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The controversy over Netflix’s Dave Chappelle special The Closer continued today with allegations that employees had raised concerns about the doc before it debuted, reports of a planned walkout next week by and in support of the company’s trans employees and a leaked memo from company co-CEO Ted Sarandos maintaining…

Ozy Studios inked development deals with three breakthrough transgender artists. They include Puerto Rican chef Paxx Caraballo Moll, Alabama-based activist Dan Eggers and model Rosalynne Montoya. Beginning as a digital magazine in 2013, Ozy has moved into podcasts, events and original TV series featured on A+E…

Oscar-nominated Juno actor and star of Umbrella Academy Elliot Page has come out as a non-binary and transgender.  Many may know them as Ellen Page, however, from here on out, the public should refer to them as Elliot Page. The actor shared their experience on their Instagram page. “I want to share with you that I am…

EXCLUSIVE: Transgender actor J.J. Hawkins is set to join The CW’s Charmed for the third season. Hawkins will become the first trans actor on the reboot of the iconic show. He joins the cast in the recurring role of Kevin, a transgender male college student who inspires one of the Charmed Ones to take on a very…

In celebration of Transgender Awareness Week and the November 13 debut of the Sharon Liese-directed documentary Transhood, HBO Max is set to host the TRANSlation Summit. It will take place November 17-19 starting at 7 p.m. ET. The virtual three-day seminar will be available to watch on HBO’s YouTube channel. The…

Two days after Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling drew condemnation for an op-ed that GLAAD contended “willfully distorts facts about gender identity and people who are trans,” Harry Potter himself responded. Actor Daniel Radcliffe said that, while Rowling has had a major impact on his life, he felt compelled to say…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to the Sam Feder-directed documentary Disclosure. The feature-length docu is set to debut on the streaming platform on June 19  — a perfect release date considering June is Pride Month. Disclosure made its premiere at Sundance earlier this year and puts a spotlight…

UPDATED: Marvel Studios President and Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige says he’s proud that the Disney-owned superhero factory has “inspired other companies” to follow its lead by making screen adventures that “represent the world that goes to see our movies.” Feige also got a cheer from an audience of film students…

Just two weeks before he’s scheduled to return as host of the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais has been caught up in a social media storm. The British comedian drew fire from the transgender community Saturday after he posted a series of tweets in response to J.K. Rowling's support of Maya Forstater, a researcher who was…

Having brain-screamed at yet another driver blowing through a stop sign at 30 miles per hour in my quiet, child-filled residential neighborhood, I got to wondering: Whatever happened to Garp? Released 37 years ago, in the summer of 1982, George Roy Hill's film version of John Irving's novel The World According to…

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…

The WGA West has blasted the Donald Trump administration’s latest assault on transgender rights, calling its proposal to remove their federally protected status an “attack on the civil rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming people." The Supreme Court recently was asked to hear a case challenging whether civil…