{"id":12395,"date":"2014-12-31T20:05:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T01:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/looking-pride-and-sam-smith-top-the-year-in-queer-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2014-12-31T20:05:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T01:05:08","slug":"looking-pride-and-sam-smith-top-the-year-in-queer-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/looking-pride-and-sam-smith-top-the-year-in-queer-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking, Pride And Sam Smith Top The Year In Queer Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Looking, Pride And Sam Smith Top The Year In Queer Entertainment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Each year&nbsp;there&rsquo;s chatter about how queer culture has finally reached the mainstream, but&nbsp;there&rsquo;s no denying that 2014 was a benchmark. We were literally everywhere you looked. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/rupaul\">RuPaul<\/a> ruled with airwaves with her game-changing hit<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/rupaul\">RuPaul<\/a>&lsquo;s Drag Race<\/em> and was a staple in headlines after a misguided columnist for&nbsp;<em>The Advocate<\/em>&nbsp;called the icon&nbsp;&ldquo;transphobic.&rdquo; Even several of Ru&rsquo;s burgeoning performers&nbsp;became superstars, such as Bianca Del Rio became a ubiquitous, but very welcome presence. On the music front, new songs&nbsp;from our Queen Madonna came out months ahead of schedule. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/Sam-Smith\">Sam Smith<\/a> was touted as the second coming of Adele.&nbsp;The debate over whether <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/james-franco\">James Franco<\/a> was <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>-baiting us with his queer-themed projects and teasing Instagram posts took second stage when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/nick-jonas-is-a-man-and-doesnt-need-to-shave-his-body-20141110\" target=\"_blank\">he got served by Nick Jonas<\/a>. All things considered, 2014 was a very good year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So scroll down for the TV shows, films and music&nbsp;that were truly standouts during a very progressive year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: Looking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorable mentions: <em>Transparent<\/em>, <em>The Normal Heart, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/rupaul\">RuPaul<\/a>&lsquo;s Drag Race<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s been a banner year for LGBTs on TV. Amazon&rsquo;s original series <em>Transparent<\/em> won wide acclaim, particularly for Jeffrey Tambor as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> of a certain age, a character based on creator Jill Soloway&rsquo;s father. Ryan Murphy always makes the list for his LGBT-inclusive projects and foremost among them was his adaptation of Larry Kramer&rsquo;s searing, fact-based <em>The Normal Heart<\/em> delivered an indelible history lesson to younger <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> while reminding older viewers of the horrors they survived. Murphy also filled his deranged anthology&nbsp;<em>American Horror Story: Freak Show<\/em> with a queer sensibility and cast numerous LGBT actors such as Eve Erkin as Amazon Eve&nbsp;and Matt Bomer as a tragic <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> hooker. Gay storylines and fully dimensional characters popped up on countless network series, such as <em>The Comeback<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Scandal<\/em>, <em>Marry Me<\/em> and <em>How To Get Away With Murder<\/em>, which featured <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> scenes so racy that conservative viewers complained to creator Shonda Rhimes, who promptly shut that bullshit down. <em>Looking<\/em>,&nbsp;HBO&rsquo;s insightful dramedy about a group of friends in San Francisco with relationship problems, received some criticism from viewers for its leisurely pacing, but haters can tune into any of the aforementioned programs for speedier thrills. We love <em>Looking<\/em>&nbsp;not just because it&rsquo;s one of the few series written, produced and directed by <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people, as well as starring&nbsp;out actors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/jonathan-groff\">Jonathan Groff<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/russell-tovey\">Russell Tovey<\/a>, but because it subtly and convincingly portrayed the complexities of everyday life. It&rsquo;s the pro-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> series many of us have been hoping&nbsp;for and we can&rsquo;t wait for season two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: Pride<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorable