I’m back from ClexaCon and ready to show you some good and gay things!
“The more visible we are, the less they can act like we’re invisible.” Congratulations @LenaWaithe on the #GLAADawards win! pic.twitter.com/N2osWV2C70
— GLAAD (@glaad) April 13, 2018
3. Lena Waithe, Britney Spears, and Brooklyn 99 take home GLAAD Media Awards. It’s GLAAD season! The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation held part one of their annual awards ceremony this week and it was a star studded event as usual. Ally and icon Britney Spears was presented the Vanguard Award, while Lena Waithe won Outstanding Individual Episode for Master of None‘s “Thanksgiving” episode. More awards will be announced in the coming weeks at the New York event, and you can watch the the show April 18 at 8 p.m. ET on Logo.
#StarTrekDiscovery casts Tig Notaro for season 2! https://t.co/fmbLr2sr1i pic.twitter.com/my4f853u7o
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) April 11, 2018
4. Tig Notaro is joining Star Trek: Discovery. The actor/comedienne will be a guest star on the popular CBS All Access show, and play chief engineer Denise Reno of the USS Hiawatha. She joins a show that has already been embracing LGBTQ characters and actors, including out actor Wilson Cruz.
just jill
So gay. So, so, so gay. So, so, so good.
Also, it takes some fierce facilitation skills to keep the tone right, moving along, but not rushed during those panels and you crushed it.