Emily Saliers, perhaps better known as one-half of the folk band, Indigo Girls, recently sat down with Access Hollywood to discuss her 20-year-career, the new double-disc album, “Poseidon and the Bitter Bug,” and the duo's upcoming appearance at the Dinah Shore Weekend in Palm Springs.

You should read the article in its entirety here, but here are some highlights:

Jeremy Blacklow, Access Hollywood:It’s been 20 years ago since you broke through—I mean there weren’t really a lot of out gay artists then, like there are today — there was Freddie Mercury — but Elton John and George Michael hadn’t come out yet. How have things changed in your mind over the last twp decades for artists in the music industry to be out?

Emily Saliers: You know, I think there was more of a climate of fear about what would happen to your career if you came out back then in those days. I mean, a lot has changed in 20 years. Obviously, we still have a long way to go. Like with Prop 8, when that happens, it’s like, ‘Damn, have we come far or have we not?’ Maybe not, you know? I don’t think that there’s the same concern in terms of coming out and how it’s going to affect your career now. I mean if you look like at Clay Aiken, who’s an American Idol, coming out, and with people like Elton out and Ellen, Portia de Rossi, main stream artists or actors or people in the arts… it really helps the cause a lot. Or Lance Bass, you know, who would think that a guy like that would come out? So obviously more people would come out, which means they’re more comfortable to come out, which means they’re less concerned with what could happen to their career. And that is a positive climate to be in.

JB: One of the biggest hits in pop music in 2008 was a song called “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry. What are your thoughts on a straight woman appropriating lesbian behavior for mainstream success?

ES: I don’t lose sleep over it, but it definitely gets under my skin. You know, I think it’s… that song is a pop song and it’s very catchy. It didn’t make me angry but it’s a little bit like, ‘Come on!’ When you sing a song about kissing a girl and it’s just a pop song and you go back to your boyfriend and nothing politically has shifted in the social consciousness, what good is that? So, for me, it’s not offensive, but it’s not responsible either. And any time you appropriate something that’s not yours and start expressing things about it, it’s, you know, you’re removed from the reality. So I just think it’s a pop song, and it’s a little misguided, but she probably didn’t mean any harm by it and life goes on.

The Indigo Girls' newest album, “Poseidon and the Bitter Bug,” is available in stores now.

SIRIUS XM OutQ's The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick today began broadcasting "The History of Gay Music," a groundbreaking exploration of the impact gay music has had on the broader music scene.

Lesbian folk rock pioneers, Indigo Girls

From the press release:

Through a series of interviews—including a live interview with Boy George in a North American exclusive—and through music and listener memories, Flick will count down the pivotal moments and most influential gay figures of the past 50 years, exploring the history of gays in contemporary pop music.

 

In addition to Boy George, Flick will interview many other icons of the music world including The Pet Shop Boys, Indigo Girls, k.d. lang, Ani DiFranco, Tom Robinson, Jimmy Somerville and Pansy Division, who will trace the paths they helped pave. Newcomers to the gay music scene such as Josh Zuckerman, Jen Foster and Matt Zarley will join Flick to discuss the current pros and cons of being gay pop contenders. And The History of Gay Music will delve into the connection of the underground with pop music in conversations with club legends Junior Vasquez, Frankie Knuckles and Joi Cardwell, as well as music industry insiders and pioneers like Seymour Stein, artist manager Bill Coleman and Tommy Boy Records executive Rosie Lopez. 

"The History of Gay Music" will air June 22 – June 26 from 7:00 – 11:00 am ET exclusively on The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick on OutQ – SIRIUS channel 109 and XM channel 98. For the complete programming schedule please visit www.sirius.com/outq and www.xmradio.com.

Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.

1)Anna Faris' new comedy opens today. Learning from a magazine that women who had over 20 lovers missed their chance at true love, Ally (Anna Faris) goes on a hunt for her exes in order to find out if one of them is Mr. Right. Along the way she runs into Tom (Anthony Mackie) who came out following his break-up with Ally. Take a look at What's Your Number's trailer below:

2) Ellen DeGeneres will be “seriously kidding” next week. The television host will release a new memoir, her first since marrying Portia de Rossi, containing personal stories, advice and some fiction. She will discuss American Idol, being a CoverGirl model and being related to Kate Middleton. Head to your local bookstore to get a copy of Seriously... I'm Kidding next Tuesday.

3) Closeted Bunny husband Sean from The Playboy Club (NBC) is now officially played by an out actor. Sean Maher came out in an Entertainment Weekly interview earlier this week. The Firefly alumnus has been working in Hollywood for 14 years and says his new role has been "a platform to come out.” The actor has called the experience "liberating" and he now feels "so much more open and free."  He also revealed himself to be in a committed nine-year relationship with a partner named Paul, with whom he’s also raising two children.

4) Set to be released on Monday is Erasure's new album Tomorrow's World, 'When I Start To (Break It All Down),' its first single is already out and the band is currently touring in the U.S. with just a few dates left.

5) Also to be released this week, on Tuesday, will be Beauty Queen Sister, the Indigo Girls' 14th album. You can head to the duo's website to hear "Making Promises," the album's first single and find out when they'll be making a stop in a town near you.

If you're looking for a Valentine's Day playlist, there's an endless supply of songs about love from out LGBT artists worth a listen.  As a sampling, here are fourteen great songs about love from LGBT musicians for every mood. Presented in alphabetical order:

GLAAD Media Award nominee Adam Lambert made history last year when he became the first openly gay man to claim the number one spot on the US Billboard 200 chart with his newest album Trespassing. The album includes the track "Outlaws of Love" where Lambert sings about holding on to love in the face of intolerance: "Tears all fall the same/ we all feel the rain/ we can't change/ everywhere we go/ we're looking for the sun/ nowhere to grow old and always on the run/ they say we'll rot in hell/ but I don't think we will/ they've branded us enough/ outlaws of love." Listen to the track below.

Bisexual folk rock singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco released the track "If It Isn't Her" on her third studio album Imperfectly in 1992 with the soulful lyrics "I didn't really notice/ when everything else disappeared/ but as far as I'm concerned/ if it isn't her/ it isn't here." Listen to "If It Isn't Her" below.

Antony and the Johnson's mournful love song "Aeon" from their 2009 album The Crying Light is a hauntingly beautiful dedication. Lead singer Antony Hegarty implores "Hold that man in your tender clutch/ hold that man I love so much." Listen to "Aeon" below.

The Cliks 2007 track "Nobody Else Will" reads as a 'thank you' for love received and a confirmation of those feelings being returned. "When love is lying still/ I'll be there for you/ to hold you tight/ be there for you/ when nobody else will," transgender frontman Lucas Silviera sings. Listen below.

Elton John released "Your Song" in 1970 which launched his career in the U.S. and the track has since been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, placed on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list and been certified gold and platinum. The sentimental but real message of "It's a little bit funny this feeling inside / I'm not one of those who can easily hide / I don't have much money but boy if I did / I'd buy a big house where we both could live" lives on and John still performs the song in concerts today.

GLAAD Media Award nominee and Grammy winner Frank Ocean posted an emotional letter on Tumblr last year in which he revealed that his first love was a man. He received great support from the hip hop community and his love song, "Thinkin Bout You," peaked at 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Check out Ocean performing the song on Saturday Night Live below.

