{"id":2939,"date":"2017-04-17T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2017-04-13T16:40:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T20:40:06","slug":"lgbtqia-entertainment-roundup-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2939","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA Entertainment Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/LGBTQIA-Entertainment-Roundup-041317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/LGBTQIA-Entertainment-Roundup-041317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"802\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Thomas Maxheimer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/couple-creates-slaytv-network-to-better-represent-black-lgbtq-community_us_58dd81f1e4b0e6ac7093a9be\">Couple Creates SlayTV Network To Better Represent Black LGBTQ Community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oversexed, catty, and stereotypical are three words that director Terry Torrington uses to describe current depictions of black gay men in the media today. ?So, what to do in response? ?Start your own TV network! ? Terry and his husband are launching <a href=\"http:\/\/slaytv.com\/\">SlayTV<\/a>, a global TV network for the black LGBT+ community in hopes of showing a more realistic, positive, less stereotypical message.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2017\/04\/barry-manilow-gay\/\">Barry Manilow Comes Out as Gay at 73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While not likely to be a surprise to most people, Barry Manilow has discussed his sexuality publicly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2017\/04\/present-laughter\/\"><u>Divine British Comedies Deliver Escape on Broadway<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New York City is welcoming two new British comedies about the art of theatre. ?Critics say each show is a prime example of where the English truly excel on stage ? buttoning up with noses held high, and coming completely undone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Thomas Maxheimer Couple Creates SlayTV Network To Better Represent Black LGBTQ Community Oversexed, catty, and stereotypical are three words that director Terry Torrington uses to describe current depictions of black gay men in the media today. ?So, what to do in response? ?Start your own TV network! ? Terry and his husband are launching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glbt-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}