Tag "LGBT Representation"

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RAFIKI IS A NECESSARY STORY (A Movie Review)

When I learnt that there was going to be a screening for the Kenyan film, Rafiki, at the Ake Arts and Book festival – which was concluded about two weeks

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Opinion: I’m Tired of Major Studio Movies’ Trivial ‘Gay’ Moments

The cast of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald appeared on the Today Show to share the first full-length trailer for the J.K. Rowling-penned movie, which featured a “gay” moment

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The final Fantastic Beasts 2 trailer is out and we are giving major side-eye

The first full-length trailer for Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald is out and fans are giving everybody involved a collective side-eye, especially after it’s purported to have featured a “gay”

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Nollywood And The Homosexual Nigerian

I came out to my colleague some weeks ago. From the first day we met, we had a connection, and that connection quickly led to a fast friendship. She studied

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Scarlett Johansson pulls out of ‘Rub & Tug’ following Controversy over Trans Man Casting

Scarlett Johansson has decided to pull out of the film Rub & Tug after her casting caused a large-scale controversy over the cisgender actress being tapped to play Dante “Tex”

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Sarah Jessica Parker admits ‘Sex and the City’ failed in its representation of LGBTI people

Sarah Jessica Parker has admitted that Sex and the City should have done a better job of representing the LGBTI community. The star of the HBO series said that if

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TIERs presents the poster of upcoming movie

All week, The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) had been teasing us with behind-the-scenes photos of an upcoming movie project simply identified with the hashtag #WDLHA. Today, they finally unveiled

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Twitter User schools detractors of ‘Love, Simon’ on the relevance of the film

Based on the novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertali, Greg Berlanti‘s new film, Love, Simon, is the first ever major studio film aimed at teens to

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Florence Kasumba speaks on why ‘Black Panther’ removed its Lesbian Relationship

Black Panther accumulated historic numbers at the box office over the weekend, earning $426.6 million globally and $242 domestically. Overall, the reviews have been exceedingly positive, and the film shines

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‘Black Panther’ Screenwriter Talks About The Straight-washing of Lesbian Character

After speculations surfaced last year about a possible lesbian romance in Marvel’s Black Panther movie, the film’s screenwriter has finally spoken out. Back in April of last year, an early