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|  | Former 'Bachelor' comes out as gay
2021-04-14
In a Good Morning America (GMA) interview that aired April 14, former Bachelor Colton Underwood came out as gay, Entertainment Weekly reported. "I've [run] from myself for a long time, I've hated myself for a long ...
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| | Bennett, Noriega named to Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes
2021-04-13
On April 13, Gov. JB Pritzker announced appointments in his administration—including noted LGBTQ Chicagoans Jim Bennett and Mona Noriega to the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes. Bennett currently serves ...
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| | SHOWBIZ Trans singer, 'Pose,' Kate Winslet, Lil Nas X, Broadway
2021-04-11
Trans femme indie-punk artist Evan Greer (she/her) released a dystopian new music video for the song "Surveillance Capitalism," a press release noted. She is using it to launch StopSpotifySurveillance.org with Fight for the Future, where she ...
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| | Open TV (OTV) to return April 17 with virtual event
2021-04-10
The intersectional Late Show #OTVTonight is back, with a virtual event on OTV's app and on Facebook Live that will air Saturday, April 17, at 8-9:30 p.m. CT. Hosted by Open TV (OTV) founders Elijah McKinnon ...
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| | Lifetime presents Variety's Power of Women The Comedians Special May 10
2021-04-09
--From a press release - Los Angeles, CA (April 8, 2021) — Variety and Lifetime announced today the one-hour special Lifetime Presents Variety's Power of Women The Comedians which will premiere on Monday, May 10th at 8PM ET/PT on Lifetime. The ...
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| | 'Ma Rainey,' 'Schitt's Creek' win during diverse SAG Awards
2021-04-05
On April 4, a one-hour, pre-taped 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards aired on TNT and TBS, celebrating the best achievements in film and TV performances for 2020. According to Entertainment Weekly, it was a historic night, ...
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| | SHOWBIZ 'Special,' Bonnaroo, Broadway items, Rita Moreno, Bridgerton
2021-04-04
The second season of the Netflix comedy series Special will premiere May 20, a press release noted. The series revolves around Ryan O'Connell, a gay man with mild cerebral palsy, and is based on his memoir ...
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| | NATIONAL Non-binary athlete, HRC and Lyft, Tegan and Sara, panic defense
2021-04-04
On March 27, NBC Sports California presented the NBA team Sacramento Kings TV's first women and non-binary broadcast announcing and coverage team across all platforms, including pregame and postgame shows, the live-game telecast and social content, ...
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| | LGBTQ critics group holding awards event April 18
2021-04-02
GALECA, The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Association, along with Karel Media, will present the 2021 Dorian Film Awards on Sunday, April 18, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on digital cable TV network Revry. The ...
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| | OP-ED: An AAPI hate crime we dare not say
2021-03-30
On March 16, Robert Aaron Long killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent. Long's action has not yet been classified as a hate crime because the motive, he stated, was his sex ...
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| | SHOWBIZ 'Batwoman,' Adam Lambert, 'Glee,' Janet Jackson, 'Genera+ion'
2021-03-28
The character of Kate Kane is coming back to the CW series Batwoman—but Ruby Rose won't be, according to out.com. British actress Wallis Day is joining the cast as Kane, the same character Rose played, after ...
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| | SAAPRI vehemently condemns murders of Asian American women in Atlanta
2021-03-18
--From a South Asian American Policy & Research Institute press release - Stop AAPI Hate: Together, we must work to stand in solidarity and stop AAPI hate and all hate crimes against people of color. On Tuesday, March 16th, six Asian American women were killed in a series ...
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| | 'The Great Chicago Quiz Show' to debut March 26
2021-03-14
The Great Chicago Quiz Show will premiere Friday, March 26, at 8 p.m. on WTTW and at WTTW.com/quiz, where at-home viewers can play alongside contestants. In each of the four weekly 30-minute episodes, Geoffrey Baer puts ...
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| | Patrik-Ian Polk on 'Noah's Arc,' representation that resonates
2021-03-11
Director, screenwriter and producer Patrik-Ian Polk brought us Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles last year—which felt like a comforting and comfortable Zoom call with old friends during a time when the world was everything but. The ...
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'Pose' to end after season three
2021-03-04
The FX show Pose—the groundbreaking series focused on New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ+ drag ball culture scene in the 1980s and ‘90s—will end after its third season, Deadline reported. ...
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