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After 20 years MIA, the D.E.B.S. (Discipline, Energy, Beauty, Strength) are back together again and teasing a potential (not-so-secret) mission. Meagan Good and Sara Foster, who starred together in 2004’s D.E.B.S., reunited Saturday night with writer and director Angela Robinson to celebrate the…

Although it took Nathan Lane nearly a decade to publicly embrace his truth, he had some great allies behind the scenes. As the actor was honored with the Career Achievement Award at the Critics Choice Association’s inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television this month, he recalled how his…

The Critics’ Choice Association kicked off Pride Month on Friday with its first-ever Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television. Hosted by Joy Ride and Good Trouble star Sherry Cola, the inaugural gala recognized the achievements of the LGBTQ entertainment community, with Nathan Lane, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and RuPaul’s…

Hilary Swank has reflected on her role in Boys Don't Cry two decades ago, saying changing awareness means she wouldn't take the part today. Swank won her first Oscar for the role of real-life transgender man Brandon Teena, murdered in a hate crime, in the movie which was released in 2000. She told The…

One of the BBC's highest profile news presenters broke rules on impartiality by referring to transgender women as "males" live on air, the corporation has determined. Justin Webb, one of the anchors of the flagship radio news Today programme, was holding a discussion in August 2023 on whether…

Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert's transgender drama Woman Of world premieres in Competition at the Venice Film Festival on Friday. As ever the filmmaking team – who have been working together for more than two decades on titles such as Mug, In The Name Of and French-language…

Heartstopper star Kit Connor says he doesn't want to be defined by the term "queer actor", after his breakthrough role as bisexual school rugby star Nick Nelson in the Netflix mega-hit. Connor, along with co-star Joe Locke, has become a star with the arrival of Heartstopper, which premiered on the…

There is a raw, dangerous yet distinctly unapologetic demeanor to the grainy archival footage in the documentary film The Stroll, now streaming on HBO, where transgender sex workers bravely walk the streets of New York City and solicit potential customers cruising by in their cars. Winner of the Special…

The Directors Guild said today that it "remains steadfast in our fight for an equitable and inclusive society" despite the Supreme Court's rulings this week that rolled back affirmative action and LGBTQ+ rights. On Thursday, the high court banned colleges and universities from taking race into…

More than 250 LGBTQ and ally actors, notables, and other leaders signed a public letter created by GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) calling on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter to better enforce hate speech, harassment, misinformation, and other existing content policies aimed at…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suffered his third high-profile legal setback in the past month today as Judge Gregory A. Presnell of the Federal District Court in Orlando issued a preliminary injunction blocking a new DeSantis-backed law that prohibits businesses from allowing children to attend “adult…

Elliot Page has spoken of the pressure to remain closeted in Hollywood, before his decision to come out first as gay and, subsequently, trans.  The Juno star, who has penned a memoir titled ‘Pageboy’, told the UK's Guardian:  "I can obviously only speak to my experience, but yes, my experience…