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Friday, May 23
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Source: news.com.au , CBS News , New Zealand Herald Calling it "the big elephant in the room", talk show host Ellen DeGeneres went toe-to-toe with presidential hopeful John McCain on the subject of marriage equality during a polite clash on her daytime TV show. [see video clip below] Speaking of her own forthcoming marriage to Australian actress Portia de Rossi, 35, DeGeneres said, "I'm obviously excited, and I think it's only fair and only natural." The Republican candidate was politically polite but clashed with the comedienne during his appearance today on her television...
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Tuesday, May 13
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Source: GLAAD press release Alan Cumming presented Sharon Stone with GLAAD's Vanguard Award Saturday at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco. The award honors media professionals who, through their work, have increased the visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Stone was honored for her years of activism on behalf of the LGBT community and the millions of dollars she has raised for HIV/AIDS research. Candis Cayne, William Baldwin, Judith Light, Jennifer Beals, Rex Lee and Jason Lewis were among the other celebrities who joined the...
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Monday, May 12
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Source: Guardian , Southern Voice American rap music is an industry ruled by machismo. It is a place where reputations are made by shady pasts, the aura of violence and ultra-masculinity. But now an explosive new book is lifting the lid on one of hip hop's most unexpected secrets: that many people in the business are gay. Terrance Dean, a former executive at music channel MTV, has penned a memoir of his life and times in the hip hop industry as a gay man. It called an "explosive exposé" by a Guardian reviewer who has read a pre-release copy. It exposes a thriving gay subculture in...
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Monday, May 12
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Source: Boston Globe , USA Today , New York Post , AfterElton.com Last night on Brothers & Sisters , ABC featured the quintessential May sweeps event, but with a critical twist. It was a big fat wedding, which, along with burials and casting stunts, is how the networks inflate ratings during those months when ad rates are set. But the Brothers & Sisters marriage is a gay marriage - technically, a domestic partnership ceremony, since the show's Walker clan is dysfunctional by way of LA and not Boston. And so some 11 million viewers watched the joining of two men in what one character...
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Friday, May 02
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Source: BBC News , InTheNews.co.uk Alan Cumming told Detour, "It's quite a good kind of thing for skinny people" when photographers want to take naked pictures of him. photo: AlanCumming.com Actor Alan Cumming told the BBC that the media's attitude to homosexuality is keeps gay actors from coming out. The 43-year-old X-Men 2 star said, "I don't think the people that go see films care that much -- the media make it more of a deal and it's made into controversy." Cumming's comments followed a complaint from Stephen Fry that he had been pigeonholed by casting...
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Wednesday, April 30
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Source: Times (London) , BBC News Quentin Crisp portrait photo via Flickr John Hurt will reprise one of his most famous roles 33 years on when he dons Quentin Crisp’s cravat once more in a sequel to The Naked Civil Servant . British TV network ITV is to produce An Englishman In New York , a new 90-minute drama, in which Hurt reprises his acclaimed role as the maverick gay icon. Hurt, 68 , won the Bafta Best Actor award for the 1975 Thames Television film, based on Crisp’s memoirs, which were first published in 1968. T he Naked Civil Servant documented Crisp’s troubles when he refused to hide his...
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Monday, April 28
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Source: Out.com , Evening Echo Actor William Baldwin has launched a stinging attack on his younger brother Stephen's opposition to equal rights for same-sex couples. 'Usual Suspects' star Stephen, 41, is the only Republican member of the famous family, and his siblings despair of his conservative views. Eldest brother Alec, has attempted to change Stephen's mind in the past, and he now has 44-year-old William on his back. 'Backdraft' actor William - who dates a transsexual onscreen in TV show 'Dirty Sexy Money' - tells Out.com that his brother Stephen might be striving...
