She’s been starring in Orange Is The New Black since 2013, but who is Laura Prepon and what else has she starred in?
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Laura Prepon plays the lesbian character Alex Vause in Netflix’s massive hit drama/comedy Orange Is The New Black. In the show, she’s been Piper’s on/off girlfriend since the first season. She’s appeared in 56 episodes of the show and has directed at least two of the episodes, “The Reverse Midas Touch” in season five and “Well This Took A Dark Turn” in season six.
OITNB is her first major role in a TV series since October Road in 2007/8, before that she starred in 200 episodes of The ’70s Show as Donna Pinciotti.
Unlike her character in OITNB Laura doesn’t identify as gay/lesbian or bisexual. In fact, she’s now married to actor Ben Foster. They married in 2018 and had a baby girl, Ella, together in the summer of 2017.
Speaking about playing a queer character back when she first got the role she said in an Interview with Collider, “When Jenji (Kohan, the show’s writer/creator) first wanted me to play Alex, I was like, “Okay, well, there’s two things that I’ve never done before.” Well, I had done nudity in one other thing, but nudity for an actress is a very particular thing. It has to do with the material, and making sure it’s not gratuitous, that it’s done in a way that’s shot beautifully, and it’s for a reason. And I’d never played a lesbian before. Of course, we’re supportive of the gay and lesbian community. I’ve just never portrayed that on camera. Once I met Taylor I knew that it was going to be really comfortable and okay, but the nudity was a little bit of an issue for me, so Jenji and I talked about it”.
How old is Laura Prepon?
Laura was born in March 1980 which makes her 38 in 2018. She was born in Watchung in New Jersey, USA. She has four siblings and is of Russian Jewish / Irish Catholic descent.
Is Laura Prepon Married?
Prepon is married to actor Ben Foster. They married in June 2018. They have a daughter together called Ella who born in August 2017.
RuPaul is probably now one of the most famous drag queens in the world, all thanks to the show RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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RuPaul Andre Charles‘ rise to fame has taken several decades and although the entertainer had an early brush with fame in the 90s, when he appeared in numerous films, had his own talk show and released his debut single and album, it wasn’t until the juggernaut reality show, RuPaul’s Drag Race that Ru’s star truly rose to astronomical levels of fame.
RuPaul, is a drag queen, which means (although not always) he is a biological male who wears women’s clothes for entertainment. RuPaul has often asserted that he only dresses as a woman when he’s getting paid.
So RuPaul is not a transgender or biological woman. RuPaul identifies as a man but has spoken about using both male and female pronouns. In Ru’s autobiography, the entertainer wrote, “You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don’t care! Just as long as you call me.”
“You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don’t care! Just as long as you call me.”
He has, in the past, caused controversy with the trans community and faced a backlash because of a statement in which he said that he “probably’ wouldn’t allow a contestant who had “really transitioned” to take part in Drag Race.
He later doubled down on his statement on Twitter by saying, “You can take performance-enhancing drugs and still be an athlete, just not in the Olympics.”
The comment was met with a backlash. RuPaul later apologised on Twitter saying, “Each morning I pray to set aside everything I THINK I know, so I may have an open mind and a new experience. I understand and regret the hurt I have caused. The trans community are heroes of our shared LGBTQ movement. You are my teachers.
“In the 10 years we’ve been casting Drag Race, the only thing we’ve ever screened for is charisma uniqueness nerve and talent. And that will never change.”
Is RuPaul married?
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Yes, RuPaul got married in 2017 to his long-term partner Georges LeBar. Until their marriage, the pair had been together for over 20 years. Georges is a rancher who has a 50-acre ranch estate in Wyoming and South Dakota.
Speaking about how they met RuPaul said, “I met Georges on the dance floor at Limelight in New York City, the disco,”
“He was on the dance floor dancing like a manic. I had to go over and say, ‘What are you going through?’”
“And it’s also because he’s actually 6’7”, so he’s taller than I am — so of course I had to notice him.”
Chris and Kem have their own show on ITV – but their bromance have got people asking are they actually boyfriends?
Chris and Kem were the breakout characters from 2017’s Love Island. Their friendly banter and cheeky bromance captured the UK’s hearts. Their full names are Chris Hughes and Kem Cetinay. That relationship has led to them filming their very own show, which is called You Vs. Chris and Kem.
