You’ve never heard country music like this before. While the genre has faced some skepticism in the past, Brandon Stansell is delivering on a whole new level. As one of the few openly gay country artists, Stansell is working hard and using his music to change the stigma around the LGBTQ community. He is no
Lead singer and frontman of the band Panic! At The Disco, Brendon Urie, has officially come out as pansexual. In an interview with Paper Magazine, Urie openly discussed his sexuality and attraction to men. In the interview, the American singer stated: Yeah I guess you could qualify me as pansexual because I really don’t care.
For decades, LGBTQ representation in the media has largely been reduced to stories of white gay men. In the 2016-2017 television season, only 2 regular characters identified as transgender and an embarrassing 0.96% were Black LGBTQ people. Two filmmakers, Bea Cordelia and Daniel Kyri, are looking to change that with their revolutionary new web series, “the
On Friday Rita Ora dropped her new single “Girls” featuring song artists Cardi B, Charli XCX and Bebe Rexha, and it was met with disapproval by many girls part of the LGBT community. Even if the song was intended to promote “gender-fluid freedom” as Ora said in a People Magazine interview, in reality, it depicted
Since its inception in the late 19th century, film as a medium has had a rather rocky journey to depicting relatable, realistic, and above all sympathetic gay characters. From the Hays Code of the 1930s banning what they referred to as ‘sexual perversion’, to Love, Simon in the 2010s providing inclusion and love for gay teen audiences,
Kenyan LGBTQ+ Love Story: Rafiki, the first Kenyan Film invited to premiere at Cannes, has been banned in its home country. In a statement released today by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB), the film was banned for its homosexual themes, something that is illegal in Kenya. “The Kenya Film Classification Board would like to
A post-season reflection and summary of the series Black Lightning on The CW. #BLM (Black Lightning Matters!) Warning: May contain spoilers. While the premise of yet another superhero show may seem a bit overused and blase amidst shows like Supergirl, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, The Arrow, and movies like The Avengers and Black Panther,
“En el universo no hay coincidencia,” raps Niña Dioz in her latest song. (This translates to “In the universe there are no coincidences.”) And it certainly is no coincidence that “Tambalea,” the leading single off of her upcoming album Reyna, is a powerhouse. When someone like Dioz collaborates with artists like Ceci Bastida and Lida Pimienta, the result cannot
This past week on Shadowhunters, we were shown what everyone in the LGBT+ community wishes would happen. In the episode, “What Lies Beneath”, a lot was going on, but one of the main plots was that Maryse Lightwood (Nicola Correira-Damude) was coming home for an impromptu “family dinner”, as Isabelle Lightwood (Emeraude Toubia) so kindly
With the critically-acclaimed Call Me By Your Name winning an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay at this year’s ceremony, fans were left wanting more from the innocent and heart-warming relationship of Elio and Oliver. But, they didn’t have to wait long until director Luca Guadagnino was revealing details of the sequel on the red carpet. The film, based
If you happen to find yourself binging Netflix’s new show Everything Sucks! in your spare time, you’re probably falling in love with its nostalgic 90’s soundtrack, campy high school setting, and endearing character dynamics. Everything seems to suck to Boring’s town population (yes, Boring), but the show follows a few geeky underclassmen of the A/V club
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is shaping up to be a problematic franchise. First, it cast Johnny Depp in a leading role, despite his abuse of Amber Heard. Now, David Yates, the director, has decided to ignore Dumbledore’s sexuality. In 2007, J.K. Rowling announced that she had “always thought of Dumbledore as gay.”
