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History made with first LGBT kiss at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

sudshr47 November 23, 2018

The coldest Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on record had the most heartwarming of moments.

In a historic first at the world-famous Thanksgiving parade in New York City, the two lead actresses of the new Broadway musical “The Prom” kissed. The smooch between Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle McCalla was nationally broadcast and occurred during the Broadway show’s musical number in the 92nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

“The Prom” debuted on Broadway in October and is currently running at the Longacre Theatre in New York. The show is a story about two teenagers, Emma and her girlfriend Alyssa — played by Kinnunen and McCalla, respectively — living in small-town Indiana. The two high school students want to go to their prom together, but the school’s parent-teacher association cancels the dance altogether once they find out. Read more…

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As Taiwan prepares to vote on LGBTQ issues, a homophobic group is running ads before kids videos on YouTube

sudshr47 November 22, 2018

This Saturday, several issues related to LGBTQ equality, including marriage, are up for referendum in Taiwan’s mid-term elections. A little more than a year after the country’s top court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, the LGBTQ community is once again fighting for their rights due to efforts by anti-gay groups. The battle has reached […]

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GLAAD reports a record-shattering year for LGBTQ people on TV

sudshr47 October 25, 2018

Between the transgender military ban and an HHS memo seeking to define “transgender out of existence,” it’s been a painful, difficult year for the LGBTQ community.

There are nonetheless brighter signs — and in a medium everyone loves to hate — television.

A new GLAAD report analyzing LGBTQ representation in television finds a “record high percentage of LGBTQ characters on broadcast TV” in 2018. Before Trump was elected, this is what we used to call “good news.”

GLAAD measures LGBTQ representation across broadcast, streaming, and cable television. According to the report, a record high 8.8 percent of all regularly occurring characters on broadcast television in 2018 are LGBTQ series regulars. In 2017, that number stood at 6.4 percent, then a record high. Read more…

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Cate Blanchett defends straight actors playing LGBTQ roles

sudshr47 October 22, 2018

Hollywood has a long history of straight actors playing LGBTQ roles, and it’s something Cate Blanchett has defended.

The Australian actress played a lesbian woman in 2015 film Carol, and according to the Hollywood Reporter, she had never been asked about her sexuality until she played an LGBTQ character.

Blanchett disagrees with the notion that an actor should have lived the experience of the character they play, saying that it defies the whole point of acting.

“It also speaks to something that I’m quite passionate about in storytelling generally, but in film specifically, is that film can be quite a literal medium,” she said at the Rome Film Festival. Read more…

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Two ‘Bachelor: Vietnam’ contestants who fell in love on the show are now a couple

sudshr47 October 15, 2018

When two contestants on The Bachelor: Vietnam fell in love and wanted to run away from the show together last month, there wasn’t really a happily ever after — one contestant returned to the show.

But maybe now, they’ve found it.

In an interview with NextShark, the show’s producer Anh Tran said the contestants, Minh Thu and Truc Nhu, are now a couple.

“They left the show and have been together since. We delivered on our promise that two people would find love,” Tran told the publication.

In a clip that went viral, contestant Minh Thu was left without a rose from the show’s Bachelor, Quoc Trung. Read more…

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LGBTQ youth need a proper sex education, too

sudshr47 October 11, 2018

The internet has changed how kids learn about sex, but sex ed in the classroom still sucks. In Sex Ed 2.0, Mashable explores the state of sex ed and imagines a future where digital innovations are used to teach consent, sex positivity, respect, and r…

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Gender-fluid clothing is revolutionary – if only it were more affordable.

sudshr47 September 25, 2018

A shopping trip to a mainstream clothing store is usually a fun and relaxing way to spend a day out. But for people like Tatyana Bellamy-Walker, who is gender fluid, a “normal” shopping spree can turn into a total nightmare.

“Sometimes it feels like you’re put in a dangerous position,” Walker said. “It feels like everyone is judging you if you’re in a section you don’t look like you’re supposed to be in.”

Thankfully, shopping opportunities for non-binary people — or really anyone with a genderqueer presentation — have grown over the years. If only more people could afford it.

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‘Sesame Street’ writer thinks of Bert and Ernie as a ‘loving couple’

sudshr47 September 18, 2018

The queer fan community have long known that Bert and Ernie were gay Muppets. It’s just taken a little bit longer for the rest of the world to catch up.

In an interview with Queerty, one of Sesame Street‘s original writers, Mark Saltzman, finally confirmed the rumors. According to Saltzman, Bert and Ernie aren’t just gay. He thinks of them as a “loving couple.”

“I remember one time that a column from The San Francisco Chronicle, a preschooler in the city turned to mom and asked ‘are Bert & Ernie lovers?'” Saltzman told Queerty. “And that got passed around, and everyone had their chuckle and went back to it. And I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert & Ernie, they were. I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them. The other thing was, more than one person referred to Arnie [Saltzman’s partner at the time] & I as “Bert & Ernie.” Read more…

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This Instagram account’s ode to queer women’s fashion is nostalgia at its gayest

sudshr47 September 18, 2018

This is Ode To…, a weekly column where we share the stuff we’re really into in hopes that you’ll be really into it, too.
It used to be that lesbians had the worst possible reputation when it came to fashion. Think: oversize flannels, endangered ani…

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LGBTQ gamers are rejoicing about the pride flags in ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’

sudshr47 September 11, 2018

Your LGBTQ-friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has just landed some major points with the queer community.

In the recently released video game Marvel’s Spider-Man, the player gets to swing Peter Parker around modern-day New York City using his super sticky web. It’s during these free roaming sessions where the player might encounter an LGBTQ easter egg in the form of a pride flag.

Fans of the game have taken screenshots and have reacted positively to the rainbow flags and murals scattered throughout game’s open world.

Yeah, Spider-Man is pretty damn cool#PS4share #Pride pic.twitter.com/ym84MSl63Y

— Chauncey Billions (@MrHowie96) September 11, 2018 Read more…

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OkCupid now has a dedicated space for preferred pronouns

sudshr47 September 11, 2018

Personal pronouns are important as they play a vital part in acknowledging and respecting people’s right to identify however they choose.

That’s why it’s a huge step in the right direction that dating app OkCupid now allows users to display their pronouns prominently in a dedicated space on their profiles.

Before, users had to write their pronouns in their bio to avoid misgendering, since the profile template had no designated pronoun space. Now, pronouns can appear right at the top along with other basic information. Read more…

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