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by Dominic Gonzalez SPOILER WARNING: This article features spoilers to shows and movies featuring LGBTQIA characters. Please proceed with caution if you have not seen or finished these movies and shows: The 100, Jane the Virgin, The Walking Dead, The Magicians, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Rope, Rebecca, The Children’s Hour, Lost Girl, and Fox . Why is everything suddenly gay?  Maybe you’ve been thinking this? Maybe you’ve heard people ask this? Maybe it’s meant as an actual question, acknowledging your lack of familiarity with LGBTQIA history. Maybe it's said with a tone of belittlement and annoyance. To put things in perspective, I’d like to clarify that not everything is gay. If you’re noticing more LGBTQIA couples and stories in movies and television, or noticing more people identifying as LGBTQIA, or even noticing more education being spread around through conversations, memes, and social media- it’s not because everything is suddenly gay (which is an inaccurate use of the t

Image courtesy of Warner Bros.   by Daniel Andrade Twenty-five years ago, a movie came along that brought two superstars together for the first time. Basketball legend Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes icon Bugs Bunny teamed up in a collaboration unlike any other, giving us the cult classic Space Jam . Filled with all your favorite cartoon characters, an incredible soundtrack, and a fun and frantic game of basketball, it’s no wonder why so many look back at the original Space Jam with fond nostalgia. It certainly seemed like a movie that could stand on its own and was immune from the Hollywood trend of sequels and reboots. That all changed when we learned that the latest basketball phenomenon, LeBron James, would be bringing a reboot/sequel to the screen with Space Jam: A New Legacy . The public was understandably skeptical. Though the original was by no means a perfect movie itself, many were unsure of whether such a classic film needed to be brought to life anew. Much like when the