Actor Michael D. Cohen, who plays Schwoz Schwartz on Nickelodeon’s live-action sitcom Henry Danger and on The Adventures of Kid Danger, said in an interview that he transitioned from female to male 20 years ago. Cohen told Time that he was “misgendered at birth” and is coming out to advocate for a community he…

The first teaser trailer from the second season of FX’s Pose is out, spotlighting the drama of transgender life in 1990s New York City. The second season bows on June 11. The first to feature a largely transgender series-regular cast, as well as being the largest LGBTQ cast ever for a scripted show, Pose is set in the…

T.R. Knight, Bobby Moynihan, Storm Reid, RuPaul, Christine Baranski and Wanda Sykes are among the stellar voice cast set for The Bravest Knight, Hulu’s groundbreaking animated kids series based on Daniel Errico’s popular children’s book The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived, from Big Bad Boo Studios. The first five…

On Thursday morning, GLAAD released its seventh annual Studio Responsibility Index which sheds some light on the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ people in films released by the seven largest motion picture studios and their subsidiaries during the 2018 calendar year — and it was a good year for LGTBQ represen…

Next month’s LA Pride Parade will be televised for the first time. KABC has inked a three-year deal with Christopher Street West, the nonprofit group that produces the annual LA Pride Festival and Parade in West Hollywood, to air the event. This year’s parade is set for Sunday,  June 9. Raven’s Home star Raven-Symone…

Showtime has revealed the official title of its anticipated sequel to The L Word sequel. The L Word: Generation Q will debut in the fall on the premium channel. The eight-episode series is slated to begin production in Los Angeles this summer. Marja-Lewis Ryan (The Four-Faced Liar, 6 Balloons) serves as showrunner and…

As alums from Saturday Night Live, Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider created some memorable sketches such as the ever-popular “Beygency” sketch where Beyonce doubters were put in their place as well as the “Dyke and Fats” sketch featuring Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon (the duo wrote for them during their tenure at the…

Applications for the second Native American Feature Film Writers Lab are now open, part of the LA Skins Fest. The 10-week workshop will develop the skills of the under-served Native American community and prepare them for employment in the film industry. The LA Skins Fest will select five Native American writers to…

Ellen Pompeo, star of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, doubled down today on her lambasting of Mike Fleiss, creator and EP of ABC’s The Bachelor, and his show, responding to a commenter on her Twitter page that she “had to call it out.” That response specifically addressed the show’s racial makeup (on an earlier tweet, Pompeo…

AFI Docs has raised the curtain on its 2019 slate — 68% of which are films produced by women and nearly half that feature a female helmer. The lineup features 72 documentaries from 17 countries, including six world premieres. The films will unspool from June 19-23 in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, MD. See the…

The Casting Society of America will tackle the age-old problem of ageism at a town hall for senior actors on June 10 in New York City as part of its ongoing "Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion in Casting Initiative." According to the CSA, the event's goals are for actors and casting directors "to better understand…

In American Gods, Yetide Badaki plays Bilquis a Goddess Queen, a character that has a very powerful way of getting what she wants — especially from men. Outside of the fantasy series, Badaki isn’t like Bilquis in that way, but she connects with the character just like she did when she read the Neil Gaiman novel on…