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The 1975 looking at potential legal action after Matty Healy’s kiss with male bandmate
The English pop rock band, The 1975 could face legal action after Matty Healy’s kiss with a male bandmate at Malaysia’s Good Vibes festival led to the event being cancelled. The singer spoke out in protest against the country’s laws, where LGBTQ+ people can face up to 20 years in prison, reports 'Mirror.co.uk'.
Sandeep Modi, Vipul Amrutlal Shah on changing representation of LGBTQIA+ on screen
The director has crafted queer characters for both 'Aarya' and the Indian adaptation of 'The Night Manager'. Talking about his thought process behind queer characters, Sandeep said: "I have had two opportunities to bring to light this paradigm shift, firstly in Aarya through the representation of ACP Khan who does not want to publicly accept his identity; and secondly, in The Night Manager, Brij Pal's (BJ) character who is open about his sexuality and carries his identity on his sleeve.
'Stranger Things' star Noah Schnapp comes out as gay
In a video posted to his TikTok account on Thursday, the 18-year-old actor wrote: "When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know'".
Over Schnapp lip-syncing to an audio clip from a different TikTok of someone saying, "You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious," reports Variety. In the caption to his TikTok video, Schnapp wrote: "I guess I'm more similar to Will than I thought." In July, following the debut of the final two episodes of the fourth season of 'Stranger Things',
Billy Eichner 'proud' to lead LGBTQ cast in new film 'Bros'
"I could not be more proud or excited about the historic nature of the all openly LGBTQ+ cast of Bros. After queer actors have spent decades watching straight actors capitalize both artistically and professionally by playing LGBTQ+ characters, it is a long overdue dream come true to be able to assemble this remarkable, hilarious cast," Eichner said.
Matt Damon stopped using 'homophobic' slur because of daughter
"The word that my daughter calls the 'f-slur for a homosexual' was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application," Damon said to Sunday Times of one of the four daughters whom he shares with wife Luciana, reports aceshowbiz.com. "I made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She left the table," he added.
Jamie Lee Curtis says her youngest child is transgender
In an interview to AARP The Magazine, the 62-year-old actress, who is married to Christopher Guest, opened up about Ruby, reports people.com. Describing her life as a "constant metamorphosis", Curtis shared that Ruby, 25, works as a computer gaming editor while her oldest child, 34-year-old daughter Annie, is currently married and works as a dance instructor.
Swara Bhasker, Divya Dutta's 'Sheer Qorma' wins at Connecticut LGBT Film Festival
"WE WON! #SheerQorma wins the BEST SHORT FILM, Audience Award at the 34th Connecticut LGBT Film Festival @OutFilmCT. Out of 83 short films in competition from over the world, we received highest audience score," Ansaru wrote. Swara retweeted the news from producer Marijke deSouza's Tweet and wrote: Amazing! Congrats to us all! Kudos to you and Faraz for making this film possible."
India's first transgender model Nikki Chawla: Things changed for good in the last 10 years
She adds: "I was in Delhi when someone asked me if I am from the LGBTQ community, at first I was like which community is this, then later I learnt about it. If we compare the last 10 years, it's been 10 years for me also wherein I openly spoke about myself, too. Things have changed for good in the last 10 years.
Society shouldn't give up on accepting LGBTQ+ community: Rashmi Agdekar
She also feels that it is important not to stop the movement. "Our cultural and societal values are deep-rooted. A change in such a society can't happen overnight, but we are having an open conversation about the existence and rights of the LGBTQA community, which is a step in the right direction.
Simba Nagpal: High time all of us support LGBTQ community
Simba said: "I don't believe in gender discrimination. As we all are humans and we all must access equal value in society. There must be no such boundaries that bring insecurities and troubles for someone to express themselves. It's high time that all of us come together in support of the LGBTQ community."
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