Pandemic pump

Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane and Bowen Yang join A24’s new musical comedy.

A record-high number of LGBTQI characters were seen in regular and recurring roles on US TV in 2021-2022, a new report from GLAAD has revealed.GLAAD’s Where We Are on TV report analysed primetime scripted series regulars and recurring characters on broadcast networks, cable networks and streaming services for the 2021-2022 TV season.“The growing state of LGBTQ representation on television is a signal that Hollywood is truly starting to recognize the power of telling LGBTQ stories that audiences around the world connect with,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis in a statement. GLAAD said that while there were series with multiple LGBTQI characters like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, All American, Legends of Tomorrow, Station 19, Grey’s Anatomy, Batwoman and Sex Education, there was no primetime broadcast series with majority LGBTQI characters.Stills from Pose (left) & Sex Education (right).GLAAD recorded 637 LGBTQ characters on these platforms. Streaming services led the list with 358 LGBTQ characters, which included 245 LGBTQ series regulars and 113 LGBTQ recurring characters. There were 141 LGBTQI characters on scripted broadcast primetime programming, including 92 regular and 49 recurring characters.

3 min read With fears of a full-on Russian invasion of Ukraine growing every day, Oksana Solonska from KyivPride speaks with Matt Fistonich about what it’s like being LGBTQ+ in Ukraine, what effects a Russian takeover could have, and how Kiwis can help queer Ukrainians amid this geopolitical crisis.

< 1 min read Multiple episodes of the hit television series Friends have been removed or censored by Chinese streaming services due to LGBTQ+ characters and storylines.

Andrew Garfield said he’ll compete on Strictly Come Dancing if he wins at the upcoming Oscars.

America Chavez is about to break into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel’s number one lesbian superhero, America Chavez has long been a fan favorite in the comics, and it’s about time we get to know her on the big screen. Soon we’ll get that chance as she appears in the upcoming film “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” coming out May 6.

Brian Kennedy debuts his new podcast, Falling Out, today. Episode 1 features Sarah Stillwell, LPC, discussing why LGBTQIA+ mental health matters.

Jasmine Kennedie has come out as transgender.

Drag Race star Jasmine Kennedie came out as transgender during the latest Untucked.

Pride Amsterdam dit jaar meneacute;t 25e Canal Parade Het bestuur van Stichting Pride Amsterdam heeft gisteravond groen licht gegeven om aankomende zomer weer een complete Pride-week te organiseren, inclusief botenparade.

Spoilers ahead.

Ex-Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who is suing the National Football League for discrimination in its hiring practices, has landed another NFL job.

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on screens for the ITV show Saturday Night Takeaway - and they've certainly planned a great comeback show.Acting as an incredible helper, RuPaul joined the two hosts to announce new segments and guests, while also promising that an impressive Drag Queen performance will take place at the end of the show.As the show went full speed ahead, Ant and Dec surprised a budding bride-to-be with her dream wedding after she was forced to cancel due to Covid-19.Moving onto the next segment, the hosts joked to RuPaul that it was unlikely he had ever seen somebody come on the show dressed in plain clothes only to see a dramatic transformation by the end.Ant said: "Right let's go back to our star guest announcer, did you enjoy that Ru?" Who said they loved it. Dec chirped: "I bet you've never seen a TV show before where somebody starts up in ordinary clothes and by the end of it they're in a spectacular dress and loads of makeup?" The audience began to chuckle at the clear joke, but RuPaul's mind was elsewhere as he said: "Um, seen one? I invented one honey.

Ricky Gervais is ready to shock when he goes back on tour.He has written new material on taboo subjects, including near-the-knuckle jokes about dwarfs, the disabled, Muslims and gay people.Other gags tackle controversial topics such as rape, the migrant crisis and climate change.And he will poke fun at big names including Game Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage and the late Stephen Hawking.The comic wants to take risks because it is one of the few things that gives him a thrill now he’s in his 60s.He said: “It gives me an adrenaline rush. I think, ‘Can I say that?’.

said in a statement. “Anyone in the comedy community knows these names and knows their time to shine is long overdue.

