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Modern Gentleman by Preston Max Allen
by Preston Max Allen After his partner of five years abruptly ends their relationship, 28-year-old Adam must navigate the world of dating for the first time since coming out as a trans man. But Adam’s hopes for a fresh start are quickly derailed when a chaotic new girlfriend, the return of his ex, and long-ignored personal demons force him to finally confront his complicated relationship to his own identity. aboutfacetheatre.com
10 Amazing Lesbian Sex Scenes Conveniently Found on Netflix
Netflix; Studio Canal; Duplass Brothers Productions Oh Netflix, how we love you! In fact, we’re not even sure what we love most. It might be the endless hours of exciting, often original programming at our fingertips. Perhaps it’s the collective years of our lives we’ve dedicated to binging strange, new TV shows alone in the dark avoiding human contact. Or maybe it’s that, when browsing for a spontaneous movie night, Netflix for some reason seems to offer so many great lesbian films.
10 Pixar characters we decided are gay
Courtesy of Pixar Far before Finding Dory gave us a lesbian couple or Onward gave us Officer Spector we've been on the lookout for queer characters in our favorite films. And so, here are 10 Pixar characters we're pretty sure are queer. Let's be real, any lesbian trying to emotionally invest in lesbian TV characters in recent years has quite literally turned into Sadness at some point.
12 Evan Rachel Wood Throwbacks To Watch on Her Birthday
It's Evan Rachel Wood's birthday, and thanks especially to her years of child stardom, we've got countless films, TV shows, and music videos with which to celebrate. ERW's been on the scene since 1994, but we feel like we've known and loved her for an eternity. But it's not just her illustrious career that won us over: in 2012, Evan came out as bisexual and has continued to be a proud, vocal member of the LGBT community, especially when it comes to taking down stigma surrounding bisexuality.
20 girls every queer 2000s kid secretly crushed on
New Line Cinema; Universal Pictures/Summit Entertainment; Disney Those of us who blossomed into queerness in the 2000s certainly had a lot of fictional crushes to welcome us to the club. The 2000s were a time where the obsession-worthy women were as wonderful as the fashion was questionable. There were so many awesome, inteilligent, sharp-witted characters on our TVs and in our favorite movies (and one very real person in Paramore) that we kept falling in love with over and over again.
30 Tattoos That Will Let You Wear Your Pride On Your Sleeve - Literally
Shutterstock Feeling some serious Pride? Why not make a statement with some serious and, seriously gorgeous, ink? Pride tattoos range from powerful, precious, to all of the above, and these 30 works of art just might inspire you to look into booking an appointment at a rockin' studio in your area. Take this minimalist rainbow, for instance. Cute, simple, and it says it all.
12 Pixar Characters We Decided Are Gay
We love these characters! Pixar We're always on the lookout for LGBTQ+ characters in our favorite films, including our animated faves! While representation is improving, we like to think queer characters have been here all along. So with that in mind, here are 12 Pixar characters we've decided pretty are definitely part of our little rainbow family. Woody from Toy Story Pixar Name aside, Woody is a strong, loyal, and sometimes flamboyant character within the Toy Story universe.
42 Adorable Queer Instacouples You Need to Follow
42 Adorable Queer Instacouples You Need to Follow Instagram Does your Instagram suffer from a severe lack of queer couple cuteness? Never fear; we've compiled some of Insta's all-time most perfect pairs to take your feed to the next level and maybe give you some great ideas on where to vacation with your significant other in the future (pro-tip: the beach seems like a hit).
25 All-Time Greatest Lesbian Sex Scenes in Movies
Courtesy of Studio Canal We love a sapphic sex scene! And while they are far rarer than we would prefer when comes along that showcases the beauty and passion of queer love, we can’t help but celebrate (and hit rewind a few times!). From as far back as the mid-‘80s to 2017, we’ve carefully curated some of the most erotic, sensual, authentic love scenes between women that have ever graced the big screen. So let’s relive these steamy moments together.