So are Chris and Kem actually a gay couple? The answer is no. They both identify as straight but clearly have no issue with being very close and personal with each other, which lets face in 2018 is a lovely thing to see.
Chris and Kem are ready to take on the British public in their brand new ITV 2 show, You Vs. Chris and Kem.
So who are they going out with? Well, Kem is reportedly dating a woman called Ruby Blake – whom he met while competing on Dancing On Ice. Chris is apparently single but has been linked to female reality TV stars.
Chris Hughes particularly caught the public attention when producers of Love Island had to allegedly ship out “extra large condoms” for the villa mate. He wasn’t shy about his size – and was quite often seen walking around the Love Island villa completely starkers.
Their new show starts on ITV 2 on 16th July at 10 PM.
Over the weekend, Pride In London’s parade was interrupted by a protest group, Get The L Out. Who are they and what do they stand for?
Get The L Out is a fringe lesbian and feminist protest group which previously called for transgender people to be removed from the LGBT acronym. The petition was ultimately unsuccessful and now they are petitioning to have the “L” removed from LGBT+. The petition was signed by just 310 people. They say that lesbians are being “silenced and threatened” and claim that all women and girls are “at risk” and their interests are taking a backseat to the transgender community.
Over the weekend around eight to ten women stopped the Pride In London march and lay on the ground after being asked by organisers to move on. When they wouldn’t organisers decided to allow the group to march but at the front, well ahead of the official starting line of the parade, leaving enough gap as to ensure that the group would not be legitimised by walking behind the rainbow flag.
The group also makes the claim that publications slur lesbians by using the word “terf” and “cis”.
Terf stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. Cisgendered people are those whose outward gender expression matches the sex they were assigned at birth by their parents and medical professions.
Anti-trans?
The protest was strongly condemned by Pride In London who said that the group had shown “a level of bigotry, ignorance and hate that is unacceptable”. They also said that the group was not a registered parade group. The statement also went on to say that Pride In London “reject what this group stands for. They do not share our values, which are about inclusion and respect and support for the most marginalised parts of our community”.
GTLO says that they,”believe that lesbian rights are under attack by the trans movement and we encourage lesbians everywhere to leave the LGBT and form their own independent movement, as well as to be vocal and take action against the proposed changes to the General Recognition Act”.
The Birdcage is one of the most famous gay movies in history and one of Robin William’s most successful, but where can you stream it?
The Birdcage starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane is available on Netflix UK.
The film was originally released in 1996 and has become one of the highest grossing LGBT+ films in history. Find out about where the cast is now.
The film is about a nightclub owner (Robin Williams) and his long-term partner (Nathan Lane) who is the club’s drag queen star. When their son, Val, announces he is to wed the daughter of a conservative senator, who deplores liberal values and gay rights, they scramble to make their home, lives and partnership suitable for homophobes. Although it doesn’t all exactly go to plan.
Set in Florida’s famous and beautiful South Beach, The Birdcage made good use of the iconic beachfront, but is the club they feature in the film an actual real club you can go into?
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Yes and no. The actual building used, well the frontage, is real. Right there on Ocean Drive, South Beach, but the business that occupies the building isn’t called The Birdcage. It’s called The Carlyle and it is somewhere you can get a bite to eat or drink. But unfortunately no drag show. No Agador. No Armand and Albert.
The Carlyle is not a hotel but actually, a residential building with 19 individually owned and operated units within it which can be rented out for holiday stays. It has a restaurant on the ground floor. The building itself has starred in many movies including, Bad Boys 2 in 2003, Random Hearts in 1999, Pronto in 1997, The Birdcage in 1996 and Scarface in 1983.
It originally opened in 1939 and is famous for its iconic Art Deco design.
The Adventures Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is one of the most enduring of gay movies and has turned into a cult classic.
The film was released back in 1994 when times were less accepting and there’s no doubt that Priscillaand its cast have played a part towards LGBT+ acceptance in its home country, Austraila, but also more broadly across the globe.
The film follows two drag queens and a trans woman who travel to the centre of Australia to play their show in a casino resort. Along the way, they encounter some interesting and dangerous people.
