Television

Star Trek alum George Takei and his husband, Brad Altman, will make television history as the first gay couple to compete on The Newlywed Game, GSN announced. “What we want is to display the normality and the joy of having a happy union,” Takei said, who married Altman last September. “To be included in something […]

Brothers Samuel and Daniel McMillen from Liberty, MO will appear on the new season of CBS’ “The Amazing Race” this fall. What’s unique is that the brothers are both gay. As their story goes, Sam and Dan will tell you that their relationship did not truly start until last summer when they both came out […]

It’s been five years since Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage, and as Rachel Maddow points out, despite all the fear, the sky didn’t fall. In fact, divorce rates are down to pre-1940’s level, and Massachusetts now boasts the lowest divorce rates in the country. From Thursday night’s broadcast of the Rachel […]

Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio spoke out this week for gay marriage, saying that gays and lesbians are not seeking “special treatment, just equitable treatment.” In his blog this week on bravotv.com, Colicchio shares his views on gay marriage, prompted by one contestant’s discomfort with this week’s wedding challenge. “I’m going to go out on […]

In case you missed last week’s season premiere of Mad Men, here’s the gay scene where the bellhop helps Sal get his baggage “out of the closet.” Yes, it’s *that* episode. Out actor Bryan Batt plays Salvatore Romano, the tragically closeted art director in AMC’s Mad Men, which follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive […]

Brad Pitt appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night, speaking out for gay marriage, his pro-marijuana agenda, and anti-religion crusade. “You know, I grew up in a religious family, in a religious community and it just doesn’t make sense to me. It just doesn’t work for me in the long run,” Pitt said. […]

Seth MacFarlane finally spills the secrets of “Family Guy” — including the fact that, yes, baby Stewie is gay! “We had an episode that went all the way to the script phase in which Stewie does come out,” revealed MacFarlane,  the show’s creator, in an interview in September’s issue of Playboy magazine. “It had to […]

ABC will introduce an ordinary gay male couple raising a Vietnamese baby they have just adopted on Modern Family, a new half hour sitcom premiering this fall on ABC. The show revolves around three families each with a different structure. First there is Phil and Claire, a traditional American family with three kids, and then […]

Recently fired Miami new anchor Charles Perez took his side of the story to the Daily Beast today, in a wide-ranging column explaining why he’ll continue his suit against ABC Affiliate WPLG-TV Channel 10, claiming they fired him because he was gay, attacking the state of the news business, positioning himself as a gay rights […]

HBO tops the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s third annual Network Responsibility Index, a study that evaluates the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on television. Among the five broadcast and 10 of the highest-rated cable networks, once again none earned the top “excellent” ranking, with five, […]