The smooth acoustic guitar-driven Indigo Girls romantic 1994 single "Power of Two" is about the power and comfort of a long-lasting love. The Girls sing "The closer I'm bound in love to you/ the closer I am to free […] Adding up the total of a love that's true/ multiply life by the power of two." Watch the "Power of Two" music video which follows the love stories of both LGBT and straight couples below.

k.d. lang's ode to longing, "Constant Craving," remains her most famous song over 20 years after its release. The single reached number 2 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and netted Lang a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1992 as well as an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video. "Constant Craving" was recently covered on the "I Kissed a Girl" episode of Glee by Naya Rivera, Chris Colfer and Idina Menzel. Check out the "Constant Craving" video below.

British indie group Bloc Party's track "I Still Remember" is a love story about two school boys with one longing for someone he can't have. Openly gay frontman Kele Okereke sings, "You should have asked me for it/ I would have been brave […] I kept your tie/ I'd have gone wherever you wanted/ I still remember." Bloc Party recently returned from a hiatus that allowed Okereke to put out two solo albums. Watch the "I Still Remember" music video below.

Anyone mourning a lost love connection this Valentine's Day will want to queue up The Magnetic Fields' single "Grand Canyon," from volume two of their 1999 three disc concept album 69 Love Songs (all of which were penned by openly gay frontman Stephin Merritt). "If I was the Grand Canyon, I'd echo everything you say/ But I'm just me, I'm only me and you used to love me that way," Merritt laments over a haunting track. Check out "Grand Canyon" below, and pick up 69 Love Songs for 68 other good ones.

Melissa Etheridge's 1994 single "Come to My Window," her first release after coming out, earned Etheridge a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. The song has Etheridge promising her lover she will stay no matter what: "I don't care what they think/ I don't care what they say/ what do they know about this love, anyway?" Watch the "Come to My Window" video below.

GLAAD Media Award winner Scissor Sisters' upbeat single "Might Tell You Tonight" helps take some of the fear out of the idea of confessing your feelings to that special someone. "I just might tell you tonight/ that I love you/ and you should stay all my life," Shears croons over the poppy beat. Listen to "Might Tell You Tonight" below.

Rufus Wainwright was the Stephen F. Kolzak Award recipient at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, and his 2010 soft-piano track "What Would I Ever Do With a Rose?" is a haunting lament to loneliness. "What would I ever do with a rose?/ How would it ever get me by?/ How would it ever get the guy?/ What would I ever do/ What would I ever do with you?" Wainwright serenades. Listen below.

Tegan and Sara have charted many times since their first release 14 years ago, but their energetic new single "Closer" earned the duo their first entry on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the Heartthrob album debuted at 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. The bouncy song has the twins purring "All I want to get is a little closer/ All I want to know is, can you come a little closer?" Check out the music video for "Closer" below.

What are some of your favorite songs about love from LGBT artists? Blaine serenading Kurt with "Teenage Dream" on Glee? Catie Curtis' sweet "Kiss That Counted"? Queen's "Somebody to Love"? Share some in the comments below!

A new Change.org petition has been launched calling on the Indigo Girls and other performers at the 2013 Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to pull out and boycott the festival until the festival adopts a policy that would allow transgender women to attend. The petition, launched this week, currently has over 1,200 signatures.

Festival founder and producer Lisa Vogel has stated previously that the Festival "has been created by and for womyn-born womyn, that is, womyn who were born as, and have lived their entire life experience as, womyn."  After a transgender woman was ejected from the festival in 1991, trans people have organized multiple protests against the policy, including establishing Camp Trans outside the festival's gates.

The Indigo Girls addressed the protest in a statement posted to their blog yesterday:

"We strongly feel that the time is long overdue for a change of intention, to one that states very plainly the inclusion of Trans Womyn. To us, this change of intention is the only path to a truly 'safe space' for womyn. […] Although we are playing the festival, we honor the current protest against MWF and hope that it will help move the community towards change. Any money that we make playing the Festival will go towards Trans Activism. We will make a statement from stage at the Festival in support of Trans Inclusion. We have made it clear that this will be our last time at the Festival until MWF shows visible and concrete signs of changing their intention."

The full text of the Indigo Girls statement can be read at their website and  the petition calling on performers to boycott the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's for their policy of excluding transgender women can be seen here.

1) In honor of Pride Month, Comcast is featuring an assortment of LGBT films, documentaries, and TV shows that can be streamed for viewing on platforms like the Xfinity TV application for Xbox 360, Xfinity.com and XfinityTV.com. By entering Xfinity.com/LGBT into the address bar, you will be taken to an exclusive LGBT media page. Some of the films available through Comcast's LGBT bundle include A Single Man, The Birdcage, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kissing Jessica Stein and HBO's recently released Behind the Candelabra with Matt Damon and Michael Douglas.

2) Hailing from the United Kingdom, electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys, (Chris Lowe and out Neil Tennant), have released their new single, "Vocal." The hit single has been endorsed by high-profile DJ Armin Van Buuren, who used it in one of his remixes, now available on iTunes. "Vocal" is a prelude to the Pet Shop Boys' twelfth album, Electric, available July 15.

3) Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers may go the solo musician route with a new album within the next year. While rumors of a solo record have been swirling for a while, Saliers says she's been occupied with Indigo Girls symphony concerts and spending time with her partner in Canada. "I guess I’m not the type of person who can focus on a lot of things at one time," Saliers said. "I have a mound of creative energy that gets used up then has to be refreshed."

4) The winners of 25^th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, hosted by comedian Kate Clinton, were announced on Tuesday at a ceremony that drew a crowd of nearly 500 spectators to celebrate contributions to LGBT literature. Among the many categories recognized during the ceremony were the recipients of the Transgender Fiction award. "For the first time, transgender people are accepting the award for transgender literature," said Imogen Binnie, author of The Fact That It's Funny Doesn't Make It A Joke and Stereotype Threat. A full list of the award recipients is available here.

5) FarFaria, the unlimited storybook iPad app, will be releasing four stories during June focusing on LGBT acceptance to honor Pride month. The first story, Patrick's Pride is about a lion cub and his two moms, and is available for download now. Future releases will come out on June 12 (Henry and the Venus Flytrap), June 20 (The Boy with the Pink Socks), and June 25 (Kindness Grows).

6)Winning Dad has nine more days to reach their $30,000 goal through Kickstarter to complete their film. The story focuses on Colby (Jake Street), who hopes to introduce his boyfriend Rusty (writer/director of Winning Dad, Arthur Allen) into his family. Colby's father (Chuck Sigars) refuses to discuss his son's sexuality, so Colby tricks his father into a camping trip with him and Rusty to see if they will get along. The Winning Dad team hopes to show viewers through the film that family love and acceptance of a relationship are values shared by all people.

Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.

1) From Fox Searchlight Pictures comes Baggage Claim, in theaters this week, a romantic comedy about flight attendant Montana Moore (Paula Patton) and her quest to find a husband before her younger sister's wedding. What ensues is Montana co-conspiring with out flight attendant Sam (Adam Brody) to track her ex-boyfriends' travel habits in hopes of finding her match. Check out the trailer below.

