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Enlarge Image Spotify screenshot by Daniel Van Boom/CNET Starting today, music streaming service Spotify is offering a dedicated Pride category called #PressPlayForPride.The category will bring together curated playlists with personal commentary from LGBTQ artists and advocates across a wide range of music genres. There are over 975,000 Pride and LGBTQ themed playlists on Spotify, the company says.The playlists will come from a variety of public figures, including actor Alan Cumming, music duo Tegan and Sarah, Conchita Wurst and many more. You can access #PressPlayForPride on Spotify's main browse page, in th...

The upcoming "Doctor Who" spin-off series "Class" will have an openly gay lead character. "Class" creator and writer Patrick Ness tweeted the news on Monday. Originally the character's sexual orientation was meant to be kept under wraps until the show's debut, but in the wake of Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, that targeted patrons at a gay nightclub, Ness felt it important to show public support for the LGBT community. Actors Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins and Vivian Oparah have already been cast as the main characters attending Coal Hill School. "Happy Valley" actor Katherine Kelly plays ...