A Gay Icon From Reality TV’s Early Years Makes a Hesitant Return

How I Learned to Drive has had a long and successful history ever since it opened off-Broadway at New York's Vineyard Theatre in 1997. The play, which is about incest and sexual assault, is at once a cri de coeur, a comedy of manners and a bit of a therapy session. Its original cast starred Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse and Johanna Day and was directed by Mark Brokaw.

Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers is having a much-deserved breakout moment onscreen, thanks to back-to-back roles in and  -- two projects that let the comedian shine as very funny, very different characters.“I’m really proud of the fact that I was able to show versatility,” he tells ET about playing an ambitious employee at a home shopping channel named Darcy on the Showtime comedy and the messy, drunk friend Luke in the Hulu film. In the former, co-created by and starring Vanessa Bayer, Rogers loves being able to subvert the archetype of the “gay assistant.” “I love that the character and the script we’re aware of the trope and how it’s played out,” he says, explaining that Darcy “comes in, wearing designer garments and is very concerned with the fact that you call him the senior associate and not the assistant. And I thought, ‘OK, we’re already off to a very self-aware start with the character.'«While Darcy, who very much keeps SVN in working order for CEO Patricia Cochran (an Emmy-worthy Jenifer Lewis), brings the laughs, he’s not just there to be the butt of some laugh-out-loud moment.

SPLC’s website. “Nearly 7 in 10 Republicans surveyed agree to at least some extent that demographic changes in the United States are deliberately driven by liberal and progressive politicians attempting to gain political power by ‘replacing more conservative white voters.’”“We also uncovered a widespread feeling — especially among right-leaning Americans — that transgender people and ‘gender ideology’ pose a threat to children and society at large,” the article continues.

Zack Sharf Lynda Carter proved her superhero powers in real life after using social media to shut down a homophobic user claiming Wonder Woman “is not for gays.” Carter starred as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman for three seasons of the eponymous superhero TV series, which aired on ABC and CBS between 1976 and 1979. The actor marked the start of Pride Month by sharing fan art of Wonder Woman in front of rainbow colors and writing, “Happy Pride! So excited to celebrate with all my LGBTQIA+ friends and fans.”“Wonder Woman IS NOT A SUPER HERO FOR GAYS,” one Twitter user wrote to Carter, who fired back with the following statement: “You’re right.

Caitlyn Jenner went on Hannity last night to once again blast transgender athletes and attack swimmer Lia Thomas’ recent Good Morning America interview.Jenner, who really needs to get a new hobby, said Thomas’ interview focused on how much happier she is since transitioning, a happiness which Jenner credits not to Thomas living her truth but instead to her winning medals “at the expense of the other female athletes.”Related: Caitlyn Jenner retweets transphobic tweet aimed at trans athletesFellow guest speaker and Fox News shill Tammy Bruce then made the discussion about Thomas herself, stating that “it is about character; it’s about selfishness, it’s about self-indulgence, it’s about narcissism.”Jenner had begun the segment by saying that the “fault” of the situation was with the NCAA and not Thomas, but immediately switched to agreeing with Bruce’s wholly negative assessment of Thomas’ character the second it was brought into question.Related: Caitlyn Jenner just said another really stupid thing and we can’t even with her anymoreThings went even further off the rails when Jenner insisted that she herself still has an advantage in golf after seven years of transitioning and would never compete in women’s golf, and that Thomas “has a lot left over” though having undergone hormone replacement therapy for over the NCAA’s one year requirement.For the record: Jenner herself competed in an LPGA tournament just a year after beginning her transition, but who keeps track of things like that?Jenner went on a long Twitter tirade against Lia Thomas and trans athletes on Wednesday–the first day of Pride month–as a continuation of her appearance on Fox & Friends that same day.The woke world we are living in today is what has allowed

Cara Delevingne added a splash of color to her ensemble with a rainbow mask while she walked through John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Thursday.The mask may have been to celebrateLGBT Pride Month which is June.The actress, 29, added a black hooded sweatshirt, matching sweatpants and a pair of black shoes.

