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TV: Flash’s Rick Cosnett Comes Out

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The Flash actor Rick Cosnett came out as gay in a touching video, imploring the world to live their truth “everyday”. With the blessed DNA of being Hugh Grant’s cousin, the director, who plays detective Eddie Thawne on the television series, case out over Instagram. In the clip captioned “Just me, hello”, Cosnett begins with a “dramatic pause” before leisurely declaring: “I’m gay. I just wanted everyone to know because I made a promise to myself to live my truth everyday. Full Story from Pink News

TV: “Loki” to Introduce Trans Superhero

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Loki – the upcoming Disney+ Marvel series – is set to introduce the transgender superhero Sera. A month after Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige backtracked on a pledge to introduce trans characters to the big screen, it appears he will instead be bringing trans representation to the streaming end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Loki – one of a number of MCU shows in development at Disney+ – will reportedly introduce Sera, often referred to as Marvel Comics’ first trans superhero. Full Story From Pink News

FOR READERS: You’re My Obsession

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Kari Trenten: Have you ever gotten totally obsessed with a movie, a TV series or a book/series? Where you thought about it all the time and even dreamed about it? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

TV: Captain Jack Returns – On Doctor Who (Spoilers)

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Doctor Who fans were thrilled when John Barrowman made a surprise comeback as the “omni-sexual” time traveller Captain Jack Harkness, a decade after he last appeared on the show. Warning: Major spoilers follow. Captain Jack made his return during Sunday night’s “Fugitive of the Judooon”, accidentally abducting The Doctor’s companions while trying to deliver a warning to the Time Lord (Jodie Whittaker). After beaming Graham (Bradley Walsh) into his ship, he mistakes him for The Doctor – who he has only ever met as male – and plants a deep, long kiss on his lips. Fans were robbed of a … Read more

Looking for Bigfoot

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A man crouches on the Oregon forest floor late at night, peering between the trees for signs of nocturnal life. The scene is pitch-black but his face and hands are visible in infrared footage, and he scans the landscape with a thermal camera, looking for a heat signature that would indicate he isn’t alone. Suddenly, a red blob emerges in the distance. “Do you see that?” he whispers. “It’s something big.” But could it be Bigfoot, North America’s fabled apelike creature? That’s the question this man — author and explorer Russell Acord — and his colleagues are trying to answer, … Read more

TV Was 10.2% Queer This Year

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GLAAD’s recently released annual study of LGBTQ characters on TV found that 10.2% of regular characters on broadcast scripted primetime television this season are LGBTQ — meeting GLAAD’s 2018 goal of reaching a 10% threshold by 2020. GLAAD now wants to reach 25% by 2025. But reaching GLAAD’s 2018 goal came about largely thanks to just four very influential TV producers: Greg Berlanti, Lena Waithe, Ryan Murphy, and ally Shonda Rhimes. Together, the LGBTQ characters in their 22 shows account for 14% of all LGBTQ representation on broadcast scripted primetime TV. “While we celebrate the outstanding projects from these creators, … Read more

Ruby Rose: Batwoman’s Relationship Will Be ‘Like Anybody Else’

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Ruby Rose has said that Batwoman’s relationship will be different to how lesbian relationships are usually presented in the media. In an interview with Adweek Rose said that the superhero’s relationship would be normalised, matter-of-fact and “just like anybody else.”  “There’s a way that television shows and films often depict any kind of new relationship when it’s a woman and a woman. It often has a beginning, middle and end that’s always the same,” said Rose. “Like, ‘Oh, my gosh, you’re my best friend and we’re having a slumber party in high school!’ It’s fine, because that is a … Read more

TV: “The Society’s” Deaf Gay Character Gets a Love Interest

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A deaf and gay teenager in the new Netflix teen drama The Society has been given a love story by the show’s creators. Sam, played by deaf actor Sean Berdy, has been using American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate throughout the first season of the show.  In the storyline between Sam and Grizz (Jack Mulher), tension has been slowly building as they’ve grown closer and Sam has been teaching Grizz sign language. In one episode, Grizz asks Sam to teach him “one more phrase” in sign language. “How do you say kiss me?” Grizz whispers to Sam. Full Story: … Read more

TV: Steven Universe Season Finale Praised for Trans Storyline

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The Season 5 finale of Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe has been praised by fans for its incredible trans subtext. The show, whose creator Rebecca Sugar came out as non-binary in July, has won plaudits for exploring gender and showing a lesbian proposal—and wedding—last season. In its latest episode, “Change Your Mind,” the cartoon creates a wonderful trans story, featuring main character Steven struggling to convince his biological family, Blue, Yellow and White Diamond, that he is a boy. After winning over Blue and Yellow, who stop calling him by his mum’s name—Pink Diamond—and start calling him Steven, he takes on … Read more

TV: American Gods Season Two Trailer

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American Gods Season 2 Trailer

“American Gods” has finally released the trailer for its second season after a long delay.  The Starz series is based on the novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman. It focuses on the battle between old Gods like Love and Evil and new Gods like Technology. Its freshman season, which debuted in 2017, featured the most explicit gay sex scene to air on television between Salim (Omid Abtahi) and Middle Eastern god Jinn (Mousa Kraish). The show was a critical darling but faced issues behind-the-scenes. Showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green parted ways with the series over “budget and … Read more