On the happy side of the ledger, we have the gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, running for president, New York has banned conversion therapy, and in the most cute story, we saw photos of the adorable baby girl penguin with her gay dads Sphen and Magic at the Sydney aquarium. ANTI-TRANS RULING A BAD…
It can be hard to explain the importance of honoring the life’s work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to children, so maybe it’s time to let a kid do the work, suggests LGBTQ Nation. Maybe if it’s kept simple enough, the adults will be able to understand too. WATCH:
It may be hard to believe, given the Trump administration’s history on the matter and the threats that still loom large in more conservative states, but 2019 could be a landmark year for LGBT rights, reports The Daily Beast. Thanks in part to the results of the 2018 midterm elections, some of the most populous states in the…
There has been a new round of detentions of people suspected to be gay in Chcchnya, activists told the Associated Press Friday, reports the Advocate. A crackdown has been going on for the past two years in which more than 100 LGBTQ people, especially gay and bisexual men, have been arrested and put in what amounts to concentration camps,…
A Northern California church put out an anti-gay and anti-transgender message on its sign for the New Year, reports The Sacramento Bee. “Bruce Jenner is still a man. Homosexuality is still sin,” read the sign outside Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church in Lake Shastina, California, not far from the Oregon border. “The culture may change. The…
Noted pop diva Britney Spears has rocked the entertainment industry with an shocking announcement via Instagram: she will cancel her Las Vegas residency, reports Queerty. Citing issues with her father’s health, Spears said ticket holders can apply for refunds via her website. “I’ve been looking forward to this show and seeing all of you this year, so…
Unarmed man killed by Walgreens security guard in Hollywood. Attorney: “He was harassed because he was gay and he was shot because he was black.” BY VICTOR MELAMED A 21-year-old man who was fatally shot by a security guard at a Hollywood Walgreens store was not shoplifting, but was targeted because he was black and gay,…
(Photo: Ian Harvie) With Daniel Craig’s tenure as the famed superspy coming to a close, actor Dominic West floated the idea of “a transgender Bond” in a Sunday Times interview this week, saying that it “would be cool,” reports The Daily Beast. That suggestion inspired the usual round of outrage, with cries of political correctness gone too…
(Photo: Jeffrey Prang) In an effort spearheaded by West Hollywood City Councilmember John Heilman, more than 150 openly LGBTQ elected officials from across the nation – including L.A. County Assessor (and former West Hollywood City Council member) Jeffrey Prang, are calling on the incoming U.S. Congress to act on four key initiatives related to LGBTQ…
Pantene Phillippines recognized Transgender Awareness Week with an affirming message in a beautiful ad, reports LGBTQ Nation. The commercial tells the story of Kevin Balot, the first transgender woman to be an “ambassador” for Pantene Philippines. She talks about “feeling the world is against” her when she was younger, as a young Kevin Balot looks…
The first full trailer for Mapplethorpe, the upcoming film about the famous gay photographer who died of complications from AIDS in the late ’80s, has been released, reports Queerty. Matt Smith (The Crown) stars as Robert Mapplethorpe in the biopic, which first debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York earlier this year. The film centers…
(Photo: Jonathan Hart, RIP) 21-year-old Jonathan Hart was shot in the back of the neck after a security guard thought he stole a $2.99 water flavoring product from a Los Angeles Walgreens store earlier this month. Now, Hart’s family is suing the company for $525 million, reports Queerty. The murder happened at the Walgreens on…
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My charismatic Senate candidate, Beto O’Rourke, has just a couple of terms in Congress under his belt and hasn’t hit fifty, but thanks to Trump, he looks amply qualified to sit behind the Resolute Desk.” FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS We took a break from nonstop MSNBC to head down to the Gulf Coast over Thanksgiving only…
(Photo: Rep. Doug Lamborn) Conservative lawmakers in the House are in a tizzy over protections in the new North American trade pact for LGBTQ people and they are urging President Donald Trump to rescind them, reports POLITICO. They are wringing their hands in anguish over the fact that the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement contains requirements that workers…
(Photo: Kirsten Sinema) Nearly one week after Election Day, Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema was declared the apparent winner of Arizona’s nail-biter of a Senate race, reports NBC News. In addition to a win for the Democrats, Sinema’s hard-fought victory also adds to the spoils of the so-called rainbow wave that ushered in a record number of LGBTQ…
The State Department on Monday began imposing a new policy that restricts visas for the same-sex partners of staff of U.S.-based international organizations, such as the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, reports NBC News. The policy, announced earlier this year, ends a policy spearheaded by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…
(Photo: Alexandra Chandler, a Democrat transgender woman and former military intelligence officer running for Congress in Massachusetts.) A record number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are standing in elections for public office, reports Reuters. The Victory Institute said gay and trans people were still under-represented in political life, but it was aware of…
Los Angeles police descended on a Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake Saturday afternoon after a gunman opened fired outside the store at end of a police pursuit, sending shoppers diving for cover, reports Los Angeles Times. Officers had swarmed around the store on Hyperion Avenue around 4pm. The LAPD said they were dealing with an…
(Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage) The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has strongly condemned Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage’s veto of legislation that would have protected LGBTQ youth in the state from the dangerous and discredited practice of “conversion therapy.” LePage becomes the first governor in the nation to veto such critically important protections. “Governor LePage’s shameful…
