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TV: Riverdale Star Lili Reinhart Hid Bisexuality Out of Fear of Being Accused of Faking It

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Lili Reinhart knew she was bisexual from a young age, but feared the media would accuse her of “faking it to get attention”. The Riverdale star, 23, came out as a “proud bisexual woman” in June while promoting a Black Lives Matter protest. But in an interview with Flaunt, she explained that she knew “full well that I was attracted to women from a young age”. Reinhart admitted that because she has “exclusively been in hetero-normative relationships” — most notably with Riverdale co-star Cole Sprouse — she felt “it would be too easy for any outsider, especially the media, to … Read more

Umbrella Academy to Tackle Homophobia and Racism in Season Two

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As The Umbrella Academy gears up to return for season two, Robert Sheehan (Klaus Hargreeves) has teased how the new episodes tackle homophobia and racism in the 1960s. The pansexual Klaus’ relationship with Dave struck a chord with queer fans in season one – until he was shot dead in battle during the Vietnam War. The Netflix original returns with a new run of episodes Friday (31 July), and this time the Hargreeves siblings have travelled back in time to the early 1960s – before Dave’s death. Though details of The Umbrella Academy’s season two plot are being kept tightly … Read more

Bi Actor To be the First Black Batwoman

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Bisexual actor Javicia Leslie has been revealed as the first-ever Black Batwoman, picking up the cape and mantle from Ruby Rose. Rose quit Batwoman in May, stunning fans by announcing her departure from the queer superhero show after just one season. The TV star had blazed a trail with the CW show, playing the out-and-proud vigilante Kate Kane, who takes on the titular superhero mantle. In June, a leaked casting call showed that the show was looking to cast a character named Ryan Wilder, creating a new Batwoman rather than recasting Kate Kane. Full Story from Pink News

TV: Queer Woman to Head New Star Wars Series

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The next Star Wars TV series will be spearheaded by a gay woman, Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland. Headland will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner for the new live-action series coming to the Disney Plus, an exciting addition to a franchise that has often been criticised for its lack of representation. She’s one of only two women to have been appointed to helm a live-action Star Wars project in the franchise’s 43-year history, along with Deborah Chow, who is taking the reins on an upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off. Chow was the first woman to ever direct a live-action … Read more

TV: Spongebob Squarepants Comes Out?

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SpongeBob SquarePants’ sexuality has entered the 2020 chat and it seems everyone desperately needed a distraction from the indelible horrors of coronavirus as thousands of Twitter users came to celebrate the yellow square’s coming out party. Nickelodeon tweeted Saturday night celebratory Pride Month tweet with pictures of Spongebob, alongside canonically queer characters Schwoz Schwartz from Henry Danger and Korra from Avatar: The Last Airbender spin-off Legends of Korra. “Celebrating Pride with the LGBTQ+ community and their allies this month and every month,” the children’s television network wrote, turning off comments and replies to the tweet in what can only be … Read more

TV: Batwoman to Avoid “Bury Your Gays” Trope

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Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries has said that they will not ill off Ruby Rose’s Kate Kane character because they are aware of the Bury Your Gays trope. “Bury Your Gays” refers to the trope in fictional stories where LGBT+ characters die or meet an unhappy ending. When Ruby Rose announced that she would not be returning for the second season of the CW series, there was some speculation that they would kill her character off – but the writers veered away from such a move to avoid falling into the much-maligned trope. “As a lesbian who’s been working as a writer for … Read more

TV: Supergirl’s Chyler Leigh Comes Out

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Actress Chyler Leigh has come out as a member of the LGBT+ community, revealing that her storyline in the CW series Supergirl helped her understand her sexuality. Best-known for playing Lexie Grey in Grey’s Anatomy, Leigh currently stars in Supergirl as Kara Danvers’s sister Alex, who slowly comes to realise she is a lesbian in the show’s second season. In a recent post on the Creating Change website, an LGBT+ organisation the actress co-founded, Leigh revealed she had no idea how much that scene would resonate for her personally, and how significant it would become. Full Story at Pink News

TV: Jim Parsons Was Scared to Come Out During “Big Bang” Run

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Jim Parsons has revealed that he feared he “might cause trouble” if he came out as gay while shooting The Big Bang Theory. Parsons, 47, played the role of Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom from 2007 to 2019. He didn’t speak publicly about his sexuality until 2012, six years into The Big Bang Theory’s 12-season run. The star came out as gay in an interview with the New York Times, casually revealing that he had been in a loving relationship with a man for 10 years. “I was 33 when I started doing The Big Bang Theory, and things … Read more

TV: Riverdale star Lili Reinhart is Bi, Supports BLM

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Lili Reinhart revealed Wednesday (June 3) that she is bisexual while promoting a Black Lives Matter protest. The Riverdale star posted to her Instagram stories that she planned to attend an LGBT+ for Black Lives Matter protest that day in Santa Monica, California. “Although I’ve never announced it publicly before, I am a proud bisexual woman,” she wrote under the poster for the protest in a caption. Full Story From Pink News

TV: Next Batwoman Will Be a New Batwoman, Not Kate Kane

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Rose quit Batwoman last month, stunning fans by announcing her departure from the queer superhero show after just one season. The TV star had blazed a trail with the CW show, playing the out-and-proud vigilante Kate Kane, who takes on the titular superhero mantle. Although rumours have abounded about why she quit the role, she later posted on Instagram: “I have stayed silent because that’s my choice for now but know I adore you all. I’m sure the next season will be amazing also.” Now, according to Decider, series bosses have decided to introduce an entirely new lead character rather … Read more