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16.7KHighest Grossing Taiwanese LGBTIQA Film Streaming On Netflix
The highest grossing Taiwanese LGBTIQA film, Your Name Engraved Herin, with five Golden Horse Award nominations is now streaming on Netflix. Set in 1980s in post-martial law Taiwan the film follows two teen boys, Jia-han and Birdy as they fall in love during a difficult time of transition. “I hope viewers can relate to LGBTQ...
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36.6K2020’s Most Popular Men Online For DNA
As we head to 2021, it’s time to look back at the men who got you all clicking throughout 2020. Here’s the top 10 most clicked guys of 2020. Number 10: Druny Williams by Stas Vokman | Original Post Druny comes in at number 10. He’s a GoGo dancer, international model and a personal trainer....
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21.4KRichard Armitage and Stephen Fry Sign Up For Gay Feature ‘Now And Then’
Actors Richard Armitage and Stephen Fry have been named in the upcoming production of Now And Then with filming to commence in 2021. The film is an adaption of the award-winning novel Now And Then by William Corlett, which follows the life of a mother in her late sixties and her gay middle-aged son. The...
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14.8KSteve Grand Releases New Track In Time For Christmas
Steve Grand has just released I’ll Be Home For Christmas, a song to capture the feelings of isolation and longing during the coronavirus pandemic. Grand told DNA he recorded the vocals and piano in his Chicago apartment, while actor Trevor LaPaglia, who features in the video, remained in Los Angeles and clip director John Lavin...
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14.8KUK TV Drama ‘It’s A Sin’ Revisits 1980s Gay Life
The trailer for It’s A Sin, the latest TV drama by Russell T Davies (Queer As Folk, Torchwood and Years And Years) has landed. In the five-part TV series, Davies revisits gay life in the 1980s and follows the lives of three young men who move to London as the AIDS epidemic hits. Playing these...
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9.8KSwitzerland To Legalise Gay Marriage… Almost!
On Friday, Swiss lawmakers voted in favour of same-sex marriage with the legislation likely to be taken to referendum next year before it takes effect, Reuters reported. LGBTIQA activists have said they expect it to pass. “This is not only a milestone in the fight for the rights of the Swiss LGBT population, but also...
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Sia’s Directorial Debut ‘Music’ Coming In January – With Controversy!
Australian singer and songwriter, Sia makes her feature film directorial debut with Music on 14 January 2021. Starring Maddie Ziegler (Dance Moms) as Music, an autistic teen, with Kate Hudson as Music’s half-sister who finds herself Music’s carer. The film has caused controversy because of Sia’s decision to cast Ziegler in the starring role. The...
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10.4K‘Funny Boy’ A Gay Sri Lankan Coming Of Age Story Now Streaming On Netflix
Funny Boy, the latest feature from Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehta is now streaming on Netflix. Mehta who made a name for herself with the queer Elements Trilogy: Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), has adapted the novel by Shyam Selvaduraj of a boy named Arjie. It follows Arjie throughout the 1970s and 1980s as...
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Rightwing Extremists, Proud Boys, Anger Gay Kilt Maker
The Proud Boys, a US based far-right group, have donned bright yellow kilts that happen to be designed by Verillas, an LGBTIQA kilt maker. To Verillas horror, photos emerged of the Proud Boys at a Washington DC rally over the weekend wearing their kilts. In response, the label pulled the kilts from shelves describing the...
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Pete Buttigieg Nominated As Biden Administration’s Transport Secretary
US President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Pete Buttigieg as his administration’s Transport Secretary, CNN reports. If confirmed, the former mayor of South Bend Indiana and 2020 Democrat presidential candidate will become the first LGBTIQA cabinet member. The nomination is also the first of the former Democrat presidential candidates to be tapped for a top role,...
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The DNA Review: “The Prom”
Let’s face it, if anyone’s going to out-Glee Glee it’s Ryan Murphy. This is a defiantly catchy and appealing meringue with everything – show-stopping dancing, swooping giddying dolly shots, a pulsing catchy score that demands you get up and dance, truckloads of sequins, enough spotlights to illuminate the Empire State, and a rousing queer message: “We’re gonna change the world one lesbian at a time”. Plus, Meryl...
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14.9K12 Years Of NOH8
Today is NOH8 Day, a campaign in its 12th year that started in response to the passing of California’ Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state. Created by photographers Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Parshley, they featured models with duct tape over their mouths to represent voices being silenced by Proposition 8....
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9.0KChasten Buttigieg Starts Fundraiser For College Following Slurs Against Dr Jill Biden
In response to a questionable opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Chasten Buttigieg has kicked off a campaign to raise funds for North Virginia Community College where Dr Jill Biden works. The husband of former Democrat presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, Chasten posted his campaign on Twitter after the opinion piece by Joseph...
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Gay French Politician Will Visit Polish LGBT-Free Zone
French European Affairs Minister, Clement Beaune has used an interview with Tetu magazine to come out as gay and vowed to visit a Polish so-called “LGBT-free zone”. In the interview with Tetu, Beaune made public his sexuality saying, “I’m gay, and I’m happy with that.” The 39-year-old said he wanted to be public so others...
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6.8KSignificant Growth In LGBTIQA Parenting Recorded In The UK
Figures released by England’s Department Of Education show one in six children in the last 12 months were adopted by same-sex couples, GSN reports. The numbers show that of the 3,440 adoptions in the year ending 31 March 2020, 570 were to LGBTIQA couples. Within these numbers, gay married men represented the greater number, adopting...