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Wednesday, April 02
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Source: Out in Hollywood , the Daily Dish (SFGate) Jay Leno apologized last night for last week's bizarre bit with Ryan Phillippe on "The Tonight Show" when Ryan was on to promote his new movie "Stop-Loss." Jay brought up Ryan's early role as a gay teen on the ABC soap "One Life to Live." He asked Phillippe, "Can you give me your gayest look? Say that camera is Billy Bob ... Billy Bob has just ridden in shirtless from Wyoming." But the joke has backfired on Leno. Ryan looked instantly uncomfortable and said: "Wow. That is so something I don't...
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Friday, March 21
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Source: Observer-Reporter Well, the miniseries "John Adams" has gotten under way on HBO and, from all indications, it won't be branded a flop. The saga of our second president has received mostly solid reviews and its premier episode drew 2.7 million viewers, numbers that make it "moderately successful," according to the journal Advertising Age. So if "John Adams" is successful enough for the TV powers that be, we could be in for copycat series, sequels and spin-offs. And when you consider that television has 42 other presidents to work with, there's plenty...
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Tuesday, March 18
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Source: Reuters , Hollywood Reporter , Advocate , Playbill NEW YORK -- Rufus Wainwright, MTV Networks president Brian Graden and the CBS soap opera "As The World Turns" were among the big winners Monday at the 19th annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards (GLAAD). Television journalist Barbara Walters was honored for her reporting on transgender children and she said the award was among the most important she had even received. "You can forget all the Emmys," Walters said in accepting the award for television newsmagazine journalism at the ceremony in...
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Monday, March 17
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Source: Glasgow Daily Record , PinkNews Dan Gillespie Sells of The Feeling photo: Virgin Media Out gay Brit pop singer Dan Gillespie Sells has called on gay musicians to come out of the closet. The Feeling frontman, who came out publicly in 2006, is urging other stars to follow in his footsteps and stop "living a lie". He said, "The world would be a healthier place if people were more honest about their sexuality and the entertainment industry would be healthier if people were more honest. "The more of us who come out, the easier it is for others. My advice for anyone considering...
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Wednesday, March 12
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Source: E! Online , Yahoo News , PageOneQ King shooting "If you think gay teens like Lawrence King are safe in our schools," says Grey's Anatomy's T. R. Knight, "you're wrong." In partnership with GLSEN, LGBT-oriented television network Logo , is airing a public service announcement urging awareness and vigilance against homophobia, transphobia and discrimination in schools. The ad was made in response to the recent murder of openly gay junior high student Lawrence King. The E!Online includes a streaming player showing the ad . "One more murder, one more life...
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Wednesday, March 05
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Source: Reuters , Towleroad , Associated Press David Hernandez works the low rise in this undated photo via Towleroad LOS ANGELES -- "American Idol" producers are shrugging off the latest publicity-generating sex semi-scandal to hit the top-rated U.S. television show. They've said contestant David Hernandez can stay in the competition despite his past as a stripper. "We've had strippers on the show before," executive producer Ken Warwick was quoted on Tuesday as telling the Web site TVGuide.com. "We're never judgmental about people who do things like that. "If...
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Friday, February 29
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Source: Huffington Post , AP via San Jose Mercury News , TMZ.com King shooting Ellen Degeneres took a moment on her show Friday to remember 15-year-old Lawrence King. King was shot and killed by a fellow student, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney. King, who was gay, reportedly had asked McInerney to be his Valentine in the days before the shooting. Ellen looked into camera and talked about the murder in Oxnard, Ca. The YouTube clip of the program segment is included at the bottom of this post. Ellen was on the verge of tears as she made a plea to stop the hate "I don't want to be political...
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Thursday, February 28
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Source: OneIndia , NDTV Movies Indian actor Kushal Punjabi insists he doesn't mind being passed over for a role as a gay fashion designer in a major upcoming Bollywood film. Really. He doesn't care at all. The upcoming Bollywood feature, Fashion , continues to bring non-gay actors out of the role-closet. The film first prompted weeks of speculation about which actors might be willing to "play gay" for the film that features two flamboyant gay designers. The hyperactive Bollywood fan press -- which has printed stories about every aspect of the film's progress -- now reports...