(Images via Charles Hovland)

Gemma Collins was left amongst the carnage after Storm Eunice managed to destroy her Essex mansion.

Nasty Gal released a survey that ranked the top-rated drag brunch venues in the US. After some deliberation, we came up with our top ten.Did your city’s favorite drag brunch make our list?  A post shared by Pariah Sinclair (@pariah_sinclair) In a statement to GayCities, owners Leigh Philipkosky & Ellie Skinner said they were flattered to be featured so highly: “What makes of Love & Regret so special is that we are committed to our community and making it an enjoyable place for all to live. We are committed to inclusivity.

Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.What actors can boast a career as long and varied as that of Paul Winfield? The classy method actor flourished in a career that spanned forty years, and that saw him perform in such varied fare as the films Cliffhanger, Huckleberry Finn, and The Terminator, and in TV series including Julia, The Simpsons and as the title role in the Martin Luther King, Jr. miniseries King.

Daniel Newman addressed his nude photo leak, Sarah Jessica Parker talked Samantha Jones, and Gus Kenworthy made his Olympic debut for the UK.

Related: Men are posting their hairy chests to Twitter to prove they’re not ‘ick’Maybe it’s partly to do with age, but a turning point came in the last year. Instagram is routinely blamed for fueling our physical insecurities, but sometimes it can also promote body positivity and challenge preconceptions of what’s considered attractive. I noticed how hairy the back and shoulders were of one particular hunk I follow: How blissfully unashamed or unbothered he appeared by his hairiness.“You’re gorgeous,” I thought.

GEMMA Collins gave fans a sneak peek inside her luxury pad while revealing that storm Eunice left her without power. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 41, took to Instagram to explain that she's had no electricity since Friday.

As the number of LGBTQ-identifying people continues to grow year after year in the real world, and that trend is also increasingly showing up on TV screens, with a record number of queer characters appearing during primetime.Media watchdog group GLAAD just released its 17th annual Where We Are on TV report, which tracks the diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks as well as the number of LGBTQ regular and recurring characters on primetime scripted cable programming and original scripted series on all major streaming services.Related: Elliot Page is about to spill some major Hollywood teaThis year’s data comes from shows that premiered or are expected to return between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022. It found nearly 12 percent of series regular characters on scripted broadcast primetime programming are queer, representing an increase of 2.8 percent over the previous year, and marking a record high.Additionally, GLAAD reports there are 49 LGBTQ recurring characters on the platform, for a total of 141 LGBTQ characters on broadcast television.In another first since the group began tracking the data, lesbian characters are more represented than gay characters.Lesbian characters increased six percentage points from the previous season to rise to a total of 40 percent of LGBTQ characters, compared to 35 percent for gay characters, which is down five percentage points.Bisexual characters make up 19 percent of regular and recurring broadcast LGBTQ characters, up one percentage point after two years of decreases.Trans people are represented with 42 regular and recurring characters across all three platforms: broadcast, cable and streaming, up from 29 last year.

SINGAPORE: When 29-year-old Hafiiz Karim, known as The Next Most Famous Artist, first heard of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the jargon alone was enough to make him switch off.

Republicans and Governor Ron DeSantis to "find another way" to energize their voter base aside from the string of bills targeting school curriculum that have recently been introduced in the state legislature.Legislators in the sunshine state are reviewing several bills aimed at limiting the discussion of gender, race and sexuality in Florida's public school classrooms as top Republicans campaign on a promise of championing parents' rights."There's been this false narrative, especially by the Republicans, that people are trying to take parents' choice away," state Representative Michele Rayner told Newsweek. "Most certainly not.

Christina Aguilera will serve as the Saturday headliner during this year’s Brighton Pride in a “pride exclusive” performance, it was confirmed on 28 January.

