U.S. regulators have approved the first long-acting drug combo for HIV, monthly shots that can replace the daily pills now used to control infection with the AIDS virus, reports NBC News. The approval of the two-shot combo called Cabenuva is expected to make it easier for people to stay on track with their HIV medicines…
President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order repealing the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military, a ban that former President Donald Trump had put in effect, the White House said, reports NBC News. In a statement, the White House said Biden’s order “sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve…
(Dr. Jill Biden) In one of her first official acts as the country’s First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden made a visit to one of the Whitman-Walker Health HIV/AIDS clinics in Washington, D.C., reports LGBTQ Nation. Whiteman-Walker operates multiple health centers and proudly represents itself as a healthcare expert for the LGBTQ community and those living…
Multiple people familiar with the matter have confirmed to ABC News that President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Monday that will lift the Pentagon’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. The controversial ban was announced by former President Donald Trump in 2017 through a tweet and reversed the Obama administration’s policy to…
The First Works Baptist Church, an El Monte church that had been threatened this month with an arson attack over its condemnation of same-sex marriages was damaged early Saturday, Jan. 23, when someone threw a bomb at the building, blowing out some windows, reports San Gabriel Valley Tribune. No one was injured in the explosion,…
(Vet Dr Scott Miller, ITV) A concerned woman in the UK called in to ask a vet on breakfast show This Morning if her pet rabbit is a lesbian, reports Pink News. In a segment with vet Dr Scott Miller on Friday, Yvette called up to ask about her Sapphic small mammal. She said: “This is a little awkward, two girls, two sisters, same…
Following today’s momentous inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri L. Jean issued the following statement: “Exactly four years ago today, like many of you, I watched with trepidation as a new president was sworn into office. I was fearful about what the next four years…
The Biden team listed the executive orders the President will be implementing today in a fact sheet released before his inauguration. Among those orders: Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation “All persons should receive equal treatment under the law, no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation. The Biden-Harris…
(Photo: Mark G. Sahady) An organizer of the controversial Straight Pride Parade held in Boston in 2019 was arrested Tuesday on charges stemming from his alleged participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, which left at least five people dead, including a police officer, reports The Boston Globe. In a statement, the FBI Boston field office…
(Photo: Dr. Rachel Levine) President-elect Joe Biden announced that he will be appointing Pennsylvania Surgeon General Dr. Rachel Levine to the position of the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in his upcoming administration, reports LGBTQ Nation. Levine could be the first out transgender person appointed to a…
Disclosure is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at depictions of transgender people in film and television, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures society’s deepest anxieties about gender. Reframing familiar scenes and iconic characters in a new light, director Sam Feder invites viewers to confront unexamined assumptions, and shows how what once captured the American…
Model, actor, and adult performer Matthew Camp has been a victim of arson. His Poughkeepsie home, which he reportedly purchased in October, was set ablaze earlier this month, reports Out magazine. Camp was inside at the time of the attack, as was his roommate Six Carter. The two, who hosted the Happie Campers podcast together,…
Tension has flared up between leadership of the First Works Baptist Church and some members of the community who are outraged by the church’s anti-LGBTQ message, reports San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Last week, some residents called First Works Pastor Bruce Mejia’s sermons and the church’s stance hate speech during public comments at the El Monte…
Dear Eagle LA Family and Friends, Since 2006, Eagle LA has prided itself on being a safe haven for the LGBTQI+ Community to come together and express it’s diversity free from judgment, as well as an open door policy, neighborhood-gathering place. This historic location has been serving the community for over 53 years with 4 different incarnations: The Shed, The…
In his sexy new video for “Like a Gun,” Baby Yors dances around an empty room like his life depends on it, gyrating, spinning, and leaping up a storm, reports The Advocate. Singing in both English and Spanish, the Latinx artist unleashes his full artistic vision in the video and song he wrote, produced, choreographed,…
(Photo: Brendan Fraser) Darren Aronofsky will direct Brendan Fraser in “The Whale,” an adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play about a morbidly obese recluse, reports Variety. A24 has global rights to the film. “The Whale” was critically acclaimed when it debuted Off-Broadway in 2012, winning both the Drama Desk Award and the Lucille Lortel Award for outstanding play.…
anti-masker mob invaded the Westfield Century City mall in Los Angeles again on Sunday, but this time they were met by a shopper wielding Lysol or a similar cleaning solution, reports Towleroad. It’s not immediately clear if they were the same COVIDiots who terrorized the same mall and a Ralph’s supermarket last week. READ MORE AND WATCH HERE: Man…
Twitter announced on Friday night it has permanently deleted the account of Donald Trump, reports Daily Mail. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the…
Presumptive Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office and a group of House Democrats began circulating articles of impeachment in response to Trump’s incitement of a crowd of supporters that violently stormed the U.S. Capitol, reports NBC News. Those efforts joined a growing chorus of…
From Hawai’i Five-O to Monsters Of Man. An interview with Conrad K. Pratt on gay Hollywood, the stigma surrounding masculinity and how Ricky Martin changed everything BY MARK ARIEL | PHOYO BY DUSTI CUNNINGHAM Mark Toia’s Monsters of Man has been crushing the online streaming service game, sitting on AppleTV’s Top Movies, Top Rentals, Highlights,…
A tale of patience, love, and persistence that broke new legal ground and changed the way California law defines family. BY VICTOR MELAMED Meet Ian Jenkins—he’s a doctor, living in San Diego, a specialist in hospital medicine and a professor at a major university. He’s been with his partner, Alan, for seventeen years. And they’ve…
Carlos Anthony Lopez has designed, collaborated on, or produced pieces for many of Los Angeles’ top local establishments including Bar Calo, Cafe Stella, Hotel Covell, Atrium Los Feliz, Dinette, Ostrich Farms, The Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, Gjelina Group, Laurel Hardware Group, Sawyer and Kettle Black. Winston Studios—www.Winston-studios.com—is his creative agency for interior/exterior space design,…
An interview with Dr. Alexander Mason on a virtual confidential telemedicine addiction recovery program geared towards executives. BY MARK ARIEL Specialist TeleMed’s TORVAE is a completely virtual opioid addiction recovery program geared for the working professional. The program allow patients to recover from the privacy of their own homes or offices and on their schedules.…
How can we create new hope when our world is in chaos? BY JAMES GUAY, LMFT As we enter a New Year in the midst of a worsening pandemic, how do we hold space for hope and possibilities? Our lives have been upended in 2020 and we’re still in the midst of increasing infections, deaths and…
Pete Buttigieg makes history as first gay cabinet nominee Nearly a year ago in Des Moines, Pete Buttigieg hugged his husband onstage after his win in the Iowa caucuses made him the first openly LGBTQ candidate to earn delegates toward a major political party’s presidential nomination. Last month, reported USA Today, he made history again…