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Monday, February 25
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Source: New York Times WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- It was part Oscar party and part civil rights rally. More than 300 people filled a theater here to standing-room-only capacity on Sunday evening to watch “Freeheld,” which won the Academy Award for best documentary short subject. The film beat out three other documentaries, “La Corona,” “Salim Baba” and “Sari’s Mother.” The nominations and winner were introduced by United States servicemen and women shortly after 11 p.m. “I’m here to watch the film because of what it could do for us,” said Doug Laverty, 40, a police officer in Passaic County who was featured...
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Friday, February 22
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Source: New York Daily News and Los Angeles Times On the Valentine's Day episode of the CBS soap "As the World Turns," all the couples kissed -- except Luke and Noah. They hugged instead. That did it for a group of the show's fans. They have launched a campaign protesting what they call discrimination against the gay pair, who got together last September and have not gone much beyond hugging since then. It all started last Christmas, when Luke and Noah were about to kiss. Though fans had seen them kiss before, this time the camera panned up to the mistletoe. Over the next few...
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Thursday, January 17
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Source: CTV.ca and AfterElton.com Adamo Ruggiero photo: AfterElton.com Actor Adamo Ruggiero plays gay teen Marco on the CTV series "Degrassi: The Next Generation" which is in its seventh season on the Canadian television network. (The show airs in the US on cable channel, "The N" .) Until now, however, he has never publicly addressed his own sexuality. That changed Wednesday night when the star sat discussed the parallels between his own life and his on-screen character's life for the first time. The candid interview was given to a CTV Internet video site. "It was interesting...
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Wednesday, January 16
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Source: Associated Press , Press Association with additional material George Michael on tour photo via Manchester evening news NEW YORK -- Pop superstar George Michael has singed what is being called a "record-breaking deal" to pen a "no-holds barred", "all-access" autobiography. The memoir is scheduled for release in the fall of 2009. Publishers said the deal is "one of the biggest ever concluded in UK publishing", but would not divulge figures. An unidentified source tells Associated Press that the deal was worth at least $6 million for British rights alone...
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Monday, January 14
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Source: Hollywood Reporter and Tampa Tribune LOS ANGELES -- Comedian Orlando Jones ("Drumline," "Mad TV") has joined the cast of the indie comedy-drama "Misconceptions." The project stars A.J. Cook ("Final Destination 2," "The Virgin Suicides," "Criminal Minds") as a rural evangelical Christian woman who gets a directive from God to be a surrogate mother for a married Boston gay couple. Early in the pregnancy the more colorful partner appears on her doorstep to micromanage her pregnancy. Jones will play Terry, the hopeful parent who comes...
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Friday, January 11
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Source: from report in New York magazine Project Runway 's season-two runner-up, cutie Daniel Vosovic, hesitates to say it, of course, but the current cast just isn't that impressive. He tells New York magazine, “I really want to be jealous of someone,” he said of the new season at a benefit for Charity:Water. “I really want to say, ‘Gosh, I wish I would’ve designed that!’ ” But he’s just not that into the current competitors. “I’m still waiting for that really big, wow moment,” he said. The show was better, he insisted, back in the old days. “Everyone now is so damn professional. I want...
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Wednesday, January 09
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Source: Hollywood Reporter via Reuters , Advocate , WorldScreen.com LOS ANGELES -- Sordid Lives: The Series , a new comedic prequel to the 1996 play and 2000 film of the same name, will begin airing this fall on Logo, network officials announced Tuesday in a press release. Produced by Scout and Once Upon A Time Productions, the half-hour series is about a dysfunctional southern family and their motley acquaintances. The series will be delivered in April 2008. The project, slated for a fall premiere on the MTV Networks outlet, is based on Del Shores' 1996 play and 2000 film. Shores ( Queer as...
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Monday, January 07
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Source: PinkNews , Daily Express , Daily Record John Barrowman photo: ContactMusic Openly gay actor John Barrowman, who plays dashing Captain Jack in the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood , pities any performers who feel they have to hide their true sexuality. He said his sexuality did not influence the kind of roles you got offered as an actor and believes it is "just sad" that someone would deny their sexuality to the world. "If it (being gay) has been a problem, no-one ever told me so. I know people who lie about being gay because they think...
