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PBS documentary ‘Growing Up Trans’ explores possibilities, unknowns facing transgender youth
“Growing Up Trans” explores the transgender phenomenon as younger people than ever (and their parents) now experience it: a frontier of possibilities and unknowns, and a minefield of high-stakes choices.
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‘Big Brother’ casts first openly transgender houseguest
CBS has revealed the cast of “Big Brother 17, which includes the first-ever openly transgender contestant on the U.S. version of the popular summer series.
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‘Becoming Us’ captures a family’s journey when father comes out as transgender
The ABC Family docu-series “Becoming Us” follows a 16-year-old dealing with the usual challenges of high school and encroaching adulthood – plus the recent news that his father is becoming a woman.
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Tennessee TV station refuses to air marriage equality ad featuring gay doctor, reservist
The ad features Jesse Ehrenfeld, a Nashville doctor and Navy reservist who recently returned from Afghanistan. In the ad, Ehrenfeld says, “I was able to stand up and put my life on the line for the freedoms that we all enjoy, and yet I don’t have the freedom to marry my partner Judd.”
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TLC yanks ’19 Kids’ from schedule amid Josh Duggar molestation confession
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ, the fate of the show is uncertain, but there’s now so much heat in the wake of Josh Duggar’s molestation confession … the network had to make the decision.
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‘Queer as Folk’ creator launches new Logo series ‘Cucumber’ and ‘Banana’
It’s been 16 years since Russell T. Davies created the original “Queer as Folk.” When it came out in 1999 there were comparatively fewer gay characters on television. Eventhough the number of LGBT characters has grown, he believes there’s still a lot of material not being explored.
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Conservative groups attempting to kill prospective ABC show over Dan Savage influence
Conservative groups are trying to kill in the cradle a prospective ABC sitcom about a family upended when a teenage son comes out as gay because sex columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage is involved in the production.
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HBO cancels ‘Looking’
The move marks a rare early-run cancelation by HBO, which often lets modestly performing titles continue for years. Looking ran for two seasons and 18 episodes, with its second-season finale airing Sunday night.
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The song is over, as ‘Glee’ ends its tuneful 6-season run
The “Glee” series finale delivered glorious news that William McKinley High School is being turned into an arts school and that Will Schuester, who started its glee club back in 2009, will become its principal.
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TLC to air series about transgender teen activist Jazz Jennings
The 11-episode series will follow the lives of 14-year-old Jazz Jennings, her parents, siblings and grandparents.