Reid Ewing has confirmed that he is gay in a very nonchalant, matter of fact way, and for those of us involved in politics and normality, that is the way it should be. Being gay is normal, and it shouldn’t be any more news worthy than being married, being parents, being a brother or sister.
Reid also discussed why he underwent cosmetic surgery, and body dysmorphia during his Twitter discussion, which is where he confirmed that he was gay!
Reid is an actor, and is currently known for his role as Dylan in the hit TV show from ABC ‘Modern Family’ – the Modern Family Wiki describes Dylan as warm, a tad dim but sweet and loves his girlfriend a lot. I will let you judge, but the character is in no way a representation of the real Reid Ewing I believe.
Here are two pics to let you know who he is is, and also a link to a quick search I did in Google for other pics:
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London Spy
Despite reports from The Sun and the Mail Online, broadcasting regulator Ofcom only received one complaint against BBC Two drama London Spy.
Both websites reported that Ofcom had received 13 complaints from viewers, who were allegedly ‘shocked’ by gay sex scenes and nudity in spy drama starring Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent. However, after speaking with Ofcom, GT can confirm that only one complaint was made against the programme.
An Ofcom spokesman told GT: “We’ve received one complaint about London Spy on BBC Two. We will assess this complaint before deciding whether to investigate or not.”
The regulator confirmed that the individual complaint was in relation to a sex scene after the 9pm watershed.
London Spy was broadcast after the 9pm watershed, and it was announced that the programme would contain scenes of a sexual nature. On the BBC iPlayer, where the programme is now available to watch, the content warning is reiterated to viewers.
Christian group the Evangelical Alliance told the Sun: “We should expect better from our publicly-funded broadcaster.”
The paper also reports that one viewer tweeted: “Was watching London Spy but that just got way to much to watch, especially with my mum.”
Despite the individual complaint and negative feedback to the Sun, the reaction to the first episode of London Spy was overwhelmingly positive, with many praising it’s approach to the lead character’s sexuality.
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London Spy airs in November – watch it!
BBC Two’s new five-part thriller looks like it will nail you to your seat.
London Spy is a gripping, emotional thriller that sees an innocent, young romantic drawn into a dangerous world of espionage.
With an incredible cast including: Ben Wishaw, Edward Holcroft, Charlotte Rampling and Jim Broadbent, we won’t be moving from our TVs on Monday nights.
Watch the new trailer here:
London Spy airs on BBC Two 9 November at 9pm
Icelandic children’s show perfectly explains being gay
An Icelandic kids television show has given a touching explanation of what it’s like to be gay.
Stundin Okkar, the longest running programme for children in the country, aired the scene in a recent episode, with former Eurovision contestant Paul Oscar making a guest appearance.
When asked by a woman on the show when he knew that he was gay, he replies: “You don’t decide what makes your heart beat, it just beats.”
Iceland has long been known as a tolerant society for LGBT people – the country was the first to elect an openly gay head of state, with Johanna Sigurdardottir becoming Prime Minister in 2009
20 years of Hollyoaks, one killer week
by Josh Withey
The brand new, visually stunning trailer for Hollyoaks starts off with the most fantastic Pride party… But things quickly take a turn for the worse.
Ste and Harry look like they’re having a great time.
Even as the rain starts to fall…
But look out… The gloved hand killer makes an appearance as the waters rise.
It was filmed over three days at Pinewood studios, using a special underwater tank.
The soundtrack to the trailer is by the fantastic, Charli XCX. Which song? We hear you ask… Die Tonight of course.
Watch the stunning trailer here…
20 years of Hollyoaks, One Killer Week – from October 19th on C4. #hollyoaks20years
Hollyoaks is gearing up for a gay reunion
by Thomas Ling
Hollyoaks fans rejoice!
Chief exec Bryan Kirkwood has hinted that Ste and John Paul’s relationship could start up again as the two are due are due to meet up on Christmas day.
“Ste and Harry’s relationship may not mean the end for [Ste and John Paul]. Ste is just unravelling in a different direction, as he often does,” Kirkwood told The Sun‘s TV supplement magazine.
“He desperately wants security and a family around him – but as long as he does, he’s going to continue to make mistakes. Whether John Paul is there to win him over again on Christmas Day, we’ll have to wait and see.”
If only there was some way to see some of our favourite Hollyoaks hunks getting steamy before then. Well, it just so happens that our latest issue is full of just that.
Download your copy today at gaytimesmagazine.com
You’re welcome.
