New Series, Movie by Gay Directors
Two new offerings, both directed by gay men, are some of the best bets for September watching. The new HBO series, “We Are Who We Are,” about to debut, is directed by Luca Guadagnino, best known for his Osca...
Kevin Hart Questions Lil Nas X on Importance of Coming Out
Lil Nas X talked about homophobia and sexuality on HBO’s The Shop: Uninterrupted, only to be interrupted and interrogated by actor Kevin Hart. When Lil Nas X was asked by the interviewer why he felt it was n...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 9
1. The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a challenge to Mississippi's controversial HB 1523 law, which will go into effect in October. The Republican-backed law permits government employees and businesses to ...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 21
1. Rapper Eminem raised some eyebrows when he revealed in an interview with Vulture that he was playing the field post-divorce and trying online dating — including Grindr, known primarily as a gay hookup app. ...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 4
1. In what’s being called “the most exciting development in the UK HIV epidemic in 20 years,” Public Health England reports HIV diagnoses for gay men in Europe are finally on the decline after years of increase...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 5
1. See what Dustin Lance Black — of the Harvey Milk biopic fame — thinks about new movie "Lion," about an Indian boy separated from his birth family and adopted by a couple in Australia, and the parallels it dr...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 6
1. The Washington Post goes point-by-point on how North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's support of the anti-LGBT HB2 ultimately led to his losing reelection. McCrory conceded to Attorney General Roy Cooper on Monda...
Through the ‘Looking’ glass of short-lived gay HBO series
It was goodbye for now as the cast and crew of HBO’s modern-queer dramedy, “Looking,” stood in the rising San Francisco sun tearfully hugging. Just like in the film’s final scene, “we broke night,” Daniel Franz...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 29
1. The U.S. Navy is set to name a ship after late LGBT rights icon Harvey Milk, a Navy veteran. 2. Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed and sentenced to 35 years in pris...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 19
1. The Republican delegates hoping to strip anti-LGBT language from the party's platform formally gave up on Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention. They did not have the votes to force a f...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, June 29
1. Primary voters in Utah and Colorado on Tuesday selected transgender women (both named Misty) to run for spots in Congress next fall—a first in major-party American political history. 2. A group of gay men...