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Hawaii premiere: Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival

Hawaii premiere: Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival

At our film’s Hawaii premiere with Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie. Photo courtesy @boysurfer on Twitter. — with Alec Mapa and Jamie Hebert at Honolulu Museum of Art.

Which LGBT Icon Deserves a Biopic?

Which LGBT Icon Deserves a Biopic?

BY DANIEL REYNOLDS JULY 09 2014 The Advocate asked the filmmakers at Outfest who their fantasy LGBT film subject might be — as well as who they would cast as the lead. Alec Mapa, played by Honey Boo Boo “I’d…

OUTFEST Meet the Filmmaker – Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy

OUTFEST Meet the Filmmaker – Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy

Published on Jul 9, 2014 Director Andrea James discusses the “WTF Triangle,” breakfast disasters, the changing landscape of queer cinema…

The 2014 Outfest Kicks Off with 'Meet the Filmmakers', A Series on Story & Challenges

The 2014 Outfest Kicks Off with 'Meet the Filmmakers', A Series on Story & Challenges

Micah Van Hove July 9, 2014 Outfest’s Director of Programming Kristin Pepe had this to say about the festival this year: In the year following spectacular LGBT civil rights advances across the country, the dynamic and fresh slate of 2014 NewFest…

The Advocate's 27 Favorite Films of Outfest 2014

The Advocate's 27 Favorite Films of Outfest 2014

BY DANIEL REYNOLDS AND JASE PEEPLES JULY 07 2014 8:00 AM ET As “America’s Gaysian Sweetheart,” comic performer Alec Mapa has forged a funny and fruitful career on shows like Ugly Betty and the Logo stand-up comedy series Wisecrack, in which…

Adoption resource center pairs needy kids, LGBT parents

Adoption resource center pairs needy kids, LGBT parents

  June 27, 2014 Actor and comedian Alec Mapa, who starred in “Ugly Betty” and makes regular appearances on ABC’s “Switched at Birth,” is among thousands of gay parents in Los Angeles. He adopted his son Zion, 9, four years…

NewFest Reveals Its 2014 Lineup

NewFest Reveals Its 2014 Lineup

By Linda Ge And Travis Reilly June 27, 2014 NewFest, New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film Festival, has revealed the feature film lineup for its 26th edition, which runs from July 24-29. July 26, 11:30 p.m. “Alec Mapa:…

Frameline 38 LGBT Film Festival—“Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy,” “Cupcakes,” “Appropriate Behavior,” And “Crazy Bitches”

Frameline 38 LGBT Film Festival—“Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy,” “Cupcakes,” “Appropriate Behavior,” And “Crazy Bitches”

by Peter Wong on June 25, 2014 Andrea James may have structured her documentary “Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy” as a faux day-in-the-life of America’s “gaysian sweetheart” and his family.  There is a waffle disaster that costs a few cool gay…

The Top 175 Essential Films of All Time for LGBT Viewers

The Top 175 Essential Films of All Time for LGBT Viewers

BY ADVOCATE.COM EDITORS JUNE 23 2014 37. Transamerica (2005): This award-winning film, starring Felicity Huffman in an Oscar-nominated performance as transgender woman Bree, admittedly doesn’t get everything right when it comes to portraying a fully developed trans character on the…

CNet: Star Apps: Frameline 38

CNet: Star Apps: Frameline 38

  by Joshua Rotter June 23, 2014, 3:57 PM Gay adoption, helicopter moms, and a pioneering gay athlete are just three of the stories at this year’s Frameline 38: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, taking place June 19-29. Actor…