DC Comics & HBO Cast First Trans Character Ivory Aquino In ‘Batgirl’ Movie

Barbara Gordon has officially found her roommate. Ivory Aquino (“Tales of the City,” “When We Rise”) has been cast in the HBO Max feature film “Batgirl” as Alysia Yeoh, the best friend of the titular superhero, a.k.a. Barbara Gordon (Leslie Grace). Both Aquino and Yeoh are transgender, marking the first time a live-action feature film […]

From SFGN: Palm Beach County’s Dying LGBTQ+ Social Scene

With more than 1.5 million people, Palm Beach County has a larger population than 11 U.S. states. But despite being a booming metropolis with miles of gorgeous beaches and malls filled with high-end shops, the LGBTQ+ scene is sorely lacking, and just took another blow. In this week’s SFGN, on stands and online tomorrow, I […]

Winter Olympics In China Will Be Very ‘Gay’

The 2020 Summer Olympics, delayed until 2021, were the “gayest Olympics ever” with over 120 openly out LGBTQ+ athletes. The 2022 Winter Olympics may not be quite that gay, but as of now there are at least 17 openly LGBTQ+ competitors headed to Beijing. From US figure-skater Timothy LeDuc who is the first openly non-binary […]

Recording Academy Partners With GLAAD To Promote LGBTQ+ Inclusion In Music

In a historic new partnership, the Recording Academy and GLAAD are partnering to help foster greater inclusion for the LGBTQ community within the music industry. On Tuesday, the two organizations announced their new partnership, in which the Recording Academy is donating $150,000 to the LGBTQ advocacy organization as a means of bolstering their efforts in […]

More Than 500 Corporations Call On Senate To To Pass LGBTQ+ Non Discrimination

More than 500 major U.S. corporations have joined the Human Rights Campaign in calling on the Senate to pass the Equality Act, the HRC said Tuesday. It’s the largest business coalition to ever come together in support of legal LGBTQ+ equality. Passed by the House in February, the Equality Act would expand existing civil rights […]

Final Thoughts On My Hollywood Pride

This past weekend, Hollywood, Florida celebrated it’s new 100 HRC score with the first ever My Hollywood Pride. Several of us from Happening Out Television Network programs were there for the celebration, and show hosts Al Ferguson, FayWhat, and Tony Lima offered us some final thoughts after the events.

Shag Marry Chop – The Umbrella Academy

FINALLY TONIGHT, WE’RE THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, SO THAT MEANS SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS. LET’S PLAY ANOTHER GAME. OUR GAME ASKS WHO WOULD YOU DO AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO 3 DIFFERENT INTERESTING PEOPLE. TONIGHT OUR GAME IS SHAG, MARRY, CHOP. AND OUR THEME IS The Umbrella Academy, created by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, […]