Welcome back to Sunday Funday, a gathering place for good gay news on your weekend! I’ll be stepping in for Al(aina) for the next few weeks, but they’ll be back before you know it. I hope your weekend has been full of everything awesome; by which I mean I hope you’ve been binging One Day at a Time season three!
+ Lena Waithe wrote an excellent op-ed for Time magazine about Hollywood’s black renaissance and the work that’s still left to be done.
+ How One Day at a Time assembled a Latinx supergroup (including an interview with Stephanie Beatriz about working with Rita Moreno).
+ Janelle Monae opens up about being a black queer woman.
+ At Essence: “By speaking truth to power, these Black LGBTQ+ activists are reminding us that the only way we are ever going to be fully liberated is by making the personal, political.”
+ Guides at historic palaces in the UK have been given the go-ahead to talk about all the lesbian shenanigans in royal court history. Thanks, The Favourite!
+ The BBC spoke to dozens of young lesbians in Burundi, where being gay is still illegal, about how they connect with each other and go about their day-to-day lives.
+ Here’s what Hannah Gadsby’s up to next.
+ Laneia told you about the new period emoji that’s on the way — but wait, there’re more! Gender neutral couples!
+ Another day, another study about how kids raised by gay parents do better at school.
+ Vanity Fair’s 25 most influential movie scenes of the past 25 years includes a little gayness (and one of the coolest multimedia layouts I have ever seen).
+ Sydney’s rainbow crossing is coming back, hopefully this time for good!
+ Sara Ramirez is not here for Twitter removing the search results for #20BiTeen.
+ Ahead of the Grammys, Brandi Carlile is talking about the power of queer representation in music.
+ Your favorite pop culture couples illustrated (including, of course, Carol and Therese).
+ And finally, please enjoy Billy Porter’s State of the Union.
