Must-See LGBT TV: Don't miss the 'Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce' season finale, Halsey guest stars on 'Roadies'

Must-See LGBT TV: Don't miss the 'Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce' season finale, Halsey guest stars on 'Roadies'

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Grab the remote, set your DVR or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the highlights in LGBT on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBT-inclusive programming on TV.

Out musician Halsey guest stars on this week’s all new episode of Roadies. She appears as herself and asks Wes to join her show. Meanwhile, the team works to retrieve Christopher’s stolen iPad and a famous photographer causes chaos backstage among the crew. Roadies: Sunday, 10pm on Showtime.

Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce will air its season finale Wednesday night. The episode sees Freedia launching a new bounce fitness app at a large tech conference, opening a pop-up restaurant with her team, and talking with Devon about the future of their relationship. Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce: Wednesday, 11pm on Fuse.

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Sunday August 7: Power (9pm, Starz); Roadies (10pm, Showtime); No League of Their Own (10pm, Fusion); Survivor’s Remorse (10pm, Starz)

Monday: The Fosters (8pm, Freeform); Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (8pm, VH1); UnReal (10pm, Lifetime)

Tuesday: Sisterhood of Hip Hop (9pm, Oxygen); Animal Kingdom (9pm, TNT); Scream (10pm, MTV); Difficult People (Hulu)

Wednesday: Hollywood Medium (8pm, E!); American Gothic (10pm, CBS); Tyrant (10pm, FX); Mr. Robot (10pm, USA); Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (11pm, Fuse)

Friday: The Great British Baking Show (9pm, PBS); Killjoys (9pm, Syfy)

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‘Gay for Pay’ Actor Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Brutal Murder of Adult Film Producer

‘Gay for Pay’ Actor Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Brutal Murder of Adult Film Producer

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The “gay for pay” actor who brutally murdered a Dallas-area adult film producer — bludgeoning him 32 times before setting his body on fire — was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday.

gay for payDaeveion Mangum (right), 20, was convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of 60-year-old Michael Castagne (above), who was found dead inside his studio on Nov. 17, 2015. But the jury reduced Mangum’s sentence after determining that he acted out of “sudden passion.”

As we reported last week, Castagne had already paid Magnum to appear in at least three videos for his gay-themed adult website, JockTherapy.com. However, in what sounds like a form of the “gay panic” defense, Magnum’s attorneys argued that he acted out of self defense after Castagne asked him to perform with another man in a “massage therapy” video — which they likened to attempted sexual assault.

The Dallas Observer reports that the jury may also have been swayed by knowledge of Castagne’s 1985 conviction for sexual performance by a child and fondling of a child. Castagne, then 30, received five years of probation for asking a 16-year-old boy if he was interested in modeling and porn, and photographing his genitals.

According to the Observer, the defense argued that Castagne’s conviction “showed a pattern of manipulative behavior — ‘grooming’ — that would continue throughout Castagne’s interactions with clients, including Mangum.”

Mangum will be eligible for parole after completing half his sentence.

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Kentucky Official Evicts Gay Couple, Says She ‘Never Should Have Rented to the Faggots’

Kentucky Official Evicts Gay Couple, Says She ‘Never Should Have Rented to the Faggots’

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A gay Kentucky couple alleges that a city official called them “faggots” and assaulted one of them while she was evicting them due to their sexual orientation.

Joshua Melton and his husband James Feltner (above) had lived in a townhouse owned by Manchester City Councilwoman Esther Thompson for nine months when they were evicted in June.

“She said she should have never rented to the faggots,” Melton told WYMT.

Melton, who went to the emergency room after Thompson allegedly struck him in the head, has filed a criminal complaint against her for assault. Thompson told the couple she “owned the police,” who illegally took part in the eviction, according to the Kentucky Equality Federation, which is assisting the couple.

The Equality Federation also alleges that the county attorney, who serves as Thompson’s private lawyer, violated ethics rules in handling Melton’s assault complaint because he has a conflict of interest. In addition, Thompson is accused of using a fictitious corporation on the couple’s lease and illegally mishandling their security deposit.

The Equality Federation has asked federal prosecutors to get involved, saying the state attorney general refused to investigate “if local officials declined.” The group is seeking Thompson’s resignation, disciplinary action against police officers, and an investigation of the county attorney.

“Discrimination, we won’t tolerate it in any form in any part of the Commonwealth,” spokesman Jordan Palmer said in a statement. “It’s just unfortunate that it’s happened here in Clay County … again … but, we will see the case through to the end until justice is served.”

Thompson wrote in court documents that she evicted Feltner and Melton because they had six dogs and ruined a carpet, but the couple denies that, saying they had three chihuahuas that their landlady knew about. Thompson reportedly hung up the phone on a reporter from WYMT who was trying to get her side of the story.

Watch the report below.

 

 

 

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