Television

CBS confirmed this week they are canceling the long-running daytime drama As The World Turns. The show has been a favorite of LTBTQ viewers recently, who have closely followed the love story of Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer. The characters Luke and Noah (or “Nuke,” as they came to be known), played by Van Hansis […]

Rachel Maddow has called on Rev. Rick Warren, the nation’s most visible evangelical pastor, to be a guest on her MSNBC show to publicly denounce Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill and address alleged ties to the bill’s supporters.

On Monday night, Levi Johnston appeared on the Joy Behar Show to talk about his new roll as a “gay icon.” Behar asked Johnston how it feels to be a gay icon from a “conservative background,” and observed that he seems “to be very comfortable being a gay icon.” Johnston mentions that “growing up in […]

Glee cast member Chris Colfer sat down with Chelsea Lately host Chelsea Handler on Thursday night. It didn’t take long for Handler to bring up Colfer’s sexual orientation. Said Handler, “Your character on the show’s gay. We know that you’re gay. That’s good for you. Congratulations, don’t be shy about that. “Seriously… you shouldn’t be […]

Portia de Rossi appeared on The View this week, discussing being married to Ellen Degeneres, Proposition 8, and civil unions vs. marriage. De Rossi schools the hosts on why the legality of gay marriage is important, that it’s “not a religious issue, or a moral issue… it’s just simply a civil rights issue.” “The fact […]

After taking heat from Adam Lambert’s fans and gay advocates for a week, ABC on Friday extended an olive branch of sorts to the “American Idol” runner-up, reports the Los Angeles Times. ABC canceled Lambert’s scheduled appearances on “Good Morning America” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and stopped considering him for “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” which […]

For seven years, actress Meredith Baxter has been hiding a secret. Now Baxter, who played the devoted hippie mom constantly butting heads with her conservative kids on “Family Ties,” is making a public admission. “I am a lesbian and it was a later-in-life recognition,” she told Matt Lauer on the TODAY show. “Some people would […]

CBS gave Adam Lambert a platform to address what he has said is a “double standard,” and in doing so they propagated one of their own. Appearing on CBS’ “Early Show” Wednesday morning to discuss his controversial performance at Sunday’s American Music Awards, where he kissed a man and simulated oral sex, Lambert said that […]

Adam Lambert appeared on CBS’s “The Early Show” Wednesday morning to respond to critics of his risque performance on this weekend’s American Music Awards. Lambert said he understands why some people were offended by his sexually charged performance, but he offered no apology. The “American Idol” runner-up, who kissed a male keyboard player and had […]

Updated: 3:30 pm ET. Two days after Adam Lambert’s hip thrusting, man-on-man make-out, show-closing performance on the “American Music Awards,” people are still talking. More than 1,500 complaints were leveled at ABC, according to The Associated Press. ABC officials deemed that a “moderate” response when compared to other events that have prompted viewer complaints. Though […]