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Flix and Orka in ‘Star Wars Resistance’ (screen capture)
Fans of the Star Wars franchise have long called out creators of the sci-fi flicks for the woeful lack of LGBTQ representation. Back in 2015, the chemistry between Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) was palatable onscreen in The Force Awakens. But, no same-sex anything ever came up between the characters. Well, except this fan video mashup:
And characters that are part of the LGBTQ community in the Star Wars comics and books don’t make it into the major feature films. Reess Kairn, a villain in the 1999 comic book The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing, had transitioned from alien to a human woman. Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur-Beviin were the first confirmed gay couple in Star Wars literature appearing in the Legacy of the Force series. Season Two of Star Wars Resistance (nominated for a 2019 Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Children’s Program’) premieres on the Disney Channel and Disney’s streaming app DisneyNow on October 6th at 10PM.
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• When the hot tub gets ‘that much hotter’ thanks to InstaHunk Guoyang510 (above).
• Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, key figures in the gay rights movement, will be honored with a permanent monument in Greenwich Village near the Stonewall Inn.
• A 38-year-old gay man wrote to Slate’s “Dear Prudence” advice column asking whether he’s morally obliged to tell a female co-worker that he found her 18-year-old son appearing on an adult cam site.
• For the first time in decades, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform has scheduled a hearing to discuss legislation to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state. Republicans have routinely opposed statehood due to the vast majority of registered Democrats that reside there.
• A Brazilian man has been left in a vegetative state after being beaten in a homophobic attack.
• A new animated children’s series from Hulu, The Bravest Knight, features two gay dads, (voiced by TR Knight and Wilson Cruz) Sir Cedric and Prince Andrew, who share the adventures of Cedric’s journey to knighthood with their daughter and aspiring knight, Nia.
RuPaul, Christine Baranski, Wanda Sykes, Donna Murphy and A.J. McLean (of the Backstreet Boys) also appear in the series which debuts June 21.
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| Get ready for “Super Drags” from Netflix |
I’m not usually one for animated series, nor am I the biggest drag fan, but I find I like most of what Netflix offers so I’m gonna give this a try.
The streaming service shared a teaser video today to announce it’s new animated series, Super Drags.
The five episode-series, scheduled for the second half of 2018, will chronicle the adventures of superhero drag queens.
From the YouTube description: “During the day, they work in a department store and deal with their uptight bitchy boss. By night, they tighten up their corsets and transform into the baddest SUPER DRAGS in town, ready to combat shade and rescue the world’s glitter from the evil villains. Get ready, because the SUPER DRAGS are going deeper than you think.”
Brazilian website CosmoNerd has more details (via Google translation):
“Super Drags is another powerful and proud addition to the diversity of Brazilian originals from Netflix and brings us the adventures of three young people with a super normal life … during the day, Patrick, Donny and Ramon work in a department store. With annoying customers and a picky boss. At night, they release their inner divas to become Lemon Chiffon, Cran’s Sapphire and Crimson Scarlet: three incredibly fabulous Super Drags who have been recruited to gather the LGBT community and spread glitter in the world.”
I wonder if a certain “Super Model of the world” might make an appearance…?
Watch the tease below: