Let's modernize this family: The ACLU is asking supporters to "RSVP" for the wedding of Modern Family's resident gay couple, Mitch and Cam. The online petition claims that the marriage would help raise awareness about the importance of gay marriage in America: "Mitch and Cam are a couple that America has come to know and love, and seeing them get married, and seeing the characters in the [more...]
Some boys to join "Girls" on HBO: Jonathan Groff ("Glee"), Frankie J. Alvarez ("Smash") and Murray Bartlett ("Guiding Light") are set to star in an 8-episode, gay-themed dramady pilot picked up by HBO this week. Still untitled, the show will center around the lives of three gay men living in San Francisco. Production will begin in 2014. The move comes only a few days after nearly a dozen LGBT-the [more...]
Going where no man has gone before: Star Trek pushed the boundaries when it came to gender and racial equality, but LGBT officers never made the cut. Wired examines the cause of this phenomenon in the early series, as well as the later movies (and more recent film re-makes): "This heritage makes it all the more unfortunate that the progressive values of the original series seem to h [more...]
The new normal? Less LGBT characters: A strangely-high number of TV shows with LGBT characters and story lines have been cancelled, including some of the big name gay shows, such as Smash, The New Normal and Happy Endings, as well as some of the lesser-known shows, like Go On, Don’t Trust the B___ in Apartment 23, Southland, Partners, and more. Wer [more...]
A spin-off (sorta) worth celebrating: Will and Grace alum Sean Hayes has a new sitcom that has been picked up by NBC. Hayes swaps his Jack Macfarland persona for a divorced gay dad whose daughter moves in with him. Will Karen make an appearance? (Everyone knows Jack and Karen would be a hit.) [more...]
Colleagues of ABC News top editor Don Ennis celebrated with flowers and cake this week when the 10-year-veteran announced that she will be transitioning to a woman -- now Dawn Stacey Ennis -- after more than 7 years of inner turmoil: "Please understand: This is not a game of dress-up, or make-believe. It is my affirmation of who I now am and what I must do to be happy, in response to a sou [more...]
Life imitating art: Tuc Watkins played a gay neighbor (Bob Hunter) on Desperate Housewives, but never came out publicly as a gay man, himself. Now the single dad of surrogate twins Catchen and Curtis is going public in a new interview with Hallmark Channel’s Marie Osmond. For more, click the link below. [more...]
The seeds of the sitcom: On Entertainment Tonight this week, The Fosters executive producer Jennifer Lopez opens up about why she chose to create a sitcom about a lesbian couple who decide to adopt multi-national children: "I had an aunt who was gay and I lived with her and I loved her. She just passed away from cancer and I thought of her often when I was thinking of taking on this [more...]