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Variety is taking a look at some of the best LGBTQ podcasts available today, the topics of which include “Drag Race,” financial literacy, comedy, the news and, of course, pop culture. From soundtracking your morning commute to acting as an aural companion in the kitchen, the robust world of podcasts offers opportunities to learn, laugh, cry, ponder, or anything in between.

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Lynda Carter just proved why Wonder Woman is the ultimate queer icon

Lynda Carter is showing her support for the LGBTQ community, proving to be one the most iconic queer legends on and off the screen. The actress took a moment to share some sweet words for her fans, just in time to celebrate pride month, revealing why she is an inspiration and a beacon of light, following her portrayal of Wonder Woman.However some online users had a different opinion and the actress was quick to respond.

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‘Fire Island’ Stars on the Scarcity of Gay Rom-Coms and Not Sugarcoating the Story

Michael Appler On Wednesday evening in New York City — about 60 miles and a ferry ride away from its subject— “Fire Island,” Joel Kim Booster’s romantic comedy about a weekend spent in New York’s chosen queer haven, held its premiere at the SVA Theatre.On 23rd Street in Chelsea, guests including Alok Viad-Menon, Jackie Cox, Peppermint and John Cameron Mitchell, as well as stars Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Conrad Ricamora and James Scully assembled to celebrate the film as part of New York’s NewFest Pride. You could have lifted the premiere’s guest list from any summer weekend spent at the Pines, something to be celebrated for a new film distributed by a gatekeeper studio like Searchlight Pictures.

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‘Book of Queer’ Creator Eric Cervini Teaches LGBTQ History, Like How Abraham Lincoln Might’ve Been Gay

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorFinding LGBTQ actors to cast in the new history docuseries “The Book of Queer” wasn’t that difficult.No, producers didn’t ask the actors about their sexuality.“If you’re casting for a show called ‘Book of Queer,’ and you’re saying in the audition process, ‘Is there any particular reason you want to be on this show?,’ they’re going to tell us,” series creator Eric Cervini tells me. “Of course, we weren’t discriminating, but it was kind of self-selecting.’”The five-episode “Book of Queer,” which premieres Thursday on Discovery+, features multiple stories about queer history and queer individuals, including Greek poet Sappho, Alexander the Great, King James, Joan of Arc, Akhenaten, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Alan Turning, Josephine Baker, Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk, Marsha P.

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Director Andrew Ahn Relishes All Gay Cast of New Comedy, ‘Fire Island’

A year into the COVID pandemic, out director Andrew Ahn received the script for Joel Kim Booster’s “Fire Island” and knew almost immediately he needed to make it.

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How the Supremes Have F***ed Up Pride 2022

It’s June! The month we celebrate queer rights, when the air gets heated and the blood does too.

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Lynda Carter Defends Wonder Woman’s Status As A Queer Icon

On the first day of 2022’s Pride Month, Lynda Carter is revisiting her most famous role — and defending the character’s stature as an LGBTQ icon.

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Original Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter defends the DC superhero as a queer icon

Lynda Carter spent the first day of Pride Month defending the iconic superhero Wonder Woman as a queer icon.Carter, 70, played the DC Comics icon in the beloved TV series of the same name from 1975 to 1979, decades before Gal Gadot portrayed her in recent Warner Bros. movies.The actress took to Twitter on Wednesday to celebrate Pride, but ended up defending her beloved character as well.

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Cynthia Nixon thinks Sex And The City's Miranda was always 'queer' and had 'lesbianic qualities'

Her iconic character Miranda changed up her life on And Just Like That... by ditching her husband Steve and dating the nonbinary comedian Che Diaz.And Cynthia Nixon revealed to Varietyin an interview for its Pride issue that she thinks Miranda was coded as 'queer' even going back to the original Sex And The City series, which ran on HBO from 1998 to 2004.Although the 56-year-old star acknowledge the series didn't have much representation for gay women, she thought Miranda was a 'stand-in' for them thanks to what she saw as 'lesbianic qualities.' Old news: Cynthia Nixon, 56, shared with Variety in an interview published Wednesday that she though her Sex And The City character Miranda had always been queer, even before she came out on And Just Like That; seen May 24 in NYCNixon suggested there were hints that Miranda was queer back in the first series.'Even though she was only really interested in men, I think that Miranda had many other queer and frankly, lesbianic qualities about her,' she opined.

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Aunjanue Ellis Reflects on Her Bisexuality: 'I Am Queer - This Is Who I Am'

Aunjanue Ellis is getting candid about her sexuality.

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‘King Richard’ Star Aunjanue Ellis Has A Simple Reason For Not Discussing Her Bisexuality: ‘Nobody Asked’

“King Richard” star Aunjanue Ellis has a very simple explanation for why she has not publicly discussed her sexuality: it never came up.

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Cynthia Nixon Thinks Miranda Was Always Queer on ‘Sex and the City’: She Had ‘Lesbianic Qualities’

Kate Aurthur editorWhen “And Just Like That” showrunner Michael Patrick King approached Cynthia Nixon to discuss what her character Miranda Hobbes’ trajectory would be in HBO Max’s “Sex and the City” revival, he asked her whether she wanted Miranda to be queer. After all, Nixon herself came out in 2004, and has been married to Christine Marinoni since 2012.“I was like, ‘Sure, why not!'” Nixon recalled saying.

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Yep, I’m Che: Sara Ramírez Reveals All About ‘And Just Like That,’ Romancing Miranda and TV’s Buzziest Queer Character

And Just Like That …,” HBO Max’s successful revival of “Sex and the City,” Che Diaz became the most visible (and often most ridiculed) queer character on TV. We’ll get to why in a second.

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‘King Richard’ Star Aunjanue Ellis Speaks Her Truth About Being Bisexual: ‘I Am Queer — This Is Who I Am’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Angelique Jackson On March 24, Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis stepped onto the golden-hued carpet to accept her honors at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards. Emblazoned on the left arm of her red-hot Dolce & Gabbana suit jacket was the word “Queer” spelled out in rhinestones.But no one on the press line outside the Beverly Wilshire hotel asked Ellis about it. And no one inside the ballroom did either.

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The essential Pride Anthems for Pride Month 2022

June is Pride Month – a global celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and its culture – a reminder not only of how far we've come and the distance we must still travel on the road to true equality.

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NHMC Reveals 2022 Series Script Writers Program Cohorts

The National Hispanic Media Coalition has revealed its cohorts of participants in its 2022 Series Scriptwriters Program.

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Matthew López to Adapt LGBTQ History Bestseller ‘The Deviant’s War’ as Amazon Limited Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAmazon Studios and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment are developing a limited series based on “The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. The United States of America,” historian Eric Cervini’s New York Times bestseller.

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A24 Takes Domestic On Lukas Dhont’s ‘Close’

A24 has picked up North American rights to Lukas Dhont’s Close.