After Decades of Hints, Scooby-Doo’s Velma Is Depicted as a Lesbian

Le Fil has shared the music video for the lead single from his brand new EP, Le Filosophical.

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Flight, is an intimate exploration of complicated family dynamics featuring nuanced portraits of distinct characters. It’s a perfect book for anyone who feels more than a little conflicted about going to visit family for the holidays. With compassion and a deep sense of understanding, Flight explores the nature of belonging, and what it means to truly be part of a community.

A special government commission created to examine the infamous murders of gay men in Australia starting in the late 1970s held its first hearing yesterday.The Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes in New South Wales will examine the 80-plus unsolved deaths from 1976 to 2000 that took place on the picturesque cliffs surrounding Bondi Beach and Manley in NSW. Both areas were popular meeting places for men looking to have sex with other men during the period.In his opening statement to the commission, the senior counsel assisting, Peter Gray, encouraged individuals with knowledge of the crimes to come forward.“If you have had something weighing on your mind for years about these things, now is your chance to do something to make some amends,” Gray said in his statement delivered Wednesday.

Pageant queens Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentin this week announced via their Instagram accounts that they got married Oct. 28 in Puerto Rico. Varela, Miss Argentina 2020, and Valentin, Miss Puerto Rico 2020, said in the post that while they had decided to keep their relationship private, they were choosing to “open the doors on a special day. 28/10/22.”

The holiday season can bring mixed emotions for many, but for some, those feelings aren’t always joyful. To some, this time of year brings feelings of sadness and loss. The pressure to be happy and cheerful can be overwhelming. Brian and Colman sit with licensed professional counselor Jimmy Owen to discuss how to survive the anxiety that often comes with the season.

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(CNN) -- A new power couple has taken the stage.A former Miss Argentina and former Miss Puerto Rico shocked and delighted fans by announcing their surprise marriage on Instagram.Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín met at the 2020 Miss Grand International competition in Thailand, where they represented Argentina and Puerto Rico, respectively. After making it to the pageant top 10, the two beauty queens appeared to remain close friends on social media.

World of Wonder has picked up a second season of Jinkx Monsoon and Liam Krug’s hilarious new series, Sketchy Queens.

Florida’s Republican governor is continuing his assault on the LGBTQ+ community. This time, he’s using a campaign mailer to mock nonbinary people ahead of next week’s elections.The campaign document uses slick disinformation about DeSantis’ Democratic opponent, Charlie Crist, including the claim that President Joe Biden’s student loan plan would force “hard-working Floridians to pay back student loans for degrees like Gender Studies and French Poetry.” HuffPost received the mailer from a person in Fort Lauderdale.

The highly-anticipated queer film My Policeman hits Prime Video on Friday, and The Advocate has a special exclusive featurette with interviews of the cast and creators behind the film. The film, which premiered in theaters last month, currently holds 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. My Policeman toggles between past and present, with pop star Harry Styles as the young Tom Burgess, a Brighton policeman discovering his identity at a time in England when queerness was criminalized and LGBTQ+ people were routinely jailed. Related: Watch Harry Styles in a Queer Love Triangle in 'My Policeman' TrailerThe Crown star Emma Corrin, who is nonbinary, is Tom’s wife Marion while out actor David Dawson stars as Tom’s lover Patrick.

Tom Kirdahy, Broadway producer and husband of the late theater icon Terrence McNally, announced today the creation of the Terrence McNally Foundation, “continuing the legendary playwright’s singular legacy of mentorship and activism.”

GEMMA Collins looked trimmer than ever in a throwback beach clip posted to celebrate her new podcast. The 41-year-old showed off her figure in a swimsuit as she strutted down the beach looking slimmer than ever.

Julie Bowen fell in love with a gay woman who didn’t like her “in that way”. Opening up about her sexuality, the mum-of-three ‘Modern Family’ actress, 52, added she identifies as straight despite being once interested in a female. She told Becca Tilley, 34, on the latest episode of her ‘Quitters’ podcast, released on 1 November: “I’m straight.

Two years after HIV prevention drug PrEP became available on the NHS in England, significant barriers remain for those trying to access it.

In the course of excavating her family history, Letty Cottin Pogrebin examines shame — or shanda, in Yiddish — as a Jewish inheritance, “not because other people or groups don’t feel it,” she writes, “but because it’s coded into the DNA of my family and ABC’s of my faith.” A frank and often amusing tabulation of well-kept family secrets, SHANDA: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy (429 pp., Post Hill Press, $28) tells a story of high-stakes melodrama and surreptitious relations, in which runaway brides, false marriages, lost children and other moral crises abound. But there is more here than mishegas.

Cooper Koch, president of the newly-renamed Multistory Media

Equality Texas officials today (Wednesday, Nov. 1) announced the names of those being honored at the organization’s 4th annual Gala, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 6-9 p.m. at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin.

