dramedy ‘Trash Mountain'

Lilly Wachowski to Direct Queer Dramedy ‘Trash Mountain' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The "Matrix" co-creator makes her solo directorial debut with the film produced by Colin Trevorrow.

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Best books to spark queer joy in 2024

Best books to spark queer joy in 2024 - From queer cannon classics to coffee table crowd-pleasers, these books speak to the beauty of queer love in all its forms

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Meet The Superhero Librarians Fighting For Their Queer Communities

Meet The Superhero Librarians Fighting For Their Queer Communities | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Book bans are an unfortunate reality. But these librarians are devoted to supporting and protecting queer kids who just want to read.

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Olly Alexander: From Years and Years to ‘It’s a Sin’ to Eurovision 2024

Olly Alexander: From Years and Years to ‘It’s a Sin’ to Eurovision 2024 | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Olly Alexander: From Years and Years to ‘It’s a Sin’ to Eurovision 2024 - The former Years & Years frontman and star of shows including ‘It’s a Sin’ is competing in the annual international song contest with an original track

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Louis and Lestat Are Coming Back: Interview With the Vampire Season 2 Has a Brooding, Gay New Trailer

The new season will premiere this spring. Also, Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe could be expanding.

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Watch these unseen sweet gay moments from the 2024 Grammys red carpet

The gays showed up and showed out on the Grammys red carpet with PRIDE.

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Will Ferrell's Trans Documentary Will & Harper Landing At Netflix Is A Double-Edged Sword

Will Ferrell's Trans Documentary Will & Harper Landing At Netflix Is A Double-Edged Sword | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Netflix will provide the biggest opportunity for Will & Harper to reach a huge audience. But the streamer also has a thorny past regarding trans issues.

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Why A Crime Thriller Is The Perfect Setting For An LGBTQ Story

Why A Crime Thriller Is The Perfect Setting For An LGBTQ Story | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

CineFix sat down with River Gallo and Esteban Arango, the filmmakers of Ponyboi (2024), to talk about their film and how they used the crime thriller genre to tell a unique story about LGBTQIA+ and ethnic identity.Ponyboi follows River Gallo, as the titular intersex sex worker, who finds themselves on the run from the New Jersey mom after a drug deal goes bad.

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What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?

What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature? | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A major transformation is underway in Romancelandia. Once upon a time, romance novels from major U.S. publishers featured only heterosexual couples. Today, the five biggest publishers regularly release same-sex love stories. From May 2022 to May 2023, sales of LGBTQ+ romance grew by 40%, with the next biggest jump in this period occurring for general adult fiction, which grew just 17%. The data from 2023 extends a boom that began in 2016: I

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If you’re raging that ‘Netflix made Alexander the Great gay’, it’s time to learn some LGBTQ+ history

If you’re raging that ‘Netflix made Alexander the Great gay’, it’s time to learn some LGBTQ+ history | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

For centuries, LGBTQ+ lives have been wiped from the record – February represents a chance to celebrate our contribution, says novelist Matt Cain

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New LGBTQ Movie Distribution Label Pride Pictures Launches

New LGBTQ Movie Distribution Label Pride Pictures Launches | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The new North American releasing arm will kick off with Inari Niemi’s 'Light Light Light' from Finland and Dylan Rhys Howard’s Canadian indie 'Eudaimonia.'

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Why Britney's Crossroads endures as a gay cult classic

Why Britney's Crossroads endures as a gay cult classic | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

As Crossroads makes its streaming debut on Netflix, Digital Spy takes a look at why Britney's movie still endures as a gay cult classic, twenty-plus years on.

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Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix special ‘Gender Agenda’ sets lineup of genderqueer comedians

Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix special ‘Gender Agenda’ sets lineup of genderqueer comedians | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Hannah Gadsby's Netflix special "Gender Agenda" will give the stage to Jes Tom, Alok, Asha Ward, Chloe Petts, DeAnne Smith, Krishna Istha and Mx. Dahlia Belle.

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Bans of LGBTQ books erase representation for queer kids. That's why this podcast exists

Bans of LGBTQ books erase representation for queer kids. That's why this podcast exists | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Ricardo Galaviz appeared on the "This queer book saved my life" podcast to share his story.

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'My Son's a Queer' Postpones Broadway Run

'My Son's a Queer' Postpones Broadway Run | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

'My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)' officially postponed its upcoming Broadway run on Thursday (Feb. 8). Get the details here.

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New Book Greasepaint Puritan: Boston to 42nd Street in the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes - Out Now

New Book Greasepaint Puritan: Boston to 42nd Street in the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes - Out Now | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

New book explores the life and work of Bradford Ropes, the author of 42nd Street, shedding light on the queer backstage novels.

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‘All Shall Be Well' Trailer: Ray Yeung's Berlin Title Explores the Limits of LGBTQ Acceptance in Hong Kong

‘All Shall Be Well' Trailer: Ray Yeung's Berlin Title Explores the Limits of LGBTQ Acceptance in Hong Kong | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

What happens when one half of a longstanding lesbian couple dies in a place where same-sex relationships are not fully recognized by the law and have been tolerated, rather than accepted, by society? In Ray Yeung's "All Shall Be Well," which premieres this month in the Forum section of the Berlin Film Festival, the answer

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Reneé Rapp Came Out as a Lesbian: Why the Rise of Queer Female Musicians Matters

Reneé Rapp Came Out as a Lesbian: Why the Rise of Queer Female Musicians Matters | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The rise of queer female pop idols is here!

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Singapore-born writer Tania De Rozario explores 'Monster Island'

Singapore-born writer Tania De Rozario explores 'Monster Island' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Subjected to a seven-hour exorcism by her mother, writer Tania De Rozario discovers that some of the villains in her life were in fact victims themselves.

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LGBTQ filmmaker brings personal experience, advice for GV student filmmakers

LGBTQ filmmaker brings personal experience, advice for GV student filmmakers | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Women in Cinema, a Grand Valley State University film club, hosted independent LGBTQ filmmaker Wendy Jo Carlton for a series of class lectures and one-on-one consultations from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. Carlton’s work, which features the LGBTQ community, spans multiple streaming platforms, including Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime Video. The Women in Cinem

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