LGBTQ Archives

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[...]

Redemption takes a different turn into Science Fiction, Spaghetti Western, Mad Max-style post-apocalypse dystopias, and outright LGBTQ feminist polemic The bad guys are redeemably venal and fascistic men who oppress women The good guys are women The Gunslinger with No Name is drawn to look cheekily like Linda Hamilton as you might imagine her action[...]

A month ago, Bleeding Cool mentioned what was coming with Alan Scott, the first Green Lantern of the DC Comics universe. Which is basically, what's been

The actor continued by giving examples of the show's past LGBTQ+ representation, saying, "I was the first openly gay actor playing a character like Captain Jack, who we called omnisexual He didn't care who he slept with really, and he was unapologetic about his sexuality We have had LGBTQ+ representation on the TARDIS During Peter[...]

Supergirl star Azie Tesfai discusses writing for the series, representation, working with David Ramsey, and what Kelly Olsen's future holds.

This week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race tests the queens' improv abilities in various segments of "The Bossy Rossy Show: After Dark".

Then, very shortly after the article was published, and the FOC pushed back to the end of the month, the DC website posted the following; Bestselling Author Kody Keplinger and Artist Sara Kipin Present a Gothic LGBTQIA+ Romance Starring DC's Iconic Antihero Poison Ivy: Thorns Graphic Novel Note that calling Poison Ivy an anti-hero rather than a villain[...]

Joe Glass, former reporter for Bleeding Cool and creator of The Pride, currently being collected by Dark Horse, talks about his new project, Miracles, on

We're back to take a look at how the 13th season of RuPaul's Drag Race is going- and we're not too thrilled with how this week turned out.