Results for: representation
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Sunday Funday is Celebrating the Season with Fiona and the EqualiTeam!
The EqualiTeam is here to save the day, Fiona’s first Christmas, Bangladeshi hijra candidate Nadira Begum in it to win it, Laura Dern and LGBTQ star wars representation, queer teens saving 2017, Arizona continues to be shockingly cool, long queer lady nails a-ok, and more!
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“Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Occupy Everything Together”: Remembering Brazilian Bisexual Activist and Politician Marielle Franco
Rio de Janeiro Councillor Marielle Franco, who was assassinated on 14 March 2018 after speaking at an event for the empowerment of Black girls, was a firebrand of a politician, feminist, and human rights activist whose work was deeply informed by her experiences as an Afro-Brazilian Catholic lesbian woman born and raised in the favelas.
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Pop Culture Fix: The Queerish “Heathers” Pilot Is Here To Get Your Goat and Other Stories Best Approached With Trepidation
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!
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The 2018 NAACP Image Awards Included a Major Moment for Feminists and LGBT Black Women
With Angela Robinson, Lena Waithe, and Laverne Cox donning the stage, three of the six women represented were out queer and trans black women. In the middle of this already big moment, these three women broke another glass ceiling.
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Pop Culture Fix: LGBT Faves Dee Rees, Rachel Morrison and Yance Ford Make History With Their Oscar Nominations
Kate McKinnon is as good at being Robert Mueller as you knew she would be, St. Vincent covers Sleater-Kinney, some gay news from Sundance, updates on The Bold Type and grown-ish, and more!
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Pop Culture Fix: “Sweetbitter” Gets a Lesbian Bartender, “Black Lightning” Gets a Bisexual Half-Amazon, “Thor” Cuts a Queer Moment and Other Stories
Topics include Keko coming out, Australian model Fiona Falkiner coming out, Hayley Kiyoko being visible and great, Christine Vachon, a set visit to The Runaways, everything mentioned in the headline, and also there has to be a queer character in 911 right?
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Every Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer And/Or Trans Woman Running for US Office in 2018
There’s rainbow wave of LGBQ candidates running for office. All of them are dissatisfied with Trump’s status quo, have strong convictions, and to make the world a better place. Here are their stories.
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Talking the Lesbian Philanthropist Agenda with Program Officer Kristen Plumberg of the Tegan and Sara Foundation
An insider interview with the Tegan and Sara Foundation lead, working a CON X Show and generally loving everything these twins do.
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Pop Culture Fix: Lena Waithe Blesses Us All as OUT 100’s “Artist of the Year” and Other Inspirational Tales
Topics include The Out 100 starring Lena Waithe and Chelsea Manning, Anna Paquin’s lesbian turn in “Electric Dreams,”a horror film about lesbian love, wild powers & sexuality and so much more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Anna Paquin Stands with Ellen Page Against X-Men Director Brett Ratner
Plus: queer women are working hard not to become collateral damage as men in Hollywood fall like dominoes to sexual assault stories, women and POC directed more TV than ever this year, these adorable lesbian hockey players and their baby, and news on The Handmaid’s Tale’s return.
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Trans Model Munroe Bergdorf Is Now the Face of Illamasqua, Actual Champions of Diversity
Bergdorf was recently fired by L’Oreal over a Facebook post about white supremacy.
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Sunday Funday Is a Resilient Handyma’am
Lesbians in space, in coveralls, in books, in film; lesbians EVERYWHERE! Happy Sunday Funday.
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Pop Culture Fix: “Pretty Little Liars” Is Spinning Off With Ali and Mona
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists is happening, Supergirl introduces its Maggie/Alex kerfuffle, Shonda Rhimes wants to make TV extra gay, speculation about the Sense8 series finale, straight white men having a little fit about Rachel Maddow and more!
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Not Just Murder Victims: A Plea on Trans Day of Visibility
“If we are going to mourn our lost trans siblings, family and community members publicly, we need to do right by our community and contextualize their deaths with accuracy and intention.”
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Black History Month Roundtable: What Does Queering Black History Mean To You?
“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.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Center for American Progress Calls for Paid Leave Policies That Cover Chosen Family
The first-of-its-kind study revealed some surprising findings on queer and disabled folks in particular.
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Pop Culture Fix: Why Are We So Thirsty for Celesbians Coming Out and Other Stories
Topics include celesbian gossip, “Professor Marston and The Wonder Women, “Strangers,” Carmilla, Tegan & Sara returning to The Con,” Danger & Eggs, Survivor’s Remorse getting cancelled and so much more!
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These Queer Humans Are Going On Tour To Make Your Autumn Even Gayer
Check out tour dates and ticket availabilities; there’s a good chance one of these awesome acts is headed to a city near you!
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Pop Culture Fix: Look Out World, There’s Lesbian Stories on “Doc McStuffins” and “The Young and The Restless” Now
Topics include a lesbian storyline on “Young and the Restless,” Wanda Sykes and Portia DeRossi’s groundbreaking role on Doc McStuffins, a gender non-conforming child in the Roseanne revival, Lena Waithe’s historic Emmy nomination and more!
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Sunday Funday Is Speculating About Cynthia Nixon’s Run for Governor
Bisexual flowers pollinated by newly revived bees, hot older ladies on television, really cool stuff in the UK, and Rojo Caliente tugging at our heartstrings! It’s Sunday Funday!!