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How Star Wars Gave Us the Least Impressive Gay Couple Yet

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Porg

Yes, there is a gay couple in “The Last Jedi.” But it’s so on the down low, most folks will never know. Gay Star News explains: The internet can’t handle the revelation of a secret gay couple in the latest Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi. Twitter user ikolism took to social media to explain: ‘Only male porgs have orange plumage around their eyes, and both snuggling porgs have those markings. ‘Gay porgs, folks. TLJ [The Last Jedi] is a gift that keeps on giving,’ they wrote. Then they uploaded a gif from the movie of two male porgs nuzzling. only male porgs … Read more

Dumbledore Gate: Rowling “Mutes” LGBT Fans Who Criticized New Script

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JK Rowling - twitter

JK Rowling has hit back at fans who are upset that her only gay character’s sexuality will not be explored in an upcoming Harry Potter film. The Harry Potter author made headlines in 2007 when she famously proclaimed that beloved Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore was gay. His sexuality was never portrayed in the main book or film franchise, but the books hinted at a relationship between Dumbledore and the dark wizard Grindelwald in his younger days. Fans had hoped that relationship would finally come front-and-centre thanks to prequel series Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, with Jude Law set … Read more

COMICS: Make the Joker Gay Again

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The Joker

DC Comics fans are calling for writers of the Batman series to make The Joker gay… again. The Joker has a long history of homosexuality but writers suppressed it in the 90s, according to some fan theories. In a change.org petition to DC writer Geoff Johns, Elena Shestakova wrote: ‘The Joker was and always had been homosexual.’ ‘This opinion was shared by other comic books authors and artists for decades. That is why it’s so important to me and other queer readers to return his homosexuality,’ she said. By James Besanville – Full Story at Gay Star News

ANNOUNCEMENT & INTERVIEW: Journey to Gaytopia, by Joel Craig

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Journey to Gaytopia

QSFer Joel Craig has a new gay sci fi graphic novel out: Broke actors Joel Craig and Stephen Foster have just had the break of a lifetime, series regular roles on The Julianne Moore and Madonna Half Hour Comedy Show. But during the filming of the show Madonna is kidnapped by Mae Dunaway, the evil twin sister of Faye Dunaway, and whisked away into a science fiction alternate parallel universe. Joel and Stephen are in hot pursuit in efforts to rescue Madonna from the evil clutches of Mae and get help from some new friends along the way in the … Read more

Scientists Find “Mordor Under the Sea”

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Mordor under the sea

Today in news best suited for sneaky little Hobbitses and Shire-folk, scientists unveiled a map of a faraway volcanic realm that has a distinct look of Mordor about it. Unfortunately for any ring bearers, the molten landscape has probably been hidden underwater for millions of years. The “Tolkienesque” region of submarine volcanoes buried beneath the sea south of Australia was discovered by a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia, the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia. The team employed 3D seismic reflection, a geo-mapping technique that … Read more

TECH: The Latest Tech Material: Cardboard?

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Nintendo cardboard

Nintendo is going low-tech for its newest line of video game accessories. The Japanese company has unveiled a series of DIY cardboard toys, called Nintendo Labo kits, for its wildly popular Switch gaming console. Assembled from sheets of cardboard, the accessories are designed to interact with the Switch and its Joy-Con controllers in a variety of ways. For example, one toy is a 13-key cardboard piano that the console and controllers slot into. After putting it together, users can press the cardboard keys, and musical notes come out of the console. Another kit builds an interactive robot suit with a … Read more

Twitter Pairs Disney Characters in Queer Couples

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Imagine this: All our favorite Disney characters as gay couples. That’s exactly what Twitter user @harleivy did with a recent thread that went viral. Using gifs from various Tumblrs, where this phenomenon already found plenty of love, the user brought the joy of queer Disney to Twitter. The thread, which first appeared on 13 January, has already gained nearly 30,000 likes and over 15,000 re-tweets. Hit the link for more.

TV: Lord of the Rings Prequel Series Picked Up By Amazon

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Lord of the Rings

This actually happened a couple months back, but I missed it entirely: In its quest to launch a hit fantasy series of the Game of Thrones caliber, Amazon has closed a massive deal — said to be close to $250 million — to acquire global TV rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. The streaming service has given a multi-season commitment to a LOTR series in the pact, which also includes a potential spinoff series. The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by … Read more

TV: Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is Here!

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Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams

“From the mind of the prolific sci-fi author, comes the new anthology series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. With 10 standalone episodes and a sweeping all-star cast, each epic story will explore fantasy, humanity, and a future we’ve only begun to imagine.” Stop. You had me at Buscemi. This looks particularly good based on the cast alone and it starts today! Not sure how I missed this but I’m glad I saw it in time. By Dave Post – Full Story at Worlds Without End

Out of the Past: LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy 2000-2010

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The dawn of the 21st century brought massive changes to the publishing industry, fueled in part by a surge in epublishing. More efficient and portable e-readers enabled readers to access an increasing number of ebook publications, fueling ebook sales. Larger print publishers, many of which were unprepared for the shift, responded by consolidating or closing their doors. There were additional impacts to brick-and-mortar stores as well as to print distribution of books and magazines. Many authors responded to these changes by releasing their own books in a variety of formats, sometimes by starting their own small and medium-sized presses. Alongside … Read more