How I'm Using Beauty to Get Through the Pandemic
It can be difficult to convey how important appearance can be as a queer person. There's nothing wrong with vanity, especially when a good manicure, makeup, fillers, or the right haircut helps you feel like who you truly are. Aesthetic can go a long way for anyone when it comes to signaling your identity and honoring who you are, including queer people.
Reader's View: Special Message from Saratoga County Board of Supervisors Chairman Preston Allen
Dear Saratoga County Residents, We’re all experiencing waves of emotions throughout this pandemic, and we’re all doing our part to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Despite our best efforts, some of our friends and neighbors have succumbed to COVID-19 and have passed away. Others continue to fight against this virus. And thankfully many have recovered.
The 14 Hottest Holiday Hunks in Christmas Movies
Baby, it may be cold outside, but these holiday hunks are bringing the heat! These leading men are bringing just about as much holiday cheer as we could hope for this holly jolly season. All we want for Christmas is to run into one of these guys under the mistletoe, but we'll take rewatching their classics—new and old—instead.
9 Reasons You Should Binge-Watch Harry Potter Today
1. Because we all need a break, and it'll be nice to have one with a happy ending. Sure, we're not actually comparing Harry Potter to our real life circumstances, but...maybe we are, a little bit? When you're a kid, sometimes a sprawling, fictional journey is the only way to understand some of the darkest stuff life's about to throw at you.
The Ultimate Playlist To Drive Your Sex-Having Roommates Insane
So you have thin walls, a roommate with a significant other, and very little patience. Don't we all? Hopefully not, but if this is your situation - and especially if you happen to also be wildly single - it's likely your patience has all but withered to a tragic, bitter crisp. Luckily, there's a bright side to this situation, and it's that those thin walls work both ways.
24 Celebrity Moms Who Love Their Queer Kids
lev radi/Shutterstock; Fred Duval/Shutterstock; KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images It's always a good time to take a moment to shout out celebrity moms who've supported their LGBT kids through the years! Many of these moms have taken their position in the public eye to set amazing examples of love, support, and respect, and we hope their messages have been heard loud and clear by anyone looking for a role model.
10 Times Princess Leia Was Our Sexual Awakening
Whether you're a die-hard Star Wars fan or you still aren't sure what the difference between the Wars and the Trek is, there's something we can all agree on: Princess Leia is a straight-up fox. And in many cases, she was also a sexual wake-up call for young, queer, sci-fi loving girls everywhere (even for those born long after the first Star Wars movie was released in 1977).
12 Adorable Pictures of Ellen Page Snuggling Puppies
12 Adorable Pictures of Ellen Page Snuggling Puppies See this puppy? It's probably about to get snuggled by Ellen Page. And really, what could be a better fate? Here are 12 glorious pictures of puppies (or, you know, possibly grown dogs, but we prefer to yell 'PUPPY!' at most animals) getting cuddled preciously by our favorite Canadian actress that are sure to cure any case of the blues.
Orange Is the New Black's Major Plot Twist Exposes the Show's Biggest Flaw
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Orange Is the New Black and The 100. Last March, The CW’s apocalypse drama The 100 made headlines for killing off a lesbian character with a stray bullet moments after she had sex with her love interest. The death of Lexa has been evaluated extensively, but what it ultimately came down to was this was a lesbian warrior and leader who was killed off the battlefield, accidentally, right after one of her only moments of happiness on the show.
Review: One Cheer for ‘We Are the Tigers’
Image From left, MiMi Scardulla, Jenny Rose Baker, Wonu Ogunfowora, Lauren Zakrin and Kaitlyn Frank in “We Are the Tigers.” If a toilet is a prominent element of a show’s set, rest assured it will be used. And so it is in the new cheerleading musical, “We Are the Tigers.” Since the show is about teenagers, the bathroom action involves drunken vomiting. And since it is a horror comedy, the upchucking is followed by a brutal murder.
