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[…] Awards, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Billy Porter, and received several Golden Globe Nominations. The show has made history by featuring the largest transgender series regular cast and the largest LGBTQ cast ever for a scripted series. On stage, he recently produced the Tony® Award-winning Broadway hit of the seminal […]

[…] what has become the largest LGBTQ stage in the world. From standing alongside LGBTQ people during the AIDS crisis, to fighting for marriage equality, to now uplifting transgender people and issues, Judith advocates with a unique passion and an unending dedication that uplifts.” Multiple Tony and Emmy award-winning actress Judith Light is known for […]

[…] “ex-gays” whose purpose was solely to encourage LGBTQ people nationwide to “leave the homosexual lifestyle.” But wait, there’s more! The organization also runs a microsite where they portray transgender people and being part of a “regressive cult” filled with damaging delusions.” To drive home their idea that this is all a dangerous fad, the URL for the […]

[…] the LGBTQ+ community. “This year’s grantees are a perfect mix of the challenges and joys LGBTQ+ people face today,” says Frameline’s Director of Programming, Paul Struthers. “From transgender representation in film and TV in DISCLOSURE: TRANS LIVES ON SCREEN, to the struggles of immigrants in the United States today in LA LEYENDA NEGRA, to […]

[…] it has been particularly gratifying to discover that ours is far from exclusively a gay middle-aged audience. Our fan mail shows that our viewers are gay, straight, transgender, male, female, racially diverse, young, middle-aged and elderly. The message here is clear that just as gay people have always found ways to identify with, and […]

[…] groundbreaking figures of the past. This week we are looking at the impact Marsha P. Johnson has had on actress, Jari Jones (@IAMJARIJONES). Jari is a Black Transgender actress, curve model, activist and creative. With her career start in theater, she has graced some of New York’s greatest stages, such as The Public Theater’s […]

[…] Noah”), Yvette Nicole Brown (“Community”), and Yahya Abdul Mateen II (“Watchmen”) about Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union’s support for their daughter Zaya, who recently came out as transgender.  Check out the clip below: Dwyane Wade retweeted the video and said, “Our Kids Need To Know We Live In A World Were They Feel Seen […]

[…] New York ceremony at the Hilton Midtown. Lilly Singh, openly bisexual executive producer and host of NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh, will host the Awards. Transgender actress and advocate Nicole Maines (Supergirl), beauty guru and YouTube personality Patrick Starrr, actor and activist Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), transgender model, advocate, and producer Geena […]