Both The Hidden Door and Alexandre’s, which closed earlier this month in an effort to help stem the spread of the highly-contagious omicron variant of COVID-19, expect within the next week.

The Schuyler sisters in the national tour of ‘Hamilton’ which continues its run at Bass Hall. (Courtesy photo)

The Simpsons, “like eat at Arby’s.” The implication of the animated show’s repeated ribbing of the fast-food chain over the years is that even this all-American hetero workingman’s family would be hardpressed to find something redeeming at the eatery.So it’s unexpected to have a top chef (and Top Chef winner) cite Arby’s as a culinary influence. (OK, it’s no Tim Gunn admitting to pandemic lounging in sweats, but still.) Although she may not go there for “the meats,” which is what the chain’s ads currently promote, Korean-American chef Kristen Kish acknowledges her drive-through favorites include “fried chicken in any form and french fries — always.

BOSTON — As Samantha Shelton, an accomplished Harvard swimmer, churned through the water in the 100-yard women’s freestyle on Saturday afternoon, the University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas seemed content to sit on her hip in the adjacent lane. Shelton chugged ahead from the start, plowing through the water and carrying the lead. But as she did, Thomas cruised along beside her, seeming as unhurried as if on a training swim.

GEMMA Collins has told fans how she FELL from a horse as she spent the afternoon at the stables with fiance Rami Hawash and her step son. The former The Only Way Is Essex star headed to social media to detail how she was thrown from the horse on Sunday afternoon.

GEMMA Collins looked amazing as she headed out on date night with fiance Rami Hawash yesterday. The 40-year-old had spent the day boozing with pals, but still looked fresh faced as she cosied up to her man in the evening.

Bill Maher’s Real Time was back on HBO Friday night, returning from its winter break as the host told his studio audience that it was “wonderful to see your beautiful masks again.”

too long!) since the Fab Five graced our screens. In fact, it’s been a whole pandemic since “Queer Eye’s” last season, save a for a 2021 special.

Tammye Nash | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com Valerie Jackson understands the importance of having a good body image. Negative body image has been linked to eating disorde

RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writerrich@dallasvoice.com One of the first things Levi Kreis

The Netflix team played it cool Thursday as CFO Spencer Neumann attempted to reassure Wall Street that “there’s no structural change in the business that we see.”

INDIANAPOLIS — N.C.A.A. member schools and conferences voted Thursday to adopt a new, stripped-down constitution, the first step in decentralizing an organization that faces increasing challenges to its relevancy as the chief authority in college sports.

What kind of a party do you throw when you’re about to die? It’s an especially morbid question these days. But in “The Hang,” a new opera from the performer Taylor Mac, the answer involves equal parts philosophy and décor.

The New York Times asked, “Can a Gay Cruise Keep 4700 Safe Amid COVID?” in reference to another gay travel company’s charter cruise on Royal Caribbean embarking January 16, 2022.While VACAYA wasn’t mentioned by name in the article, our January 10-17, 2022 Caribbean Cruise on Celebrity Millennium was referenced. Having just wrapped this nearly 2,000-passenger Caribbean Cruise, VACAYA can definitively answer that question with an emphatic  “Yes!” With careful execution of recommended protocols, the LGBT+ community can safely navigate these incredibly challenging times.We feel that the article did not live up to the journalistic integrity we expect from the Times, and was an affront to Atlantis Events, LGBT+ travel companies in general, and the gay community.

San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Joaquín Torres was appointed by Mayor London Breed last February after she named then-assessor-recorder Carmen Chu as city administrator. Torres is on the ballot because this is the next election following his appointment.

her Jeopardy! success has afforded her on Sunday when she received an ovation at an NBA game.The engineering manager was among the crowd cheering on Golden State Warriors, who hosted Cleveland Cavaliers at their new home at the Chase Center in San Francisco.And as home fans welcomed back Klay Thompson after a more than two-year injury absence, they also celebrated the presence of special guest Schneider, whose record-breaking Jeopardy! run continues to captivate fans.Schneider, who has been based in nearby Oakland for several years after relocating from her native Ohio, watched as the Warriors secured a 96-82 victory.

