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Michael Barnett’s award-winning documentary Changing The Game follows the journeys of three US trans teenage athletes as they strive to be the best at their chosen sports while dealing with transitioning. It’s a glorious celebration of being who you know yourself truly to be, but also a realistic lo
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Singer and actor Omar Apollo has slammed “homophobes” who unfollowed him after he posted a cheeky screengrab from new film QUEER. “Unfollow me if ur a homophobe,” he said on Instagram. “You’re not my target audience. I will never make myself palatable, stupid.” Apollo posted the photo in celebration
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Imagine the scene – it’s London in the 1700s and Molly Houses are doing a roaring trade. These queer underground clubs were coffeehouses by day and secret same-sex boozers that included drag performances, sexual activity and more by night. Molly Houses — molly was a slang term for gay men in 18th ce
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Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard’s musical about a trans gangster escaping from the mob in Mexico, has broken the record for the most Oscar nominations earned by a film not in the English language. The film has received 13 nominations, making it the most nominated foreign film in Oscars history beating
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Karla Sofia Gascón, star of the film Emilia Pérez, has become the first openly trans woman to be nominated in the Leading Actress category at the BAFTAs. The actress has been recognised in the Leading Actress category for her role in Emilia Pérez, in which she stars as a Mexican drug kingpin who tra
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Gus Van Sant, the ‘out‘ director of Milk, will be involved in new film Antinous, a modern-day drama inspired by the life and death of Antinous, the gay lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Stuart Sandford, a “visual artist,” is both the writer and anticipated director of the movie, in which “a presen
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Emma Thompson and Rebecca Root are to star in Hear Me Roar, a new film depicting the true story of a legal battle fought by a trans woman and her husband to have their marriage recognised in law. Hear Me Roar stars one of the UK’s most prolific transgender actresses Root (Heartstopper, Hogwarts Lega
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Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet has shared how some actors are terrified that their sexuality could keep them from landing straight roles. “I cannot tell you the number of young actors I know – some well-known, some starting out – who are terrified their sexuality will be revealed and that it will
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Trans thriller Emilia Pérez, which is centred around four remarkable women pursuing their individual happiness in Mexico, won top honours at the Golden Globes 2025 on Sunday, January 5. The film earned the most awards on the night with four but truly had its crowning moment at the end of the night w
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Spanish trans thriller Emilia Pérez is leading this year’s BAFTA longlist with nominations in a whopping 15 categories. Directed by Jacques Audiard, the film, which was picked up by Netflix during Cannes Film Festival, has emerged ahead of the race with slots in 15 categories, including best film, d
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Blackpool’s newest multi-artform festival, Queer Amusements, lit up the North-West from April to September 2024. A new short film from Tiktok Award nominee James Barnett (best known for his channel @makemeaoffer with parents Teresa and Michael), Queers in Blackpool, shines a light on the people who
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Disney has come under fire after it was revealed that it had cut out a storyline involving a trans character from its upcoming Pixar series, Win Or Lose. The show, which will be premiering on the Disney+ streaming service on February 19, was set to feature a character that was trans in a later episo