In Note to Self, we hear from Olympian and U.S. national figure skating champion Adam Rippon. The 29-year-old tells CBS News he will no longer skate competitively. WATCH:
John Oliver discusses the growing number of authoritarian leaders around the world. WATCH:
(Photo: Ivanka Trump) President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of messages to government officials last year using a personal email account, the latest member of the president’s inner circle to face questions about private emails, reports WFMYNews2. White House officials learned of Trump’s extensive use of a personal email address…
(Photo:Chris Coburn) A gay man who was elected to a city council was removed from office in a recall election that started when photos he sent on Grindr were made public, reports LGBTQ Nation. In 2017, Cross Coburn, 19, ran in an uncontested race for city council in Groves, Texas, near the Louisiana border, the town…
Gus Kenworthy is a very thirsty boy, according to his latest Instagram post, reports Gay Star News. The Winter Olympic freestyle skier took to Instagram last night (18 November) to post a series of photos. In them, he’s looking down at his phone, while perched on the edge of a railing on a mountain in…
(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…
The City of West Hollywood’s Transgender Advisory Board will host the Transgender Day of Remembrance Ceremony on Nov. 20, 2018. The event will include speakers from the Transgender community, City representatives, and Transgender performers. The names of Transgender people who have passed away due to hate crimes will be read at the ceremony. The…
Timothée Chalamet on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Chalamet stars in the addiction drama Beautiful Boy currently in theaters. WATCH:
(Photo: Michele Bachmann) On election night, former Republican Congresswoman and failed presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was providing political commentary on televangelist Kenneth Copland’s Believers Voice of Victory network. At one point, she led her fellow commentators in prayer after it was forecast that Democrats would win control of the House of Representatives, reports LGBTQ Nation. “Control of the…
(Photo: Ricardo Lara) California Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) made history Friday, as the Associated Press declared him the winner of the race to become California’s next State Insurance Commissioner, making him the state’s first openly LGBTQ statewide elected official. Lara currently leads former Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner with nearly 4.9 million votes or 51.6 percent, as of…
(Photo: Mayor John Duran) West Hollywood Mayor John Duran says his name was on a list compiled by Cesar Sayoc, the Florida resident who was arrested on Oct. 26 for allegedly mailing pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and media figures including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George Soros and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), reports WeHoVille.…
(Screenshot/NBC 6) A gay man said that he feared for his life when a Lyft driver pulled a gun on him, reports LGBTQ Nation. Florida resident Andres Berreondo said that he called a Lyft yesterday afternoon to visit a family friend. He put two large packages in the back and rode in the front passenger…
Former First Lady Michelle Obama shared with Ellen how she and daughter Malia attempted to escape the White House the night the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in 2015, so they could celebrate in the street with other citizens. WATCH!: https://www.ellentube.com/video/michelle-obama-tried-to-escape-the-white-house-to-celebrate-the-legalization-of-gay-marriage.html
A billboard that says “NO GAYS ALLOWED” was put up in Times Square in New York City, reports LGBTQ Nation. The sign is part of a campaign by a group called Citizens for Transparency to shed light on the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a hate group that has been behind several recent legal campaigns to…
(Photo: Jeff Rohrer) Retired NFL linebacker Jeff Rohrer is gay and set to become the first former or current NFL player in a same-sex marriage, he revealed in a new interview published on Wednesday, reports People. In the New York Times story, Rohrer, 59, opened up about his sexuality for the first time. “I’m sure there’s going…
The former first lady speaks out in an exclusive live interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts in Chicago about her memoir, Becoming, the outcome of the midterm elections and 2020 prospects. WATCH:
Church of God in Christ in St. Louis, Missouri recently had their annual Holy Convocation event and there is disturbing video from it that has gone viral. An elderly preacher named Frances Kelly randomly points out a young man in the crowd and tells him to stay away from “sissies” and “faggots,” reports NewsOne. Twitter was universally…
Dozens of transgender women and gay men in the caravan moving through Mexico with hopes of seeking asylum in the United States have banded together for protection — not from the uncertainty of a journey fraught with danger from the gangs who prey on migrants but from their fellow travelers, reports NBC News. Fleeing violence…
(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…
Ian McKellen gives a taster of his forthcoming role in the movie version of Cats on The Graham Norton Show. WATCH:
(Photo: Harley Rouda) Orange County residents awoke Sunday to a new political landscape, reports The OC Register, A day prior, Democrat Harley Rouda declared victory in his bid to unseat 30-year Republican incumbent Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in the county’s coastal 48th Congressional District. By Saturday evening, the Associated Press called the contest for Rouda. Rohrabacher has…
(Murder Victim Blaze Bernstein, RIP) Samuel Woodward, a 21-year-old from Newport Beach, California, pleaded not guilty today to the murder of gay University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein in a hate crime, reports The Associated Press. Woodward, who entered the plea during a hearing in Orange County Superior Court, is charged in the January stabbing death of…
