Arts & Entertainment
ABC reschedules ‘When We Rise’ for Trump speech
the mini-series will be pushed back by one night
ABC is shifting its scheduled four-night airing of “When We Rise” to accommodateĀ President Donald Trump’sĀ Congressional address, Variety reports.
The LGBT mini-series originally was scheduled to premiere onĀ Monday, Feb. 27, and air in two-hour blocks through Thursday, Mar. 2. However, ABC will now air Trump’s address onĀ Tuesday, Feb. 28 pushing the episodes back by one day. The series will continue on Wednesday, March 1 through Friday, March 3.
During the Television Criticsā Associationās press tour,Ā screenwriter Dustin Lance Black said he thought everyone could enjoy the show including Trump supporters and the president himself.
āI think thereās a lot of people who voted for Donald Trump who will love this show,ā Black says. āI didnāt write this show for half the country. If Donald Trump watches the show, I think he might like the show.ā
“When We Rise” tells the story of the LGBT rights movement starting from the Stonewall riots until theĀ present day.Ā It stars Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Rachel Griffiths, among others.
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More than 1 million people attend Madonna concert in Rio
Free event took place on Copacabana Beach on Saturday
An estimated 1.6 million people on Saturday attended Madonna’s free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.
The concert, which was the last one as part of Madonna’s Celebration Tour, included a tribute to people lost to AIDS.
Bob the Drag Queen introduced Madonna before the concert began. Pabllo Vittar, a Brazilian drag queen and singer, and Anitta, a bisexual pop star who was born in Rio’s HonĆ³rio Gurgel neighborhood, also joined Madonna on stage.
Congresswoman Erika Hilton, a Black travesti and former sex worker, and Rio Municipal Councilwoman MĆ“nica BenĆcio, the widow of Marielle Franco, a bisexual Rio Municipal Councilwoman who was assassinated in 2018, are among those who attended the concert.
“Madonna showed that we fight important fights for the human rights of Black (people), young (people), women and LGBTQIA+ people, and against all injustice, discrimination, and violence,” saidĀ AssociaƧao Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (National Association ofĀ TravestisĀ and Transsexuals), a Brazilian trans rights group known by the acronym ANTRA, on itsĀ X account.Ā “What they call identitarianism’ is our subversion to the retrograde and conservative tackiness that plagues the country.”
The Associated Press reported the concert was Madonna’s biggest ever.
The DC Center for the LGBTQ Community, SMYAL and Rainbow Families sponsored Gay Day at the Zoo on Sunday at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The Smithsonian observed International Family Equality Day with special exhibits and an event space.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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PHOTOS: Taste of Point
Annual fundraiser held for LGBTQ youth scholarship, mentorship organization
The Point Foundation held its annual Taste of Point fundraiser at Room & Board on May 2.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)