Michael Arden, winning the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, reclaimed the “faggot” slur in his acceptance speech Sunday night — and he got bleeped by CBS. Read on » Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee made history Sunday night as the first out nonbinary actors to win Tony Awards. Read on » It’s been five years since a queer jukebox musical version of Tim Burton’s beloved 1990 film Edward Scissorhands wowed Los Angeles audiences to the point that the show, set around Christmas, was extended well into March. Now, with the original venue, Rockwell Table & Stage, lost to the pandemic, many of the original Scissorhands the Musical cast members who belted songs like Alanis Morissette’s “Uninvited,” Aerosmith’s “Dream On,” and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow,” are returning in time for Pride Months\ with Scissorhands: A Concert Reunion Event at Hollywood’s Bourbon Room on Monday and Tuesday. Read on » The United Kingdom’s National Health Service has decided to restrict the prescription of puberty blockers to young people participating in clinical trials. Read on » Candace Owens, one of the more hateful right-wing influencers famous for saying shocking things, has learned that transphobic hate speech isn’t free after YouTube demonetized content on her account. Read on »
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