With less than a week before Election Day and stakes that could not be higher, the race for attorney general in Michigan is surprisingly tight. The race is between the out incumbent Democrat, Dana Nessel, and Republican Matthew DePerno, who famously lost a case as part of the Big Lie election meddling conspiracy leading to the January 6 insurrection.Nessel tells The Advocate the attacks on the LGBTQ+ community this election cycle are opportunistic and have no widespread constituency in the Great Lakes State."[Republicans] get the attention because they have money, and unfortunately because the Republican Party now has become the party of homophobia and transphobia, that [anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric] gets spotlighted a lot," she says.

Gemma Collins has wowed her fans after preforming a cartwheel on a stunning sandy beach abroad. The Towe star has posted a short video in Instagram for her 2.2million followers to see.

Lone Survivor producer Randell Emmett today finds himself once again facing a litany of loathsome allegations, according to a multi-claim discrimination and hostile workplace lawsuit filed by a former personal assistant.

Campus Pride, a nonprofit dedicated to building future leaders and making college and university campuses safer and more welcoming for LGBTQ people, has announced the creation of the Campus Pride Career Connect, a one-stop career engagement portal “creating meaningful, authentic relationships between LGBTQ young adults and prospective employers,” according to a Campus Pride press release.

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, left, and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, right.

The Turtle Creek Fall Arts Festival is back this weekend, Nov. 12-13, at Reverchon Park — just in time for some holiday shopping.

For more than two decades, indie pop stars Tegan and Sara Quin crafted a mystique as the epitome of effortlessly cool. But, as it turns out, even the hip artists behind hits like “Walking With a Ghost,” “Closer,” and “Everything is Awesome” were once awkward teens navigating friendships, first loves, and broken hearts.The duo is featured on the first digital cover of Pride (a sister publication of The Advocate), where they talked about how, just like the rest of us, the Quins struggled through the discovery of their identities — in their case as twins, individuals, and queer women.

A woman has caused a stir in the playground after she invited all but one of her daughter's classmates to her birthday party. The 28-year-old mum was planning her seven-year-old daughter's birthday celebration, and said she did not want to invite one little girl in particular.

A middle school in central Oregon pulled its students from an outdoor educational camp after some parents and students expressed concern over the presence of nonbinary and transgender folks serving as cabin counselors. The camp’s director, however, said they were acting in accordance with the state’s civil rights laws.According to a report in the Central Oregon Daily, Culver Middle School superintendent Stefanie Garber said she made the “no-win” decision to pull all Culver Middle School students from Camp Tamarack in Singer last Monday after some students complained.“More than one of our boys’ cabins expressed that they were uncomfortable to our teacher,” Garber told the Daily.

In reaction to seeing their sunglasses on the faces of members of the Proud Boys who were disrupting a drag fundraising event in North Carolina, the manufacturer has said it will donate money to LGBTQ-friendly causes.Clad in their yellow and black colors, members of the far-right radical white supremacist group donned distinctive sunglasses outside an event in Sanford in images shared on Twitter last Sunday.Protest photographer and astrophysics professor at Elon University Anthony Crider posted a series of photos showing the scene where these men stood to menace patrons and LGBTQ+ supporters.

Why does queering the vote matter now more than ever?Let’s face it, we are tired. The exhaustion is about more than just receiving messages about how our votes matter despite the overwhelming and seemingly insurmountable tactics to suppress our votes and destroy an equitable system of elections.  It's the feelings of disillusionment that come with the knowledge that if you are Black, brown, formerly incarcerated, disabled, and/or identify as LGBTQ+, a vote isn’t going to save you or your community.

Blogging site Tumblr will now allow images of nudity, the company announced Tuesday in conjunction with an update to its community guidelines.“We now welcome a broader range of expression, creativity, and art on Tumblr, including content depicting the human form (yes, that includes the naked human form),” the announcement reads.The site, however, will continue to prohibit “visual depictions of sexually explicit acts,” along with “hate, spam, violent threats, or anything illegal,” the company notes.The decision to allow nudity comes after Tumblr announced in September that it was instituting community labels that let users filter the content they viewed. “It was our first step toward a more open Tumblr,” the Tuesday announcement explains.Tumblr still bans depictions of sex acts because of logistical problems.

When Sam Williams, son of musician Hank Williams Jr. and grandson of country legend Hank Williams, decided to come out in a video, he utilized his new single, “Tilted Crown,” to speak his truth.“I felt like I was promoting invisibility, like I wasn’t being visible and wasn’t being myself,” Williams told Apple Music's Proud Radio With Hunter Kelly.

A compilation of threats sent to Judge Mary Brown, who is presiding over a custody case involving a trans child.

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It’s November and that means Palm Springs Pride is back! And readers of Out Traveler, Out, and The Advocate magazines are personally invited to take part in all the fun while also helping to support the 40th anniversary of the nation’s largest queer film festival with Outfest’s Evening in Palm Springs.This gala fundraising event, hosted by Outfest Board Member Mike Rose and his husband, Ruben Rodriguez, takes place this Friday, November 4, at a private home in Old Las Palmas (address to be delivered with your registration confirmation). The doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets are still available, although you’ll need to act fast.You can learn more or make a donation by visiting the Outfest’s Evening in Palm Springs website.

