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Xbox Game Studios revealed their plans for their 2021 Pride Month celebrations in which they will honor LGBTQIA+ players The company will be focusing on "intersectionality and lifting up LGBTQIA+ voices across gaming" as well as donating $150K to LGBTQIA+ nonprofits On top of that, they have opened up a number of different initiatives that[...]

Injustice: Gods Among Us 2,, like many other brands, is running a Pride promotion in June - but has this one gone a bit wrong?

As Bleeding Cool teased yesterday, and picked up by Pink News, today's Black Cat #7 confirms plenty of teasing from Jed MacKay in the Black Cat comic

Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat has sometimes been an enemy, love interest, and ally of the superhero Spider-Man. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist

RuPaul's Drag Race has become an international franchise phenomenon with seven international spinoff titles- but is that too much Drag Race?

His art journey led him to the group Geeks OUT, where he sat on the board for 5 years and worked on projects such as Flame Con, the world's largest LGBTQ+ comic and pop culture geek convention, and POWER: An Anthology of Queer Creators, a collection of short comics by 30-plus creators, which he conceived[...]

The Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page took to Instagram to show off his first swim trunks but we can't get past the smile- or the abs.

 The new comic by the all LGBTQ creative team, including writer David M Booher, artist Claudia Balboni, colorist Harry Saxon, and letterer Lucas Gattoni is described by Dark Horse as "a queer take on 1950s Sci-Fi nostalgia". The cover to Killer Queens #1 by Claudia Balboni and Harry Saxon, courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. Here's the official synopsis of Killer[...]

LEGO celebrates true positivity, love, and the power of playing together with their first LGBTQ themed building set The 346 piece set will feature 11 monochrome mini-figures that can be placed on a unique and colorful rainbow backdrop From black to pink, all the colors of the rainbow come to life in block format, giving[...]

What gave? Marvel's Voices: Pride Cover by Luciano Vecchio The cry went out – had Marvel Comics removed Loki? Despite being a gender-fluid character, both in classic Norse mythology and in current Marvel continuity, was there a problem with including Loki on an LGBTQ+ cover? Could this be a conflict with the character's TV series dropping in[...]

I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner is their new debut YA graphic novel, and they have successfully sold it at auction to Harriet Low of HMH. I

In the post below, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) shines a spotlight on McElhenney's two mothers, Helena McElhenney and Mary Taylor, as they share their love story with others. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Image: FX Networks) Here's a look at the post from GLAAD giving McElhenney and Taylor the opportunity to share their story[...]

A trailer has premiered for the upcoming docuseries Pride on FX, and it gives audiences a glimpse at the timeline of LGBTQ+ rights in America Pride will have three episodes premiering on May 14th, with them viewable on FX on Hulu the following day The trailer points out the connection between American history and the accomplishments of[...]

June is of course Pride Month, where the world celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and Marvel will be celebrating as well with some newly announced variant covers for their Star Wars comic book titles  Initially unveiled on their website, these special covers all feature LGBTQ+ characters and are all created by some of comics' best LGBTQ+[...]

In June, Marvel Comics is honouring Pride Month with their comic book celebration of LGBTQ+ characters and creators in their first-ever queer-centered special A cover that reflects all those characters on a homage border – which the central image will be of a new character who is debuting in the comic book in question –[...]

Romanian comic book creator, Simina Popescu has sold her debut graphic novel Leap, to be published by Mekisha Telfer at Roaring Brook in the spring of

YouTube announced today that they have partnered with The Trevor Project for a pair of livestreams to raise money for LGBTQ+ youth These events will go toward raising money and awareness for the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people, both of which[...]

As we have previously noted, it is the 35th Anniversary of the 25th Anniversary of Fantastic Four #1, which launched the Marvel Comics Universe and, in 1986, led to a line-wide look for the comic book publisher for a month, with a 25th-anniversary border of Marvel characters on every cover. And now in June, Marvel Comics will[...]

To go from the beginning of my career in the late 90s when it was nearly impossible to get an LGBTQ character on television to Pose — which will go down in history for having the largest LGBTQ cast of all time — is a truly full-circle moment for me." Hitting the television stage in 2018,[...]

Andrew Wheeler also has a story in The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #1 from Image Comics out next week. Andrew Wheeler, JLQ, DC Comics and What Comes Next DC PRIDE #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A JIM LEE SCOTT WILLIAMS TAMRA BONVILLAIN (W) Various (A) Various (CA) Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Tamra Bonvillain DC celebrates Pride Month with nine[...]

To go from the beginning of my career in the late 90s when it was nearly impossible to get an LGBTQ character on television to Pose — which will go down in history for having the largest LGBTQ cast of all time — is a truly full-circle moment for me." Hitting the television stage in 2018,[...]

To go from the beginning of my career in the late 90s when it was nearly impossible to get an LGBTQ character on television to Pose — which will go down in history for having the largest LGBTQ cast of all time — is a truly full-circle moment for me." Hitting the television stage in 2018,[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool got the word that his Batman's new ally Ghost-Maker would be a bisexual character. Relatively common in Batman's world amongst

Its characters are deeply flawed, and it fits in the current genre of female-oriented dramas like Fleabag, I May Destroy You, or I Hate Suzy. Covers of "Gunjo" vols 1 and 2, IKKI The manga has been critically acclaimed and enjoys a cult reputation in LGBTQ circles Its official English translation can be found here, courtesy of[...]

And now its Star Wars titles are joining in – a franchise not exactly known for its textual LGBTQ representation on the screen, but there is plenty of queer subtext and coding going on throughout And Marvel's Star Wars comic books have gone a lot further than most, especially with the likes of Doctor Aphra. And[...]

Members of the LGBTQ+ community who believed Pope Francis and the Roman Catholic Church were evolving on the position of blessing same-sex marriages were dealt a painful blow On Monday, the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a message approved by Pope Francis stating that the Church cannot bless same-sex marriages no[...]

Throughout the group's journey, they'll discover everyday people from all walks of life who've taken up the mantle of Captain America to defend their communities, beginning with Marvel's newest hero, Aaron Fischer. Marvel Comics Introduces A Gay Captain America For June 2021 Aaron Fischer is described as "the Captain America of the Railways – a fearless teen[...]

A few days ago, Bleeding Cool scooped the word on Marvel Comics publishing a queer-themed anthology, Marvel's Voices: Pride, celebrating LGBTQ+ characters and creators, scheduled for Pride Month Yesterday we learned that DC Comics was following suit with DC Pride #1 And now, Marvel has gone official too, with the daring twist that they have[...]

To go from the beginning of my career in the late 90s when it was nearly impossible to get an LGBTQ character on television to Pose — which will go down in history for having the largest LGBTQ cast of all time — is a truly full-circle moment for me." Hitting the television stage in 2018,[...]

The Marvel Voices comic books aim to feature and spotlight a diverse range of characters from equally diverse creators and has been linked to the #OwnVoices hashtag. And for Pride Month in June, Bleeding Cool has heard that you may be getting a Marvel Voices: Pride volume, celebrating Marvel Comics LGBTQ+ characters and creators. Marvel Comics To[...]