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]]>This film is based on the life of Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist and politician who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California.
Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk alongside Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, and James Franco.
The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades including 8 Oscar nominations at the 81st Academy Awards.
A coming-of-age drama written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. It stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali.
The film an Academy Award for best picture and by doing so was the first film with an all-black cast, the first LGBTQ-related film, and the second-lowest-grossing film domestically to win this award.
In the great tradition of Paris is Burning, the library is now open – and the T is — this documentary will change the way you look at ballroom culture and the art of drag.
This documentary was directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it. Critics consider the film to be an invaluable documentary of the end of the “Golden Age” of New York City drag balls.
In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
American treasure Tom Hanks won his first of three (so far) Academy Award for Best Actor for this film, which was groundbreaking in the way it dealt with the HIV/aids pandemic. Directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Hanks and Denzel Washington, the film was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to even acknowledge HIV, homosexuality, and homophobia.
Directed by Ang Lee and adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name, the film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams. It depicts the complex emotional and sexual relationship between Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist in the American West from 1963 to 1983.
Brokeback Mountain has been regarded as a stepping stone for the advancement of queer cinema into the mainstream. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
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]]>The GLAAD Media Awards are handed out by the largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization in the world. They hand out the awards for accurate, fair and inclusive representations of LGTBQ people and issues in media.
The nominees were announced by Pose’s Mj Rodriguez and Crazy Rich Asians’ Nico Santos on Friday during the Sundance Film Festival.
Outstanding Film – Wide Release
“Blockers” (Universal)
“Crazy Rich Asians” (Warner Bros.)
“Deadpool 2” (20th Century Fox)
“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (Sony Pictures)
“Love, Simon” (20th Century Fox)
Outstanding Film – Limited Release
“1985” (Wolfe Releasing)
“Boy Erased” (Focus Features)
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (Fox Searchlight)
“Disobedience” (Bleecker Street)
“The Favourite” (Fox Searchlight)
“Hearts Beat Loud” (Gunpowder & Sky)
“A Kid Like Jake” (IFC Films)
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (FilmRise)
“Saturday Church” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
“We the Animals” (The Orchard)
Outstanding Drama Series
“Billions” (Showtime)
“Black Lightning” (The CW)
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
“Instinct” (CBS)
“Pose” (FX)
“Shadowhunters” (Freeform)
“Star” (Fox)
“Supergirl” (The CW)
“Wynonna Earp” (Syfy)
Outstanding Comedy Series
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX, now NBC)
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (The CW)
“Dear White People” (Netflix)
“Modern Family” (ABC)
“One Day at a Time” (Netflix)
“Schitt’s Creek” (Pop)
“Superstore” (NBC)
“This Close” (Sundance Now)
“Vida” (Starz)
“Will & Grace” (NBC)
Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series w/o a regular LGBTQ character)
“King in the North,” “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC)
“Prom,” “Fuller House” (Netflix)
“Service,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
“She,” “The Good Doctor” (ABC)
“Someplace Other Than Here,” “The Guest Book” (TBS)
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]]>The drag icon looked fantastic in a red tartan suit and his trademark glasses and was accompanied by his husband (George LeBar) and his three sisters. Bill Pannell also made an appearance, aka the school teacher to whom RuPaul credits as his original inspiration.
Famous actress and LGBTQ+ supporter Jane Fonda presented him with his star at the unveiling. She said of the star that it:
“should be at least three sizes bigger than any other star on the walk of fame, because I don’t think anyone else has ever launched an industry like RuPaul has. He created an industry that has given hundreds and hundreds of jobs, and dreams to so many.”
She also said:
“In the past, contestants have come out as HIV-positive on the show and opened up about losing loved ones in the Pulse Night Club shooting, while RuPaul himself is widely recognized for revolutionizing the portrayal of the queer community and bringing drag culture into the mainstream in a way that’s never been done before. For that, a gold star is the least he deserves.”
