Reminder Birds of Prey will be the first superhero movei starring an openly lgbt hero
While herors like Wonder woman, Valkyrie & anti heroes like Harley are in the superhero movies none of them have been shown in relationshops or shown talking about their sexuality
BIRDS OF PREY IS SUPPOSED TO SHOW A W|W RELATIONSHIP WITH RENEE MONTOYA
So remember to go hype up birds of prey so that both marvel & DC see that showing lgbt heroes being themselves on screen will bring them more money & more positive press
As long as its true that Renee Montoya is openly and proudly lesbian in this movie and we actually see her being a lesbian on screen I will DEFINITELY be supporting this film :D
Shes supposed to be at least thats what people whove seen early screenings of it seem to say fingers crossed that it stays that way. From what Ive heard mostly rumors is that Renee’s girlfriend is played by Ali Wong & i remember there being abig announcment about her being in the film so im betting shes gonna be in at least 2 or 3 scenes
“The season’s most provocative lesbian sequence was in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Sign of the Cross (1932). The film, adapted from an 1895 British stage play, depicts the conflict between a Christian community and the powerful Roman state, headed by Nero (Charles Laughton). Nero’s right-hand man, Marcus Superbus (Fredric March), falls in love with a young Christian woman, Mercia (Elissa Landi). Though he tries to bring her around to the Roman way of life, her faith eventually inspires him to face the lions with her. Despite the film’s Christian message, it was packed with eroticized, violent spectacle, including gorillas and alligators attacking nearly nude women in chains, a battle between Amazons and Little People, and packs of lions attacking and eating Christians. Reprising the bacchanalia in Manslaughter (1930), female same-sex desire is embedded in the sexual excess of ancient Rome. There are no female inverts, although some of the men are sissyish, particularly Nero. The first potentially lesbian moment occurs when Nero’s wife, Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert), bathes in a pool of asse’s milk. After slipping off her robe and lowering herself into the milk, Poppaea invites a female slave to join her. The camera modestly looks away, panning to two cats lapping milk from the edge of the pool. This look away suggests that a sexual encounter might occur; the lapping cats intimate oral sex.”
-FromGirls Will Be Boys Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934 by Laura Horak
Hey tumblr so I need your help! My school always had one of those “Read Across America” maps with young adult novels or romances or whatever (evidently, I’m American) but I’ve never seen anything comparable for wlw. I’ve tried to rely on my memory and on other people’s recs but I’m only (exactly) halfway through. Any suggestions to fill in these missing states? I’ve tried to avoid stories that take place across multiple locations. Or offer more options for the ones I already have, the more the merrier.
Alabama :Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flag
Alaska : Grief Map by Sarah Hahn Campbell, The Dead Go to Seattle by Vivian Faith Prescott
Arizona : Bright Lights of Summer by Lynn Ames
Arkansas : Cottonmouthsby Kelly J. Ford
California : Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, Honey Girlby Lisa Freeman, Frog Music by Emma Donoghue, The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr, Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians by Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons,Queens of Geekby Jen Wilde, The Brightsidersby Jen Wilde, Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler, Far From Home by Lorelie Brown, The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding, You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour
Colorado : Marionette by T.B. Markinson, Sleight of Hand by Mark Henwick, Snow Falls by Gerri Hill, Sadieby Courtney Summers, Tell Me What You Like by Kate Allen
Connecticut : Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg, Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller
Delaware : As I Lay Frying: A Rehoboth Beach Memoir by Fay Jacobs
Florida : Breathing Underwater by Lu Vickers, Roller Girl by Vanessa North, Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole
Georgia : Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruitby Jaye Robin Brown, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith, Taking Flight by Siera Maley, Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash, Leah on the Offbeatby Becky Albertalli, Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake, Odd One Out by Nic Stone, The Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles
Hawaii : Razor Wire by Lauren Gallagher, Name Me Nobody by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Idaho :Ship It by Britta Lundin, Her Hometown Girl by Lorelie Brown, Right Out of Nowhere by Laurie Salzler, Idaho Codeby Joan Opyr
Illinois : Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair, How Sweet It Is by Melissa Brayden, What Matters Most by Georgia Beers, The Long Way Home by Rachel Spangler, Close to Home by Rachel Spangler, Memory Mambo by Achy Obejas, Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country by Chavisa Woods
Indiana : Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin, Hoosier Daddy by Ann McMan and Salem West
Iowa : A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, Moo by Jane Smiley, The Butches of Madison County by Ellen Orleans, Death by Discount by Mary Vermillion
Kansas : Far From Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters, My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus by Kelly Barth
Kentucky :Run by Kody Keplinger, Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens
Louisiana : Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen, Rusty Logic by Robin Alexander, Spelling Mississippi by Marnie Woodrow, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Maine : Style by Chelsea Cameron, Double Exposure by Chelsea Cameron, A Good Idea by Christina Moracho
Michigan : The Liberators of Willow Run by Marianne K. Martin, Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow, The Cold and the Rust: Poems by Emily Van Kley, Herby Cherry Muhanji