2) Palme d'Or-winning French film Blue is the Warmest Color is opening in the United States soon and a full trailer has finally been released. A romantic lesbian coming-of-age story, the film received extra buzz due to what critics describe as "extended" and "graphic" sex scenes, earning it an NC-17 rating. Look for the film to be released in limited theaters in the U.S. October 25. Check out the new trailer below.

3) Out Smash alumni, Andy Mientus, will be joining the cast of a new ABC Family series, Chasing Life. The drama revolves around April (Italia Ricci), a young journalist, who is diagnosed with cancer just as things in her life were starting to go right. Mientus will be joining the cast as Jackson during the fifth episode.  The series is scheduled to air on ABC Family sometime in 2014.

4) Nathan Lane is adding another TV project to his docket in addition to his roles on Modern Family and The Good Wife. Lane will be co-starring alongside Brendan Gleeson in a new HBO pilot, Money. Created by David Milch (Deadwood), the drama examines wealth and corruption in the upper echelons of America. Lane will play reporter Gordon McCarren, who desperately digs for hot scoop to rescue his floundering career.

5)Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers is now married! Saliers took a time out from a Vancouver performance at the Vogue Theatre to share the news that she and wife Tristin Chipman tied the knot in New York. The pair met when Chipman worked as the tour manager for the Indigo Girls. They now have a 9-month-old baby and Chipman works in the music industry in Toronto. The Indigo Girls are on tour in Canada until October 22. Watch Saliers share her happy news below.

6) If Neil Patrick Harris' duties at the Emmys this past week weren't enough, he is currently directing a theatrical magic show called Nothing to Hide. Written by Derek DelGaudio and choreographed by Helder Guimaraes, Harris worked with the magicians previously while at the Geffen Theatre in Los Angeles, where Nothing to Hide sold out and extended its run five times. Harris is excited for New York audiences to experience Nothing to Hide, which will run at The Pershing Square Signature Center November 6 – December 8.

7) Independent filmmaker John Lerchen is raising funds to finish producing his feature-length drama, Dearest Jane. Jane is sent to live in Indiana with her gay uncle after her parents' divorce and his life-changing breakup. Dearest Jane explores coming of age, acceptance and family as she navigates her new life in Indiana. Visit Dearest Jane's Kickstarter campaign page for more information about the project. Check out a sneak peek below.

Jeremy Blacklow, Access Hollywood:It’s been 20 years ago since you broke through—I mean there weren’t really a lot of out gay artists then, like there are today — there was Freddie Mercury — but Elton John and George Michael hadn’t come out yet. How have things changed in your mind over the last twp decades for artists in the music industry to be out?Emily Saliers: You know, I think there was more of a climate of fear about what would happen to your career if you came out back then in those days. I mean, a lot has changed in 20 years. Obviously, we still have a long way to go. Like with Prop 8, when that happens, it’s like, ‘Damn, have we come far or have we not?’ Maybe not, you know? I don’t think that there’s the same concern in terms of coming out and how it’s going to affect your career now. I mean if you look like at Clay Aiken, who’s an American Idol, coming out, and with people like Elton out and Ellen, Portia de Rossi, main stream artists or actors or people in the arts… it really helps the cause a lot. Or Lance Bass, you know, who would think that a guy like that would come out? So obviously more people would come out, which means they’re more comfortable to come out, which means they’re less concerned with what could happen to their career. And that is a positive climate to be in. JB: One of the biggest hits in pop music in 2008 was a song called “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry. What are your thoughts on a straight woman appropriating lesbian behavior for mainstream success?ES: I don’t lose sleep over it, but it definitely gets under my skin. You know, I think it’s… that song is a pop song and it’s very catchy. It didn’t make me angry but it’s a little bit like, ‘Come on!’ When you sing a song about kissing a girl and it’s just a pop song and you go back to your boyfriend and nothing politically has shifted in the social consciousness, what good is that? So, for me, it’s not offensive, but it’s not responsible either. And any time you appropriate something that’s not yours and start expressing things about it, it’s, you know, you’re removed from the reality. So I just think it’s a pop song, and it’s a little misguided, but she probably didn’t mean any harm by it and life goes on.

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Through a series of interviews—including a live interview with Boy George in a North American exclusive—and through music and listener memories, Flick will count down the pivotal moments and most influential gay figures of the past 50 years, exploring the history of gays in contemporary pop music.   In addition to Boy George, Flick will interview many other icons of the music world including The Pet Shop Boys, Indigo Girls, k.d. lang, Ani DiFranco, Tom Robinson, Jimmy Somerville and Pansy Division, who will trace the paths they helped pave. Newcomers to the gay music scene such as Josh Zuckerman, Jen Foster and Matt Zarley will join Flick to discuss the current pros and cons of being gay pop contenders. And The History of Gay Music will delve into the connection of the underground with pop music in conversations with club legends Junior Vasquez, Frankie Knuckles and Joi Cardwell, as well as music industry insiders and pioneers like Seymour Stein, artist manager Bill Coleman and Tommy Boy Records executive Rosie Lopez. 

Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.

1)Anna Faris' new comedy opens today. Learning from a magazine that women who had over 20 lovers missed their chance at true love, Ally (Anna Faris) goes on a hunt for her exes in order to find out if one of them is Mr. Right. Along the way she runs into Tom (Anthony Mackie) who came out following his break-up with Ally. Take a look at What's Your Number's trailer below:

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2) Ellen DeGeneres will be “seriously kidding” next week. The television host will release a new memoir, her first since marrying Portia de Rossi, containing personal stories, advice and some fiction. She will discuss American Idol, being a CoverGirl model and being related to Kate Middleton. Head to your local bookstore to get a copy of Seriously... I'm Kidding next Tuesday.

3) Closeted Bunny husband Sean from The Playboy Club (NBC) is now officially played by an out actor. Sean Maher came out in an Entertainment Weekly interview earlier this week. The Firefly alumnus has been working in Hollywood for 14 years and says his new role has been "a platform to come out.” The actor has called the experience "liberating" and he now feels "so much more open and free."  He also revealed himself to be in a committed nine-year relationship with a partner named Paul, with whom he’s also raising two children.

4) Set to be released on Monday is Erasure's new album Tomorrow's World, 'When I Start To (Break It All Down),' its first single is already out and the band is currently touring in the U.S. with just a few dates left.

5) Also to be released this week, on Tuesday, will be Beauty Queen Sister, the Indigo Girls' 14th album. You can head to the duo's website to hear "Making Promises," the album's first single and find out when they'll be making a stop in a town near you.

If you're looking for a Valentine's Day playlist, there's an endless supply of songs about love from out LGBT artists worth a listen.  As a sampling, here are fourteen great songs about love from LGBT musicians for every mood. Presented in alphabetical order:

GLAAD Media Award nominee Adam Lambert made history last year when he became the first openly gay man to claim the number one spot on the US Billboard 200 chart with his newest album Trespassing. The album includes the track "Outlaws of Love" where Lambert sings about holding on to love in the face of intolerance: "Tears all fall the same/ we all feel the rain/ we can't change/ everywhere we go/ we're looking for the sun/ nowhere to grow old and always on the run/ they say we'll rot in hell/ but I don't think we will/ they've branded us enough/ outlaws of love." Listen to the track below.

