Results for: representation
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Pop Culture Fix: NBC Sitcom To Feature Jane Lynch As Womanizing Divorce Attorney Not Named Joyce Wischnia and Other Stories
Jane Lynch’s new sitcom, Gina Rodriguez wants to play America Chavez, a new project from Shonali Bose of “Margarita With a Straw,” the history Queer TV movies, an interview with Nabila Hossain of “Brown Girls,” an interview with Tegan & Sara about diversity, Charlize Theron gets asked about kissing women AGAIN and SO MUCH MORE.
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GLAAD Media Award Nominees Include Take My Wife, Supergirl, The Handmaiden, Me
GLAAD Award nominations were announced today and Autostraddle got a nod for digital journalism!
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Pop Culture Fix: Ruth Negga and Natalie Portman Almost Make Out On The Cover Of “W” For Some Reason
Also Ruby Tandoh’s book is out in the U.S., Ben Affleck’s first short film had a HILARIOUS name/premise, everybody’s getting in on Stef’s Kristen Stewart beat and more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Ellen Suspects Donald Trump Didn’t Grasp the Heart of “Finding Dory” and Other Pop Culture Stories
Topics include Beyonce having twins (idk if you heard), Ellen’s excellent summary of “Finding Dory,” the GLAAD awards, Ruby Rose’s sex life, Steven Universe’s artistic resistance, Lea Delaria’s pussy diet, the future of queer cinema and so much more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Subversive Lesbian Handmaids, Award-Nominated Lesbian Handmaidens and Other Maiden Stories
The OA’s “gentle queer narrative,” a new Kitty Genovese project, Indiewire’s Sundance picks include Annie Clark’s horror flick, Marti Noxon’s anorexia narrative, Dee Rees’s post-WWII Southern period drama and Dianna Agron in a convent and SO MANY MORE POP CULTURE STORIES FOR YOU TODAY.
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Pop Culture Fix: Kate McKinnon Will Obviously Be Playing A Witch In Her Very First Very Own Movie
Plus also St. Vincent scored Kristen Stewart’s new short film, Tumblr knows your life, Sense8 is getting a Christmas special, Gaby Dunn is on a NYT best of 2016 list, and more queer entertainment news!
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Pop Culture Fix: The Great British Bake Off Returns Tonight And That’s All You Need To Know
Plus Cynthia Nixon as bisexual babe Emily Dickinson, Sarah Paulson can’t get enough Ryan Murphy, Alia Shawkat and Aubrey Plaza are Hamilton and Burr, Megan Rapinoe isn’t happy with Hope Solo and much more pop culture news!
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Pop Culture Fix: Laverne Cox, Angelica Ross, and Jen Richards Want To Be In The Room Where It Happens
Her Story didn’t win an Emmy, but it’s opening up doors. Laverne Cox is really excited about Rocky Horror. NYT is worried there’s not enough TV for white men. Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time gets its lead. And I don’t want to talk about Sue and Mel leaving Great British Bake Off.
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Pop Culture Fix: Evan Rachel Wood Has Had It Up To Here With Bisexual Erasure
Plus: Suicide Kale totally won Outfest, a Buffy coloring book for adults is on the way, Nickelodeon introduced its first gay characters, we’re only two days away from a Degrassi: The Next Generation reunion, and more gay gay gay pop culture news.
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Pop Culture Fix: Frozen Fans Dream Big With Lesbian Disney Princess Campaign and Other Stories
The dismal GLAAD studio index has inspired Frozen fans to campaign ambitiously for Elsa to get a girlfriend, Sense8 photos suggest a new girl-on-girl pairing in Season Two, Bad Moms looks awesome and other important stories!
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Pop Culture Fix: “Orange is The New Black” S4 Promises Delightful Poussey and Soso Situation
“Orange is the New Black” is almost here and spoilers and (tepid) reviews abound! Also: transgender visibility on TV, Whitney Houston, and the Lifetime remake of Mother May I Sleep With Danger With a Lesbian Vampire Twist.
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Pop Culture Fix: The Lexa Pledge Hopes To Change Queer TV From The Inside
The Lexa Pledge will make sure Lexa didn’t die in vain, Steven Universe’s gayest episode is getting its own book, The Fosters is on Netflix now, Gillian Anderson wants to talk to you about her bisexuality, and so much more pop culture news!
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Pop Culture Fix: St. Vincent and Amandla Stenberg Are Making Feminist Movies For You
Plus also: Evan Rachel Wood tells us what perfume has in common with being bisexual, Marie Claire hangs out with Rowan Blanchard, everyone’s still talking about The 100, and many other entertainment news stories for your sweet faces.
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Rowan Blanchard Is Queer: 14-Year-Old “Girl Meets World” Actress Comes Out On Twitter
Last night, one of Rowan Blanchard’s Twitter followers tweeted: “BisexualRileyMatthews2k16.” Blanchard respond: “would really be here for this! if not Riley- its vvv important to me, being queer, that there is representation on our show.”
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Pop Culture Fix: Lesbian TV Characters Keep Dying and also 14 Exciting Queer Things
There’s so many stories in here! The Bury Your Gays conversation is going strong, Ellen DeGeneres’s beard speaks out, Abby Wambach is ashamed of her DUI, Caitlyn Jenner joins the cast of “Transparent,” videos from the GLAAD Awards, new trailers for Salem and “Grace & Frankie,” we mourn the end of The People Vs. OJ Simpson and SO MUCH MORE!
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Pop Culture Fix: Is Lexa’s Death on “The 100” the Beginning of a Lesbian TV Revolution?
Mainstream media is covering Bury Your Gays for the first time ever. Plus, Evan Rachel Wood takes over Nylon for a day, Mary Louise-Parker and Rachel Griffiths will play wives on your teevee, Roxane Gay’s first novel is becoming a movie, and everyone loves Ellen Page’s Gaycation.
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Top 11 Times This Year Pop Culture Reminded Us Kids Are Queer and Trans Too
As long as queer kids are taking their own lives, as long as young lesbians are told that their crushes on other girls are just fleeting feelings that all straight girls have and as long as trans girls as young as age 6 are treated as sexual deviants who shouldn’t be allowed to use the bathroom, we’re going to need representation in all-ages media.
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GLAAD’s ‘Studio Responsibility Index’ Finds Hollywood Fails at LGBT Representation
LGBT characters may no longer be a big deal in mainstream films but good, nuanced portrayals that actually drive the plot most certainly are.
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LGBTQ Women, Real and Imaginary, Dominate GLAAD Award Nominees
Movies centered on lesbian, bisexual and trans women dominate this year’s film nominations, there are more trans stories featured than ever before and other exciting news from this year’s GLAAD nominations!
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Pop Culture Fix: “Stonewall” Even More Insufferable Than Expected and Other Enlightening Stories
Early scathing reviews of “Stonewall,” the 10 characters you see in every Ryan Murphy show, talking to MC Bre-Z about her lesbian character on “Empire,” Julia Nunes’ debuts a new music video and other very important pop culture stories!