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• ‘BRA’S FIRST GAY DADS’ ARE TAMPA’S UK TABLOID SENSATN
• THE BOOK CLUB THAT HELPED SPARK THE GAY-RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• ‘NOT JT FOR GAYS’: THE YEAR THE TONYS DARED TO GO THERE
• 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
• HOW AN OPENLY GAY D.C. SOUL SGER MA MOTOWN HISTORY
• BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA

‘BRA’S FIRST GAY DADS’ ARE TAMPA’S UK TABLOID SENSATN

“A VERY MODERN FAMILY: Bra’s first gay dads have spl after 32 years together — after one fell for their dghter’s boyiend, ” reads the ctomarily sprawlg, recent headle om The Sun, referrg to Tony and Barrie Drewt-Barlow who until recently lived on Bayshore Boulevard wh their five children. A post on Safon’s Instagram said, “Stt told me he was gay years ago, and I agreed to help him keep his secret by pretendg to be his girliend. Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny.

His directorial work on Love, Simon marked the first major stud movie to center on a gay teen romance. After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "As much reprentatn as there is, there are very few big gay love stori.

THE BOOK CLUB THAT HELPED SPARK THE GAY-RIGHTS MOVEMENT

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‘NOT JT FOR GAYS’: THE YEAR THE TONYS DARED TO GO THERE

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10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY

Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual. I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN "An openly gay man beme a te ntenr as a printial ndidate. Broadst TV's first openly gay chief exec has ed his new post atop WarnerMedia's direct-to-nsumer bs to she a spotlight.

HOW AN OPENLY GAY D.C. SOUL SGER MA MOTOWN HISTORY

Lee's sophomore film, perd lbian love story Ammone, starrg Kate Wslet and Saoirse Ronan, is due out late 2020 om Neon. Levy, who -created the show wh dad Eugene, earned legns of admirers fans and crics alike for craftg a same-sex love story a seri that was ee of homophobia.

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BILLY PORTER IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MAN TO W EMMY FOR LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA

I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "When 'gay actor, ' 'gay director, ' 'gay wrer, ' 'gay story, ' et cetera, are no longer labels even worth mentng. It was vigoratg and a ltle ighteng — well, ighteng to this sweet, gay, Southern boy who shi away om nontatn.