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Bisexual folk rock singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco released the track "If It Isn't Her" on her third studio album Imperfectly in 1992 with the soulful lyrics "I didn't really notice/ when everything else disappeared/ but as far as I'm concerned/ if it isn't her/ it isn't here." Listen to "If It Isn't Her" below.

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Antony and the Johnson's mournful love song "Aeon" from their 2009 album The Crying Light is a hauntingly beautiful dedication. Lead singer Antony Hegarty implores "Hold that man in your tender clutch/ hold that man I love so much." Listen to "Aeon" below.

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The Cliks 2007 track "Nobody Else Will" reads as a 'thank you' for love received and a confirmation of those feelings being returned. "When love is lying still/ I'll be there for you/ to hold you tight/ be there for you/ when nobody else will," transgender frontman Lucas Silviera sings. Listen below.

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Elton John released "Your Song" in 1970 which launched his career in the U.S. and the track has since been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, placed on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list and been certified gold and platinum. The sentimental but real message of "It's a little bit funny this feeling inside / I'm not one of those who can easily hide / I don't have much money but boy if I did / I'd buy a big house where we both could live" lives on and John still performs the song in concerts today.

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GLAAD Media Award nominee and Grammy winner Frank Ocean posted an emotional letter on Tumblr last year in which he revealed that his first love was a man. He received great support from the hip hop community and his love song, "Thinkin Bout You," peaked at 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Check out Ocean performing the song on Saturday Night Live below.

The smooth acoustic guitar-driven Indigo Girls romantic 1994 single "Power of Two" is about the power and comfort of a long-lasting love. The Girls sing "The closer I'm bound in love to you/ the closer I am to free […] Adding up the total of a love that's true/ multiply life by the power of two." Watch the "Power of Two" music video which follows the love stories of both LGBT and straight couples below.

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k.d. lang's ode to longing, "Constant Craving," remains her most famous song over 20 years after its release. The single reached number 2 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and netted Lang a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1992 as well as an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video. "Constant Craving" was recently covered on the "I Kissed a Girl" episode of Glee by Naya Rivera, Chris Colfer and Idina Menzel. Check out the "Constant Craving" video below.

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British indie group Bloc Party's track "I Still Remember" is a love story about two school boys with one longing for someone he can't have. Openly gay frontman Kele Okereke sings, "You should have asked me for it/ I would have been brave […] I kept your tie/ I'd have gone wherever you wanted/ I still remember." Bloc Party recently returned from a hiatus that allowed Okereke to put out two solo albums. Watch the "I Still Remember" music video below.

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Anyone mourning a lost love connection this Valentine's Day will want to queue up The Magnetic Fields' single "Grand Canyon," from volume two of their 1999 three disc concept album 69 Love Songs (all of which were penned by openly gay frontman Stephin Merritt). "If I was the Grand Canyon, I'd echo everything you say/ But I'm just me, I'm only me and you used to love me that way," Merritt laments over a haunting track. Check out "Grand Canyon" below, and pick up 69 Love Songs for 68 other good ones.

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Melissa Etheridge's 1994 single "Come to My Window," her first release after coming out, earned Etheridge a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. The song has Etheridge promising her lover she will stay no matter what: "I don't care what they think/ I don't care what they say/ what do they know about this love, anyway?" Watch the "Come to My Window" video below.

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GLAAD Media Award winner Scissor Sisters' upbeat single "Might Tell You Tonight" helps take some of the fear out of the idea of confessing your feelings to that special someone. "I just might tell you tonight/ that I love you/ and you should stay all my life," Shears croons over the poppy beat. Listen to "Might Tell You Tonight" below.

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Rufus Wainwright was the Stephen F. Kolzak Award recipient at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, and his 2010 soft-piano track "What Would I Ever Do With a Rose?" is a haunting lament to loneliness. "What would I ever do with a rose?/ How would it ever get me by?/ How would it ever get the guy?/ What would I ever do/ What would I ever do with you?" Wainwright serenades. Listen below.

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Tegan and Sara have charted many times since their first release 14 years ago, but their energetic new single "Closer" earned the duo their first entry on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and the Heartthrob album debuted at 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. The bouncy song has the twins purring "All I want to get is a little closer/ All I want to know is, can you come a little closer?" Check out the music video for "Closer" below.

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What are some of your favorite songs about love from LGBT artists? Blaine serenading Kurt with "Teenage Dream" on Glee? Catie Curtis' sweet "Kiss That Counted"? Queen's "Somebody to Love"? Share some in the comments below!

A new Change.org petition has been launched calling on the Indigo Girls and other performers at the 2013 Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to pull out and boycott the festival until the festival adopts a policy that would allow transgender women to attend. The petition, launched this week, currently has over 1,200 signatures.

Festival founder and producer Lisa Vogel has stated previously that the Festival "has been created by and for womyn-born womyn, that is, womyn who were born as, and have lived their entire life experience as, womyn."  After a transgender woman was ejected from the festival in 1991, trans people have organized multiple protests against the policy, including establishing Camp Trans outside the festival's gates.

The Indigo Girls addressed the protest in a statement posted to their blog yesterday:

"We strongly feel that the time is long overdue for a change of intention, to one that states very plainly the inclusion of Trans Womyn. To us, this change of intention is the only path to a truly 'safe space' for womyn. […] Although we are playing the festival, we honor the current protest against MWF and hope that it will help move the community towards change. Any money that we make playing the Festival will go towards Trans Activism. We will make a statement from stage at the Festival in support of Trans Inclusion. We have made it clear that this will be our last time at the Festival until MWF shows visible and concrete signs of changing their intention."

The full text of the Indigo Girls statement can be read at their website and  the petition calling on performers to boycott the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's for their policy of excluding transgender women can be seen here.

1) In honor of Pride Month, Comcast is featuring an assortment of LGBT films, documentaries, and TV shows that can be streamed for viewing on platforms like the Xfinity TV application for Xbox 360, Xfinity.com and XfinityTV.com. By entering Xfinity.com/LGBT into the address bar, you will be taken to an exclusive LGBT media page. Some of the films available through Comcast's LGBT bundle include A Single Man, The Birdcage, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kissing Jessica Stein and HBO's recently released Behind the Candelabra with Matt Damon and Michael Douglas.

2) Hailing from the United Kingdom, electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys, (Chris Lowe and out Neil Tennant), have released their new single, "Vocal." The hit single has been endorsed by high-profile DJ Armin Van Buuren, who used it in one of his remixes, now available on iTunes. "Vocal" is a prelude to the Pet Shop Boys' twelfth album, Electric, available July 15.

3) Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers may go the solo musician route with a new album within the next year. While rumors of a solo record have been swirling for a while, Saliers says she's been occupied with Indigo Girls symphony concerts and spending time with her partner in Canada. "I guess I’m not the type of person who can focus on a lot of things at one time," Saliers said. "I have a mound of creative energy that gets used up then has to be refreshed."

