Film and TV

An upcoming episode of children’s TV show My Little Pony is set to bring in its first-ever same-sex couple, Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty. In the final season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic the lesbian pony couple, guardians of the character Scootaloo, will arrive on US television in an episode called The Last Crusade. Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty appeared in the books but this is the first time they’ll be onscreen in the animated series, according to The Guardian. Michael Vogel, the show’s writer, rejected suggestions that...

This week’s episode of Blind Date will feature the show’s second-ever lesbian contestant and she wants to show that lesbians “can be a laugh, too.” In the four seasons and 31 episodes so far since the show’s revival in 2017 there have been three same-sex male couples and only one lesbian match. But Angela Heenan, 37, from Manchester tells PinkNews that this is exactly the reason she applied to be on the show. Heenan will pick between three potential dates on Sunday’s episode (June 9) on Channel 5. She said:...