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]]>This film is based on the life of Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist and politician who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California.
Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk alongside Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, and James Franco.
The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades including 8 Oscar nominations at the 81st Academy Awards.
A coming-of-age drama written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. It stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali.
The film an Academy Award for best picture and by doing so was the first film with an all-black cast, the first LGBTQ-related film, and the second-lowest-grossing film domestically to win this award.
In the great tradition of Paris is Burning, the library is now open – and the T is — this documentary will change the way you look at ballroom culture and the art of drag.
This documentary was directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it. Critics consider the film to be an invaluable documentary of the end of the “Golden Age” of New York City drag balls.
In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
American treasure Tom Hanks won his first of three (so far) Academy Award for Best Actor for this film, which was groundbreaking in the way it dealt with the HIV/aids pandemic. Directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Hanks and Denzel Washington, the film was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to even acknowledge HIV, homosexuality, and homophobia.
Directed by Ang Lee and adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name, the film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams. It depicts the complex emotional and sexual relationship between Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist in the American West from 1963 to 1983.
Brokeback Mountain has been regarded as a stepping stone for the advancement of queer cinema into the mainstream. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
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]]>The GLAAD Media Awards are handed out by the largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization in the world. They hand out the awards for accurate, fair and inclusive representations of LGTBQ people and issues in media.
The nominees were announced by Pose’s Mj Rodriguez and Crazy Rich Asians’ Nico Santos on Friday during the Sundance Film Festival.
Outstanding Film – Wide Release
“Blockers” (Universal)
“Crazy Rich Asians” (Warner Bros.)
“Deadpool 2” (20th Century Fox)
“The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (Sony Pictures)
“Love, Simon” (20th Century Fox)
Outstanding Film – Limited Release
“1985” (Wolfe Releasing)
“Boy Erased” (Focus Features)
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (Fox Searchlight)
“Disobedience” (Bleecker Street)
“The Favourite” (Fox Searchlight)
“Hearts Beat Loud” (Gunpowder & Sky)
“A Kid Like Jake” (IFC Films)
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (FilmRise)
“Saturday Church” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
“We the Animals” (The Orchard)
Outstanding Drama Series
“Billions” (Showtime)
“Black Lightning” (The CW)
“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
“Instinct” (CBS)
“Pose” (FX)
“Shadowhunters” (Freeform)
“Star” (Fox)
“Supergirl” (The CW)
“Wynonna Earp” (Syfy)
Outstanding Comedy Series
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX, now NBC)
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (The CW)
“Dear White People” (Netflix)
“Modern Family” (ABC)
“One Day at a Time” (Netflix)
“Schitt’s Creek” (Pop)
“Superstore” (NBC)
“This Close” (Sundance Now)
“Vida” (Starz)
“Will & Grace” (NBC)
Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series w/o a regular LGBTQ character)
“King in the North,” “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC)
“Prom,” “Fuller House” (Netflix)
“Service,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
“She,” “The Good Doctor” (ABC)
“Someplace Other Than Here,” “The Guest Book” (TBS)
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]]>The drag icon looked fantastic in a red tartan suit and his trademark glasses and was accompanied by his husband (George LeBar) and his three sisters. Bill Pannell also made an appearance, aka the school teacher to whom RuPaul credits as his original inspiration.
Famous actress and LGBTQ+ supporter Jane Fonda presented him with his star at the unveiling. She said of the star that it:
“should be at least three sizes bigger than any other star on the walk of fame, because I don’t think anyone else has ever launched an industry like RuPaul has. He created an industry that has given hundreds and hundreds of jobs, and dreams to so many.”
She also said:
“In the past, contestants have come out as HIV-positive on the show and opened up about losing loved ones in the Pulse Night Club shooting, while RuPaul himself is widely recognized for revolutionizing the portrayal of the queer community and bringing drag culture into the mainstream in a way that’s never been done before. For that, a gold star is the least he deserves.”
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