Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By Ashley R. Lierman Last fall, before the Deadpool movie came out, I reported on an interview where Ryan Reynolds and director Tim Miller confirmed that the movie would portray a pansexual Deadpool. At that time, it wasn’t clear what the character’s sexuality would have to do with the movie itself, and to a certain […]
By John Mack Freeman This week, GLAAD released its annual report on the state of GLBT representation in films produced by the major studios in Hollywood. Of 126 major releases, 17.5% had a character that identified as GLBT. Via PinkNews: However, when it came to racial diversity of these characters there was a noticeable drop. […]
By John Mack Freeman A new trailer has been released for a Nigerian short film with GLBT themes. Via GLAAD: The film tells the story of a pastor who is loved and adored by the people around him, but who has to make a difficult decision between being who he is and meeting societal expectations […]
Outfest Fusion 2016, this year’s installment of the film festival for LGBT people of color, has announced its lineup for the year. A list of the highlights is available at Out.com, and the full list and tickets are available from the Outfest website. Meanwhile, check out the Outfest Fusion trailer below:
By Ashley R. Lierman In a twist on the sadly familiar tale of gay couples being denied service by homophobic business owners, a new thriller called B&B plays with the idea of one couple getting even instead of getting mad. As ScreenDaily describes the story: Paul McGann (Withnail & I), Tom Bateman (Jekyll & Hyde) […]
By Ashley R. Lierman The Advocate has assembled a list of the LGBT films that will be showing at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Subjects range from teen romance to immigrant communities to trans tailoring to Robert Mapplethorpe. View the full slideshow, along with some clips and trailers, at The Advocate.
By Ashley R. Lierman The season for end-of-year lists is upon us, and SheWired has a great kickoff with their list of 12 of the year’s best films for and about LGBT women. The list includes buzzed-about big names like Freeheld and Carol as well as smaller indie titles, and even one film (The Girl […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Carol, a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel The Price of Salt, opens this weekend with a limited release. The film stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as two women in a love affair in 1950s New York, and has already been receiving major critical acclaim. Even if the film […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Her Story, an upcoming scripted web series, explores the experiences of trans women when dating, featuring a trans woman in a relationship with a cisgender lesbian. Crowdfunded by independent creators, the series is planned to debut free online around the end of January 2016. The Advocate has an interview with the […]
By Ashley R. Lierman Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, a major historical milestone of representing same-sex love in mainstream cinema, is ten years old this year. In honor of the anniversary, cast and crew members including Lee, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana, and Larry McMurtry participated in an interview with Out […]