LGBTQ Archives

"The Doctor should be a unifying figure for everyone, including LGBTQ people," said Chibnall, according to our on-the-scene reporters Adi Tantimedh and Amanda Gurall. Stay tuned to Bleeding Cool for more breaking news from the panel. New Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall is holding court at New York Comic Con following a live viewing at the[...]

Emmy Award-winning Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman is offering his thoughts on the long-running debate over Bert and Ernie's sexual orientation.

Taking the stage on Friday, Sunny cast members Charlie Day, Danny DeVito, Rob McElhenney, and Kaitlin Olson addressed the "massive" outbreak of support from LGBTQ viewers to McElhenney's Mac coming out as gay in season 12 – but not before an interesting presentation from the group. The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia cast started off with[...]

HBO has a series order out for Sam Levinson's (The Wizard of Lies) Euphoria, starring Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s Zendaya and from Drake and Future the Prince.

Count on it! Pose has its season finale tonight! About Pose Set in the 1980s, Pose is a dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene. Making television history, Pose features the largest cast of transgender actors[...]

BOOM! Studios announced its schedule for San Diego Comic-Con, and the publisher will be teaming up with advocacy group GLAAD for a panel called Entertainment is LGBTQ Featuring guests such as Emily Andras, Lilah Sturges, Marguerite Bennet, Noah Hayes, and "more," the panel takes place on Thursday, July 19th and will "present an in-depth roundtable[...]

The first MCU black superhero film shattered all kinds of box office records, and the first female-fronted film in the franchise is already one of the most talked-about pre-release titles this side of Infinity War. In a recent interview with The Playlist during the Los Angeles press day for Ant-Man and The Wasp, MCU head honcho Kevin Feige[...]

Leah Remini will star as a conservative lesbian in an untitled pilot for Fox from It's Always Sunny's Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, and Charlie Day

In releasing its sixth annual Studio Responsibility Index, media monitoring organization GLAAD has called on major movie studios to ensure that at least 20% of movies include characters that are LGBTQ by 2021, a blog post on the organization's website reports. That target would see an increase from 12.8%, or 14 of the 109 releases from major studios[...]

Granted, Valve is slowly removing many of the "anti SJW" reviews, but that doesn't solve the problem. Essentially, the takeaway from the Battletech haters is that a small, vocal minority of gamers simply cannot abide by the idea that LGBTQ+ people play video games And that's so beyond absurd, it is actually depressing. credit//Harebrained Schemes Harebrained Schemes have[...]

His own wrestling geared emblazoned with his rainbow Balor Club logo, Balor was flanked by what the announcers described as the New Orleans LGBTQ community, all wearing Balor's 'Balor Club for Everyone' t-shirts Balor released the shirts last week, with a portion of proceeds going to benefit GLAAD. Will the luck of the LGBTQ help Balor[...]

You just can't make some of these up, and today's example is perhaps one of the finest. Chinese game developer CocoBear is thrilled to announce that their

Chalice grapples with what has happened to Morph and her coming out about her transitioning to her friend Darren. Plus, the Alters help get Sharise's son back. Is it a good read?

Break your heart with this emotional ballet performance inspired by Steven Universe, and the character Pearl's powerful song, It's Over, Isn't It?

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[...]