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Saturday, January 05
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Source: Mid-Day and Sify Harsh Chhaya The big Bollywood news of the day is that a much-anticipated role in a much-anticipated film is to be played by an actor far from type-cast for the role. Actor Harsh Chhaya is to play a gay fashion designer in Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film, 'Fashion'. Harsh, critically aclaimed as a television actor who tackled all types of roles, plays a gay for the first time. The role will be far different from what his fans have seen him doing so far. Fashion is the latest in a series of real-life films from the director. So far, the series includes Chandni...
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Friday, December 28
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Source: Washington Blade THERE WASN’T MUCH new on the tube in 2007, but many of the events continued to solidify and reinforce the trends we’ve been seeing in the industry over the last several years, like the proliferation of gays on cable shows and reality programs and the lack of inclusion on scripted network dramas. But if the criteria for the big gay television story of the year entails screaming matches, media grudges, cat fights and spectacular flame outs, then 2007 belonged to Rosie O’Donnell, who got serious ink due to her self-imposed ouster from ABC’s “The View” in May. O’Donnell joined...
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Sunday, December 23
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Source: Mankato Free Press MANKATO, Minn. -- “Oscar buzz” is a phrase Phil and Randi Reitan never thought they’d have any kind of personal response to. But after the past months of incredible public response to the documentary they appeared in with their son, Jake Reitan, the recent news wasn’t all that hard to believe. “For the Bible Tells Me So” — a film by Daniel G. Karslake of New York about Christian families who have children who are gay — has been short-listed for the documentary category of the 2008 Academy Awards, to be held Feb. 24. That means of 70 or so documentaries, Karslake’s film...
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Saturday, December 22
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Source: Herald Sun SOME of the more sleepy guests at an awards breakfast held in Los Angeles last week might have missed the significance at the time, because, as revelations go, it worked better in print than when spoken aloud. As prize-winner Jodie Foster told fellow guests at the Power 100 Women in Entertainment ceremony that she wanted to thank "beautiful Cydney", she could, in theory, have been referring to some benevolent, male film mogul. But no, it was clear to the majority that the beautiful person in question was Cydney Bernard, the 54-year-old woman Foster has lived with for...
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Thursday, December 20
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Source: GayWired.com Taking over a multi-level storefront in a prime Main Street location, Queer Lounge will return to Park City for its fifth year to champion queer film at Sundance, Slamdance, and other festivals. Hailed as "ground zero for activity surrounding the [gay] films" in Park City by the Hollywood Reporter , Queer Lounge creates a hub at film festivals where queer-friendly filmmakers, professionals, and audiences connect and network. Expanding its entertainment media advocacy, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) made Queer Lounge a part of its media programs...
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Wednesday, December 12
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Source: TMZ.com Think it's a coincidence that just in the last four years, a pair of movies about a pair of firemen who pretend to be gay popped up in cinemas? Not bloody likely, mate -- at least according to a new lawsuit. In the suit , obtained by TMZ, Aussie film outfit Strange Bedfellows Pty Ltd. allege that the 2007 Adam Sandler-Kevin James comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" was ripped off from their own faux-gay-fireman movie, "Strange Bedfellows." That movie, starring Paul Hogan and Michael Caton, came out in 2004, and was the highest-grossing movie in Oz...
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Monday, November 19
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Source: Xinhuanet BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- "Mystic River" star Sean Penn is set to play gay-rights leader Harvey Milk in Gus Van Sant's "Milk," media reported Monday quoting Focus Features, as saying. Production of the biopic is to begin in January. An activist and politician, Milk fought to secure a place for homosexuals in society as equals, not as people who were just tolerated. He professed the importance of gay people seeking leadership positions in society and not relying on non-gay friends of the community to act as the leaders of the movement. In 1977, Milk...
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