An epic pop culture fix today: Ilene Chaiken’s lesbian root will be familiar to L Word Fans, Sara Ramirez talks about coming out bisexual, “Transparent” delayed ’til 2019 ’cause of Jeffery Tambor’s exit, the newest Vida trailer is even queerer than the first one, queer films at SXSW, “Dyke Central” and so much more!
Queer women of color dominated the Texas primary elections!
Also: a 9 to 5 reboot with Lily and Jane and Dolly? Paramount puts a pin in Heathers, Evan Rachel Wood’s new queer movie trailer is here, Vulture wonders about the bisexual boom on TV, and more!
Last Friday the Georgia state senate passed a bill that will allow state-funded adoption agencies to refuse to place children with parents they disapprove of because of their religious beliefs.
Although the Trump administration is still insisting that Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination in the workplace doesn’t apply to LGBT people, the Second Circuit just ruled that it should and does apply to sexual orientation.
“Environmental problems are hitting Black neighborhoods particularly hard, but going unresolved because Black lives are deemed less valuable than others. A lot of us are being left in the dark about harm being done to our environment.”
Laverne Cox’s music video Beat To The Gods, LGBTQ athletes winning at the Olympics, Daniela Vega is the first openly trans presenter at the Oscars, gender-inclusive makeup launch, Pulse survivors join gun control activism, and tear-jerking photos of Black kids watching Black Panther that will probably destroy you in a good way.
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has come under fire from LGBTQ activists and community members for discriminating against LGBTQ people in their processes.
Brace yourself for the “Heathers” pilot, Melonie Diaz is playing gay again this time in Charmed, Lena Waithe’s “Twenties” is going to TBS, “Every Day” is a gender-hopping love story, Cherry Jones stars as a lesbian in “The Party,” the dudes who wrote Everything Sucks! on their inspo and so many other important YES VERY IMPORTANT stories!
“Our country’s relationship to guns is totally out of control. Our legislators, the gun lobby, and our nation’s lack of fighting it are creating an environment where mass shootings are the norm. The rhetoric around it is designed to win votes and money at the expense of lives and safety.”
In the second and final part of our Black History Month Roundtable series, we’re ready to look forward. We’re asking, what are our hopes for black queer futures?
Lesbian, bi, and queer Olympic athletes and their galentines, long live the queer cafe, Pakistan passes new trans protections, black LGBT athletes paving the way, lots and lots of gay love that’s definitely not a lie, and a little Adam Rippon sparkle just because.
Plus some serious gal palin’ on The Annihilation red carpet, a girlfriend for Sara Lance(?), Once Upon a Time is getting serious(?) about lesbians in its final days, gay Olympians, Sara Gilbert, and a feud I simply cannot handle.
“For me, queering Black History Month is about making sure that future generations don’t feel the same pressure to choose between their blackness and their sexuality that I once did. It’s about leaving space to be all of yourself, at once.”
Life and legacy of Thomas the bisexual goose, can cats be gay or bisexual?, gay Olympic athletes snub Pence, MeMe’s “very very gay” Diner, and more gay good stuff!
Bermuda replaces same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships, heavy flows still freak men out, Babadook + Ikea, natural hair in Black Panther, queer parenting journeys on Youtube, a 70 year-old lesbian is not taking this shit, and so much more!
The “Charmed” reboot is casting a lesbian and her girlfriend, Jessica Jones Season 2 to feature light lesbianing, Katy Perry reflects on “I Kissed a Girl” and so many other pressing pop culture tales for you.
Super Bowl LII commercial includes nonbinary person and lesbian couple, Detroit’s Black-owned honeybee hive that fights urban blight, the “gay best friend” trope except lesbian, super cute animal valentines for your gal pal-entines, an LGBTQ-inclusive super bowl party, portraits of LGBTQ people in India, and Remi’s A-Camp Family Band audition tape!
Plus: The Miseducation of Cameron Post crushed it at Sundance, Lena Waithe’s The Chi has already been renewed, Ellen can’t believe Megan Mullally didn’t know she was a lesbian when they met, and more!
A wedding moment…no…experience…that you need to watch, queer Asian filmmakers telling their own stories, Rainbow Voices Mumbai, and the rebel cow who parties with bison.