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‘Venice’ lesbian Web drama makes sweet lemonade from cancelled soap

How cool is this: A popular soap actress (Crystal Chappell) whose show went off the air (”Guiding Light”) has chosen to revive her lesbian character (with a different name) in her own Web-based drama. For no pay. Her co-stars, writers and producers are also working mostly for free, as described in this New York Times [...]

ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ brings welcome diversity to fall TV schedule

I saw a preview for this TV show — “Modern Family” on ABC — at the movies last night. (Yes, they show TV previews alongside movie previews now.) It looked funny and light, and best of all very diverse. It’s about three different families, one of which includes a Colombian immigrant (acclaimed Colombian actress Sofia [...]

“Heroes” flirts with lesbian love

NBC’s “Heroes” hinted that a minor character was a lesbian this week, the second maybe-gay for the sci-fi series that loves people who are different –
as long as they’re straight, white, and preferably male.
In Season 1, “Heroes” introduced a teenage boy who was going to come out as gay, according to the show’s producers, but [...]

Gay is good on ‘Gossip Girl’

“Gossip Girl” impressed me last night with its sympathetic introduction of little brother Eric’s boyfriend. Everyone was happy for Eric, which shows you how far we’ve come. Even stony step-dad Bart was cool about it, to sister Serena’s surprise.
For readers who have resisted the guilty pleasure that is “Gossip Girl,” Serena van der Woodsen is [...]