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Variety Power of Pride Honorees on Why LGBTQ Visibility Is Needed — and Why It Can Be Dangerous
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variety.comAntonio Ferme editorIn Variety‘s Power of Pride Conversations presented by iHeart Media, two profound discussions touched upon the importance of LGBTQ representation in the media.Senior film writer Matt Donnelly hosted the first panel discussion with actors profiled in Variety’s annual pride issue, including Griffin Matthews (“The Flight Attendant”), Ariana Debose (“The Prom”), Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”), Michael D.
Cohen (“Henry Danger”) and Nico Santos (“Crazy Rich Asians”).Santos, who just ended a six-season run as Mateo on NBC’s “Superstore,” said he appreciates that LGBTQ characters portrayed on television are no longer one-dimensional.“All the characters that you’re seeing now, it’s not about their gayness,” Santos said.
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Entertainment
Where did all the queer Super Bowl ads go in LVI?
one primetime program.Uber Eats featured a series with Elton John and Lil Nas X in rainbow feathers and another series with “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness paired with Olympian Simone Biles.The NFL even ran an ad that literally said, “Football is gay.”In 2020, at least 10 LGBTQ folks appeared in sponsored moments, including Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars Kim Chi and Miz Cracker, bisexual talk host Lilly Sing, and World Cup winners and newlyweds Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris.A Microsoft Surface Pro 7 ad also highlighted NFL San Francisco 49ers’ assistant coach, Katie Sowers.But a preview of this year’s approximately 80 Super Bowl commercials indicates that the 2022 big game will squeak by with just two LGBTQ inclusive commercials, and one lesbian tease joke.VRBO shows various family members and friends converging for a reunion in a large vacation rental home, including two young women in love (and tears) by the pool, as Kermit the Frog sings, “Right Where I Belong.”Google’s Pixel “Real Tone” promotion explains how the camera helps people of color, particularly with darker skin, to achieve better photos. During a series of pictures of people, a female couple appears, as an unreleased song from Lizzo titled “If You Love Me” plays.TurboTax teases with a lesbian joke when its ad promotes being matched with a tax professional.
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