Each week The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.
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Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.
In 2012 we bid a sad goodbye to some beloved LGBT Latinos and allies, and welcomed many positive moments, including the coming out of Puerto Rican boxer Orlando Cruz.
Glee, The New Normal and American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy welcomed a son on Christmas Eve with his photographer husband, David Miller.
The Disney Channel’s social outreach campaign “Make Your Mark,” which encourages and inspires kids to make a difference in the world, is currently featuring a 14-year-old named Ben; an aspiring filmmaker who happens to have two moms, AfterElton reports.
As the video game medium continues to mature and diversify, so too has it become an increasingly progressive and LGBT-inclusive one with a growing influence on culture and increasingly mainstream audience. 2012 turned out to be quite an interesting year in regards to LGBT representation and video games, from the communities that exist around them, to the companies that produce them, and into games themselves.
2012 saw a wide range of celebrities come out as LGBT, many in more subdued ways than years past.
In 2012, quite a few famous faces came out as allies of the LGBT community to tremendous effect. Here are ten of our favorite notable quotes from celebrities and public figures that spoke up for LGBT equality in 2012.
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Laverne Cox has used her visibility to become an outspoken advocate for the LGBT community and her efforts have been
'Any Day Now,' set in the late 1970s, is based on a true story. Cumming’s character, Rudy, is a down-on-his-luck drag queen who dreams of being a singer – and who takes in the teen, Marco, after the boy’s mother is arrested for drug possession. Rather than let Marco disappear into foster-care system, Rudy tries to adopt him, in partnership with a semi-closeted attorney named Paul (Garret Dillahunt).
Writer Jane Espenson talks about why she wanted to introduced a gay male vampire slayer in Buffy #14, which goes on sale today.
Seattle's native son and rapper extraordinaire, Macklemore along with his creative partner Ryan Lewis today released
The Ricki Lake Show, one of our favorite talk shows of yesteryear, is back with a gay vengeance: On today’s episode, former N’Sync member Lance Bass talks to Ricki about disclosing his sexuality.
Executive producer Ryan Murphy took to Twitter on Friday afternoon to announce that Star Trek alum George Takei and reality television personality/fashion designer Nicole Richie have joined the NBC comedy.
MCNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with Michael Lavers from The Washington Blade.
Adam Lambert hit Washington DC's 9:30 Club last night for a benefit show for Marylanders for Marriage Equality in support of Question 6, the referendum on Maryland's Civil Marriage Protection Act.

