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|  | Anna DeShawn wins prestigious Ambie award for the Queer News podcast
2023-03-13
--From a press release - Las Vegas, NV (March 13, 2023) — The Podcast Academy hosted the Ambies, the most preeminent awards in podcasting, at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Anna DeShawn, the producer & ...
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| | TransLash Media CEO Imara Jones reflects on JK Rowling and 'Hogwarts Legacy'
2023-03-11
The action role-playing game Hogwarts Legacy has been making big news lately—and it's not just because so many people are playing it. Hogwarts Legacy, inspired by writer J.K. Rowling's wizarding ...
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| | SHOWBIZ Little Richard, Indigo Girls, Rodriguez's honor, dance film, Pedro Pascal
2023-03-10
Video below - Produced by Bungalow Media + Entertainment for CNN Films and HBO Max, in association with Rolling Stone Films, director Lisa Cortes' Sundance opening-night documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything will debut in theaters and on VOD ...
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| | PFLAG holds 50th anniversary celebration gala, honors Tom Daley with George Takei Advocate Award
2023-03-05
--From a press release - NEW YORK (Mar. 4, 2023) — Last night, iconic LGBTQ+ community organization PFLAG celebrated 50 years of leading with love at a spectacular gala event hosted by comedian and actress Amber Ruffin at New York's Marriott ...
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| | SHOWBIZ Wanda Sykes, Jonas Brothers, 'Queen of Versailles,' 'Bloodshed'
2023-03-04
Adam Lambert video below - Award-winning comedian Wanda Sykes' new comedy special, I'm An Entertainer, will premiere globally on Netflix on May 23, a press release announced. The special, directed by Linda Mendoza, was filmed in early February 2023 at Philadelphia's ...
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| | NATIONAL Drag shows, LGBTQ+ honors, Bragman memorial, Fred Karger
2023-03-04
Video below - Dozens of supporters turned out outside the Crazy Aunt Hellen's restaurant in D.C. in anticipation of a drag show's planned protest by the far-right group Proud Boys—but police said members of the far-right, neo-fascist organization didn' ...
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| | LGBTQ+ Victory Fund launches new brand; celebrates LGBTQ+ progress, joy and resilience
2023-03-01
Video below. From a press release - Washington, DC — Today LGBTQ+ Victory Fund launched its new name, new logo and new visual identity. This new brand honors LGBTQ+ progress since the organization's inception in 1991, celebrates LGBTQ+ people's joy and resilience in ...
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| | Queerties honor LGBTQ+ creatives at Feb. 28 event
2023-03-01
The 11th Annual Queerties Awards—which recognizes LGBTQ+ creators, tastemakers, storytellers and newsmakers—took place Feb. 28 at Eden Sunset in Los Angeles. Hosted by drag comedian Bianca Del Rio, the ceremony ...
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| | The Jeff Awards to honor Myrna Salazar with special non-Equity honor
2023-03-01
--From a Jeff Awards press release - (March 1, 2023 - Chicago) — Recognizing a lifetime of theater excellence, the Joseph Jefferson Awards will honor the late arts activist Myrna Salazar at the organization's 49th Anniversary Non-Equity Awards celebration on Monday, March 2 ...
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| | SHOWBIZ 'Bob's Burgers,' P!nk, sports items, Billy Porter, Ben Platt
2023-02-24
Animated sitcom Bob's Burgers marked another major milestone with its 250th episode. Gay actor/comedian/musician John Roberts (who voices Linda Belcher) talked with Queerty and said that one of the most important lessons he's learned from ...
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| | 'Everything' sweeps The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 14th Dorian Film Awards
2023-02-23
--From a press release - GALECA,The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, has named A24's fantastical and affecting family relationship drama Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022's Film of the Year—and then some—in its 14th Dorian ...
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| | Old Town home of gay pioneer Henry Gerber finds buyer
2023-02-20
An Old Town row house that was home to two of the founders of the country's first gay-rights organization recently found a buyer, according to Crain's Chicago Business. The Henry Gerber House, 1710 N. Crilly Ct., ...
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| | WORLD Japanese poll, Sydney Mardi Gras, mpox, rugby study, soccer player
2023-02-19
Sixty-four percent of respondents to a Kyodo News poll believe same-sex marriage should be recognized in Japan, the media outlet noted. In the telephone survey, 88.4% also said recent remarks hostile to LGBTQ+ people by a ...
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| | New York Times publishes transphobic column one day after an open letter condemning anti-trans coverage, HRC responds
2023-02-16
--From a press release - WASHINGTON— This morning, the New York Times published yet another opinion piece attacking the transgender and non-binary community. The piece, "In Defense of J.K. Rowling" was written by Pamela Paul and was published merely one day ...
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| | 180+ journalists and NY Times contributors join HRC, GLAAD to call out biased coverage of trans people in Times coverage
2023-02-15
--From a press release - (New York, NY — Feb. 15, 2023) — Today GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is joined by hundreds of journalists, organizations ...
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 | WORLD German bishops, trans woman's death, Hungary, human-rights event
| | SHOWBIZ 'Black Adam,' Cyndi Lauper, Sondheim, Oscars, OutFest
| | NATIONAL Ritchie Torres, N.J. towns, Karine Jean-Pierre, Tennessee items
| | Navratilova says she is cancer-free
| | UpRising Bakery and Cafe could soon close due to revenue losses, ongoing anti-LGBTQ+ harassment | |
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