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Watch: New Trailer for Film ‘Freeheld’

September 20, 2015 by GLBT News

By Ashley R. Lierman You may have heard some talk by now about the new film Freeheld, a drama starring Ellen Page and Julianne Moore. Moore and Page play a lesbian couple struggling with personal tragedy and systemic inequality, when Moore’s character is diagnosed with cancer and Page’s is denied access to partner benefits. An […]

Queer Quest 14 – When does it count?

September 15, 2015November 8, 2015 by GLBT News

By Ashley R. Lierman I’ve been big into NBC’s Hannibal from the beginning up until the finale a couple of weeks ago, not unexpectedly. I love horror, I admit I haven’t read the books but I love… the good parts of the initial movie canon, I loved Dead Like Me and have a resulting soft […]

Tide commercial jabs at same sex marriage opponents

September 15, 2015 by GLBT News

By John Mack Freeman A new commercial from Tide has taken a jab at those opposing same sex marriage on the church steps. View the ad below:

Watch: John Oliver explains the need for the Equality Act

September 7, 2015 by GLBT News

By John Mack Freeman John Oliver spent a major chunk of his show Last Week Tonight two weeks ago explaining the importance of the Equality Act that is pending before Congress. I apologize that we are just now getting around to sharing the link. Watch it below (some NSFW language).

GLAAD publishes television guide to LGBT characters, cancels future reports

September 7, 2015 by GLBT News

By John Mack Freeman This past week, GLAAD released their annual Network Responsibility Index. This index has for the last nine years been a barometers for the quantity and quality of LGBT representation by different television providers. This year, Fox became the first major network to receive an A+ score, and almost every network examined received […]

Watch: Laverne Cox on TimesTalks

September 7, 2015 by GLBT News

By Ashley R. Lierman Trans actress and icon Laverne Cox spoke to the New York Times for their TimesTalks series this week. Cox discussed her experiences on Orange is the New Black, trans justice, and her new documentary project Free CeCe, about the imprisonment and release of African-American transwoman CeCe McDonald for defending herself against […]

Watch: Trailer for UK’s first trans sitcom released

August 23, 2015August 21, 2015 by GLBT News

By John Mack Freeman The trailer for the first trans sitcom in Britain entitled Boy Meets Girl was released this week. It will begin airing this September on BBC2. Watch the trailer below:

Wonder Woman performs same-sex wedding in upcoming comic

August 23, 2015August 21, 2015 by GLBT News

By John Mack Freeman An upcoming featuring Wonder Woman will have the superhero performing a same-sex wedding. In Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #48, which is currently available online and will hit shelves in November, Jason Badowerhe is helming the issue. He said he was inspired by the Obergefell ruling in June that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United […]

The Advocate’s First Transgender Staff Member Interviews BuzzFeed’s First Transgender Staff Writer

August 23, 2015August 21, 2015 by GLBT News

By Ashley R. Lierman Meredith Talusan, a Filipina-American transgender writer and more, recently joined BuzzFeed’s writing staff full-time, marking her as the first trans person to do so. In a heartening celebration of trans solidarity and firsts, Talusan was interviewed by the Advocate’s news editor Dawn Ennis, herself the first trans staff member at her […]

Watch: OITNB’s Lea DeLaria Bares Soul And More

August 23, 2015August 21, 2015 by GLBT News

By Ashley R. Lierman A new video featuring Orange Is The New Black actor, comedian, and out lesbian Lea DeLaria has been released in the YouTube StyleLikeU series, which seeks to “empowers people to accept and express their true selves.” Over the course of the video, DeLaria holds a frank and emotional discussion of her sexual […]