Gay Characters

Molly Ringwald Outs 'Pretty In Pink' Best Friend Duckie As Gay

Posted 05.23.2012

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Molly Ringwald, the iconic 1980s girl-next-door, is coming clean about the sexuality of one of her "Pretty In Pink" pals -- but the actor who played h...

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Gay DC Comics Character In The Works, Says Co-Publisher

Posted 05.21.2012

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The homoerotic subtext of comic book superheroes has been a hot topic in the gay community for some time. Now comics fans and the lesbian, gay, bisexu...

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The Part That Movies Play

Peter DeWitt | Posted 04.27.2012

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When our LGBT youth watch television and movies, we want them to see characters they would be proud of, not tragic figures who are surrounded by negative circumstances. They deserve to see normal, everyday characters who happen to be gay.

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'Funky Winkerbean' To Feature Gay Couple Planning To Attend Prom

Posted 04.27.2012

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Newspaper comic strip "Funky Winkerbean" is set to mark its 40th anniversary in groundbreaking style: by featuring a story arc about a gay couple plan...

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Happens to Be Gay

Andrew Keenan-Bolger | Posted 04.04.2012

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It seemed only natural that a show about the theater community should feature mostly characters. But does the fact that our gay characters aren't first and foremost "gay" make Submissions Only a unique voice in the world of scripted series?

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The Myth Of Sexy Superman: The Search For Superhero Beefcake

Comics Alliance | Andrew Wheeler | Posted 01.21.2012

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2011 was a good year for superhero beefcake. Not in comics, of course, but at the movies. And not in terms of quantity, but in terms of quality. What ...

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Why Does Hollywood Hate Gay Sex?

The Daily Beast | Ramin Setoodeh | Posted 01.04.2012

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If you've seen any of the high-profile gay-themed movies from 2011--from Beginners to J. Edgar--you may have noticed they have one thing in common: th...

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It Gets Better: Recommended Reading for LGBT Teens

Philip Ellis | Posted 12.25.2011

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It is also important for young people to find stories and characters that they can identify with outside the broad archetypes found in TV shows such as Glee. Here are a few of my own suggestions.

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The Gay Carla

Jeffery Self | Posted 12.19.2011

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America is ready for more than just gay best friends, gay assistants, gay relatives and gay hairstylists. It's time for a world where we're more than todays' version of Carla on Cheers, but the Sams and the Dianes, or even the Rebeccas.

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Archie Comics Debuting First Gay Character

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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If ever there was a sign of changing attitudes toward homosexuality, Archie Comics, the aggressively mainstream and relentlessly wholesome comic books...

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TV Shows The Networks Didn't Want To Admit Were About Gay People (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Growing up I loved the shows on this list, but even as a wee one I knew they weren't what they claimed. All of these shows focused on gay couples who ...

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Scholastic Has Problems With Gay Characters

Christian Science Monitor | Marjorie Kehe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic's book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is als...

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