Is the story based on a real-life story?
Sadly, although it would make for a brilliant real-life story, The Adventures Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is a work of fiction. Although much of the film’s subtext: intolerance, homophobia and transphobia are very much facets of LGBT+ life.
The film was written and directed by openly gay director and screenwriter Stephan Elliot. Stephan only came out as gay in 2012, nearly two decades after Priscilla was originally released.
Despite being one of the world’s greatest football players, people still want to know whether Cristiano Ronaldo is actually gay.
Some people have long suspected that legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is gay and when Rihanna seemingly outed him back in 2013 it seemed as though we had our answer, but the sports star has remained tight-lipped about his sexuality ever since. That was until Cristiano allegedly confided that he had responded to a gay slur in which he was called “a faggot” in an incredible way.
There was a conversation that reportedly happened between Cristiano and a fellow teammate that was overheard in the locker room in which Cristiano was explaining an incident between himself and another footballer.
The Sun reports that after an altercation between Cristiano and Koke in which Koke allegedly called him a “faggot”. The footie star reportedly answered: “A faggot, yes. But a rich one, bastard.”
Radio station Cadena Cope claims that it heard a conversation between Cristiano and a teammate in the visitor’s changing room after the game.
They claim the following conversation happened:
Ronaldo: “Koke called me a faggot.”
Team-mate: “What?”
Ronaldo: “You‘re a faggot, he said to me.”
Team-mate: “He said that to you?”
Ronaldo: “I told him, ‘if we meet each other in Madrid, you will see what I will do’.”
Team-mate: “What are you going to do to him?”
Ronaldo: “Nothing. What can I do?”
Another team-mate who came in later: “Who said that?”
Ronaldo: “Koke, he called me a faggot. I told him, ‘a faggot, yes. But a rich one, b****** ’.
Cristiano has previously been linked romantically to a number of high-profile women including model Alice Goodwin and Gemma Atkinson. He also dated Russian model Irina Shayk however, their relationship ended in 2015.
The footballer is a father to four children. His first was born in 2010. The identity of the mother has never been disclosed. He also has two other children born to a surrogate mother. He also has one child with his current girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez
THEGAYUK.com reached out to Cristiano’s management for comment.
The world’s biggest pride flag was revealed in Key West in Florida.
In 2003 Key West was the staging ground for the world’s largest Pride flag, which measured 1.25 miles. It ran the length of Duval Street – 14 blocks to be precise. Duval Street is where most of the island’s gay venues are situated.
The flag was created by the original designer Gilbert Baker who spent three months in Key West assembling the flag. It weighed a massive 3 tons and took about 17600 linear yards of fabric. It took 2000 volunteers to raise the flag in 2003.
Where is the world’s biggest Pride flag now?
The flag has, since 2003, had sections displayed at global events, including the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and Australia’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. They have been shown internationally in Canada, Sweden, Norway, Germany, England and Australia; and domestically in cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Atlanta.
The 20-year-old star was born in Vancouver BC in Canada. He was born on the 13th December 1997, which makes him a Sagittarius.
Is Daniel Doheny gay?
Often when an actor plays a gay part, there’s a certain amount of questioning around that actor’s sexuality. However, Daniel has never spoken openly about his sexuality. Actually very little is known about the actor’s private life. He did, however, speak about his time in high school and dating, revealing, “I had enough on my plate in high school just trying to figure out how to date the people I wanted to date and not being able to. It’s such a mess. It’s a muddy, confusing, emotional time, I wanted to have sex as much as possible but I couldn’t get anybody to do it with me”.
The article does allude to Daniel identifying as a “straight kid”.
Daniel in the new Netflix film, Alex Strangelove
How tall is Daniel Doheny?
Daniel is 5 foot and 8 inches.
Does he have social media?
Daniel has a couple of social media accounts but isn’t particularly active. He is on Instagram at @dohenyd. On Twitter, his account is the same – @Dohenyd.
Does Daniel have a partner?
There’s nothing to suggest from Daniel’s social media accounts that he is currently dating anyone and the rumour mills surrounding Daniel’s love life have been quiet, so far.
Absolutely Fabulous is a landmark TV show – and instantly gained itself a cult following from the first airing back in 1992.
