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boom* there’s your happy ending.But, as we well know, when it comes to queer love stories, things are often anything but conventional.That’s certainly the case in the upcoming Revry original dramedy Unconventional, which follows a pair of thirty-something queer siblings who have each begun to settle into lives with their significant others, but are starting to realize they might want more than the traditional happy ending.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Created by and starring Kit Williamson, the series is described as a “spiritual successor” to his Emmy-nominated web series EastSiders, which premiered via Logo TV and later streamed via Netflix.Whereas that series explored modern life & love in the Silver Lake neighborhood of east Los Angeles, Unconventional goes even further east to the historic gay community of Palm Springs and the high desert of Joshua Tree.It’s there that we find millennial PhD student Noah Guillory (Williamson) living with his husband of 10 years, Dan (High Tide‘s James Bland). The two seem to have everything going for them—including an enviable desert home and a plan to adopt—but it’s clear that, after a decade of wedded bliss, both are questioning what they want out of their lives… especially after the experiment with opening things up to a third.Meanwhile, Noah is the sperm donor to his sister Margot’s (Nashville‘s Aubrey Shea) wife Eliza (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Briana Venskus).

ripping the New York Knicks at the NBA Draft and being our nation’s unabashed meme king. In recent months, the fast-talking sports pundit has been a regular presence on the political TV circuit, from Fox News’ Sean Hannity to Real Time with Bill Maher.Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!While Smith obviously loves attention–the First Take host is a ubiquitous presence on ESPN and works pretty much every day from the start of the NFL season in September through the end of the NBA playoffs in June–there seems to be a method behind his recent publicity blitz.

Antoni Porowski is a rebel with a cause as he channeled the late Hollywood icon in a new fashion campaign.While the Netflix hunk was chosen to be the ambassador for a new line of James Dean sunglasses by the luxury eyewear brand Renauld, he also opened up about his secret infatuation with the smoldering late Hollywood icon.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Antoni was not only was a fan, but prior to becoming known for his bicep baring looks on Queer Eye, he tried to emulate Dean’s legendary badboy ’50s style.“I remember my obsession with learning as much as I could about his journey, his life and his creative pursuits,” the 40-year-old said in the campaign video. “I used to style my hair like him.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor “Night Stage,” the gay erotic thriller by Brazil’s Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon, has been acquired by German distributor Salzgeber, which will release the film in Germany and Austria. The film will world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama sidebar next week. M-Appeal is handling international sales for the film, and has released the international trailer.

Determined to melt queer hearts all over the world through his numerous performances, Jonathan Bailey won’t even let us catch our breath judging by the first glimpse at his latest feat, Jurassic World Rebirth.

Donald Trump signed his latest trans-bashing executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," barring transgender women and girls from competing in female sports. His administration claims the order aligns with Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs and extends federal oversight into private sector policies.This latest action is part of a political dog-whistle campaign targeting transgender rights.

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Donald Trump's anti-transgender executive orders.Since beginning his second term, Trump has taken steps to unravel protections for transgender people, signing an executive order on his first day in office declaring that there are "only two genders, male and female."In another executive order, Trump said the United States would no longer "fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called 'transition' of a child from one sex to another" and would seek to cut off funding to Medicare, Medicaid and hospitals that provided or promoted such care. He has also barred transgender people from serving in the armed forces and transgender student-athletes from playing on teams corresponding with their gender identity.The orders from Trump have created a dilemma for states with a progressive agenda, like California, that have legislated to protect transgender identity.

Netflix‘s Orange Is The New Black, Laverne Cox is finally—finally!—getting the star vehicle she’s long deserved in Amazon Prime Video’s Clean Slate.In it, she plays Desiree, a New York City gallerist who, after a few bumps in the road, decides to head back to her quaint Alabama hometown and try to make things right with her well-meaning but long-estranged father, Harry (legendary comic George Wallace.)By design,Cox’s series has all the hallmarks of a classic TV sitcom, from the eclectic cast of supporting characters, to the charming theme song, right on down to the fact that it boasts the late, great Norman Lear among its executive producers.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.And, like many of the iconic shows created by Lear over the decades—from All in The Family to Sanford And Son to The Jeffersons—Clean Slate uses the comforting familiarity of those sitcom trappings to subtly yet radically push the social conversation forward.Because, at a time when our administration is actively trying to erase trans and nonbinary people from the narrative, the very existence of a series like Clean Slate (on a global platform like Amazon, no less) is nothing short of a miracle.With that in mind, Cox’s new show aims to appeal to both queer audiences (who will surely relate to the way Desiree has to navigate a place that no longer feels like “home”) and the broader mainstream, hoping to change hearts and minds in the process. That it does so through humor and human connection—as opposed to force-feeding viewers “teachable moments”—makes it all the more effective.