mentions:&nbsp;<em>The Skeleton Twins<\/em>, <em>Stranger By The Lake<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Imitation Game<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stranger By the Lake<\/em> stunned viewers with its gritty <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>. Gay fave Benedict Cumberbatch did justice to the story of late queer hero Alan Turing in the riveting <em>The Imitation Game<\/em>. Bill Hader&rsquo;s astonishing performance as a suicidal <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> in<em> The Skeleton Twins<\/em> made the comedy-drama a must-see. The Brazilian drama <em>The Way He Looks<\/em> was spellbinding. The documentary <em>The Case Against 8<\/em>, which examined the historic battle for marriage equality in California, was short-listed for an Academy Award. Plus, on a shallow note, we finally got a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/ben-afflecks-neil-patrick-harris-penises-go-online-while-ricky-martin-inspires-plastic-surgery-20141212\" target=\"_blank\">brief peek at the prodigious penises of Ben Affleck and Neil Patrick Harris<\/a>&nbsp;in the chilling <em>Gone Girl<\/em>. But <em>Pride<\/em>, which tells the true story of a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> rights group who went to the aid of striking coal miner&rsquo;s in Thatcher-era Britain, was not only a compelling drama, it was one of the year&rsquo;s most buoyant crowd-pleasers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/Sam-Smith\">Sam Smith<\/a>, <em>In The Lonely Hour<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorable mentions: Sia,&nbsp;<em>1000 Forms of Fear<\/em>;&nbsp;Fly Young Red, &ldquo;Throw That Boy Pussy;&rdquo; Jimmy Somerville,&nbsp;&ldquo;Travesty&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If anything good came from all the hacking scandals of the year, it&rsquo;s that eternal Queen of Pop Madonna responded to the early leak of demos from <em>Rebel Heart<\/em>, her due Spring 2015, album by releasing half a dozen of them on iTunes. Bi pop star Sia delivered one the year&rsquo;s biggest and most inescapable hits &ldquo;Chandelier.&rdquo; Bearded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/conchita-wurst\">Conchita Wurst<\/a> was the take-no-prisoners winner of Eurovision. Fly Young Red dropped what was undoubtedly the year&rsquo;s raunchiest jam &ldquo;Throw That Boy Pussy,&rdquo; while&nbsp;<em>Drag Race<\/em> fave <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/adore-delano\">Adore Delano<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/?s=adore+delano\" target=\"_blank\">released several songs<\/a> that quickly became queer anthems. Veteran queer artist Jimmy Somerville previewed his upcoming disco album with the release of the thrillingly retro &ldquo;Travesty.&rdquo; But let&rsquo;s all give it up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/Sam-Smith\">Sam Smith<\/a>, who with his rich baritone all-but-owned&nbsp;radio and iTunes this year. His debut album <em>In the Lonely Hour<\/em>&nbsp;heralded a brilliant new talent and sold more than a million copies.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=_XATd_yZ5N0:8GOZ3DltFtg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=_XATd_yZ5N0:8GOZ3DltFtg:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jeremy Kinser<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/_XATd_yZ5N0\/looking-pride-and-sam-smith-top-the-year-in-queer-entertainment-20141231\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/_XATd_yZ5N0\/looking-pride-and-sam-smith-top-the-year-in-queer-entertainment-20141231<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking, Pride And Sam Smith Top The Year In Queer Entertainment Each year&nbsp;there&rsquo;s chatter about how queer culture has finally reached the mainstream, but&nbsp;there&rsquo;s no denying that 2014 was a benchmark. We were literally everywhere you looked. RuPaul ruled with airwaves with her game-changing hit RuPaul&lsquo;s Drag Race and was a staple in headlines after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/looking-pride-and-sam-smith-top-the-year-in-queer-entertainment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Looking, Pride And Sam Smith Top The Year In Queer Entertainment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Looking, Pride And Sam Smith Top The Year In Queer Entertainment - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/looking-pride-and-sam-smith-top-the-year-in-queer-entertainment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking, Pride And Sam Smith Top The Year In Queer Entertainment - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Looking, Pride And Sam Smith Top The Year In Queer Entertainment Each year&nbsp;there&rsquo;s chatter about how queer culture has finally reached the mainstream, but&nbsp;there&rsquo;s no denying that 2014 was a benchmark. 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