Chrishell Stause is celebrating her first Pride month since striking up her romance with nonbinary singer G Filp.The 40-year-old Selling Sunset bombshell flaunted her figure by slipping into a skintight orange dress for a dance video.She rang in the festivities by joyfully gyrating to the Lizzo song About Damn Time in a video she posted to her Instagram page. Having a ball:Chrishell Stause is celebrating her first Pride month since striking up her romance with nonbinary singer G FilpAvoiding any confusion about the message behind her post, she gave the video a rainbow border and gushed in the caption: '#HappyPrideMonth.'GFlip, whose Christian name is Georgia Claire Flipo, went public with Chrishell about a month ago when they were both seen stepping out together in Los Angeles.

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin's six-year-old son Rafael picked out a new arm cast in rainbow colors on Thursday.The 38-year-old yoga instructor took to her Instagram Story to share a cute photo of Rafael - who broke his arm when playing in a park in New York in April - as he showed off his colorful cast.'He chose [rainbow emoji],' the former Mom Brain podcast host wrote on the image. Colorful:Alec and Hilaria Baldwin's six-year-old son Rafael picked out a new arm cast in rainbow colors on Thursday Proud mom:The 38-year-old yoga instructor took to her Instagram Story to share a cute photo of RafaelShe continued, 'Love that it coincides with pride month, but tbh, every month for us is pride month....because it's just a way of normal life.

The showstopping cast of Drag Race France has finally been unveiled ahead of its series premiere this month.

Marion Star.Speaking to the River Valley class of 2022, McGuire, the owner of a local manufacturing company called J.L. McGuire and Associates, told them, "Choose a spouse, I suggest.

Billy Porter can do it all. But now the gay actor-singer-author-philanthropist-musical theater legend adds one more skill to his repertoire: Feature film directing.Porter’s directorial debut comes in the form of Anything’s Possible, described as a “delightfully modern Gen Z coming-of-age story” that follows trans high school student Kelsa (newcomer Eva Reign) through her senior year.

Meet Queer Arts Featured (Queer AF), the team working to bring life, art, and community back to the historic site of Harvey Milk's Castro Camera shop.This week's Out in the Bay Queer Radio & Podcast episode was recorded at 575 Castro Street in San Francisco. To a generation of San Franciscans, this was Milk's place.

The Advocate’s Christopher Harrity wrote in 2016. “On advice, Reagan promptly fired all the men involved. Reagan trotted out the standard ‘abomination in the eyes of the lord’ tropes.

From the current Cartier exhibit, which remains open today after someone broke into the Dallas Museum of Art after hours on June 1.

Michael R. Jackson has a lot to be proud of. His musical “A Strange Loop” leads the Broadway awards-season race with 11 Tony nominations and stands poised to net the top musical trophy plus several others for him and his collaborators.

Ruth Chigowe leaves behind a one-year-old daughter

Orbital Assembly Corporation recently announced plans for the first habitable and privately-owned space facilities in orbit around the Earth, and the California-based company says its revolutionary design will ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for visitors. Their giant rotating ring design will even produce gravity, meaning no need for zero-gravity harnesses to aid in coupling with your partner while onboard.  The new Pioneer Station will house up to 28 people in five customizable pods configured on the ring of the station.

Queer identities have long been placed into a stereotypical box in entertainment, particularly on television. And if we did happen to get LGBTQIA+ characters that were nuanced, layered, and multi-dimensional, they most often were not Black.

Since coming out in 2016, Colton Haynes has spoken many times about being pushed back into the closet at the start of his career. But in his new memoir, Miss Memory Lane, he writes specifically about the infamous gay photoshoot that it almost got him passed over for his breakout Teen Wolf role.Colton’s manager at the time reportedly said to him, “Look what almost happened, Colton.

