Month: May 2020

In just nine minutes, Pixar and Disney+ take a step forward in representation with the launch of Out, an animated, fun-for-all-ages short film featuring a gay protagonist. The short, released Friday, marks the first time the giant has centered a story of any length on an LGBT character. This is not a case in which
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Dr Caroline Norma will appear on a panel discussing “the major concerns around the proposed [conversion therapy] ban”. (CarolineNorma76/ Twitter) Students are revolting at an Australian university after a lecturer signed up to be a panellist at a “unscientific and dangerous” gay conversion therapy forum. Dr Caroline Norma is a lecturer in the School of
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Director and cinematographer Benjamin Ree injected his deep interest with art theft in his latest feature The Painter and the Thief, which drops in virtual cinemas as well as VOD platforms starting Friday. The documentary debuted at Sundance earlier this year and went on to win the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative
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Pakistan’s transgender community, already forced to the fringes of society, are being deprived of crucial support during the country’s coronavirus lockdown. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images) Existing inequalities that mean trans people are more likely to have mental and physical health problems are being exacerbated by coronavirus, according to scientists who are urging governments to act. The
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Gabriel OlsenGetty Images On Friday, Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, formally pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the college admissions scandal, which broke last year. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hearing happened via teleconference before U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton in Massachusetts. Loughlin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail
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The bestselling novel ‘Barkskins’ is coming to life in a National Geographic miniseries. HL spoke EXCLUSIVELY with the cast to get the scoop about their characters and immersing themselves in such an ‘extraordinarily different’ time. The National Geographic limited series Barkskins premieres May 25. The show is based on the bestselling novel by Annie Proulx
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Fans questioned Alyssa Milano’s crochet face mask after pointing out it contained holes — but the actress clarified that she had added a carbon filter inside, making it ‘totally safe’! Alyssa Milano, 47, is clearing the air about her crochet face mask! After Twitter users noticed the cream-colored knit item contained holes — as all
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