Tag: television

Mere days after we got amped up on Pose season two teaser trailers, FX has dropped the first full trailer. The hit show will jump ahead five years to 1990, finding Blanca, Electra and company seeing the drag ball scene go mainstream, courtesy of a certain pop song by Madonna. The AIDS crisis also rages on, with a lack of research and government action dooming thousands to suffering and death. As house mother of Evangelista, Blanca has to face a changing culture and her own...

Queer activist and writer Lena Waithe got more than she bargained for during a stint as guest host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! when Halle Berry showed up to give her a smacking wet kiss. Waithe, known as an actress for roles in Ready Player One and Master of None, and who created the series The Chi for Showtime, delivered an opening monologue talking about growing up on the south side of Chicago, and her ambitions to go into showbiz. About halfway through, she turned...

Nearly matching the speculation around who will take home the grand prize in each iteration of the RuPaul‘s Drag Race franchise, fans have turned the educated guessing game of who will be cast next into something of a sport. And now an announcement from a season ten standout has people certain she’ll appear on season five of Drag Race All Stars. In a video upload to Instagram, Maxwell Heller, better known as Miz Cracker, said she’s had to cancel her upcoming summer shows in...

Continuing its campaign for most draconian, antiquated state in the union, Alabama Public Television has refused to run an episode of the children’s show Arthur that depicts the title character’s teacher marrying another man. The news came this week, just after Alabama passed a complete ban on abortion rights in the state. Mike McKenzie, a spokesperson for APT, told NBC “Parents have trusted Alabama Public Television for more than 50 years to provide children’s programs that entertain, educate, and inspire. More...

Pose returns for its much anticipated second season June 11, and parent network FX just teased the big new storyline. Season 2 of the hit show jumps ahead five years to 1990, finding Blanca, Electra and company seeing the drag ball scene go mainstream, courtesy of a certain pop song by Madonna. The AIDS crisis also rages on, with a lack of research and government action dooming thousands to suffering and death. As house mother of Evangelista, Blanca has to...

A streaming giant is giving a reboot star his own spinoff reality competition. Welcome to the future. Well, not exactly a spinoff per se, but it may as well be. Queer Eye fashion guru Tan France will carry over his style expertise from the makeover hit as the host of a new show called Next in Fashion. The competition will pit designers against one another in challenges centered on world fashion trends. Please let there be a croc charm challenge. Joining France as a cohost...

One brave teen decided to take the plunge live on national TV on Tuesday night. Coming out to friends and family can be one of the hardest decisions LGBT people ever have to face, but one 16-year-old boy has provided a welcome source of inspiration for others after deciding to take the plunge live on national television. Eighty 16 to 22-year-olds were been invited to share their views as part of BBC Newsbeat’s Generation Misunderstood? programme, which aired on the BBC...

'It was before 'Will & Grace,' before Ellen came out, it's before any of that stuff' Ryan Phillippe was just a teenager himself back in the early 1990s when he played gay teenager Billy Douglas on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. It was the actor’s first acting gig and one that 25 years later he’s proud to have on his resume. ‘There had never been a gay teenager portrayed on television at that point,’ tells the actor, now...

Latest LGBT+ will broadcast news and entertainment. Early next month, the UK will get its first LGBT-centric broadcast television channel. Latest LGBT+ TV will spotlight LGBT news, culture and entertainment when it starts hitting airwaves in February. Though its broadcast will initially be limited to the Greater Brighton area, its content will be available online globally. The channel will be fronted by Sophie Cook, who became the first transgender person to lead a news program in Europe. In addition to hosting various specials,...