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'Boy Meets Boy' is the next great gay love story

'Boy Meets Boy' is the next great gay love story | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Berlin, boys and brief encounters: this film will help you feel less alone.

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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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Amazon Won’t Sell Books Framing LGBTQ+ Identities as Mental Illnesses

Amazon Won’t Sell Books Framing LGBTQ+ Identities as Mental Illnesses | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The company said it recently removed a three-year-old book about transgender issues from its platforms because it decided not to sell books that frame transgender and other sexual identities as mental illnesses.

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'Little Girl' Review: A Lovely, Generous Transgender Child Study

'Little Girl' Review: A Lovely, Generous Transgender Child Study | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Near the beginning of “Little Girl,” the camera sits quietly in on a ballet class for second-grade girls. Among them is seven-year-old Sasha Kovac, in a dark T-shirt and tights that con…

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Britain’s Transgender Stand-Ups Find Comedy in a Hostile Climate

Britain’s Transgender Stand-Ups Find Comedy in a Hostile Climate | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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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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National Geographic Reveals Highly Anticipated Premiere of Anthology Series, Genius Aretha

National Geographic Reveals Highly Anticipated Premiere of Anthology Series, Genius Aretha | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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It's a Sin: ''There is such a raw truth to it"

It's a Sin: ''There is such a raw truth to it" | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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The movies of Fan Popo, China’s trailblazing LGBTQ filmmaker

The movies of Fan Popo, China’s trailblazing LGBTQ filmmaker | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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.

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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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How A Trans Filmmaking Fellowship Became Foundational To The Success Of The Documentary Disclosure

How A Trans Filmmaking Fellowship Became Foundational To The Success Of The Documentary Disclosure | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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LGBT+ literature taught me to love myself

LGBT+ literature taught me to love myself | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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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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'Two boys snogging was revolutionary': the greatest gay moments in cinema

'Two boys snogging was revolutionary': the greatest gay moments in cinema | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The handheld phantasmagoria of The Last of England Gus Van Sant, director of My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, To Die For, Milk Derek Jarman’s The Last of England is an amazing barrage of memories, obsessions, cataclysmic visions, where Derek plays a gay memoirist writing his thoughts down. A skinhead boy shoots up; light flares; dances and stomps. A Caravaggio, and beautiful Tilda Swinton valiantly defaces her ballgown and the visual

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Grammys: 3 LGBTQ Artists Vying for Best New Artist

Grammys: 3 LGBTQ Artists Vying for Best New Artist | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Of the eight Grammy nominees for best new artist, three -- CHIKA, Kaytranada and Phoebe Bridgers -- openly identify as LGBTQ. (A fourth nominee, Doja Cat, has made mixed comments on the subject.)

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I Was A Trans Comedian. Here’s Why I Quit

I Was A Trans Comedian. Here’s Why I Quit | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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Q&A with Cameron Esposito: Putting out a memoir during a pandemic and facing the darkness onstage

Q&A with Cameron Esposito: Putting out a memoir during a pandemic and facing the darkness onstage | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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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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Hemisphere - America

Hemisphere - America | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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2 Queer Women Seek Love Amid COVID-19 In This Heartfelt Short Film

2 Queer Women Seek Love Amid COVID-19 In This Heartfelt Short Film | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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Hit TV show It's A Sin exposes failure to learn the lessons of the past

Hit TV show It's A Sin exposes failure to learn the lessons of the past | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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.

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Harry Wright – Work in Progress

Harry Wright – Work in Progress | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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.

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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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Author Darryl W. Bullock on telling the tale of The Velvet Mafia

Author Darryl W. Bullock on telling the tale of The Velvet Mafia | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

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

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