LGBTQ Archives

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.

When it was first announced that Captain America was getting some big news, some hoped it was that he'd be getting a boyfriend. Unfortunately, it wasn't so.

According to Buzzfeed, The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken will also executive produce, but will not be able to have direct writing involvement in the series due to her commitment to FOX's Empire. The L Word premiered on Showtime in 2004, and over the course of the next five years the show would play a major[...]

Three days ago, We're Still Here was launched on Kickstarter, the first comic book anthology written, drawn, and edited entirely by transgender creators.

Yesterday saw the massive Pride march in London, estimated at drawing a million souls out onto the sun drenched streets of central London. I went out with

Andrew Garfield claims that he's a gay man "without the physical act," because he's been watching RuPaul's Drag Race to get into character.

Prism Comics, an organisation that celebrates and helps LGBTQ+ creators and comics, is establishing this new award for the best of LGBTQ+ representation and diversity within the medium The winners will be announced at the Queer Comics Expo, being held this weekend at the SOMArts Cultural Centre in San Francisco on July 8th. The panel of[...]

Not just the incredibly graphic cover to the comic's fourth issue, revealed recently as part of Image Comics' September solicits, and the intense backlash and upset that it caused, but also at the start of Pride Month in June when the first issue contained a graphic, sexualised depiction of trans panic violence and the again[...]

Well, there's not much Pride Month left for 2017, but ComiXology have the perfect deal to help you celebrate the last few days of LGBTQ+ acceptance, remembrance and excellence with a special Pride sale on various indie LGBTQ books and titles. You have until the end of June to take advantage of this incredible sale, which[...]

Sir Ian McKellen, X-Men's Magneto, is also a little annoyed at the lack of LGBT representation in the incredibly popular superhero movies of today.

So we all know Iceman is gay now. Even Stan Lee does, these days. First Jean Grey read the mind of the young Bobby Drake and outed him to himself that he

Father's Day saw brand new Dad-dating sim game Dream Daddy announced, from the Game Grumps supported creators of Vernon Shaw and Leighton Gray.

It's Pride Month, and we here at Bleeding Cool have covered the discussions, conflicts, and LGBTQ creators and projects that we found inspiring to date But what of the new and rising LGBTQ voices in comics now? Which creators do we think are going to be making waves in the time to come? Well, here a[...]

Pride is a time for the LGBTQ community to stand for their rights, equality, and thoughtful representation, as well as a time to remember the struggles we've gone through to get here — but it's also a time to celebrate the victories, those that brought us here, and the things to be thankful for now. I[...]

Though it should be remembered, Chinese censors have a long history of censoring LGBTQ content in film and TV. Apparently, phallic-symbol blowing twincest androids is just a step too far.   Happy Pride Month everyone! Yup, Chinese censors have removed what was, admittedly, a rather odd part from the recent new addition to the Alien saga, Ridley Scott's[...]

Image has come out with a deeply supportive statement of Howard Chaykin's 'The Divided States of Hysteria', despite widespread accusations of transphobia.

We examine Howard Chaykin's history of including transgender characters in his work, particularly pre-op trans characters, in light of recent controversy