4) The winners of 25^th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, hosted by comedian Kate Clinton, were announced on Tuesday at a ceremony that drew a crowd of nearly 500 spectators to celebrate contributions to LGBT literature. Among the many categories recognized during the ceremony were the recipients of the Transgender Fiction award. "For the first time, transgender people are accepting the award for transgender literature," said Imogen Binnie, author of The Fact That It's Funny Doesn't Make It A Joke and Stereotype Threat. A full list of the award recipients is available here.

5) FarFaria, the unlimited storybook iPad app, will be releasing four stories during June focusing on LGBT acceptance to honor Pride month. The first story, Patrick's Pride is about a lion cub and his two moms, and is available for download now. Future releases will come out on June 12 (Henry and the Venus Flytrap), June 20 (The Boy with the Pink Socks), and June 25 (Kindness Grows).

6)Winning Dad has nine more days to reach their $30,000 goal through Kickstarter to complete their film. The story focuses on Colby (Jake Street), who hopes to introduce his boyfriend Rusty (writer/director of Winning Dad, Arthur Allen) into his family. Colby's father (Chuck Sigars) refuses to discuss his son's sexuality, so Colby tricks his father into a camping trip with him and Rusty to see if they will get along. The Winning Dad team hopes to show viewers through the film that family love and acceptance of a relationship are values shared by all people.

Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.

1) From Fox Searchlight Pictures comes Baggage Claim, in theaters this week, a romantic comedy about flight attendant Montana Moore (Paula Patton) and her quest to find a husband before her younger sister's wedding. What ensues is Montana co-conspiring with out flight attendant Sam (Adam Brody) to track her ex-boyfriends' travel habits in hopes of finding her match. Check out the trailer below.

2) Palme d'Or-winning French film Blue is the Warmest Color is opening in the United States soon and a full trailer has finally been released. A romantic lesbian coming-of-age story, the film received extra buzz due to what critics describe as "extended" and "graphic" sex scenes, earning it an NC-17 rating. Look for the film to be released in limited theaters in the U.S. October 25. Check out the new trailer below.

3) Out Smash alumni, Andy Mientus, will be joining the cast of a new ABC Family series, Chasing Life. The drama revolves around April (Italia Ricci), a young journalist, who is diagnosed with cancer just as things in her life were starting to go right. Mientus will be joining the cast as Jackson during the fifth episode.  The series is scheduled to air on ABC Family sometime in 2014.

4) Nathan Lane is adding another TV project to his docket in addition to his roles on Modern Family and The Good Wife. Lane will be co-starring alongside Brendan Gleeson in a new HBO pilot, Money. Created by David Milch (Deadwood), the drama examines wealth and corruption in the upper echelons of America. Lane will play reporter Gordon McCarren, who desperately digs for hot scoop to rescue his floundering career.

5)Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers is now married! Saliers took a time out from a Vancouver performance at the Vogue Theatre to share the news that she and wife Tristin Chipman tied the knot in New York. The pair met when Chipman worked as the tour manager for the Indigo Girls. They now have a 9-month-old baby and Chipman works in the music industry in Toronto. The Indigo Girls are on tour in Canada until October 22. Watch Saliers share her happy news below.

6) If Neil Patrick Harris' duties at the Emmys this past week weren't enough, he is currently directing a theatrical magic show called Nothing to Hide. Written by Derek DelGaudio and choreographed by Helder Guimaraes, Harris worked with the magicians previously while at the Geffen Theatre in Los Angeles, where Nothing to Hide sold out and extended its run five times. Harris is excited for New York audiences to experience Nothing to Hide, which will run at The Pershing Square Signature Center November 6 – December 8.

7) Independent filmmaker John Lerchen is raising funds to finish producing his feature-length drama, Dearest Jane. Jane is sent to live in Indiana with her gay uncle after her parents' divorce and his life-changing breakup. Dearest Jane explores coming of age, acceptance and family as she navigates her new life in Indiana. Visit Dearest Jane's Kickstarter campaign page for more information about the project. Check out a sneak peek below.

1) Premiering today in Los Angeles is the documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood. The film tells the story of Scotty Bowers, an ex-marine who became entangled as a matchmaker for (and oftentimes... lover of) many closeted LGBTQ actors and actresses during Hollywood's Golden Age; an era where queerness was not widely accepted in society. Bowers ran a gas station in a Hollywood studio lot that served as a safe space for LGBTQ actors to mingle and safely embrace their queer identities without fear of having their careers ruined. Click here for tickets to see the film. 

2) Pose star Mj Rodriguez addresses the significance to her as a transgender woman of having chosen family in her short documentary, One Stride: Chosen Family. In the film, which premiered last weekend at Outfest's Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, Rodriguez explains the support she has received in both her personal and professional life from her chosen family, including love from her close friend, trans singer and actress Mila Jam. Watch the documentary below.

Additionally, Mila Jam is featured on the incredible new single, "Better Days," by Kayu, which dropped today on Spotify. Check out the music video, below. 

3) Gravitas Ventures has retrieved the rights to the UK film Tucked, which won the Best Narrative Audience Award at Outfest.  Aiming for an early 2019 theatrical release, the film tells the story of a veteran Drag Queen, Jackie Collins, who is told she only has six months to live. In casting news, out actor Ian McKellen has been cast in the film adaptation of the famous musical Cats as Old Deuteronomy, the wise leader of the Jellicles cat clan. He joins Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, and James Corden in the film. In more casting news, bisexual actress and daughter of the “King of Pop”, Paris Jackson has landed a role in the upcoming indie film Space Between.

4) Trans actress and advocate Nicole Maines has been cast as the first transgender superhero on television in CW’s Supergirl. Maines will play Nia Nal (a.k.a. Dreamer) in this groundbreaking role and hopes that her character will inspire others to include positive transgender representation in entertainment. Dreamer, who is motivated by her strong instinct to protect others, will be working alongside Kara at CatCo, and will join Alex Danvers as one of Supergirl’s LGBTQ characters. Set to start airing on October 14, Maines will appear on the show’s fourth season. Click here to watch the newly released fourth season trailer, and watch Maines speak at the GLAAD Media Awards below.

5) A new trailer has been released for the second season of Star Trek: Discovery which will air in January. The show, which takes place before the original series, follows the USS Discovery crew during the Federation-Klingon war and features character Paul Stamets who is the first out character in the history of Star Trek. Watch the trailer below. Series star Wilson Cruz will be participating in a conversation on "Race & Representation in LGBTQ Hollywood," sponsored by HBO and GLAAD, in Provincetown later today. Head to GLAAD's Facebook page at 3pm ET/Noon PT to watch the live stream.

6) The CW’s Black Lightning has released an action-packed trailer for its second season, which includes lesbian character Anissa Pierce (a.k.a. Thunder) flawlessly beating up villains. Thunder is the first black lesbian superhero to ever make it to the small screen. Watch the trailer below. The Legends of Tomorrow season four trailer has also been released. The show features a group comprised of many DC superheroes who fight crime, which includes bisexual character Sara Lance who was first introduced in CW’s Arrow.Watch the trailer here. More Arrowverse news includes the trailer for the upcoming season of CW’s Arrow. which includes black gay character Curtis Holt. Click here to watch the trailer. 

