Last week, GLAAD – the leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization – and The National Football League (NFL) hosted the third annual “A Night of Pride” at Caesar’s Palace in Super Bowl Lviii’s host city of Las Vegas.
Lance Bass speaks onstage during "A Night of Pride" with GLAAD and the NFL
Credit/Copyright: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for GLAAD
The evening, hosted by former *Nsync member Lance Bass, featured a performance by singer-songwriter Vincint and a panel discussion moderated by Lz Granderson on how inclusion in sports advances acceptance for LGBTQ people. The panel featured veteran pass rusher Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first openly gay player to play in a regular-season game, along with trailblazer and NFL replay assistant Desiree Abrams and Kevin Maxen, the first out male NFL coach.
The event was presented by Smirnoff, with additional partners Starter and Google.
Guests included NFL Chief Diversity and Inclusion...
Lance Bass speaks onstage during "A Night of Pride" with GLAAD and the NFL
Credit/Copyright: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for GLAAD
The evening, hosted by former *Nsync member Lance Bass, featured a performance by singer-songwriter Vincint and a panel discussion moderated by Lz Granderson on how inclusion in sports advances acceptance for LGBTQ people. The panel featured veteran pass rusher Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first openly gay player to play in a regular-season game, along with trailblazer and NFL replay assistant Desiree Abrams and Kevin Maxen, the first out male NFL coach.
The event was presented by Smirnoff, with additional partners Starter and Google.
Guests included NFL Chief Diversity and Inclusion...
- 2/13/2024
- Look to the Stars
Angelica Ross has teamed with Crossover Media Group to launch her own podcast, Variety has learned.
“N.O.W – No Opportunity Wasted with Angelica Ross” will see Ross conduct interviews with celebrities and everyday people. Guests for the show will include Billy Porter, Dawn Richard, Sara Ramirez, Marianne Williamson, and R.K Russell.
“Everything I have ever done has led me to ‘N.O.W.,'” Ross said in a statement. “We are in such a critical point in the history of humanity and way too many people are afraid to speak up. With this podcast I am taking responsibility which we Buddhist define as ‘the ability to respond.’ I have spoken with current and former Presidents, CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies, faculty and staff of Ivy League schools as well as people who are unhoused, unemployed, formerly incarcerated, newly diagnosed with cancer or HIV, and have been able to get...
“N.O.W – No Opportunity Wasted with Angelica Ross” will see Ross conduct interviews with celebrities and everyday people. Guests for the show will include Billy Porter, Dawn Richard, Sara Ramirez, Marianne Williamson, and R.K Russell.
“Everything I have ever done has led me to ‘N.O.W.,'” Ross said in a statement. “We are in such a critical point in the history of humanity and way too many people are afraid to speak up. With this podcast I am taking responsibility which we Buddhist define as ‘the ability to respond.’ I have spoken with current and former Presidents, CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies, faculty and staff of Ivy League schools as well as people who are unhoused, unemployed, formerly incarcerated, newly diagnosed with cancer or HIV, and have been able to get...
- 1/30/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
A new chapter of Love in Gravity calls for a new set of voice stars to tell emotional stories about the Latin LGBTQ community.
Gina Torres, Froy Gutierrez, Jessica Marie Garcia, Jake Borelli, Cecilia Suarez, Marcel Ruiz, Lux Pascal, Hamish Linklater, Taylor Misiak and Kris D. Lofton are among the cast for season two of the critically acclaimed and award-nominated scripted podcast.
The new adventures in love this season will build on last season’s success, which included being shortlisted for a Cannes Lion award in audio innovation. The second installment focuses on normalizing HIV prevention and increasing awareness among the Latin LGBTQ community, members of which made up almost 25 percent of all HIV diagnoses in 2021.
The seven-episode season, which includes one entirely in Spanish, follows pop star Jules (Ruiz) and football player Teo (Gutierrez), both on the cusp of stardom, who meet at the final championship game of the U.
Gina Torres, Froy Gutierrez, Jessica Marie Garcia, Jake Borelli, Cecilia Suarez, Marcel Ruiz, Lux Pascal, Hamish Linklater, Taylor Misiak and Kris D. Lofton are among the cast for season two of the critically acclaimed and award-nominated scripted podcast.
The new adventures in love this season will build on last season’s success, which included being shortlisted for a Cannes Lion award in audio innovation. The second installment focuses on normalizing HIV prevention and increasing awareness among the Latin LGBTQ community, members of which made up almost 25 percent of all HIV diagnoses in 2021.
The seven-episode season, which includes one entirely in Spanish, follows pop star Jules (Ruiz) and football player Teo (Gutierrez), both on the cusp of stardom, who meet at the final championship game of the U.
- 8/31/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television is adapting NFL vet R.K. Russell’s memoir The Yards Between Us into a half-hour comedy series from Russell, Saeed Crumpler (Flatbush Misdemeanors) and Gabrielle Union (Truth Be Told).
The Yards Between Us follows a professional football player – famous for becoming the first out active player in the league to identify publicly as bisexual. The show explores the intersectionality of sports, race, sexuality, and masculinity.
