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‘Sesame Street’ celebrates Pride month with adorable special episode introducing two gay dads

Sesame Street is celebrating Pride month with an adorable special episode introducing its first ever same-sex couple. The milestone episode, titled “Family Day,” debuted on HBO Max and YouTube on Thursday (17 June) and sees characters welcome their family members to the famous street. Among them are Frank and Dave, the brother of Nina, who works as a bike store owner on the street, and their daughter, Mia. The iconic kids’ show has discussed LGBT+ families in the past, but Yahooreports this is first time it’s ever featured a same-sex couple (not counting Bert and Ernie, of course). Cast member Alan Muraoka, who helped create […]

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Frameline45 SF International LGBTQ+ Film Fest Special Event FREE live screening; Q&A with filmmakers

When maverick Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Debra Chasnoff is diagnosed with stage-4 cancer, she faces down injustice as she always has – with her camera. With the help of her wife Nancy and their chosen family, she traces a journey through the twists and turns of the end of her life. What emerges is an emotionally raw, funny and profoundly intimate portrait of shifting relationships and identities — a story about hanging onto life, as you prepare to let it go.   The World Premiere of PROGNOSIS – notes on living will be held on June 19 in the Frameline45 San Francisco […]

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Revry TV Celebrates Pride Month with incredible Queer content

Revry celebrates Pride Month with an entire June calendar highlighting incredible Queer content made by and for the community. With Queer content Revry’s primary focus year round, Pride Month allows Revry the opportunity to showcase their wide array of content from Queer creators of all different backgrounds and walks of life. Revry aims to inspire exploration with diverse content and provide a space for inclusivity within the community. Pride Month on Revry is kicked off by two highly anticipated events playing in the first week of the month. “Can’t Cancel Pride” on June 4th is a virtual benefit hosted by […]

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Occidental Center for the Arts presents Reader’s Theater June 26

Saturday June 26 @ 8 pm. Occidental Center for the Arts presents’ Readers Theater Revealed’. Enjoy a fine selection of theatrical readings by members of our Readers’ Theater group! This virtual event will be shared on our YouTube Channel beginning at 8 PM on June 26th, and available thereafter to view. Dramatic readings include a scene with Lady Bracknell and Jack Worthing from “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, “A Debutante at a Dance” monologue by Ruth Draper; scene from “The Lion in Winter” with Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II, “I’m Still Here” from the Follies […]

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Occidental Center for the Arts Hosts First Live Concert June 13 with Local Talent

Sunday, June 13 @ 4- 6 pm. Occidental Center for the Arts 2021 Summer Series Concerts. OCA is delighted to invite you to join us in our outdoor amphitheater for – at last! – a live music concert featuring two stellar Sonoma County acts: Mimi and Gabe Pirard (Dijin, SonoMusette) and the Phil Lawrence Band! There will be limited seating following current public safety guidelines in our amphitheater, which is shady by 4 pm. Please bring cushions to sit on. Advance tickets are required, and will be on sale to the public starting May 24th. Tickets are $20 for OCA members, $25 for non-members. There will be refreshments available […]

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Film Review: Changing the Game

MICHAEL BARNETT’S thought-provoking documentary about the trials and triumphs of trans teenager athletes was made in the Trump era where society was encouraged to express rampant transphobia.  In fact, violently oppose everything that was not about white cis-gendered men.Whilst the topic of trans sportsmen and women may surface in the media quite often, it is being confronted by the reality of what they face on a daily basis helps us understand how very serious it all is. And that’s exactly what this documentary does Barnett follows three teen trans in different US States.  That in itself is important as each State has […]

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Announcing the LGBTQ+ Films at the 20th SF Documentary Film Festival June 3 – 20

SURVIVING THE SILENCEDir: Cindy L. AbelFeatureIn the early 1990s, a highly-decorated colonel was forced to expel an Army hero for being a lesbian. What no one knew at the time was that the same colonel was herself a closeted lesbian. Decades later, this truth is exposed in all of its complexity, and the three women involved come together again to contemplate those events and their impact. Producer Marc Smolowitz lives in San Francisco. WORKHORSE QUEENDir: Angela WashkoFeatureBy day, Ed Popil worked as a telemarketer. By night, he transformed into drag queen Mrs. Kasha Davis, a 1960’s era housewife trying to liberate herself from […]

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FRAMELINE45, THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL Line-up revealed

Today, Frameline announced the full program for Frameline45—the world’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival—taking place Thursday, June 10 through Sunday, June 27, 2021. Slated to be the largest and most attended festival in Frameline history, the 17-day festival will feature a hybrid of in-person and virtual offerings, including four drive-in screenings, two screenings at Oracle Park in partnership with San Francisco Pride and the San Francisco Giants, as well as over 50 virtual film screenings. In addition, in-person screenings return to Frameline with a series of special screenings at San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre and Roxy Theater. This year’s Frameline45 virtual offerings are available to ticket […]

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Occidental Center for the Arts Literary Series presents Shakespeare Everywhere May 16

Sunday, May 16th@ 4-5:30pm. Occidental Center for the Arts Virtual Literary Series presents ‘Shakespeare Everywhere’, conceived and hosted by local and beloved author Jean Hegland (Into the Forest; Still Time). Jean will join in conversation with a four-person panel of far-flung artists: a rapper, a cartoonist, a zine editor, and a Young Adult novelist who are incorporating Shakespeare into their own work in fresh, exciting, and powerful ways. These fabulous artists will share a taste of their work with us and discuss how and why Shakespeare has inspired them. This is a fundraiser for OCA: Although a free event for OCA members, we encourage […]

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LGBTQ+ Films Ignite CAAMFest 2021’s Vibrant Program

The Center for Asian American Media is pleased to showcase LGBTQ+ works as part of CAAMFest 2021. With a broad spectrum of themes, these projects convey the multifaceted intersections of sexuality and identity. Showcases and features include: HAPPY TOGETHER, directed by Wong Kar-WaiSaturday, May 15, 6:30 p.m. at FORT MASON FLIXIn this seminal and gorgeous film, Ho Po-Wing (Leslie Cheung) and Lai Yiu-Fai (Tony Leung) are lovers who fight to keep their relationship together. SEE YOU THEN, directed by Mari WalkerFriday, May 22, 7:00 p.m. on CAAMFest.comFilmmaker Mari Walker masterfully directs this grounded and touching story of two individuals, who have felt pain […]

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