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Arts & Entertainment

'Matrix 5' is in the works, and Lana Wachowski is back — but not as director

A fifth Matrix movie is in the works, but will not be directed by Lana or Lily Wachowski.

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Arts & Entertainment

Gay Hollywood and art house star Udo Kier dies at 81

The German actor starred in hundreds of movies, including the Andy Warhol-produced films "Flesh for Frankenstein" and "Blood for Dracula."

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Matrix Director Was Terrified to Come Out as Trans to Family

Lana Wachowski, who with her brother Andy Wachowski directed the Matrix trilogy, opens up about being a transgender woman.
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Elliot Page & Lilly Wachowski Help Fight a Trans Health Care Ban

The Arkansas law legally prohibits medical professionals from offering gender-affirming health care to trans youth.

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Elon Musk Reinstates Homophobe and Transphobe Alex Jones to X

Elon Musk made the move following a user poll that showed 70 percent supported reinstatement.

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How Nonbinary 'Hacks' Star Poppy Liu’s Star Rose in 2021

One of The Advocate's People of the Year, this breakout star is using their visibility to make the kind of art they never saw growing up.

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Our favorite 15 destinations from 'Lonely Planet's new LGBTQ+ travel guide

The off-the-beaten-track travel guide introduces its first-ever LGBTQ+ travel guide from queer, neurodivergent travel writer Alicia Valenski.

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Exclusives

Meet the Man Turning Queer and Trans People Into Superheroes

LGBTQ characters (and actors) were rarely allowed to be superheroes -- until out casting director David Rapaport gave them wings. 

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With Documentary and Film Series, TCM Celebrates Women Directors

The Women Make Film doc and series, featuring many out directors, will offer a film school in which all the teachers are women.
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20 Famous LGBTQ+ people who changed the world

Remember our rich history — it goes way back.

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Don't Forget the Long, Proud History of Transgender Activism

Trans folks are among the country's greatest revolutionaries. So why do Americans keep forgetting we exist?

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World

Kinsey lives!

Out Oscar winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) talks about sexual repression, bisexuality, the far right, and abstinence education--the hot-button issues of 2004, all woven into his acclaimed new film, Kinsey, set in the 1940s and '50s.

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Artist Spotlight

Artist Spotlight: Hernan Marina

Marina's work boils down masculine cultural ideas to a few bold strokes in a variety of mediums.

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Hot Sheet: February 6, 2015

Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include Kelly Clarkson, Sam Smith's video wedding, Kylie Minogue's newest sound, and the Grammys.

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Hot Sheet: May 9, 2014

Our top 10 entertainment and events highlights this week include the rehab of Brent Corrigan, Josh Hartnett's comeback, and Rosemary's Baby redux.

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This Year’s Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Who’s Who

The 2015 Trans100 list includes activists, journalists, academics, and sex workers.

LGBTQ Africans Maintain Their Identity Through Style
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LGBT Africans Maintain Their Identity Through Style

African immigrants regularly hear that being LGBT is somehow"un-African." A new photo project by Mikael Owunna explores how these first- and second-generation immigrants thumb their noses at that notion.