Review: Beautiful Thing – 20 years on, this gay love story is still beautiful
With its tender optimism, 20 years since its debut, Jonathan Harvey‘s Beautiful Thing offers a chance for reflection, both positive and poignant on the story of same sex love in the present day. In...
View ArticleStage actor slams audience member for shouting homophobic abuse during...
An actor in London took it upon himself to take a stand against homophobia, as he chastised an audience member for making a homophobic comment during the embrace of two male characters. The man in...
View ArticleLondon: King’s Head Theatre commissions protest piece against Russian...
A rapid response theatre piece has been commissioned by the King’s Head Theatre in London, in response to the international outcry surrounding recently introduced anti-gay laws in Russia. The verbatim...
View ArticleUS: University football players interrupted play about Matthew Shepard with...
Several members of the University of Mississippi football team have interrupted a theatre production of a play about murdered Wyoming teenager Matthew Shepard, shouting homophobic slurs during the...
View ArticleUniversal Studios defends ‘super homophobic’ Bill and Ted play as satire
After critics last week accused a new Bill and Ted play of homophobia due to its reliance on gay stereotypes, Universal Studios has since defended the performance, calling it a staple part of its...
View ArticleReview: Handbagged succeeds where The Iron Lady failed
Geoffrey Smythe reviews Handbagged for PinkNews, a comedy play about Margaret Thatcher’s relationship with the Queen. When The Iron Lady was released in 2011 I felt ever so slightly cheated. Of course...
View ArticleLarry Kramer: Gay icon Barbra Streisand finds gay sex ‘distasteful’
Playwright Larry Kramer has claimed that gay icon Barbra Streisand is “uncomfortable” with gay sex, and held up production of The Normal Heart because she found it “distasteful”. Kramer, who wrote the...
View ArticleWhat caused a pro-gay Broadway play to post homophobic messages on Twitter?
Broadway play Mothers and Sons raised eyebrows this week, when homophobic messages mysteriously began to appear on its Twitter account. Fans of the Tony-nominated Terrence McNally play – which tackles...
View ArticleUS: Play cancelled after lead actor sacked for challenging anti-gay heckler
An actor has been sacked after physically removing an audience member mid-play due to constant homophobic slurs. John Lace, who was starring in a production of the Tennessee Williams’ classic ‘Cat on a...
View ArticleDaily Mail: Play about gay saunas is “sleazy” and “amoral”
Theatre critic Quentin Letts has condemned a “taxpayer funded” National Theatre play that is set in a gay sauna. The critic wrote a review for the Mail this week savaging ‘John’, a show at the National...
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Feature: Gareth Thomas on rugby, coming out and the hit new play telling his...
An interview with former Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas tells us a snippet of what to expect in the play that reveals his extraordinary story of coming out as the most famous gay team sportsman. On...
View ArticleJake Shears to make acting debut in production of ‘Bent’
Jake Shears is set to make his acting debut in a stage production of ‘Bent’. The Scissor Sisters frontman will join the production in Los Angeles, which starts next month. Shears joins Hugo Armstrong,...
View ArticlePoirot in drag? David Suchet takes to stage for Oscar Wilde play
Poirot star David Suchet has taken on a new role – as Lady Bracknell, in the Importance of Being Earnest. The actor, who spent nearly three decades playing Agatha Christie’s famed detective Poirot,...
View ArticleThis game took a radical new approach to homophobia, and it worked
The creators of League of Legends are taking a radical new approach to tackle homophobia and abuse in their online community – and it appears to be working. The popular battle arena game has a massive...
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You won’t believe what happened on a lesbian Tinder date in Pakistan
How would you react if you found out that your Tinder date’s dad was kidnapped by the Taliban? Well, Natasha Noman has a show telling just that tale… With all the perils and pitfalls of dating life...
View ArticleKathleen Turner to star in play about lesbians undergoing gender reassignment
Oscar-nominated Hollywood actress Kathleen Turner has been cast a new play exploring transgender issues. The iconic actress, who starred in hits including ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ as well as cult John...
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Play attacked by Bishops for featuring Jesus as a transgender woman
A number of Church of England bishops have hit out at a play that features Jesus as a transgender woman. The one-woman show, ‘The Gospel According To Jesus, Queen Of Heaven‘, is fronted by trans...
View ArticleLeague of Legends to introduce LGBT playable character
Online battle game League of Legends will introduce an LGBT playable character, its developer has confirmed. The game, developed and published by Riot Games, has millions of players around the world....
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League of Legends designer says LGBT characters are a ‘refection of earth in...
The lead designer on League of Legends has said that the reason bosses decided to include an LGBT character in the game is as a “reflection of earth in 2017”. Online battle game League of Legends will...
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Jesus was gay, says murdered British playwright Christopher Marlowe in newly...
Jesus was gay, British playwright Christopher Marlowe claims in newly released documents written by a government spy. The manuscripts, made public today by the British Library, are a record of...
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