Tag: representation
Marvel Will Finally Have an Openly LGBTQ Superhero in Phase 4 • Instinct Magazine
It’s safe to say Marvel and the MCU have upstaged everyone pretty mercilessly at SDCC2019.
Marvel unveiled Phase 4 plans, and the announcements were filled with outright bombshells. It’s unclear if some of these will be theatrical feature films or television shows on Disney’s forthcoming Disney+, a streaming service that’s guaranteed to rival Netflix.
Among the brightest, most well-received news at Marvel’s Hall H panel this year: Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali will play Blade (gasp), and Benedict Cumberbatch will return as Doctor Strange...
Can This Art Book Change How Asian Men Are Seen?
Images via Instagram @asianmaleportraitsCelebrate Asian men with a new photo book.
Fashion photographer West Phillips has released a project to share the beauty of Asian men. The photographer came up with the idea after seeing the lack of Asian male representation in Western media. He then created the Asian Male Portraits art book.
“I realized how much was lacking in Western media when you’re looking at photos and advertisements and other photographers I...
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As part of the buzz campaign leading up to its June 7 premiere, the first episode of Netflix’s Tales of the City revival was screened at the Los Angeles LGBT Center this week. Afterwards, members of the cast sat down for a panel discussion about the hotly-anticipated new show.
Charlie Barnett plays Ben Marshall, Mouse’s love interest, in the series revival. Some of his other TV credits include Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll, Chicago Fire, and Law & Order: SVU. He has also appeared in...
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This season of Grey’s Anatomy saw the hit medical drama’s first-ever relationship between two gay male doctors. And audiences loved it.
Newcomer Alex Landi played Dr. Nico Kim, the boyfriend of Dr. Levi Schmitt, played by out actor Jake Borelli. Over the course of the season, the couple, nicknamed “Schmico” by fans, snuck lots of elevator kisses and hurried hookups between stressful surgeries and other medical emergencies at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital.
“They told me they wanted this guy to be a...
