BAFTAs 2023: Viewers erupt in fury at Michelle Yeoh's snub

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The 2023 BAFTA awards are facing fierce backlash as Michelle Yeoh was snubbed for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once in an overwhelmingly white ceremony. Michelle Yeoh stuns at the BAFTA 2023 red carpet. “I’m sure Cate is fantastic in Tár like she is in everything but Michelle Yeoh was robbed,” wrote one person. How has Michelle Yeoh not won that Bafta? Not even Oscar/GoldenGlobe winners Michelle Yeoh, Angela Basset, Viola Davis or Ke Huy Quan could break through.
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The Last of Us fans hail groundbreaking gay love story: ‘This will go down in history’

The latest episode of HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama, The Last of Us, has landed – and the gay love story at its core is breaking hearts worldwide. Fan reaction in the US following the episode last night (29 January) is unanimous: there has never been an episode of TV like it. didn't expect a beautiful queer love story to be in this apocalypse show. like, it's so rare to see explicit gay love between two OLDER MEN which is rarely seen in any media. Like if the opening of Up were an hour long, Gay, and set in a zombie apocalypse.

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Golden Globes 2023: Ryan Murphy honours LGBTQ actors

TV writer and producer Ryan Murphy has dedicated his Golden Globes acceptance speech to LGBTQ+ actors including Billy Porter, Michaela Jaé “MJ” Rodriguez and Matt Bomer. Starting with Pose actress MJ Rodriguez, Ryan Murphy asked the star-studded audience to give her the “standing ovation she deserves” for becoming the first trans actress to win a Golden Globe at last year’s awards. Ryan Murphy shining lights on MJ Rodriguez and Niecy Nash and Billy Porter and Jeremy Pope is actually quite moving. — Dancin' Dan in Winter WonderLand (@dancindanonfilm) January 11, 2023I may have my issues with his work, but I will ALWAYS give Ryan Murphy his props for how he looks after his actors. “Just like Niecy, Matt Bomer, of Spring, Texas, was told never to come out, to lie, [that] the audience might not believe you as an actor,” Ryan Murphy said.

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LGBTQ hero Beth Mead wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year

England Lionesses star Beth Mead paid tribute to women athletes as she won BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022. Upon receiving the award, Mead said: “I’m speechless for one. “Most of all this is for women’s sport and for women’s sport heading in the right direction, so let’s keep pushing girls and keep doing the right thing.”"This is for women's sport – and for women's sport heading in the right direction." At the awards, England’s Lionesses were named BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year 2022, while head coach Sarina Wiegman picked up the Coach of the Year award. Actually, I’ve never physically come out and said I’m gay, I’m with a girl because I’ve not had to.

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DC makes the Joker pregnant in epic new comic book

The Joker wakes up nine months pregnant in a new DC comic book story and fans are here for it. The Joker is pregnant comic panels. “Today’s fake outrage is about an out of continuity backup story where the Joker swallows a bunch of cursed mud. Even stranger, in the Manga series One Operation Joker, the Joker has to raise a baby Batman. In 2022, a crowdfunded indie film, The People’s Joker, gave the supervillain a trans coming of age story.

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Census: Bisexual and pansexual figures match gay population

New census figures show there are as many bisexual and pansexual people as there are gay and lesbian people in England and WalesData collected in the 2021 census, and released on Friday (6 January) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), shows that lesbian, gay and bisexual people make up around 3.2 per cent of the overall population. Of those, 1.54 per cent are gay or lesbian, while 1.28 per cent identified themselves as bisexual. When combined, bisexual and pansexual people make up 1.51 per cent of the population in England and Wales. “It’s not a surprise, but it’s absolutely great to have it officially confirmed by the census because it is indeed a large part of the LGBT community which is erased,” he tells PinkNews. The statistics also showed that the trans community makes up around 0.5 per cent of the overall population.

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Simon Dunn death: Gay rugby player’s legacy of activism

Simon Dunn, Australia’s first openly gay bobsledder, has been described as an “impassioned optimist” who worked tirelessly for charity, after he died at the age of 35. The athlete was known for taking part in both bobsled and playing rugby, as well as his work for charitable organisations, including the Terrence Higgins Trust. In an article for Gay Times, Dunn claimed he would continue championing all-gay teams “until I can comfortably say homophobia in sport is all but a distant memory”. Simon gave his time freely and generously for the many causes he believed passionately in and we’re very grateful that included Terrence Higgins Trust and National HIV Testing Week. pic.twitter.com/QCDmKyWJxP — Terrence Higgins Trust (@THTorguk) January 23, 2023The Sydney Convicts paid tribute to Dunn on its website, touching on both his athletic skill and his dedication to the LGBTQ+ community.

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Stranger Things' Noah Schnapp praised after coming out as gay

Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp has been welcomed into the LGBTQ+ community with open arms after coming out as gay. !”congrats, noah schnapp! Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing.”“Truly I could not be more happy that Noah Schnapp plays Will Byers. the fact that noah schnapp grew up with will and he’s STILL going to grow with him by his side makes me feel so peaceful in a way. In this house we are proud of Noah Schnapp pic.twitter.com/6h3fZAQasu — Alexandra Halaby🏳️‍⚧️ (@iskandrah) January 5, 2023noah schnapp is gay !!

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Pink Floyd attacked by anti-LGBTQ trolls over rainbow logo

Pink Floyd fans have hit back at criticism of the band being “woke” for reinventing their iconic rainbow-coloured logo as a 50th anniversary celebration. In unveiling their new logo Pink Floyd fans were quick to notice the same signature rainbow feature remained. You aren’t wanted, and you obviously missed everything about Pink Floyd,” another wrote. Another added: “You know you’re homophobic when you get mad at the rainbow that has always been Pink Floyd’s logo. It’s all about Pink Floyd and their light show’.”

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