Trans people react to UK’s new trans sitcom Boy Meets Girl
The critics have had their say about the BBC sitcom, but what did trans people think?
Trans people respond to Boy Meets Girl
BBC
But it is trans people, who are being represented in BBC comedy properly for the first time, that have had the most interesting thoughts on the show.
Rebecca Root, a trans actress, stars in the show in the lead role Judy.
Speaking to GSN, trans male activist Leng Montgomery said: ‘It’s about time British TV started reflecting trans actors in its programmes, especiallly as it’s a great way to include and represent the society we live in.
‘It can also help convey some of the issues trans people face and hopefully create empathy and understanding.
‘I also think it’s very important for visibility as overall it promotes greater understanding and acknowledgement of trans people and opens up a new pool of acting talent.
And Jane Fae, journalist and GSN contributor, said: ”Like many in the trans community, I settled down to watch Boy Meets Girl with the promise of seeing something different. I wasn’t disappointed. It was, as it said on the wrapper, a mainstream romcom/sitcom in which trans is just there: a part of the furniture, if you like, as opposed to the elephant in the room it so often becomes. Especially when well-meaning directors set out to say something meaningful about the topic.
‘But was it any good? Despite the sniffy reactions from some mainstream critics, I think the answer has to be a 100% unqualified yes. The budding romance between transsexual Judy and and shy, self-conscious Leo was touching, appropriately awkward and, in the end, endearing.
‘I suspect I was not the only viewer who felt a lump well up in her throat at their first rain-soaked kiss. Other characters are well-drawn: dialogue is witty in an under-stated sort of way; and in Judy’s mum, Peggy (Janine Duvitski) I could not help wondering if we were watching a national treasure in the making.
‘A big thumbs up to this programme, and to Rebecca Root. It was a long time coming, but is well worth the wait.’
Paris Lees, the top of 2013’s Independent on Sunday’s Pink List, said:
CN Lester, singer-songwriter, had a few more cons to say about the show:
Paris LeesSo excited about @BoyMeetsGirl_UK tonight, just one of many positives to come out of the great work being done @AllAboutTrans. Game changer!
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@ParisLees@BoyMeetsGirl_UK@AllAboutTrans AAT have really pushed boundaries – amazing work.
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@ParisLees@BoyMeetsGirl_UK@AllAboutTrans waiting for 9:30 with anticipation!
Bill So happy for @rebeccaroot1969. Making history. For decades, TV comedy ridiculed trans people simply for being trans – the world is changing!
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@ParisLees but I always loved you though#khaleesi
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@ParisLees@rebeccaroot1969 Cross-dressing has been an entrenched comic trope for even longer – which also probably hindered trans community
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@ParisLees pretty soon we’ll see Bethany Black in Dr Who as well
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@ParisLees@rebeccaroot1969 it has been so long since the days of Caroline Cossey – why did it take so long??? 🙁
Andrew Brown
And one trans Twitter user responded in the perfect way:
CN LesterJust caught up w/ #BoyMeetsGirl. Pros: Leads have great chemistry, @rebeccaroot1969 absolutely lights up the screen
#BoyMeetsGirl Cons for a trans viewer: you’ll have seen it all before General cons: Very middle of the road BBC sitcom
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I guess that’s good in that it’s palatable to mainstream cis audience who are the ones who really need to be watching this stuff.
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@ThatSabineGirl Agreed – I’m hoping it’ll do some real good. Just probably not one I’ll tune in for again. -
@cnlester I hope it helps normalise us a little in cis ppl’s eyes.
TransGameProtagonist CN Lester, singer-songwriter, had a few more cons to say about the show:
And one trans Twitter user responded in the perfect way:
I guess that’s good in that it’s palatable to mainstream cis audience who are the ones who really need to be watching this stuff. @cnlester
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It’s like when there’s documentaries about trans ppl on the telly and my parents ask if I’m watching it.
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I’m just like “we already know that stuff, this is for cis people, not us”.
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I almost feel like we need something incredibly bland like 2 Point 4 Children or My Family which just happens to have a trans character.
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And though they’re trans and thus deal with some stuff, no fuss is made of it.
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You know, like cis people in TV shows. Just getting on with their lives, with no sensationalism about it.
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Like we’re normal people or something. Because we are. It’s cis people’s reaction to us that’s abnormal, and needs to change.
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Any humour arising from someone being trans should be derived from cis ppl’s abnormal reaction to us just trying to live our lives.
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Because I think there’s a lot of potential for jokes at the expense of the bigoted, or at (oft well meaning) ignorance displayed by cis ppl.