Euphoria went full-frontal, a forgotten Golden Girls spinoff landed on Hulu, and Britney Spears publicly fired shots at her little sister Jamie Lynn. Here’s what happened on Instagram:Jaymes Vaughan took Brian Tyler Cohen out.  A post shared by Jaymes Vaughan (@jaymesv)Okkar Min Maung wore leather.  A post shared by Okkar Min Maung (@okkar_min_maung)Anthony Ramos held his shoes.  A post shared by Anthony Ramos (@anthonyramosofficial)Tom Zalac remembered The Vessel.  A post shared by Tom (@korazapitu)Chris Hemsworth flexed.  A post shared by Chris Hemsworth (@chrishemsworth)Sam Cushing reached the top.  A post shared by Sam Cushing (@sam.cushing)Arthur Nory hung out.  A post shared by Arthur Nory (@arthurnory)Victor Turpin caught some sun.  A post shared by V I C T O R T U R P I N (@victorturpin)Austin Holmes took a breath.  A post shared by Austin Holmes (@austinholmess)Evan Lamicella showed off.  A post shared by Evan Lamicella (@evanlamicella)Jwan Yosef smiled.  A post shared by Jwan Yosef (@jwanyosef)Ryan Cooper shaved his body hair.  A post shared by Ryan Cooper (@mrryancooper)Sarunas J. Jackson read a magazine.  A post shared by Sarunas J Jackson (@ronejae)Chris Mazdzer froze through.  A post shared by Chris Mazdzer (@mazdzer)Miles McMillan took a pic.  A post shared by Miles McMillan (@milesmcmillan)Austin Mahone ate fruit.  A post shared by @austinmahoneAndrés Camilo held his breath.  A post shared by Andrés Camilo (@andrescamilo___)Curtis Hamilton hit the beach.  A post shared by Curtis Hamilton- aka “BOOFA” (@thecurtishamilton)Maluma played ball.  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)And Aidan Faminoff stretched out.  A post shared by AIDAN FAMINOFF

As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to surge onboard cruise ships, forcing several cruise lines to cancel and postpone voyages, Atlantis Events, a gay and lesbian tour operator, is preparing to launch one of its biggest events on Sunday: a 4,700-person Caribbean cruise marking the company’s 30th anniversary. Even as the pandemic is raging around the world and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a stark warning telling Americans to avoid travel on cruise ships, regardless of their vaccination status, Atlantis insists that its vaccination mandate, testing requirements and health protocols are enough to provide a safe environment for guests throughout the voyage.

Jay and I moved in with his nan in Kent, then got married – both of which were very challenging experiences. Planning a pandemic wedding was a nightmare and living with an elderly lady was also not ideal as newlyweds.Once the height of Covid-19 felt like it had passed, we knew we had to move on with our lives.

Today we honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His vision and courage defined the Civil Rights Movement and fundamentally shaped the fight for racial and economic justice. His vision continues to serve as a guide for all other social justice movements to this day.

Luzia was one of the last major productions we caught pre-pandemic, as it made its European debut at the Royal Albert Hall in spring 2020. We’re pleased that Cirque Du Soleil have brought this show back – billing itself as “a waking dream of Mexico”, the whole production exudes a surreal, dreamlike quality, quite unlike anything else on London’s stages at the moment. Proving that sometimes more is more, over the course of the evening we were presented with a dazzling array of circus routines, each more impressive than the last, with some of the later set-pieces eliciting audible gasps from the audience.

The show has seen Drag Race legend Raven search for the next makeup artist sensation as contestants compete from the comfort of their own homes.