‘Queer as Folk’ Is Being Rebooted by Bravo
The new series will focus on “a group of club-going friends who find support in the gay community following a tragedy.”
www.advocate.com/television/2018/12/18/queer-folk-being-rebooted-bravo
Daily Archives: December 18, 2018
9 Celebrities Who Came Out as Straight
9 Celebrities Who Came Out as Straight
www.advocate.com/coming-out/2018/12/18/9-celebrities-who-came-out-straight
5 times Ellen slayed the world with seriously hilarious routines
5 times Ellen slayed the world with seriously hilarious routines
Her laughs, her legacy, and all those times she had us in stitches.
20 Ways to Survive a Blue Christmas in Vancouver
20 Ways to Survive a Blue Christmas in Vancouver
If you’re a Vancouverite, you know December in this city looks like something out of the film Blade Runner – a blanket of grey and nonstop down-pours. The weather alone is enough to make anyone feel a little sad and lonely, and it’s only heightened around the holidays, if you’re far from loved ones or […]
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To Be a Young, Gifted, Black, Bisexual Working Actress
To Be a Young, Gifted, Black, Bisexual Working Actress
Whether touring with Cecily Tyson or hosting a queer talk show, Dalila Ali Rajah is proving she’s more than a pretty face.
www.advocate.com/film/2018/12/18/be-young-gifted-black-bisexual-working-actress
Russian election trolls set up a fake hotline for youth who were coming out
Russian election trolls set up a fake hotline for youth who were coming out
New series “Growing Up Is a Drag” reveals the next generation of teen queens
New series “Growing Up Is a Drag” reveals the next generation of teen queens
Reminding us that there is more to Snapchat than just fabulous selfie filters is an inspiring new eight-part docuseries “Growing Up is a Drag” which follows a throng of teenage drag queens as they try to make a name for themselves in the competitive world of performing.
The series is both entertaining and heartfelt as we are introduced to young Nathan Swann, Matthew Tronconi, and Trey Jett – otherwise known as Brandi The Kween, Clawdeena, and Anita Kiss…and it’s running every day until December 24 on Snapchat’s Discover Page.
Check out Nathan taking over GLAAD’s Instagram Story here!
The series feels very much like a coming-of-age story and although they are only in their teens, they all recognize the importance of living authentically- even when residing in certain parts of the country make it more difficult at times. We also see how Nathan, Matthew and Trey all use social media as a lifeline to find community, connection and friendship in the teen queen scene.
In this clip from Episode 2, Trey Jett gets a lot of parental support for their big moment as Anita Kiss!
Reality TV production powerhouse Bunim-Murray (“The Real World,” “Keeping Up With The Kardashians) is producing the series with PB&J Television.
Will we see Brandi The Kween, Clawdeena, or Anita Kiss on an upcoming season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race?” Only time will tell!
“Growing Up Is a Drag” is streaming now on Snapchat’s Discover page.
December 18, 2018
www.glaad.org/blog/new-series-growing-drag-reveals-next-generation-teen-queens
Betsy DeVos’s Proposal on School Discipline Will Hurt LGBTQ Students
Betsy DeVos’s Proposal on School Discipline Will Hurt LGBTQ Students
A DeVos-chaired commission says Obama-era guidance on preventing discriminatory discipline should be withdrawn, inciting the wrath of civil rights groups.
Telling The Stories Of Gay Black Men Can End HIV Stigma
Telling The Stories Of Gay Black Men Can End HIV Stigma
While HIV rates spike in Atlanta, Johnnie Ray Kornegay III is seeking to record the stories of Black gay men in pictures.
Kornegay’s journey to professional photographer began when he set out to be a music producer/performer. As reporter Gracie Bonds Staples of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said: “That lasted four years and after graduating from Temple University, he became a recruiter for Independence Blue Cross, which eventually led to a managerial position with Borders bookstore and then Home Depot here in Atlanta and closer, not just to his third dream, but what seems to have been his destiny. I say that because, three days before World AIDS Day, I was with Kornegay in his Stone Mountain photography studio and it was very clear to me the man had discovered his true passion, which comes, of course, with accepting your true self.”
“Be the Flame” and his newest body of work, “Naked,” a photo series of 25 Black gay and bisexual men in the nude, are about body image and self-love and about what had evolved into his third dream: telling the stories of Black gay men.
Kornegay was inspired to come out as a Black gay man in 2015 after he found himself adding his name to an online letter expressing love and devotion to Michael Johnson, the athlete sentenced to prison for “knowingly” exposing or transmitting HIV to six male partners.
To give you some context as to the environment that Korengay is working in, Dr. Carlos del Rio, the co-director for the Emory Center for AIDS research recently said “Downtown Atlanta is as bad as Zimbabwe or Harare or Durban [All in Africa].”
Health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that Atlanta remains in an HIV/AIDS health crisis and ranks fourth in the nation for new HIV diagnoses.
Kornegay told Project Q Atlanta, “I learned about HIV because of 1980s and 1990s pop culture. I remember watching Neneh Cherry’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” video. It was the visual arts from Keith Haring, the music from Janet Jackson, the poetry from Essex Hemphill that gave me courage and knowledge. Art of my childhood was seductive in the way it taught me to think more deeply. I could speak out. Art is indispensable from social change for black folks. It gives us context. It gives us language. It helps us understand the world around us.”
He recently shot the cover of the HIV treatment magazine Positively Aware‘s September/October 2018 issue on HIV decriminalization. “As a person who’s released two bodies of artistic work publicly that included the stories of black gay men living with HIV, I was so honored to do the cover. HIV laws around the country must be modernized. I am committed to being part of that change.”
Positively Aware’s art director Rick Guasco who hired Kornegay called him a, “Great advocate and passionate and energetic artist dedicated to the cause.”
Korengay told Towleroad, “As an artist, it’s important to me to tell the truth about the world and the subjects that step in front of my camera. As a Black gay man, my tribe are Black gay men and other marginalized folks, including people living with HIV. I was enlightened by the art of my childhood, and it’s my responsibility to use my art to tell our truths today. Like Tony Daniels said “We are here,” and like Craig G. Harris before him, ‘[we] will be heard.’”
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Anti-LGBTQ Martha McSally Will Join Senate Despite Losing Election
Anti-LGBTQ Martha McSally Will Join Senate Despite Losing Election
McSally, who lost to out bi candidate Kyrsten Sinema for one U.S. Senate seat from Arizona, has been appointed to fill the other one.