7) Additionally, the GLAAD Media Award-nominated Cartoon Network hit show, Steven Universe, is coming to the big screen. The series, which just aired a poignant wedding scene earlier this month, features several LGBTQ characters, providing large amounts of positive representation, as well as breaks gender roles and stereotypes. In more animation news, Netflix released a new trailer for the seventh season of their show Voltron: Legendary Defender, along with a confirmation that main character, Shiro, is queer. Shiro is the first official LGBTQ character of the show and will hopefully lead a pathway to more characters in similar shows. In Voltron’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, the show creators revealed that Shiro had a boyfriend on Earth named Adam (who will appear in the upcoming season). Watch the trailer below.

8) Syfy’s hit show Wynonna Earp, based on the comic book of the same name, has been renewed for a fourth season. The supernatural western series is known for its accurate portrayal of queer relationships which challenges many overused LGBTQ stereotypes and tropes in other media representation. The first two seasons can be streamed on Netflix, while the third is currently airing on Syfy. A new series about the childhood of out TVLine founder Michael Ausiello is currently in the works. Written by Ausiello himself, the dramedy will follow his story growing up as a young closeted gay television-addict in New Jersey during the 1980s. His other project, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, is currently in development with Jim Parson's production company.

9) A new trailer for the ninth season of Showtime’s Shameless has been released, which features out character Ian dealing with the consequences of his “Gay Jesus” persona. Meanwhile, Netflix has announced an August 31 premiere date for the second special, The Comedy Lineup: Part Two. Featuring out comedians Emma Willman and Matteo Lane, the special will consist of upcoming comedians in 15-minute stand-up sets. The first Comedy Line-up, which also features queer comedians, can be streamed now on Netflix.

10) Indigo Girls, the iconic band made up of lesbian duo Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, honor victims of the Parkland shooting in a live tribute featuring their 1999 song “Go”. The video displays a live orchestra behind Ray and Sailers on stage intertwined with clips from speeches and protests of the Parkland students after the shooting, featuring queer activist Emma González. Watch the video below. In further music news, out country singer Brandon Stansell has released a new video for his single “For You”. Click here to watch.

11) A new queer film with an all trans cast and predominantly trans crew, Death And Bowling, written and directed by Lyle Kash and created by Trans 4 Trans Productions, is seeking support. The funeral of a lesbian leader (Susan) of the queer Lavender League Bowling Club, who committed suicide on her 75^th birthday, brings together her estranged trans son and trans members of the League. Together, both characters explore grief, love, and their relationships with the late Susan. Click here to support this film and watch the trailer below.

The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.

1) Netflix has released the trailer for Circus of Books, a documentary that follows Karen and Barry Mason, a straight couple who owned one of the biggest gay porn shops in Los Angeles. The film also features drag queen Alaska and other members of the gay community whose lives have been touched by the bookshop. The documentary gets into some powerful issues around free speech in America. It will be released on Netflix on April 22. Watch the trailer below.

2) The official trailer has been released for Bit, the vampire film starring Nicole Maines as Laurel, a teenage transgender girl who moves to LA and falls in with a gang of intersectional feminist vampires. The film, which was hugely popular on the LGBTQ film festival circuit in 2019, will be released digitally on April 24. Watch the trailer below. In more film news, Netflix has announced upcoming romantic comedy Girls & Boys is in the works, loosely based on the life of Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski. 

3) FOX has renewed dramas 9-1-1 and its spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star, for a fourth and second season respectively. Both shows contain LGBTQ characters, including 911 Lone Star’s Paul Strickland, a firefighter and trans man played by Brian Michael Smith. In more TV news, the trailer has been released for season two of Amazon’s Homecoming, starring out actress and singer Janelle Monáe. The trailer shows a glimpse of her character kissing another woman. The show will be released on May 22, watch the trailer below.  

4) Out actor Bowen Yang has joined Quibi series Trip from out comedian Joel Kim Booster. Yang will play Booster’s wise and witty friend, the Jane Bennett of this gay Fire Island Pride and Prejudice adaptation. A trailer has also been released for Hightown, the new Starz series that takes place in Provincetown. The show stars out actress Monica Raymund as Jackie Quinones, a lesbian Fishery Services Agent who discovers a body on the beach and is caught up in a web of crime. The show premieres May 17—check out the trailer below.

5) Amazon has procured the rights to turn mystery podcast The Left Right Game into a series. Out actress Tessa Thompson, who leads the voice cast, will also be working as a producer on the project. The show follows a journalist (Thompson) who follows a group of paranormal explorers who take her on a dangerous journey. In more TV news, the trailers for several of NBC Universal's new streaming service Peacock's originals have arrived. This includes the trailer for Saved by the Bell, which stars trans actress Josie Totah. 

6) VH1 has announced a new drag competition show,RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race. The show will follow celebrities undergoing drag transformations at the hands of famous drag queens including Alyssa Edwards, Asia O’Hara, Bob the Drag Queen, Kim Chi, Monét X Change, Monique Heart, Nina West, Trinity the Tuck, Trixie Mattel and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo. The show will premiere on April 24.

7) 20^th Century TV has announced an adaptation in development of out writer Michael Arceneaux’s memoirI Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve put my Faith in Beyoncé. The show has Lee Daniels and Jerrod Carmichael attached with Arceneaux producing as well, and is expected to hit the cable market for purchase. Netflix has signed a two-year deal with comic book publisher BOOM! Studios to adapt several of their properties into series for the streamer. BOOM! has released several prominent LGBTQ-inclusive comics and graphic novels including Lumberjanes, Goldie Vance, The Woods, The Backstagers, The Avant-Guards, Fence, and more.

8) Sam Smith and Demi Lovato released a new song and music video, "I'm Ready" on Friday. The video includes several other queer performers including Shea Diamond, Alok V Menon, Valentina, and Gigi Goode. Watch the video below. Out singer and actor Keiynan Lonsdale has released a new single, “Gay Street Fighter,” which is out everywhere. Click here to download and stream the song.

9) Out singer Kehlani released a new single and video for her song "Everybody Business" on Thursday. Download the song here and watch the video below. Queer artist Bright Light Bright Light released a music video—which pays homage to NYC nightlife—for his new single “This Was My House” from his upcoming album Fun City, which will be released in September. Watch the music video here. 

10) Out singer and rapper Mykki Blanco released a new single “Patriarchy Ain’t the End of Me” earlier this month. Listen to the song here. Out bi singer Lauren Jauregui released a new single and music video “Lento.” Watch the video below and listen to the single here. The Indigo Girls released a new song this month, “When We Were Writers,” the first single of their long-awaited new album, "Look Long," due out in May. Download and stream the song here.

11) Lastly, a date has finally been announced for out comedian Hannah Gadsby’s newest comedy special Douglas. The Nanette follow-up will be released on Netflix on Tuesday, May 26.

The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.

1)HBO has released the trailer for documentary Welcome To Chechnya, from out director David France. The film follows a group of activists risking their lives to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ persecution in the repressive and closed Russian republic of Chechnya, working undercover to rescue victims and give them safe houses and ways to escape. It will be released on HBO and available on HBO Max on June 30; watch the trailer below.

