My thoughts on the comics and animation related nominees for the 2020 GLAAD Media Awards.
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Tag: LGBTQ
GLAAD: Increase in non-White LGBTQ characters for 2019-2020 TV season
GLAAD has released its 2019 annual report on LGBTQ representation in TV, and reports an increase in the number of non-White characters.
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Archie, Abrams announce new graphic novel lines
Archie Comics and Abrams Books have announced new graphic novel lines. The former is aiming for young adults, while the latter is a new LGBTQ-centric line.
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Favorite articles roundup for the week of September 6, 2019
My thoughts on interesting news stories from the past week, including Apple Music getting a web player, plus Marvel and Scholastic working together.
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Favorite articles roundup for the week of August 9, 2019
My thoughts on interesting articles for the week of August 9, 2019, including Viacom buying “Garfield.”
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Gender-neutral language in writing (and blogging)
Some tips on using gender-neutral language in writing, including the use of the singular pronoun “they” and avoiding dated terms.
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LGBTQ Pride Month and cartoons
For LGBTQ Pride Month, I summarize the major posts I’ve written about LGBTQ characters in comics and animation.
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A look at same-sex weddings in cartoons
I take a look at same-sex weddings depicted in comics and (less often) animation, from “Steven Universe” to Marvel Comics’ Northstar.
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Long-running PBS series “Arthur” made a big step with its season 22 premiere: Mr. Ratburn was revealed to be gay, and got married to another man.
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“Steven Universe” wins the 2019 GLAAD Media Award for outstanding kids & family programming
The 2019 GLAAD Media Awards have been given out. Here’s my look at the comics and animation-related winners for this year, including “Steven Universe.”
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