Results for: representation
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Post-Lip Service Ennui: BBC Looks To Improve LGB Representation
“The BBC may have axed Lip Service, and have run out of Sarah Waters books to dramatize, but they do seem to be making a commitment to representing LGB people and admitting that they could do better.”
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“Transparent” TV Pilot Features Trans Mom, Queer Women, Additional Delightful Things
“An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone’s secrets to spill out.”
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Piers Morgan Misgenders Janet Mock on CNN, Insults Her on Twitter
Piers Morgan proved once again that the media still has a long way to go when it comes to learning to talk to trans women. He also proved that he has a long way to go when it comes to being a mature twitter user.
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Janet Mock Returned to Piers Morgan Live Tonight: Here’s What Went Down
After being misgendered and disrespected by Piers Morgan last night, Janet Mock returned to his show hoping to get through to him on how hurtful and offensive he was being.
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Sailor Moon Reboot Coming in July, Keeping It Queer For English-Speaking Fans
While the first Sailor Moon anime’s English dub was infamous for removing its lesbian couple, the 20th-anniversary reboot plans to keep the queer characters the way they were intended.
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CW Developing Transgender Teen Drama, Will Hopefully Cast Actual Trans* Actor
The CW, a station most famous for Tyra Banks, The Winchester Brothers and Teen Vampire Romance is currently developing a new drama that will focus on a transgender teenager’s life.
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The Bechdel Files Are Basically Everything I’ve Ever Wanted From The Internet
Does it count if it’s Scully talking to Queequeg? Important questions.
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ABC Family’s “The Fosters”: Two Lovely Gay Ladies Bringing Up Four Very Lovely Kids
Here’s your first look at ABC Family’s “The Fosters,” exec-produced by J-Lo and starring “a multi-ethnic family mix of foster and biological kids being raised by two moms.”
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“Bomb Girls” Cancelled, Fuck Me In The Ear
“Bomb Girls” got cancelled today. They’re doing a two-hour movie though, so that’s nice. It’s nice, but it’s not what I wanted because what I wanted was 5 more seasons!
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Lord of the Gay Remote: The Return of the Returning Fall TV
That title may be awful, but these new shows aren’t!
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4 Minutes and 50 Seconds of Ilene Chaiken
“If I am at the forefront of lesbian representation in the media, then yes I feel good about it.”
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Rachel Maddow Appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show! Rejoice!
Ellen DeGeneres interviewed Rachel Maddow on her TV show! Everything is great (except for the portrayal of women by the media).
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The Gays Are Taking Over TV, Except Where We’re Not: The 2011 GLAAD Network Responsibility Index
The yearly GLAAD media report on queer representation on TV is out — who got high marks?
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General Mills, RE/MAX Won’t Advertise on “Pretty Little Liars,” Save Kids From Radical Lesbian Agenda
“ABC using salacious and glamorizing scenes portraying young, pretty women as lesbians sends the wrong message to these young girls…reinforces and legitimizes this lifestyle in a manner that could affect these young girls’ sexual identity for a lifetime.”
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Should Bert and Ernie Get Gay Married?
The “Bert and Ernie Get Married” movement has begun with a petition, a facebook group, and press buzz and I’m not gonna lie — hell no I am not signing that petition.
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UK’s Lesbian Reality Show “Candy Bar Girls” Premieres in July, Is Already in Trouble
“Each of the on-air promos for the new reality show feature teasing close-up images that appear to be of two women engaged in sexual activity, intercut with lines such as ‘Red… hot… lesbians’ and ‘Pussy… loving… ladies’. “
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Will Santana’s Lesbian Future Somehow Include Dating Men? (and Other Teevee-Related News)
“Instead of dealing with it, Santana kind of runs from it. And she’ll be running into the arms of…a dude” plus news about South of Nowhere, Exes & Ohs and Jessie J.
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BBC To Survey Audience on LGBT TV and ‘Skins’ Amps Up Its Lesbian Plot
The BBC is undertaking a giant study to find out how people feel about LGBT representation on TV, and Kathryn Prescott says fans will not be disappointed by Naomi & Emily’s Season Four romance on Skins. Plus, Mia Kirschner is on Vampire Diaries, Lilith Fair 2010 announced more cities, Sarah Paulson will be on Grey’s Anatomy, Lindsay Lohan isn’t a blonde anymore, and Brittany Murphy’s husband has some ‘interesting’ stuff to say about his wife’s death.
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Daily Fix: The GLAAD Network Responsibility Index Makes Us Do Math to Uncover its Most Shocking Statistic (Lezwhat?)
Methodology: For GLAAD’s third annual report, we divided our analysis of reports into two sections (network & cable) and found neither section provided statistics that specifically addressed lesbian, gay and transgender characters as independent groups, therefore requiring us to read every word to get some info about the ladies. We suspect this decision was made because lumping gays, lesbians, transpeople and bisexuals together makes it less depressing.