Wonder Woman actress, sparked a debate online after she tweeted about the superhero's LGBTQ origins.On Wednesday, which marked the start of Pride Month, Carter, who previously played Wonder Woman in the 1970s television series, posted a photo of the superhero surrounded by rainbow colors."Happy Pride! So excited to celebrate with all my LGBTQIA+ friends and fans.

A new study from The Bottle Club has ranked Street 66 among the top 12 LGBTQ+ bars in the UK, a miraculous achievement for the establishment seen as it’s housed in Dublin. Venues were evaluated using online resources such as Hotels.com, DesignMyNight.com, Yelp and even Google Maps, although we’re not sure that the latter was […]

RRR (“Rise Roar Revolt”).The Telugu-language epic from Baahubali director S. S.

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Lil Nas X is calling out the BET Awards for their lack of support of «Black excellence.» After the network announced the nominations for this year's awards on Wednesday morning, the  artist took to Twitter to vent his frustrations about being snubbed by the show for the second year in a row — and on the first day of Pride Month and Black Music Month, too.«Thank you, BET Awards. An outstanding zero nominations again,» the 23-year-old sarcastically wrote in a now-deleted tweet.

Swimmer Lia Thomas has unfortunately been at the centre of a debate involving transgender athletes participating in NCAA sports. In March 2022, Thomas made history as the first transgender swimmer to win a major US NCAA title. The competition was a major turning point in the controversy as many were not recognizing her win. This […]

For decades, Cassie Nova has entertained crowds in the world-famous Rose Room in Dallas, but the path to finding herself was one filled with self-loathing and fear. Deciding to never come out and being resistant to drag left Cassie (James) with little more than a pull-out couch. But finding community among her drag sisters and the love of adoring fans, Cassie now stands tall in Dallas as a symbol of Pride.

Celebrating love! Lisa Vanderpump, Carson Kressley and more stars are going all out for Pride this year.

Earlier this week we tried to decipher Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s predictions about government surveillance, Bill Gates and cheeseburgers.

discovery+ is coming out of the closet with Always Proud, gifting us more content to throw fabulous streaming parties besides Drag Race, Housewives, and stressful elections.It is well known that the gays love quantity and quality in more places than Grindr and the gym, so the streaming service’s three wonderful new series–Trixie Motel, Generation Drag & The Book of Queer–should satisfy all your content cravings. And speaking of hookups, get ready to discover convenience because you can watch an episode on your way to one with their app and satisfy multiple urges, and you can help discovery+ support The Trevor Project by texting PRIDE to 707070 to donate.What a wonderful time to be alive and streaming this Pride season. But wait, there’s more. 1. Drag Favorite Trixie Mattel What’s better than a drag show? Drag in reality TV! We love to see All Stars Season 4 winner Trixie Mattel thriving and opening her new hot pink motel in none other than queer paradise Palm Springs.

Welcome to our first-ever month-long Hot Hollywood Pride Celebration with Sponsor Saks OFF 5TH.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOrville Peck grew up in South Africa before moving to Toronto with his family when he was 15. A theater kid and a trained ballet dancer, he eventually headed to London and appeared in a play in the West End. But his acting career was short-lived because his true passion was making music — country music.“All I ever wanted to do was be a country singer,” Peck says.

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorFinding LGBTQ actors to cast in the new history docuseries “The Book of Queer” wasn’t that difficult.No, producers didn’t ask the actors about their sexuality.“If you’re casting for a show called ‘Book of Queer,’ and you’re saying in the audition process, ‘Is there any particular reason you want to be on this show?,’ they’re going to tell us,” series creator Eric Cervini tells me. “Of course, we weren’t discriminating, but it was kind of self-selecting.’”The five-episode “Book of Queer,” which premieres Thursday on Discovery+, features multiple stories about queer history and queer individuals, including Greek poet Sappho, Alexander the Great, King James, Joan of Arc, Akhenaten, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Alan Turning, Josephine Baker, Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk, Marsha P.

Pride Month. Every year throughout June, people around the United States commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. Throughout the month there are events, marches, parades, parties, and festivals, recognizing the repressive legal and social period for LGBTQI+ while celebrating the movement with pride.

