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Gay Dad Goes Viral On Raising Straight Son + More News

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Some news stories for you on this oh-so-sunny Saturday in Las Vegas:

• LGBTQ Nation: This gay dad (above) went viral for his honest reflection on raising a straight son.

• Pink News: Leviticus, an Australian queer supernatural horror-romance film, is being called the best queer horror film of the year. In U.S. theaters now. Continue reading “Gay Dad Goes Viral On Raising Straight Son + More News”

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Wayne Brady + Support For Marriage Equality + More News

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Some news items I thought worth your time: • Them: Wayne Brady, who came out as pansexual in 2023, shared in a recent podcast interview that it was his daughter, Maile, who first told him about pansexuality. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out the latest in LGBTQ publications this week including DNA Magazine’s Pride issue featuring cover guy Vlad Parker. Continue reading “Wayne Brady + Support For Marriage Equality + More News”

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GLAAD Celebrates 5th Annual Spirit Day Concert

GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis and this year’s host, Frankie Grande, presented GLAAD’s 5th annual Spirit Day Concert, bringing awareness to Spirit Day – an anti-bullying campaign supporting LGBTQ youth. The concert shone the spotlight on some of the music industry’s top performers and emerging queer intersectional artists who are revolutionizing the industry and changing the world. Continue reading “GLAAD Celebrates 5th Annual Spirit Day Concert”

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Wayne Brady Comes Out As Pansexual + More News

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Some news items you might have missed: • PEOPLE: Actor and TV host Wayne Brady came out as pansexual in an interview with PEOPLE Magazine. https://twitter.com/huffpostqueer/status/1688682600234098688 • The Advocate: The Florida Department of Education has now U-turned and earlier decision and will allow the full curriculum for an Advanced Placement Psychology Class to be taught to high school students including information about sexuality and gender-identity. • Reuters: Pope Francis said on Sunday that the Catholic Church is open to everyone, including the gay community, and that it has a duty to accompany them on a personal path of spirituality – but within “the framework of its rules.” https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1688558110951010304 • Kenneth-in-the-212: By now you’ve probably heard that filmmaker William Friedkin has died at the age of 87. Some thoughts about the acclaimed director of The Boys in the Band, Cruising, The French Connection and The Exorcist. • Axios: A mint condition, first-generation iPod — originally purchased for $399 in 2001 — sold for $29,000 at an auction. https://twitter.com/axios/status/1688603037512749056

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Wayne Brady To Succeed Tony Award Winner Billy Porter In Broadway’s KINKY BOOTS

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Emmy Award-winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will take over the coveted role of ‘Lola’ in the Tony Award®-winning musical Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on November 21, 2015.

Brady will succeed Broadway’s original (and current) award-winning ‘Lola,’ Billy Porter. Porter has played over 800 performances in the role and won both a Tony Award and a Grammy Award for his work in the production. His final historic performance in Kinky Boots will be November 20, 2015.

Kinky Boots will mark Brady’s return to Broadway after more than a decade. After making his Broadway debut in 2004 as ‘Billy Flynn’ in Chicago, Brady also played ‘Collins’ in the 2010 Neil Patrick Harris-directed Rent at the Hollywood Bowl and last year starred in Pasadena Playhouse’s trailblazing production of Kiss Me Kate.

In 2003, he won both a Primetime Emmy Award for “Whose Line Is It Anyway” and a Daytime Emmy Award as host of his own talk show, “The Wayne Brady Show.” He currently hosts the CBS game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” which has earned him six Daytime Emmy Award nominations.

Read more at BroadwayWorld.com.