The GLAAD Media Awards celebrate notable achievements on behalf of the LGBT community by presenting honors to programs and individuals who accurately and inclusively portray and support the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in the media. This year’s 22nd Annual Media Awards event featured high-profile television honorees including “Glee,” “Modern Family” and…
The MTV series Teen Wolf, set to debut on June 5 immediately following the MTV Movie Awards broadcast, will feature an out gay character among the principle members of the cast. Danny, an openly gay lacrosse player and best friend to hero Scott McCall’s rival, Jackson, will be played by Keahu Kahuanui. Although Danny won’t…
A college-age gay fan of the popular musical TV show Glee wrote in to AfterElton.com’s advice column after a recent episode to ask a question that, apparently, is on the minds of many gay viewers: Is Kurt’s romantic, sensitive boyfriend Blaine a figment of pure, unattainable fantasy? The fan wrote, “I just watched Kurt and…
Farley Granger, stage and screen star and author of the 2007 memoir “Include Me Out,” passed away Sunday at his home in New York. Most known for his roles in Hitchock thrillers like the 1951 classic Strangers on a Train and the 1948 murder mystery Rope, Granger got his start in Hollywood before buying out…
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced its intention to stand with GLAAD and promote anti-bullying messages. The partnership comes after wrestler John Cena made a number of televised comments that many viewers considered anti-gay. Cena’s comments, made in the context of the program WWE Raw, included negative implications of homosexuality in reference to Dwayne “The…
Former SNL star and 30 Rock creator Tina Fey fielded a string of “what if” questions during Andy Cohen’s gay quiz at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York. According to New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, Fey teamed up with Cohen, the openly gay host of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live program, to put on…
Just this past Friday, NBC released the first image of the face for their new “Wonder Woman” remake, in full costume. Taking on Lynda Carter’s role and slipping into the red, blue, and gold vinyl ensemble will be “Friday Night Lights” star Adrianne Palicki. Palicki’s casting in the show was announced last month. The pilot…
Brett Berk and the editors of Vanity Fair magazine have issued apologies for using the word “fag” in a recent online article about the popular musical television show Glee. The word has been removed from the piece, and GLAAD has since commended Vanity Fair for the “tone of respect” used in the printed retraction. Berk,…
Kelly Osbourne, daughter of rock and reality TV duo Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, recently told Popeater reporters that she would be thrilled to have a baby with her gay best friend. “I’m fed up with straight men,” the newly svelte Dancing With The Stars contestant declared. After a tough break-up with serious ex-boyfriend Luke Worrall,…
Media Arts Center San Diego presents the annual San Diego Latino Film Festival, now celebrating its 18th season. The 11-day event is March 10-20 at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas Hazard Center. The Festival features more than 20,000 festival attendees; 160 entertaining and award-winning movies starring such actors as Ricardo Darin, Martha Higareda, Demian Bichir, Adal…