Minnesota : Sister Mischief by Laura Goode, Being Emily by Rachel Gold, My Year Zero by Rachel Gold, Bend by Nancy Hedin, Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart
Mississippi : Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
Missouri :Deliver Us from Evie by M.E. Kerr, Heart of the Game by Rachel Spangler, Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice Barnett
Montana : The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth, Innocent Hearts by Radclyffe, Stormsby Gerri Hill
Nebraska : Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz, Over You by Amy Reed
Nevada : Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee, Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule, Bittersweetby Nevada Barr
New Hampshire : Good Moon Rising by Nancy Garden, Snowsistersby Tom Wilinsky and Jen Sternick
New Jersey : A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernández
New Mexico : Beauty of the Broken by Tawni Waters, So Far From God by Ana Castillo, The Last of the Menu Girls by Denise Chávez, Like Water by Rebecca Podos
North Carolina : The Ada Decades by Paula Martinac, Challah and Callaloo by La Toya Hankins
North Dakota : Prairie Silence: A Memoir by Melanie Hoffert
Ohio : Fat Angie by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Taking the Long Way by Lily R. Mason, The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka, Eat Your Heart Out by Dayna Ingram, Juniper Lane by Kady Morrison
Oklahoma : Tumbleweed Fever by L.J. Maas, Edited Out by Lisa Haddock
Oregon : Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters, Drylandby Sara Jaffee
Pennsylvania : Fun Home byAlison Bechdel, In the Silenceby Jaimie Leigh McGovern, The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie
Rhode Island :The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Homecomingby Nell Stark, Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Tennessee : Secret City by Julia Watts, If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf, Choices by Skyy, Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer by Chely Wright
Texas : Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory by Emma Pérez, Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey, The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen, Gulf Breeze by Gerri Hill, Gulf Dreams by Emma Pérez, Lay Down the Law by Carsen Taite, Far From the World We Know by Harper Bliss, Spinningby Tillie Walden, Mean Deaf Little Queer by Terry Galloway, The Dime by Kathleen Kent
Virginia : As I Descended by Robin Talley, Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley, Jericho by Ann McMan
Washington : The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George, DreadnoughtandSovereignby April Daniels, About A Girl by Sarah McCarry, Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, Stuck Landing by Lauren Gallagher, Dora: A Headcase by Lidia Yuknavitch
Washington, D.C : Madam President by Blayne Cooper and T. Novan, Pulpby Robin Talley
West Virginia : The Winter Triangle by Nikki Woolfolk, Blue Apple Switchback by Carrie Highley, Sugar Run by Mesha Maren
I just want to say, I am very disappointed that we didnt get a Hen/Karen kiss last night. The conversation about having another baby should have ended with a kiss and the fact that it didn’t but we got seven thousand Buck/Ali kisses makes me livid. It barely counts as queer representation if you refuse to allow them the same level of affection that the straight couples get.
Two films are currently playing in theaters with latinx LGBT representation.
The reboot of the ‘90s children’s TV show Power Rangers is the first big-budget superhero movie to feature an LGBT protagonist.
During Power Rangers’ second act, there’s a scene in which the titular heroes learn that the Yellow Ranger, Trini (portrayed by Mexican American singer Becky G.), is coming to terms with her sexual orientation, with one character assuming she’s having “boyfriend problems,” and soon realizing that perhaps she’s actually having “girlfriend problems.”
A young Rictor makes his debut in the film “Logan”. Portrayed by Latino actor Jayson Genao, Rictor is a mutant child experiment of Dr. Zander Rice from Transigen lab escapes Transigen lab along with other children. He helps led the group across the border of Mexico where there is a safe haven for mutant kind.
The Rictor of Logan shares the same seismic powers as his comic book counterpart. His origin is different, but the idea of him being a young mutant used for sinister purposes is still present.
In X-Factor comic #45, in 2009, Rictor kissed Shatterstar. The two character first on-panel kiss became the first male-male kiss between two mainstream male superheroes in mainstream Marvel comic book history.
Fans probably shouldn’t expect the young actor from Logan to reprise his role in the X-Force movie, but it’s one more X-Force character in the film universe’s continuity.
Their Importance: Pulp tells the intertwined stories of Abbey Zimet and Janet Jones, two lesbian teenagers living 62 years apart in times of great political upheaval. The story begins in 2017 with Abbey becoming fascinated with lesbian pulp novels of the fifties, deciding to write her own as a school project. Meanwhile in 1955 Janet realises her orientation at the height of the Lavender Scare. Her only lifeline is the same pulp novels, the safest way to see women like her. The two girls’ stories begin to intertwine in unexpected ways. The entire plot is based around toying with the oldest clichés that dog lesbian representation even now. It also shows the audience that lesbian communities have always existed and that women found ways to live their lives together under the radar. It doesn’t whitewash, noting the worse clichés of the pulp genre and showing how lesbian subcultures had and continue to have the same problems with racism and classism as mainstream society. Abbey is also Jewish with various Jewish holidays being minor plot points.
Issues: The plot is heavily impacted by period-typical homo/lesbophobia and racism in context of the McCarthy era.
So apparently this is a new German dating show called “Princess Charming” … the first lesbian one worldwide ! Of course I’m not surprised to learn that Taylor’s music is featured three times in the first episode, we know the impact she has on so many of us :) Who’s super curious to watch this dating show ? ☺️
