Lee Daniels, director of 2009's Precious, sat down with Larry King to discuss, among other things, his new movie The Butler and how his perspective as a gay, black man influenced the film's focus on the civil rights movement. Later, Daniels shared his own story of growing up gay and the continued st...

A young transgender girl and her father share a tender embrace in “The Real Thing,” filmmaker Brandon Kelley’s heartwarming short that hit the internet Monday in honor of both Veterans Day and Trans Awareness Week. The seven-minute film follows Allie (Sophie Giannamore), who has transitioned while

Byron Perkins made history in October 2022, when he came out as the first gay HBCU football player. The junior defensive back at Hampton University revealed his truth in an emotional social media post that went viral. Byron joins our episode titled “Here I Am,” and we have a special surprise for Byr

Get ready for a fantastical celebration of community, inclusion, and diversity at the Pines Party Toon Island! Just like your favorite cartoons, Pines Party weekend in Fire Island, NY was a magical and positive space for all our friends, queer and otherwise – everyone was welcomed to the overnight p

The third season of MTV's popular reality TV series "The Real World" was filmed on location at the 900 block of Lombard street in San Francisco. It aired on MTV from February to June 1994. It is considered to be the best season of the series because it tackled socially relevant issues such as AIDS a...

The year is 1981 and South Africa’s white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the southern Angolan border. Like all white boys over the age of 16, Nicholas Van der Swart must complete two years of compulsory military service to defend the apartheid regime. The threat of communism and “

“Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin are young lads, strangers at first, leaving home at 18 and heading off to London in 1981 with hope and ambition and joy… and walking straight into a plague that most of the world ignores. Year by year, episode by episode, their lives change, as the mystery of a new virus s

A group of over 50 active duty service members and veterans are using humor to fight Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Retired Marine Capt. Danny Maher, has been calling Marine Sgt. Ryan Loya his best friend since the two bonded in Afghanistan. Maher broke at least 20 bones, and Loya suffered traumati

The 2(x)ist fashion show and cocktail party event is in partnership with ZERO, the project to end prostate cancer. Josh Rhodes, director choreographer , Countess LuAnn de Lesseps (The Real Housewives of New York City), Broadway Dancers, Roshumba Williams (5x Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model, TV Hos...

A man rides a horse across the desert that separates him from Bitter Creek. He comes to visit Sheriff Jake. Twenty-five years earlier, both the sheriff and Silva, the rancher who rides out to meet him, worked together as hired gunmen. Silva visits him with the excuse of reuniting with his friend fro...