LGBTQ

One of the best performances of the year is by an actress you’ve never heard of. Chilean actress Daniela Vega tells us about her Oscar buzzy role in ‘A Fantastic Woman.’

Tessa Thompson reveals that ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ originally included a moment alluding to her warrior Valkyrie’s bisexuality.

The Ryan Murphy series about 1980s ball culture will feature the biggest cast of trans actors in series regular roles. But it gets even better than that.

The New York Film Festival showcased three of 2017’s best LGBTQ films, ‘Call Me By Your Name,’ ‘Thelma,’ and ‘BPM (Beats per Minute).’

The foursome is back in the ‘Will and Grace’ revival, and it’s a total delight.

You won’t believe how steamy Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz’s sex scene is in the Orthodox Jewish drama ‘Disobedience.’

An animated short film titled In A Heartbeat has been circulating online this week, usually attached to captions expressing refreshed delight. See, the short revolves around a young boy at prep school whose crush on a classmate manifests as an anthropomorphic heart that bursts out of his chest and exposes his feelings. What’s made this short into a festival favorite and word-of-mouth sensation is the crucial detail that this boy’s crush [pregnant pause] is on another boy! What would have otherwise been a saccharine little wisp of an idea most likely yielding comparisons to Lava is invested with greater purpose by gaily zigging where hetero films have repeatedly zagged.

Screens can be a lot like mirrors. If the reflection looking back at you doesn’t match who you know yourself to be, going to the movies, turning on the TV, or flipping through a magazine can be a step toward self-discovery. The ability to see yourself in someone else doesn’t just show us what’s possible, but can grant us the permission we need to exist. But what happens when the media you consume doesn’t reflect you?

Ivory Aquino has acting for years, but she only recently came out as trans to give kids a role model she didn’t have as a girl.

Eddie Redmayne, Jared Leto, Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Tambor. What do all these actors have in common? They’ve all won awards for their performances as transgender characters. But most importantly, they’re all cisgender actors who are known for their trans roles.