This week read about the LGBT festival beginning June 4, Supergirl possibly being bisexual in her debut, and a new anime featuring LGBT characters attracting a lot of fans.
OUTLOUD Music Festival Set for Early June
With COVID-19 dwindling down, certain states have started to open up venues again, such as music festivals and clubs. Over in California they’re kicking things off with a bang thanks to “The OUTLOUD: Raising Voices Music Festival.”
This LGBT music festival will be headlined by Sofi Tukker, Hayley Kiyoko and Superstar Adam Lambert. Not only is he headlining the festival, but Lambert also curated the performers’ list, Pride reported.
According to the website, “OUTLOUD: RAISING VOICES” launched in 2020 as a 10-episodic series on Facebook in lieu of Pride celebrations happening in cities across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Its success during the pandemic gave it multiple awards including a Shorty Award.
Lambert wrote in an Instagram post, “I really wanted to curate an event for Stonewall Day that was about queer performers, and was centered around the community.”
The festival will go on from June 4 to June 6.
Bisexual Supergirl?
Supergirl and The Flash. Credit: The CW Network.
With the new “Flash” movie on the way, fans can’t help but think about another character’s debut. If you guessed Supergirl, you’re right!
With the solo “Flash” movie premiering on November 4, 2022, fans cannot stop talking about whether Supergirl is going to be bisexual or not.
This popular character has waited far too long to debut, and now her time has come. Only thing is we don’t know too much about the character.
It best to take this information with a grain of salt as Pride mentions.
“It’s worth pointing out really not much else is known about the character at this point in time, and how involved she’s even going to be in the final edit of the film … especially when you consider how so many big, box-office superhero films give queer characters blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments when it comes to their sexualities and love lives,” Pride writes.
‘Sk8 the Infinity’ – the Must-See LGBT Anime
“Sk8 the Infinity.” Credit: Studio Bones.
Anime fans searching for a show that stars LGBT main characters, the search is over. “Sk8 the Infinity” is filled with action-packed skate scenes and heartwarming romance.
The new anime attracted a large LGBT fanbase according to Pride, due to its not only intriguing cast of main characters, but its side characters as well.
Howard Wang plays one of the main characters, Langa, in the English dub.
Wang has been influenced by anime since high school, he told Pride, but took a different career path in the beginning.
“I got my degree in game development and did that as my path because I never thought that acting would be a viable career because it’s so hard to get into and hard to make a sustainable living off of it … So just with the events that unfolded, I was able to coincidentally go to Texas for a summer in Dallas, where FUNimation is, and just was lucky enough to get my foot in there. And I guess the rest is history,” Wang told Pride in an interview.
“Sk8 the Infinity” is currently sitting at one season at the moment, but with all the buzz around the show, the second season is set for winter of 2023.
Wang does want to see one particular change to the show in its sophomore year. “I hope they snowboard. I hope they go somewhere. Either they go to Mt. Fuji or something, they go somewhere where they can snowboard,” Wang said.
