LGBTQIA Entertainment Roundup

By Thomas Maxheimer

A prince and farmer fall in love in charming gay animated story

In Promised Land, a farmer and prince fall in love.  This children’s book seeks to help fill the gap in literature that represents LGBTQ people.  To celebrate World Book Day in the UK, the book has been released via YouTube, including animations!  Watch and listen here.

Meet Lila Star: pageant winner, actor, and first ‘transsexual Latina rapper’

Says Star, “I’m working really hard to be this type of artist because it’s who I am and it’s not easy doing so, but I’m so hungry to show the world that I can do it!”  Follow Star on Twitter @LilaStarEscada.

Documentary Growing Up Coy to tour in ‘bathroom bill’ states

Growing Up Coy, which you can watch now on Netflix, tells the story of Coy Mathis, a 6-year-old trans girl who fights to use the rest room in her Colorado school.  The case eventually ended up being America’s first landmark case of transgender bathroom rights.

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