Dwyane Wade and his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade are not on the same page about their child.

A lesbian couple who went to the European Union’s top court to force Bulgaria to recognise same-sex parents officially said they hope their legal battle brings new rights for families across the continent.

One of the the most memorable scenes in Bros was originally cut, reveals director Nicholas Stoller.

pic.twitter.com/CnL0DzHZwAVelma being a canon lesbian/gay in three separate SD universes is so amazing sheâs just so powerful that she willed it into existence https://t.co/FENrrbYwJbOMG LESBIAN VELMA FINALLY CANON CANON IN THE MOVIES LETS GOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/0ilx2uid1qA viewer added: ‘Velma being a canon lesbian/gay in three separate SD universes is so amazing she’s just so powerful that she willed it into existence.’However, Scooby Doo writer James Gunn and supervising producer Tony Cervone have both previously said that Velma was gay.this my fave scene of her !! pic.twitter.com/V07OfY1nsSIn 2020, James wrote on Twitter: ‘In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script. But the studio just kept watering it down & watering it down, becoming ambiguous (the version shot), then nothing (the released version) & finally having a boyfriend (the sequel).’Alison Hammond 'didn't even notice' being accidentally charged £10,000The Masked Dancer: Candlestick revealed as GBBO star Liam CharlesJimmy Carr 'being sued by own father for defamation' after being estranged for yearsThe same year Tony also said, in a post on Instagram, that ‘Velma in Mystery Incorporated is not bi.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Google is showering Velma with confetti and gay-pride flags after the longtime member of the “Scooby-Doo” crew has officially been confirmed as a lesbian. In a new Easter egg that appeared Wednesday, Google Search queries for “Velma,” “Velma Scooby-Doo” “Velma Dinkley” (the character’s full name) and even “Dinkley” yield a regular search-results page — along with a cascade of multicolored confetti and various LGBTQ flags. The Google Search page then pops up two buttons at the bottom of the page: one to replay the animation, and another to share the search result via Facebook, Twitter or email (along with a trio of gay pride flag icons).

It is official: Mystery Inc. member Velma is revealed to be a lesbian in new clips from the upcoming animated Halloween flick, "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" The classic 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' was co-created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. (Hanna-Barbera Productions) The new clips quickly went viral on social media after depicting Velma as googly-eyed and speechless upon meeting another female character, costume designer Coco Diablo.

Velma Dinkley has been a queer icon ever since, and even before, Linda Cardellini strutted down the stairs in her red latex suit in Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed. That scene was many people’s gay awakening (including mine!) and the franchise’s next instalment will finally see her getting the lesbian storyline she has always deserved.Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! features our girl falling head over heels for Coco Diablo, the head of a notorious crime syndicate.Velma is seen with foggy glasses as she encounters Coco for the first time in the new film.

Velma Dinkley is openly lesbian in the brand new movie ‘Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!’ after years of speculation among fans.

James Gunn‘s attempt 20 years ago was shot down. Clips from the upcoming movie, which hit digital on Tuesday, show Velma, voiced by Kate Micucci, swooning over costume designer Coco Diablo (Myrna Velasco of “DC Super Hero Girls”) — her glasses steam up — and getting an enormous, goofy grin when Coco touches her shoulder.

pulling off their masks at the end of each episode. But now, a new revelation just might be the most seismic in the animated show’s 53-year history. Lead character Velma Dinkley is a lesbian in the new Warner Bros.

The new “Scooby-Doo” movie is finally setting the record straight — so to speak — about the sexuality of one of the beloved cartoon’s key characters.

After decades of speculation surrounding her sexuality, Scooby-Doo's Velma Dinkley has finally been confirmed as lesbian in the latest animated film Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!Clips from the new flick show Velma crushing on a new female love interest named Coco Diablo.The move comes two years after James Gunn, who penned the live-action Scooby-Doo films, revealed he wrote Velma as 'explicitly gay' before it was 'watered down' by the studio and ultimately removed. It's officially canon! Scooby-Doo's Velma Dinkley was finally unveiled as lesbian in the newest Trick or Treat film Velma is shown becoming instantly infatuated by Coco when she first meets the glamorous woman.In the clip, Velma stops in her tracks at the sight of Coco before blushing profusely.

Velma is proudly out!

Ethan Shanfeld Velma is officially a lesbian. Clips from the brand new movie “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!,” which show the Mystery Inc. member googly-eyed and speechless when encountering costume designer Coco Diablo, have gone viral on Twitter, confirming suspicions held by the “Scooby” fan base for decades. “OMG LESBIAN VELMA FINALLY,” reads one tweet, which has over 100,000 likes. It’s long been an open secret among fans and “Scooby-Doo” creatives that Velma is gay. Even James Gunn, who wrote the early live-action films, and Tony Cervone, who served as supervising producer on the “Mystery Incorporated” series, have confirmed the character’s sexuality, but they were never able to make it official onscreen.