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EXCLUSIVE: New Regency will redevelop “Rub & Tug” into a TV series, with the pilot to be written by Emmy-nominated writer/producer, Our Lady J. There is also a commitment to cast a trans actor to play the show’s lead role of Dante “Tex” Gill, the infamous transgender gangster who became an unlikely major figure in …

GLAAD released its 2020 Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) which examines and reports the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ characters in the highest theatrical grossing films released in 2019. This year’s report has some highs to celebrate as well as some lows that studios should address. The study took a look at eight studios and …

Since the first Pride parades in the ’70s, music has always played a special part in bringing the LGBTQ community together to celebrate being out and proud. From Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love,” Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” in the ’70s to Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful,” Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and …

Gay pride will spread by way of a virtual rainbow this weekend. With the coronavirus pandemic sidelining many in-person LGBTQ celebrations this year, NYC Pride will host a two-hour broadcast extravaganza, featuring “Pose” star Billy Porter, singer Janelle Monáe and more — in lieu of a parade —starting at noon Sunday on several ABC network …

The march will go on. A big LGBTQ Pride parade wasn’t part of NYC’s coronavirus Phase 2 reopening this week. But this Sunday two organizations will still recognize — one virtually, the other with an in-person gathering — the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March on June 28, 1970. In lieu of a march through …

Reese Witherspoon admits that she had no idea what being gay was while growing up in Nashville, Tennessee. “No one spoke to me abut sexuality when I was a teenager,” the 44-year-old actress revealed during a conversation with Regina King for Variety. “I didn’t understand what homosexuality was. My grandparents didn’t explain it; my parents …

For 20-year-old Michael Cimino, Hulu’s “Love, Victor” is his breakout role. The Las Vegas-born actor isn’t really new to Hollywood — he’s done stray episodes of shows such as CBS’s “Training Day” in 2017 and short films including “Dog Days” in 2018. But “Love, Victor” marks his first time as a series regular and in …

Laverne Cox made a statement with her rainbow-colored clutch at the 2019 Emmys — and now she’s spreading the love. The “Orange Is the New Black” actress, 48, is auctioning off a replica of the Edie Parker clutch she carried at the awards show in honor of Pride Month. Bidding on the design began Monday …

Raven-Symoné is a married woman. The television star, 34, announced Thursday that she and girlfriend Miranda Maday tied the knot. “got married to a woman who understands me from trigger to joy, from breakfast to midnight snack, from stage to home,” the former daytime host wrote on Instagram. “love you Mrs. Pearman-Maday! Let’s tear this …

Stars Billy Porter, Janet Mock and Selena Gomez are advocating for LGBTQ inclusion in the Black Lives Matter movement. “LGBTQ+ black folks are black people, too … Our lives matter, too!” “Pose” principal Porter posted after a video went viral of a black trans woman, Iyanna Dior, being beaten this month. Mock used the hashtag …