2) HBO Max has announced that it will be making a film adaptation of Lev Rosen’s novel Camp, which follows Randy, who plans to re-invent himself and begin acting more stereotypically masculine in an effort to attract his crush Hudson, but things become more complicated than he anticipated and he begins to question just how much he is willing to change himself for love. The film will be writen by out writer, actor, and director Kit Williamson (EastSiders), the novel was released this week. Picturestart has picked up comedy film Monster from out screenwriter Charles Rogers, and his Search Party co-creator Sarah-Violet Bliss, which follows a woman who is a personal assistant for a boss who might be a real monster.

3) Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to the documentary Disclosure which premiered at Sundance earlier this year. The documentary, directed by Sam Feder and executive produced by Laverne Cox, examines 100 years of transgender representation in television and film while showing how these images have impacted how Americans understand issues transgender people face and the ways media has taught trans people to feel about themselves. The documentary team also prioritized including the trans community in front of and behind the camera, hiring and mentoring trans creatives at all levels of production. GLAAD's Alex Schmider is an associate producer on Disclosure, and our Director of Transgender Representation Nick Adams is a consulting producer and also featured in the documentary. Disclosure will be out on Netflix June 19.

4) The trailer for Hulu’s upcoming Love, Victor has been released. The show, a spinoff of GLAAD Media Award-winning film Love, Simon, follows teenager Victor, who writes to Simon while figuring out his own identity and dealing with his crush on a boy. The show will premiere on Hulu on June 19; watch the trailer below. Amazon announced a new series based on Steig Larsson’sThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which follows bisexual hacker Lisbeth Salander. The new series would place the character in a new setting than that of the books and previous film adaptations.

5) FX announced several new series coming to the network next season, which include American Horror Stories, the anothology spinoff of American Horror Story; Y: The Last Man, whose cast includes Elliot Fletcher; and Pride, a docuseries about the fight for LGBTQ civil rights. FX also renewed vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows, which features several queer characters. Mystery comedy Search Party, which will premiere its third season on HBO Max, has released a new trailer for the whole series, which includes a first glimpse at its third season. The shows stars include out actors Alia Shawkat and John Early, the latter playing gay character Elliot. The third season premieres on June 25.

6) The trailer for the second season of Netflix’s Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts was released on Thursday. The show follows Kipo and her friends, including gay character Benson, fighting mutants on the surface of her world. The second season will be released on Netflix on June 12. Netflix has announced that the second season of The Umbrella Academy, which features gay character Klaus and stars out actress Ellen Page, will be returning on June 31. Another queer-inclusive Netflix series, The Politician, will debut its second season on June 19.

7) ViacomCBS has announced a handful of remotely produced series on their various brands for Pride. The series include Served! With Jade Thrilwall, where the pop star interviews drag queens and celebrities; drag queen online talk show Dragony Aunts; BET Pride Home Series, interviewing influential members of the LGBTQ community from home; and more. Check out the lineup here.Netflix has announced its renewal of Elite, whose third season was released earlier this year. The show features several queer characters in its ensemble. Netflix has also renewed freshman comedy Gentefied for a second season, which follows a Latinx family in Boyle Heights, including queer character Ana and her girlfriend.

8) ABC has announced its renewals for the next season of television, which include new series Stumptown, with its bisexual lead, as well as other inclusive series, American Housewife, A Million Little Things, The Conners, Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19 and The Rookie. Freeform has renewed freshmen series Everything’s Gonna Be Okay and Motherland: Fort Salem for second seasons, both of which feature queer characters in leading roles. NBC’s Good Girls, which features trans character Ben, has also been renewed for a fourth season.

9) Folk-duo Indigo Girls, made up of out singers Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, released their most recent album Look Long last Friday. In addition to the album, a documentary following the music and impact of the duo has been announced, compiling over 30 years of footage. The film is directed by Alexandria Bombach and produced by Multitude Films. Out singer Rufus Wainwright also announced a small documentary following the making of his new album Unfollow the Rules, which will be out June 10. Pre-order the album here and watch the documentary Rufus Wainwright: Unmaking Unfollow the Rules here. 

10) Bi pop star Lady Gaga released her long-anticipated sixth album Chromatica today. Over the last week she has released singles “Rain on Me” with Ariana Grande and “Sour Candy” with Blackpink. Listen to the album here. Out bi singer and actor Keiynan Lonsdale released his debut album Rainbow Boy today. Download and stream the album here. Out artist Perfume Genius has released his newest album Set My Heart on Fire Immediately earlier this month. Listen to it here.

11) Queer artist Moses Sumney also released an album, grae, on May 15. The album is available here.  Out gay actor and signer Tituss Burgess release a new dance track “Dance M.F.” last week. Listen to the song here. Queer country singer Orville Peck announced his newest EP Show Pony will be released on June 12. Pre-order the album here, and watch his new video "No Glory in the West" below.

12) Last week, the nominations for the 47^th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced. They include a historic nomination for Scott Turner Schofield, a trans man nominated for his work on Studio City. Other LGBTQ and inclusive nominees include The Bold and The Beautiful, Days of our Lives, EastSiders, Light as a Feather, Trinkets, Arthur, The Loud House, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, GMA3 Strahan, Sara & Keke, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and talent Sara Ramirez, Willam Belli and Keke Palmer. The Daytime Emmys will have a live virtual ceremony on June 26. See the full list of nominees here.

13) Out writer James Tynion IV’s new miniseries Wynd has announced that it will release its first issue on June 17. The series follows the titular Wynd, who is on the run to keep his magical identity hidden with the boy of his dreams, his best friend Oakley, and a literal prince. New footage has been released from the highly anticipated game The Last of Us Part II. The post-apocalyptic game follows queer character Ellie, who seeks retribution after violent events unsettle her newfound community. The game will be released on June 19; watch the footage below.

14) Class6, a comic series about a team of LGBTQ superheroes, is currently funding to print the first six issues. With heroes who represent a multitude of identities in the LGBTQ community, the Class6 team has a mission to defend vulnerable queer people from hatred accross the world, but soon discover they have a mission to save all of humanity as well. Click here to learn more and to contribute.

Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.

1.) Focus Features has unveiled the official poster for Of an Age, coming to select theaters February 10! Set in the summer of 1999, a 17-year-old Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother. Find the poster below and watch the recently released trailer!

2.) A24 has released the first trailer for Beau Is Afraid, featuring out Only Murders in the Building actor Nathan Lane. The surrealist comedy-horror centers a neurotic man as he attempts to make the perilous journey home to visit his overbearing mother. Check out the trailer below and catch Beau is Afraid in theaters April 21!

3.) Amazon Prime Video has debuted a trailer for their forthcoming romantic comedy Somebody I Used to Know, premiering on the streamer February 10! The film’s protagonist Ally faces a major professional setback, sending her running to the comforts of her hometown. Here, Ally reconnects with her first love Sean and his soon-to-be wife Cassidy (queer Dope star Kiersey Clemons), who reminds her of the person she used to be. Watch the trailer below!

4.) Emmy-nominated actress, singer, and activist Michaela Jaé Rodriguez has been set to star in Wildfire. The thriller follows 7-year-old Lu, who accidentally starts a fire and slyly tricks Merribelle (Rodriguez), a hardworking trans woman, into kidnapping her. In more casting news, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial has added bisexual actress Monica Raymund to its ensemble. The film takes a modern spin on Herman Wouk’s 1951 original, following the United States Navy while on trial for mutiny. Raymund plays Challee, a Lieutenant prosecuting attorney who argues that Commander Queeg was wrongfully relieved of his duties during the court-martial. 

