Arts & Entertainment
ABC developing gay pastor drama ‘Grace’
show is based on screenwriter’s family
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ABC is developing a drama from Mandeville TV about a gay minister who comes out to his adult children, Deadline reports.
The series will be set in the fictional town of Grace, Missouri and follows a family of adult siblings whose lives are disrupted when their minister father comes out.
Deadline calls the show”…a serialized drama, a grounded, unfolding saga of a 21st-century American family and the everyday challenges they face as members of a community and as individuals, and how their faith both guides and complicates their lives.”
Screenwriters Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart, who have both worked on NBC government drama “The Blacklist” will pen the screenplay. The story is loosely based on Stewart’s family story. His father was also a preacher who came out.
Equality Prince William Pride was held at the Harris Pavilion in Manassas, Va. on Saturday, May 16.
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PHOTOS: Blade Summer Kickoff Party
Ashley Biden accepts award for Beau Biden at annual Rehoboth fundraiser
The 19th annual Blade Foundation Summer Kickoff Party was held on Friday, May 15 at Diego’s in Rehoboth Beach, Del. An award presentation was held for former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. Ashley Biden accepted the award on her brother’s behalf and gave remarks. Other speakers included Delaware state Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall, CAMP Rehoboth Executive Director Dr. Robin Brennan and Washington Blade Editor Kevin Naff. The event was a fundraiser for the Steve Elkins Memorial Fellowship in Journalism.
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PHOTOS: Taste of Point
Annual fundraiser supporting LGBTQ youth scholarships and mentorships held at Room & Board
The Point Foundation held the annual Taste of Point fundraiser at Room & Board on Wednesday, May 13.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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This year’s IDAHOBiT to highlight democracy
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