Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Gay characters

  • The Rise of Gay Villains On Screen

    The arrival of more nuanced, less stereotypical gay villains comes as gay characters receive more realistic portrayals on shows like ABC's hit "Modern Family.

    www.businessinsider.com

  • Bollywood 'starting to promote positive gay characters'

    Bollywood is said to be emerging as a positive influence on Indian society through its inclusion of gay characters in its films.

    www.digitalspy.com

  • LGBT Blog: Where are the Gay Characters in 'The Walking Dead'?

    Season three of AMC's zombie drama, The Walking Dead, has started off after much anticipation. And while fans seem to be loving it, an LGBT blog complains that the TV adaptation of the comic is leaving out gay characters and their storyline ...

    www.southfloridagaynews.com

  • John Partridge: EastEnders needs more gay characters

    'EastEnders' star John Partridge thinks the show needs some hot gay guys. The actor hopes that BBC One bosses will bring in some fresh talent after his character Christian Clarke leaves the soap this month along with his on-screen boyfriend Syed Masood ...

    www.list.co.uk

  • Opinion: Is Coronation Street's 'Gay to Straight' storyline damaging to the ...

    A new storyline has emerged on Coronation Street recently that has sparked some contentious debate - the character of Marcus Dent (Charlie Condou) who defines as a gay man, has fallen in love with Maria Connor (Samia Ghadie). Questions of the true ...

    sosogay.co.uk

  • Best Movie Ever?: "Longtime Companion"

    Perhaps his overt sexiness is only matched by the film's main gay character Willy, played by Damages' third-season superstar Campbell Scott.

    www.afterelton.com

  • Marcus & Maria on Coronation Street - Careless Whispers or Poppycock? What ...

    Now gay characters have come a long way in television since the days of Paul Lynde in Bewitched. Coronation Street has paved the way in many ways for Gay characters that were in and out of the closet. I mean, does anyone really believe that Norris Cole ...

    cornwallfreenews.com

  • Actor Higgins living happily ever after

    Higgins, whose résumé would make anyone with acting envy jealous, has played gay characters before, but he never had the opportunity to explore so many emotional and comical elements as he's had with this series.

    www.fresnobee.com

  • Dolly Parton On Gay Rumors And Competing With Drag Queens

    ... downplayed the rumors</a> about his real-life sexuality. "There are lots of other reasons to be interested in gay characters than wanting myself to go out and have sex with guys," he is quoted by <em>Entertainment Weekly</em> as saying.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Scrooge & Marley, local gay holiday film opens this week

    "What's great about a film like this is that it's very nonchalant about the fact that there are many, many gay characters—lesbian mothers, and hustlers, and everything—involved in this movie. But what it comes down to in the end, we all want the same ...

    www.windycitymediagroup.com

  • Coronation Street's gay actor Charlie Condou happy to pucker up with Samia ...

    In the biggest twist in soapland, Charlie's gay character, Marcus Dent, and Samia's crimper, Maria Connor, are about to embark on a controversial romance.

    www.dailyrecord.co.uk

  • 'Glee,' 'Modern Family' influencing voters on gay marriage

    Eleven percent of Mitt Romney supporters said they would stop watching Modern Family if the show's gay characters got hitched.

    chicago.gopride.com

  • GLAAD rates TV views of transgender characters: More than half of all ...

    The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation says that more than half of the portrayals of transgender characters in primetime have been "negative" over the past 10 years. GLAAD studied 102 episodes and non-recurring storylines of scripted TV that ...

    articles.chicagotribune.com

  • 'Can you just stick to one genre? Maybe?': Interview with Keith Hartman

    This is because 'there is a lot of mystery, there's a lot of gay characters in them - it's kind of a fun medley', and he explained that his books get split between the LGBT, Mystery, and Science-Fiction sections a lot.

    sosogay.co.uk

  • Giving Thanks: Q Allan Brocka

    In the same way that gay characters have gained prominence in an abundance of television shows they have also gained exposure in animated television comedies.

    www.biggaypictureshow.com

  • Countdown to Wisconsin Book Festival 2012: An interview with Michael Lowenthal

    Michael Cunningham has talked about his sense of the designation "gay writer" as no longer particularly interesting or useful.

    www.thedailypage.com

  • DWTS, NCIS and New Girl are favorites for tonight's prime time viewing

    13, 2012 ― Since starting this column, I have noticed one thing in listing show descriptions: there are a lot of gay characters on the television these days. With a little research I discovered 28% of all primetime TV have shows that feature LGBT ...

    communities.washingtontimes.com

  • Coming Out: Embracing LGBT Characters on TV

    According to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), U.S. television shows are featuring record numbers of gay, bisexual and transgender characters. In a recent report by Reuters, GLAAD's eighth annual report tracking gender and ethnic ...

    www.buddytv.com

  • Gay stars represent in People's Choice Awards nods for television comedy

    The category of Favorite Network TV Comedy, nominees Glee and Modern Family have prominent gay characters and two other nominees, The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother star gay actors Jim Parsons and Neil Patrick Harris, respectively, ...

    www.gaystarnews.com

  • Reba McEntire and Lily Tomlin Talk "Malibu Country"

    ... Justin Prentice, Juliette Angelo & Jai Rodriguez). With sitcoms featuring major gay characters like NBC's The New Normal and CBS's Partners creating various levels of buzz earlier this fall, ABC recently entered the fray with the new sitcom Malibu ...

    www.afterelton.com

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