5.) Fresh off of three Golden Globe wins this week, ABC’s hit workplace comedy series Abbott Elementary has been renewed for a third season! Abbott Elementary celebrates our school system’s unsung heroes and public servants, focusing on a group of dedicated Philadelphia teachers, including the awkward gay history teacher Jacob Hill (Chris Perfetti). Watch the latest episode of season two this Wednesday on ABC and Hulu! In more ABC news, the network has announced a Jeopardy! spin-off called Jeopardy! Masters, bringing back transgender GLAAD Media Award-honoree Amy Schneider. Schneider, whose 40-game streak in season 38 landed her at No. 2 on the show's all-time consecutive wins list, faces the six-highest ranked contestants in the hopes of winning a grand prize and the coveted title of 'Jeopardy! Masters Champion'. 

6.) Hulu has revealed the trailer for the second season of How I Met Your Father, set to premiere January 24! In the season, Sophie and her close-knit group of friends, including queer character Ellen (lesbian actress, comedian, and writer Tien Tran), stumble into their 30’s while figuring out who they are and what they want. Check out the trailer below! In more tv news, Starz has rescued Minx, a queer-inclusive and sex-positive feminist comedy featuring gay actor Oscar Montoya! Following the series' reversed renewal by HBO Max, Starz has picked up both season one and the unaired season two. Keep your eyes peeled for more updates as the Minx cast and crew wrap production on the highly-anticipated second season! 

7.) Gay author Adam Silvera’s No. 1 New York Times bestselling YA novel They Both Die at the End is coming to the small screen! Netflix has announced a forthcoming series adaptation from out Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen, Yellowjackets executive producer Drew Comins, and music superstar Bad Bunny— the queer sci-fi series tells tale of Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio, two complete strangers who have one last day to make a lifetime of memories together!

8.) Ahead of its midseason premiere next week, Grown-ish has been renewed for a sixth season at Freeform! On the heels of Zoey's graduation, the series continues to follow her younger brother Junior as he attempts to mark his own name on campus. Watch the midseason trailer below, featuring Zaara (out actor and model Tara Raani), a queer first-generation Muslim-American student at Cal U! In other Freeform news, the breakout anthology series Cruel Summer has been set to return for its sophomore season this summer! Created by out writer and executive producer Bert V. Royal, the next chapter of Cruel Summer explores intense teenage friendship, with a blossoming love triangle between Megan, Isabella, and Megan’s best friend Luke. Additionally, Freeform has set a slew of spring premiere dates, including inclusive series Good Trouble (season five premiering on March 16), Single Drunk Female (season two premiering on April 12), and Love Trip: Paris (season one premiering February 14)!

9.) Paramount+ has renewed the expansion series Criminal Minds: Evolutionfor a second season, with out stars Kirsten Vangsness and Aisha Tyler reprising their roles in the BAU! The current season, which returned this week after the midseason finale, follows an elite FBI team of criminal profilers as they go up against a network of serial killers. In other Paramount+ news, CBS’ hit comedy Ghosts has been renewed for a third season. The series features queer characters Isaac (out actor Brandon Scott Jones) and Nigel (John Hartman), deceased beings inhabiting the beautiful country home of a struggling young couple. Tune in to this Thursday’s episode, recently moved from 9:00pm to 8:30pm!

10.) The 2023 Coachella Music and Arts Festival lineup has been released, with out musician Frank Ocean headlining Sundays April 16 & 23. Additional queer performers include MUNA, Willow, boygenius, DJ Kaytranada, Remi Wolf, YUNGBLUD, and more! The out Grammy-winning folk rock duo Indigo Girls have been tapped to perform at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance, a new fundraiser kicking off Sundance Film Festival on January 19. The Indigo Girls are also set to premiere their new documentary Only Life After All at the festival. In other music news, LGBTQ producer, singer, and songwriter LLYNKS (Sara Kendall) has released a new track entitled “Heaven Sing Now”; check out the visualizer here! Queer pop/rock band Hyphen Hyphen has revealed a live video for the single “Own God”, off their upcoming album C’est la Vie, out January 20! Pre-order the album here and check out the video below! Last but certainly not least, queer singer-songwriter Olive Klug has released a new single “Coming of Age”; listen to the song here!

11.) Parade, starring out actor Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, is heading back to Broadway this spring! Inspired by historical events, the infamous musical follows a Jewish couple in Georgia during a 1913 murder trial, imprisonment, and eventual lynching. The limited engagement begins February 21 at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, with a March 16 opening night and an expected closing date of August 6!

12.) Queer-inclusive programs and out performers have received nods from numerous award shows this week! Starting off strong, SAG-AFTRA has released their nominations for the guild’s 29th annual SAG Awards, featuring a plethora of LGBTQ standouts led by Everything Everywhere All at Once with five nominations. Other inclusive nominees include Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2), Better Call Saul (3), The White Lotus (2), Abbott Elementary (2), Hacks (2), Only Murders in the Building (3), Tár, Babylon, The Boys, and Barry. In more award show news, the Writers Guild of America has unveiled the nominations for its 75th annual WGA Awards. LGBTQ nominees include Better Call Saul, Yellowjackets, Abbott Elementary, Barry, Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, Bad Sisters, The White Lotus, The Staircase, Tuca & Bertie (“The Pain Garden”), The Good Fight (“The End of Everything”), Grace and Frankie (“The Beginning”), What We Do in the Shadows (“Private School”), Reservation Dogs (“Wide Net”), GLAAD Media Award-winning series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Saturday Night Live, Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration, and Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel. Digital news segments “America’s Only LGBTQ Historic District Is Falling Apart” from VICE and “What’s So Scary About a Transgender Child?” from VOX have also been nominated. The 27th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards nominees include queer programs Everything Everywhere All at Once, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Babylon, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Tár, Lightyear, Stranger Things, Better Call Saul, The White Lotus, Station 11, Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, What We Do in the Shadows, The Conners, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, and Our Flag Means Death. Finally, The American Society of Cinematographers have announced their nominations for its 37th annual ASC Awards, which gives looks to the inclusive programs Hacks, Barry, Atlanta, Russian Doll, and Better Call Saul. Continue reading below for more award show nomination announcements!

13.)The 34th annual Producers Guild Award nominations have been announced! Everything Everywhere All at Once, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and Tár are all competing for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures; The White Lotus and Better Call Saul are up for the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama; Abbott Elementary, Only Murders in the Building, Hacks, and Barry are nominated for the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy; Fire Island is competing for the Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures; Saturday Night Live is nominated for the Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television; RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is up for the Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television; and Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock is nominated for the Award for Outstanding Children's Program! Additionally, the 54th NAACP Image Award nominations include a vast number of inclusive programs, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Inspection, Causeway, Wendell & Wild, Abbott Elementary, Atlanta, Euphoria, Sugar Queen, P-Valley, Legendary and The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. Queer nominated artists include Janelle Monáe, Keke Palmer, Billy Porter, Wanda Sykes, Rutina Wesley, Neicy Nash-Betts, Willow Smith, and more; check out the full nominations list here! Be sure to keep an eye out for more LGBTQ stand outs this award season!