In addition to his career in the NFL, Russell is also a published poet, essayist, and artist. In 2019, the multihyphenate became the first out active NFL player to identify as bisexual in a deeply personal essay for ESPN. Since revealing his truth, Russell has used his platform to support LGBTQ+ pro athletes and the community at large, as well as to call out the difficulties professional players face as a result of being open about their sexual identity. The series will...
The Yards Between Us follows a professional football player – famous for becoming the first out active player in the league to identify publicly as bisexual. The show explores the intersectionality of sports, race, sexuality, and masculinity.
In addition to his career in the NFL, Russell is also a published poet, essayist, and artist. In 2019, the multihyphenate became the first out active NFL player to identify as bisexual in a deeply personal essay for ESPN. Since revealing his truth, Russell has used his platform to support LGBTQ+ pro athletes and the community at large, as well as to call out the difficulties professional players face as a result of being open about their sexual identity. The series will...
- 4/26/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week, GLAAD and the NFL hosted ‘A Night of Pride,’ sponsored by Smirnoff, at the Sheraton Downtown in Phoenix, Az.
Lance Bass speaks onstage at a Night of Pride with GLAAD and NFL
Credit/Copyright: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for GLAAD
The evening featured a performance by Betty Who as well as panel discussions spotlighting advances in and the future of LGBTQ inclusion in professional sports as well as the NFL’s commitment to LGBTQ NFL players and LGBTQ NFL Legends.
Guests included NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, as well as LGBTQ leaders and allies including R. K. Russell, Lance Bass, Justine Lindsay, Byron Perkins, Meredith Marks, , Calix Quan, Kay Adams, Tempest DuJour, Taylor Hale, Paige Mobley, Luis Heredia, Daniel Hernandez, Liz Jenkins, Tim Ellis, Joey Jay, Ashley & Malori, Mynx Dimilo, Lz Granderson, David Artavia, GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis and more…
The evening featured two special panel discussions,...
Lance Bass speaks onstage at a Night of Pride with GLAAD and NFL
Credit/Copyright: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for GLAAD
The evening featured a performance by Betty Who as well as panel discussions spotlighting advances in and the future of LGBTQ inclusion in professional sports as well as the NFL’s commitment to LGBTQ NFL players and LGBTQ NFL Legends.
Guests included NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, as well as LGBTQ leaders and allies including R. K. Russell, Lance Bass, Justine Lindsay, Byron Perkins, Meredith Marks, , Calix Quan, Kay Adams, Tempest DuJour, Taylor Hale, Paige Mobley, Luis Heredia, Daniel Hernandez, Liz Jenkins, Tim Ellis, Joey Jay, Ashley & Malori, Mynx Dimilo, Lz Granderson, David Artavia, GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis and more…
The evening featured two special panel discussions,...
- 2/15/2023
- Look to the Stars
Companies spend big bucks to advertise during the Super Bowl, but very few invested in LGBTQ representation this year, according to GLAAD’s Visibility Project.
The media advocacy organization reported that among the commercials that aired during the big game on Sunday, just four explicitly featured LGBTQ people — Rakuten (Christian Siriano), Gm x Netflix (Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski), Google Pixel (Doja Cat) and Doritos (Elton John) — while the NFL’s own halftime spot, “Run With It,” included Billie Jean King. In all cases, the celebrities appeared in brief cameos and the spots did not include “LGBTQ storytelling,” as GLAAD put it. (McDonald’s, however, did air a pre-Super Bowl spot that featured a queer and non-celebrity couple.)
“It’s unfortunate that LGBTQ-inclusive advertising was not more prevalent during the Super Bowl this year,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. “Though we saw a similar...
The media advocacy organization reported that among the commercials that aired during the big game on Sunday, just four explicitly featured LGBTQ people — Rakuten (Christian Siriano), Gm x Netflix (Jonathan Van Ness and Antoni Porowski), Google Pixel (Doja Cat) and Doritos (Elton John) — while the NFL’s own halftime spot, “Run With It,” included Billie Jean King. In all cases, the celebrities appeared in brief cameos and the spots did not include “LGBTQ storytelling,” as GLAAD put it. (McDonald’s, however, did air a pre-Super Bowl spot that featured a queer and non-celebrity couple.)
“It’s unfortunate that LGBTQ-inclusive advertising was not more prevalent during the Super Bowl this year,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. “Though we saw a similar...
- 2/14/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sexuality in football is currently under the microscope. Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib this month became the first active NFL player to come out as gay, and while historic, it was also a moment of reflection for Ryan Russell.
The league immediately lent support behind Nassib’s announcement. On Monday, it went a step further by releasing a video pledging support to LGBTQ community with a declaration that football is all-inclusive.
It was a different experience for Russell, however, who in August 2019 announced that he is bisexual, and...
The league immediately lent support behind Nassib’s announcement. On Monday, it went a step further by releasing a video pledging support to LGBTQ community with a declaration that football is all-inclusive.
It was a different experience for Russell, however, who in August 2019 announced that he is bisexual, and...
- 6/30/2021
- by Mike Bohn
- Rollingstone.com
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