Television

The Emmy Award-Winning Logo Documentary Films and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today announced a partnership to promote the broadcast premiere of Forbidden: Undocumented & Queer in Rural America.  The documentary, which follows Moises Serrano, an undocumented immigrant and gay man born in Mexico and raised in North Carolina, fighting for the American dream, will premiere Friday, Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The goal of the partnership is to inform the public of the struggles and stigmas placed upon individuals facing similar challenges as Serrano, while highlighting the civil rights and liberties that constitutionally apply to every individual living in […]

Like many gay men in the 1980s, Miguel moved to New York City in search of a life out of the closet; he found a career in theater and a rewarding relationship. Yet in the midst of the AIDS crisis, his devout Catholic mother pressured him to repent for his homosexuality on his deathbed. Twenty-five years later, his niece Cecilia Aldarondo breaks the silence surrounding her uncle’s death, sifting through conflicting memories of a man she never really knew. She locates Miguel’s estranged partner and begins to unlock long-dormant family secrets. Through home movies, audio recordings, family photos, letters and […]

  Nayyef and Btoo talked about how they had fell in love as soldiers in Iraq. Screenshot Ellen talked with Nayyef and Btoo, two gay soldiers from Iraq who fell in love, came to the US, and got married. The two men met in the military and fell in love, but weren’t able to publicly acknowledge their relationship due to the often violently homophobic environment in Iraq. “So I was in Ramadi, and at first we saw each other 6 months before we really knew each other,” Nayyef remembered. “And he just got out of the shower, and his hair […]

  CMT and iHeartRadio host Cody Alan has come out as gay, via an Instagram post on Thursday. In an open and heartfelt message, Alan wrote, “there is something I want to share with you. You see, I’m gay. This is not a choice I made, but something I’ve known about myself my whole life.” Alan spoke with People Magazine about his struggle to finally come out publicly, doing so at the age of 44. “Though my TV or my radio persona was always that of a happy guy, there was this underlying ache inside of me for years, so […]

Xfinity has launched a new range of content for LGBT viewers. Named the Xfinity LGBT Film & TV Collection the content will be a community-driven library of over 800+ titles featuring LGBT characters and storylines, with new content incorporated weekly. Launching the service, Friday Jean-Claire Fitschen, executive director, Multicultural Services at Xfinity said, “We are proud the collection provides a home for some of the community’s most important and unique stories. Our customers can easily access the Xfinity LGBT Film & TV Collection both On Demand and at www.Xfinity.com/LGBT. X1 users can also search and discover the entire catalog by […]

Asia Kate Dillon | Photo: Showtime Asia Kate Dillon has become one of the first non-binary gender identifying actors to be cast on mainstream TV. Dillon has been cast on Showtime’s Billions as Taylor, an intern at Axe Capital, in one of the first non-binary gender roles ever to be broadcast. Dillon uses the singular they pronoun for non-binary gender identification. In addition to Billions, they can be seen playing Brandy Epps in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. “As someone who is non-binary gender identifying, I feel a particular responsibility to portray members of my community on […]

The Where We Are on TV report analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks and looks at the number of LGBTQ characters on cable networks and streaming services for the 2016-2017 TV season. Download the full report Below are some of the most remarkable points GLAAD found in its research this year, download the full report now to read more. Of the 895 series regular characters expected to appear on broadcast scripted primetime programming in the coming year, 43 (4.8%) were identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer. This is the highest percentage of LGBTQ […]

  What if the action of HBO’s “Looking” was dropped right in the middle of Memphis, Tennessee? That’s the question creator Morgan Jon Fox sets out to answer with “Feral,” a new original television series following a wayward band of gay twenty-somethings as they stumble through life and love. Fox describes his characters as “kids who are left on their own, whether it’s financially, whether it’s identity, or whether their lovers are deceased. Whatever that is, they’re left to their own devices to carve their own way.” The story centers on Billy and Daniel, two best friends who have shacked […]