Kate McKinnon Stars in the Best Carol Parody You Could Imagine
Sweet Indie Spirit dreams are made of this. 2016 Film Independent Spirit Award hosts Kate McKinnon and Kumail Nanjiani took an opportunity during their stint on Saturday to make the world a better place with a Carol parody that's so perfect we can't stop rewatching it (and will forever be calling future dates "glove lunches").
The 14 Hottest Holiday Hunks in Christmas Movies
Get ready to dust off those classic Christmas movies... Baby, it may be cold outside, but these holiday hunks are bringing the heat. We've only got less than a month to binge our way through an entire genre, and these leading men are bringing just about as much holiday cheer as we could hope for this holly jolly season. All we want for Christmas is to run into one of these guys under the mistletoe, but we'll take rewatching their classics—new and old—instead. 14.
All 39 Sex Scenes on 'Orange Is the New Black' Ranked!
Look, as far as our annual Orange Is the New Black official sex scenes ranking system goes, this season was a tough one. Following last season’s prison riot that—for the most part—made for a chaotic, captivating season, our beloved Litchfield crew is now scattered across the prison system, protecting old secrets and forming new alliances with an overwhelming amount of new characters that for some reason dominate story real-estate other characters deserved (while many favorites are MIA entirely).
A Casting Report of Every LGBT Character on TV Right Now
A Casting Report of Every LGBT Character on TV Right Now Get ready for the round-up that will change the way you watch TV. We’ve compiled a report of every LGBTQ character on television — consisting of shows that either are American or air prominently in America — and we were pretty thrilled with the outcome. Now, these aren’t all LGBT characters on TV ever, just the ones that are present/alive on shows airing now, renewed for upcoming seasons, or still potentially up for renewal.
All 33 Sex Scenes on 'Orange Is the New Black' Ranked!
Throughout the years, the critically-acclaimed Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black has gifted our lives not only with rich storytelling and intensely realistic characters, but also a lot of sex scenes. Like, a lot of sex scenes.
10 Iconic Queer Films We Wish Were Broadway Musicals
10 Iconic Queer Films We Wish Were Broadway Musicals It’s a beautiful time for Broadway. Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel, features powerful LGBT representation 8 times a week and very well might take the Best Musical Tony next Sunday. We're absolutely thrilled that a lesbian lead character is taking Broadway by storm, but hey, why stop there?
'13 Reasons Why' Needs to Make Some Important Changes For Season 2
13 Reasons Why Needs to Make Some Important Changes For Season 2 Before exploring why 13 Reasons Why’s first season is dangerous, hypocritical, and recklessly crafted, we’d like to clearly state that, like its defenders, we agree that having realistic conversations about bullying and its consequences—including depression, self-injury, and suicide—is highly important. It’s necessary to dust off any taboos and explore in depth the complicated nature of these realities.
14 Celebrity Moms Who Love Their Queer Kids
Chaz Bono has been very open about his transition to the media since the late 2000s, and Cher has made her feelings throughout the process public as well. Though she originally struggled with Chaz's identity, she's now a very supportive ally and loving parent. As she explained to Britain's Sunday Times, "For the people who don’t understand it I try to help them understand, by saying, you know, ‘I just love being a woman so much, but if I woke up tomorrow and I was a man I couldn’t function.
10 Times Princess Leia Was Our Sexual Awakening
Whether you're a die-hard Star Wars fan or you still aren't sure what the difference between the Wars and the Trek is, there's something we can all agree on: Princess Leia is a straight-up fox. And in many cases, she was also a sexual wake-up call for young, queer, sci-fi loving girls everywhere (even for those of us born long after the first Star Wars movie was released in 1977).
21 All-Time Greatest Lesbian Sex Scenes in Movies
Sex Is Never Better than When It's On the Big Screen! Sex scenes between women in movies are relatively rare compared to the total number of movies out there in the world, so we definitely tend to claim our favorites among the ones that exist. From as far back as the mid-‘80s to 2015, we’ve carefully curated some of the most erotic, sensual, authentic love scenes between women that have ever graced the big screen. We have our favorites, which means you do too.
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