LGBTQ Archives

For me, as I began to see the scale of books affected, one thing grew disturbingly clear: all the titles involved diversity and representation, either in the characters featured within (nearly all including leads that were female, people of colour, or LGBTQ+) or in the form of the creator voices involved (again, largely women, people[...]

Supergirl #19 will feature a major step-forward in diversity and representation with the introduction of a new non-binary character to the series.

In a new series of young adult historical fiction novels coming in 2019, Asgardian God of Mischief Loki Laufeyson will be pansexual and gender fluid

Review for Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, Joy San, and Cardinal Rae, coming out from Image next Valentine's Day — perfect for this book of love.

The Exorcist showrunner Jeremy Slater had some choice words for online homophobes decrying the inclusion of a gay kiss in the Fox TV horror series.

Review of Iceman #7 from Marvel Comics by Sina Grace, Robert Gill, Rachelle Rosenberg and VC's Joe Sabino brings the frosty mutant to We-Ho, honey!

When it may have actually helped other LGBTQ people to see someone like them be successful, Spacey chose to remain in the closet for the sake of his career and comfort in the very homophobic environment of Hollywood. No, Kevin Spacey You don't get to use your sexuality as a distraction from sexual assault. You just threw[...]

What a joy to play! https://t.co/d0LZKTHCfL — Tessa Thompson (@TessaThompson_x) October 21, 2017 The news that we will finally see the mythical openly LGBTQ character onscreen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a big deal Kevin Feige has previously promised back in 2015 that we'll see one in the next decade or so, which puts LGBTQ characters[...]

Today is National Coming Out Day: a day of LGBTQ awareness and a celebration of the act of coming out — openly revealing your true romantic, sexual, or gender identity to friends and family This can be done as a form of active resistance to the environment of silence and ignorance that leads to homophobia[...]

The creators need to take the old material and adapt it to current representation and diversity standards, while making sure there are LGBTQ and people of color both on camera and behind the scenes." James Reese and Anthony Grillo are the co-owners of Muscle Geek Physique, a fitness program that provides customized physical training and meal[...]

The ball will kick off the 'NYCC Presents, New York Comic Con' series of events throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn leading up to the New York Comic Con weekend itself at the Javits Center. We The Heroes Ball is again hosted by Fifi Dubois (Miss Nerd New York 2017), and will feature Hazel Tart, Lee VaLone Valore,[...]

The Babadook (a gay icon, remember?) has found love! His boyfriend? None other than the star of horror smash hit 'It', Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

Host of popular drag reality competition RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul Charles, won his second consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Reality Show Host.

Because this coming-out will put your heart through the meat grinder, whether or not you're LGBTQ+ yourself. It's become almost common in comics with LGBTQ+ characters to feature coming-outs that are the blissful ideal Either no one really cares, or everyone takes it in their stride and has no issues, and the character coming out gets[...]

Everyone is saying Thor: Ragnarok will have the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first openly gay character, but frankly, we're dubious.

pic.twitter.com/kCSQBI4CVz — Gareth Roberts 🏁 (@OldRoberts953) September 1, 2017 And of course LGBTQ+ issues will always be dealt with sensitively pic.twitter.com/5I9V8xWEMS — Gareth Roberts 🏁 (@OldRoberts953) September 1, 2017 Aside from his writing credits for Doctor Who, The Librarians, and The Sarah Jane Adventures, Roberts's Twitter also lists himself as a Member of Parliament for Mondas South, as a[...]

A story is making the rounds today speculating that Laura Dern's character in Star Wars: The Last Jedi could be bisexual, or maybe even pansexual.

After all, The Pride is a book about a team of all LGBTQ+ superheroes So I absolutely had to do Flame Con, a LGBTQ+ comic con that just had its third year, held at the Marriott Hotel in Brooklyn. Last year, many of my friends went to Flame Con and had a lot of fun, leaving[...]

 Organized and curated by writer Marc Andreyko (Batwoman, Manhunter) and published jointly by IDW Publishing and DC Comics, the book featured an array of one- and two-page comics intended to mourn those who died, inspire those who live-on in their names, celebrate the entire LGBTQ community, and embrace all facets of love. The over-sized comic would raise[...]

Bleeding Cool's Joe Glass was tapped to be a part of the Diversity in Comics panel at London Super Comic Con — and got a bit more than he bargained for.

The two-day comics, arts, and entertainment expo was created as a way of highlighting creators and celebrities from all corners of the LGBTQ geek pop culture spectrum. Bleeding Cool was lucky enough to make it out to Brooklyn for the event and bring back some of the sights and sounds from the day to give you[...]

Geeks OUT presented the third edition of Flame Con! The World's Largest Queer Comic Con this past weekend at The Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in NYC, highlighting creators and celebrities from all corners of the LGBTQ geek pop culture spectrum And what's a con without some amazing cosplay? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkWuZF23igVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: FlameCon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkWuZF23ig) Bleeding Cool was[...]

The two-day comics, arts, and entertainment expo was created as a way of highlighting creators and celebrities from all corners of the LGBTQ geek pop culture spectrum. Bleeding Cool was lucky enough to make it out to Brooklyn on Saturday to cover the event and be able to share some of the sights and sounds from[...]

Review of Injection #14 by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire, released through Image Comics. There's a new Doctor in town.

Estelle, who voices leader of the Crystal Gems Garnet on the TV show Steven Universe, performed a special rendition of Stronger Than You for the fans

So, for another year, here is the LGBTQ Geek Year in Review panel which discussed the last year of LGBTQ+ representation and stories. Hosted again by P Kristen Enos of Prism Comics, she brought along Diane Anderson-Minshall (editorial director of The Advocate, Plus Magazine and Tiny Living Chic), Nick Adams (director of programs, GLAAD's Transgender Media),[...]

Yes, they use some poor language without thinking, but there is no hate here — it's fear. It was a scene that felt immediately relatable to any reader, whether or not they are also part of the LGBTQ+ community. Then we get to the fight scenes. Art by Alessandro Vitti and Rachelle Rosenberg Vitti's art really shines in this[...]

It really is a worthwhile event and the community bonding is intense. For 2017 they are featuring events that will cover (breath in) academic talks; architecture; meetups; Bifröst Cabaret; board gaming; books; cheese & cheese; comedy; comics; cosplay; crafting; creative writing; dealers' room; DJ sets; engineering; fandoms; fanworks; games design; hackers; history; knitting and yarncraft; LARPing;[...]

The Simpsons SDCC panel revealed that an upcoming episode of the show will feature Future Lisa, and that it might show her in a relationship with a woman.

Justice League of America #10 is probably more important than people realise — it tells a story that reflects the times we live in.