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@ThatSabineGirl Agreed – I’m hoping it’ll do some real good. Just probably not one I’ll tune in for again. -
@cnlester I hope it helps normalise us a little in cis ppl’s eyes.
The next episode of Boy Meets Girl airs on BBC 2 at 9.30pm on Thursday 10 September.
Watch the trailer below:
GLAAD discontinues report on TV’s LGBT characters!
All major networks were ‘adequate’ or above (Photo: Empire, Fox)
Media charity GLAAD has announced it will no longer publish an annual report monitoring the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBT representation on TV.
The charity this week published its ninth annual Network Responsibility Index, which identifies TV networks who have excelled at representing LGBT people, storylines and characters, as well as those who have failed to do so.
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However, as the report enters its ninth year, nearly all US TV networks are ranked ‘adequate’ or above – with the FOX network becoming the first major broadcaster to be ranked ‘excellent’
The charity confirmed that its new report will also be the last.
GLAAD CEO & President Sarah Kate Ellis said: “The ninth edition of the NRI marks the first time in the report’s history that a major broadcast network – FOX – received an ‘Excellent’ as a grade.
“This milestone highlights real change across the media landscape – especially considering that the network received a ‘Failing’ grade in the NRI’s first two editions.”
She added: “GLAAD’s Network Responsibility Index has helped reshape the television landscape, inspiring LGBT characters and storylines that move acceptance forward.
“As representations of LGBT people in the media continue to rise in number, pushing television networks to make those representations more diverse is more crucial than ever. This requires a different set of tools than the NRI provides, and as such GLAAD will shift focus to its annual TV diversity and transgender reports.”
The organisation will now focus on its annual Where We Are On TV Report – which focuses more on the diversity of LGBT images.
Monitoring the original prime-time programming of major network, the final NRI awarded the grades:
Excellent: ABC Family and FOX
Good: ABC, CW, FX, HBO, MTV, Showtime
Adequate: CBS, NBC, TLC, TNT, USA
Failing: A&E, History
ABC Family, which was ranked excellent alongside FOX, hit a record high with 74% of original programming including LGBT people or characters – of whom 79% were lesbians and 49% were people of colour. It also featured a transgender character played by a transgender actor.
Meanwhile, FOX won praise for representing LGBT people of colour on hit shows including Empire and Gotham
Gay comedy to launch on YouTube this month
by GT
Guys Guys, a British comedy series, is to be played in weekly episodes, launching its first three episodes on 7 September.
The series follows the dating misadventures of a newly single guy who’s just moved to London. The guy, played by Kes Baxter, is put in different dating scenarios with a different guest character in each sketch, which undoubtedly goes very wrong, very quickly.
Written by Kes Baxter along with Lee Butterley it’s based on the successful Dutch web series ‘De Meisjes van Thijs’. Originally starting as an online sketch, it has since been broadcast on Comedy Central in the Netherlands.
Kalki Aporos the series director instantly liked the idea of creating the British version saying: “We loved the character of Thijs and saw a market for something similar in the London gay scene. Guy’s Guys proves that the struggles for awkward people to get a date are universal.
“We have made Guy’s Guys with love and enthusiasm as we basically had no money. Lots of people have dedicated their time and energy into the series, and we hope we’ve produced something that the audience will be able to not only laugh at, but also relate to in some way.”
Check out the trailer for Guy’s Guy here:
Follow Guy’s Guy at their YouTube channel and Facebook for all the info.
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New Documentary Claims Both Kray Twins Were Bisexual
Kray Bros
Reprinted from Out, written BY GLENN GARNER
AUGUST 27 2015 4:00 PM EDT
The Kray brothers are the subject of a new movie, Legend, starring Tom Hardy in both roles. Although Ronnie Kray was said to be openly bisexual (some even say he was gay), his twin brother Reggie was known to be straight. In the trailer for The Krays: Kill Order, a documentary about the notorious East End gangsters, a close connection to the twins claims that both of the brothers liked men.
“They were both bisexual,” says Maureen Flanagan, a hairdresser who had Violet Kray, Ronnie and Reggie’s mother, as one of her clients.
Flanagan also points out Ronnie’s hatred for Reggie’s wife, Frances Shea. According to the documentary, Ronnie was suspected of staging Frances’ murder to make it seem like a suicide. Witnesses claim that Reggie’s marriage was a lie, and that he was actually in love with her brother. Talk about some family drama!
Watch the trailer for the documentary below:
Click here to watch the trailer for Legend with Tom Hardy as both Kray twins.