Critic Calls Gay Characters ‘Unnecessary,’ Netflix Responds

Netflix does a lot for LGBTQ+ representation on film and television. Sure, the streamer has made some missteps but on the whole, they have helped to increase representation in important ways. Shows like Sex Education, Elite, Hollywood, and more complicate existing tropes around queer and trans folks at times, while also […]

Jim Parsons says there’s a “shocking” amount of nudity in Netflix series Hollywood

Jim Parsons has opened up about his experience filming Hollywood. The new Netflix drama from TV mastermind Ryan Murphy follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers as they try to make it in Hollywood’s Golden Age while tackling biases across race, gender and sexuality […]

Eric gets a new love interest in first trailer for Sex Education season 2

Sex Education, Netflix’s coming-of-age dramedy – which follows a sexually awkward teenager living with his sex therapist mother – garnered over 40 million viewers in its first week of release, becoming one of the streaming service’s most successful shows ever. It also received high acclaim […]

Eddie Murphy says his old anti-gay jokes were ‘within the context of the times’

Eddie Murphy has distanced himself from his old anti-gay jokes. The comic had a decidedly homophobic start in comedy, with his 1983 special Delirious opening with a five-minute anti-gay rant. The comedy special features Murphy insisting that “f***ots aren’t allowed to look at my ass while I’m on […]

Netflix hopes to get to the bottom of those Aaron Hernandez bisexual rumors once and for all

Nearly three years after his death, the ghost of former NFL star/convicted murderer with an alleged bisexual past Aaron Hernandez haunts us still. Just to recap: The 27-year-old former Patriots star was serving a life sentence for murder when he was found dead in his […]