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TV: Fan Favorite Queer Character Departs “Legacies”

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Josie Saltzman - Legacies

Kaylee Bryant has said goodbye CW’s Legacies after portraying fan-favourite queer character Josie Saltzman for four seasons. Bryant has played Josie Saltzman on the supernatural drama series, which is a spin-off of The Originals, since 2018. The show features characters from The Originals and its predecessor, The Vampire Diaries. In season four episode “I Can’t Be the One to Stop You”, Josie, a pansexual witch who is also a student at Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted, left Mystic Falls behind. But before she departed forever, Josie also bid an emotional farewell to her girlfriend, Finch (Courtney Bandeko). Full … Read more

TV: New Star Wars Series “The Acolyte” to Have a Queer Perspective

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Star Wars the Acolyte

Amandla Stenberg is set to star in The Acolyte, a new Stars Wars TV series spearheaded by a gay woman. Written, directed and executive-produced by Russian Doll co-creator Lesyle Headland, the show will focus on the emergence of dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic, an era that began roughly 200 years before the events of Episode I: The Phantom Menace kicked off the Skywalker saga. Details for Stenberg’s character are yet to be revealed, but it’s reported that the Disney Plus show will bring a much-needed queer perspective to the successful franchise. Full Story from Pink … Read more

TV: The Story Behind Smithers Finally Finding Love

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Smithers Kiss - The Simpsons

A writer on The Simpsons has explained how he worked with his gay son to make Smithers a “three-dimensional gay character”. As viewers of the long-running animated series will know, The Simpsons has a long history of joking about Smithers’ sexuality – but that all started to change in 2016, when the character officially came out. Recently, the show proved that it’s committed to making Smithers even more authentic with the episode “Portrait of a Lackey on Fire”, which sees Smithers whisked off his feet by fashion mogul Michael De Graaf (voiced by Victor Garber). Writer Rob LaZebnik wanted to … Read more

TV: Why Does Bewitched Feel So Queer?

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Bewitched

Why does Bewitched feel so queer? It was about a straight couple, after all, and never had a single explicitly LGBTQ+ character. And yet the sitcom, which ran from the mid-60s to the early 70s, has an intensely queer feeling. It somehow comes off as queer without ever actually coming out. How is that possible? Behold, the power of subtext! Bewitched, which was recently referenced (obliquely) on the show WandaVision, was about a witch named Samantha who marries a mortal named Darren, and the couple decides to keep her powers a secret. The show debuted pre-Stonewall, at a time when … Read more

TV: Supergirl’s Nicole Maines: ‘Trans is Beautiful and Powerful’

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Nicole Maines

Nicole Maines, who plays television’s first openly trans superhero, knows what it means to fight for what is right. She does it every day. The 24-year-old from Glosservile, New York, is a hero after all. In 2014, she successfully sued her school district after being denied access to the girl’s bathroom for being trans. Now, Maines has swapped legal paperwork for tights as she stars as Nia Nal, a shy, hardworking reporter in training working alongside Kara Danvers, otherwise known as Supergirl. Full Story from Pink News

TV: Smithers Finally Gets a Boyfriend!

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Smithers Kiss - The Simpsons

Iconic gay character and lackey of villain Mr Burns, Waylon Smithers, will finally find love in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. Even casual Simpsons viewers knew that Smithers is gay and had been harbouring a crush on his boss since the show first debuted. But it wasn’t until the 2016 episode “The Burns Cage” that Smithers officially came out publicly to Mr Burns and admitted his true feelings. Now, five years after his love was rejected by Mr Burns, Smithers has seemingly moved on and is taking the next step in living his best life publicly – finding love. … Read more

TV: Five Films to Open Your Hearts and Minds About Intersex People

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Ponyboi

Yesterday was Intersex Solidarity Day, and what better way to learn to be a good ally to intersex people than through learning about their perspectives and experiences? Intersex people — those have physical attributes that are associated with more than one sex — represent an estimated 1.7 percent of the population. But they’re underrepresented in media. These independent films provide experiences from all across the globe, giving an important voice to underrepresented people, their stories and current struggles. In 2005, intersex ally Joelle Circe-Laramee recognized the first-ever Intersex Day of Solidarity. She invited allies and organizations to commemorate the life … Read more

TV: Star Trek: Prodigy Includes Non-Binary Lead

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Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy is introducing a new generation of kids to the utopian values of Starfleet with a refreshingly diverse cast, including a non-binary main character. The animated Star Trek kids’ series premiered on Paramount+ last week with a star-studded voice cast including Ella Purnell, Brett Gray, Rylee Alazraqui, Angus Imrie and Jason Mantzoukas. The show is already winning praise for its thoughtful messaging, which teaches children the importance of acceptance, individuality and looking beyond appearances. Full Story from Pink News

TV: GoT Sex Scenes Often a Frenzied Mess, Actress Says

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Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy

Gemma Whelan, who played the queer Yara Greyjoy on Game of Thrones, has said sex scenes on the show could be a “frenzied mess”. Whelan is set to star in the upcoming ITV police drama The Tower, and she told The Guardian that sex scenes in the series are overseen by an intimacy coach. However, it was a different story on Game of Thrones, she said, with actors “left to get on with it” She explained: “They used to just say: ‘When we shout action, go for it,’ and it could be a sort of frenzied mess. But between the actors there was always an instinct … Read more

TV: Six Shows With Ace Characters

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Ace Characters on TV

The TV industry has worked to broaden LGBT+ representation on televisions, but asexual characters are still few and far in between. It’s no secret that the spectrum of gender identity and sexual orientation is severely underrepresented and under-explored in pop culture. GLAAD publishes a report on representation in TV every year, and it wasn’t until the 2017-2018 season that the media monitoring organisation was able to count asexual regular or recurring characters on TV (Raphael on Shadowhunters and Todd on BoJack Horseman). In 2016, it was confirmed that Jughead, the crown-wearing character in Archie Comics, is asexual. Unfortunately, that didn’t … Read more