Fort Collins Pride, July 15-16About an hour’s drive north of Denver near the Wyoming border, the city of Fort Collins is rife with college energy, breweries, culture, live music, and open-minded appeal no matter when you visit, but the place especially knows how to get down for Pride. “Pride is not an event but rather a season around northern Colorado,” says NoCo Safespace founder Kimberly Chambers, who also oversees SPLASH Youth, Northern Colorado Equality, and helps coordinate NoCoPride.Festivities are afoot in FoCo and NoCo (as locals abbreviate the region) throughout the summer in the form of Pride bike rides, concerts, drag brunches, and glitter shows. There will be Monday Mingle Pride sober meetings and a SPLASH Youth Pride week for children and families July 10-16.

Montero in September 2021, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums, and two of its singles — “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and “Industry Baby” — topped the Billboard Hot 100.

A post shared by Tom Daley (@tomdaley) Or course, away from the pool, Daley has hit the news for many other reasons.In March 2013, he met his future husband, Dustin Lance Black, at a dinner event in Los Angeles. Daley was 18 and Black 38.

Gemma Collins has wowed fans as she showed off how she will be celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in her £1.35m Essex Mansion. The self-proclaimed Queen of Essex, 41, told her 2.2 million followers that she "loved" the Queen and is "so patriotic" as she gave them a tour around her home. Beginning the tour, she addressed her subjects, saying: "Good morning my loyal subjects, royal subjects...

Former White House propagandist Kellyanne Conway was reportedly paid several million dollars to write her memoir, “Alternative Facts” “Here’s the Deal”, which was published by Threshold Editions, a sub imprint at Simon & Schuster, last week. Unfortunately for the publisher, however, the investment doesn’t appear to have paid off.Conway’s book sold just 25,000 copies in its first week, according to NPD Book Scan.

A year into the COVID pandemic, out director Andrew Ahn received the script for Joel Kim Booster’s “Fire Island” and knew almost immediately he needed to make it.

It’s June! The month we celebrate queer rights, when the air gets heated and the blood does too.

As part of its Come as You Are Festival, the Atlanta Opera is presenting two exciting new works likely to be embraced by the LGBTQ community: “Cabaret” and the transgender themed “As One.”

New York City’s main bus terminal will no longer use plainclothes officers to conduct sting operations targeting gay men in their terminal’s public bathrooms.As the result of a legal settlement entered into federal court on Tuesday and announced yesterday, the police department for the Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey (PAPD) agreed to cease plainclothes patrols of bathrooms for lewdness or exposure, institute new LGBTQ+ sensitivity training, improve the civilian complain and officer discipline process, and designate a single-stall gender-neutral restroom at the main terminal.The case was brought by Cornell Holden and Miguel Mejia, who were represented by The Legal Aid Society and Winston & Strawn LLP. The two men said they were falsely arrested for public lewdness at the main terminal’s public restrooms in 2014.

South Florida Gay News.“I wanna see you get smoked so bad and you’re going to too,” a man said during the two-minute message, which included threats and several homophobic slurs.“I’m not afraid of you homosexuals,” he said, reports the outlet. “It disgusts me. Pervert!”The assemblyman has given the tape to local authorities.“This is the reality of what the race is and he is just the one who is willing to say it,” Constant said.

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ABOVE: This is why Lynda Carter is > than all of Charlie's Angels put together.

Now that Pride Month has begun, you know what that means: Brands are adding rainbows to their Twitter avatars to celebrate!While we always appreciate the show of support, we also know that, just because a company wants us to know they support the queers, it doesn’t mean they always have our best interests at heart. (But, truly, a big thank you to all of the corporations and organizations who actually put their money where their mouth is in that respect!)Still, we can’t resist making note of these seasonal adjustments every year.

GRAFTON, Vt. — When you cross into Vermont from New York, the road opens up and the Green Mountains emerge. Make it to Grafton (population: 645), and your cell service largely evaporates.