What is Jennifer Saunders up to now?
Its cult status has meant that 100s of world-famous actors, models, singers and VIPs have clamoured to take part in the show. But what have the main players got up to since the main show ended in 2012. Weird fact alert, have you ever noticed that the five main characters, Edina, Patsy, Saffy, Mother and Bubble are all played by actors whose named begin with J!
Jennifer has remained a powerful player in the world of comedy but her work as an actor is widely celebrated. She’s a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, screenwriter and actor. Jennifer has lent her voice to numerous and iconic characters in films. She’s appeared in The Simpsons, Shrek 2, Minions, Corline and more recently Sing. in 2016 she sadly announced that she was done with Ab Fab and wanted to focus on new projects and spend more time with her family.
Joanna Lumley
What is Joanna Lumley up to now?
Travel is hugely important to Joanna and she regularly hosts programmes based on her travels. She’s fronted shows like: Joanna Lumley’s Postcards, Joanna Lumley’s India and Joanna Lumley’s Japan. She also has turned her attention to presenting and in 2017 presented the 71st British Academy Film Awards. Aside from Ab Fab, Lumley is famous for her stint as Purdey in The New Avengers.
Jane Horrocks
Jane plays Bubble and Katy Grin in Ab Fab and remains famous for her roles in Ab Fab but also for the huge box office hit, Little Voice, which was released in 1998. Horrocks is a highly successful voice actor having appeared in 12 animated films including, Arthur Christmas, Christmas Carole: The Movie and Chicken Run. On TV Horrocks remains very visible having starred in 37 episodes of the comedy Trollied.
June Whitfield
June has been awarded an OBE, CBE and in 2017 was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to drama and entertainment. The Ab Fab movie remains her last acting credit, although she has appeared in hundreds of TV, Film or Radio shows/episodes.
Julia Sawalha
What is Saffy from Ab Fab up to now?
Julia got her break in the Teen drama Press Gang on ITV, but Ab Fab remains her biggest hit. She appeared in 40 episodes of Lark Rise to Candleford until 2011. Since then she’s appeared in numerous TV dramas but as a day character only.
Christoper Malcolm
Scottish born Christopher played Saffy’s gay father in the original series of Absolutely Fabulous. Sadly Christopher passed away in 2014 at the age of 67. His daughter revealed that Christopher died from cancer. His last TV credit was a 2011 episode of Ab Fab. His other TV credits included Lovejoy and Only Fools And Horses.
Christopher Ryan
Christopher Ryan Edina’s second ex-husband, Marshall. Christopher was working in TV and Theatre regularly up until 2013 having made his name in the extremely successful 80’s hit comedy show The Young Ones. He returned to the big screen in 2016 with the Ab Fab movie.
Naoko Mori
Naoko played Sarah (probably mostly known as “TittyKaKa” Saffy’s friend turned freaky stalker. Naoko last appeared in Ab Fab in 2011 – and didn’t feature in the Absolutely Fabulous movie. However, her acting career has gone from strength to strength with many appearances as a day player on shows like Midsomer Murders, You, Me and The Apocalypse and Doctor Who. From 2006 until 2008 she starred in 26 episodes of Torchwood alongside John Barrowman.
Most famous for her receptionist character Carole in the Brittas Empire, although she has starred in films like The Calendar Girls and Life Is Sweet. Harriet continues to work in theatre and turns up on the odd celebrity edition of TV shows like The Weakest Link.
Twiggy
Twiggy’s television and film career has tailed off in the last few years. She worked extensively on America’s Next Top Model during cycles 5 to 9. She starred in Ab Fab during 2000 and 2001 as an unhappy client (and next door neighbour) of Edina.
Kate O’Mara
Patsy Stone’s sister, Jackie. Sadly Kate O’Mara passed away in 2014 at the age of 74 from Ovarian cancer. O’Mara was a famed film and TV actor. Her biggest projects were The Brothers, in which she starred in 30 episodes, Triangle in which starred in 27 episodes and Howards’ Way (26 episodes) but she’s probably most known for her camp role as Caress Morell, the sister of Alexis Colby in Dynasty in which she starred in seasons 6 and 7 in 1986.
