A conservative Christian organization is outraged by an “offensive” shampoo ad that featured lesbians and has launched a campaign against the company, reports LGBTQ Nation. One Million Moms (OMM), an initiative of the America Family Association, are frequently outraged that Read more
Wanda Sykes filled in for Ellen yesterday, and she opened the show with a friendly “Hello, white ladies,” reports LGBTQ Nation. Sykes is an actress and comedian, known for her stand-up and her roles in Blackish, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The New Adventures Read more
(Photo: Ryan O’Connell) Christopher Street West (CSW) – the 501(c)3 non-profit that produces the annual LA Pride Festival and Parade in West Hollywood has just announced its final 2019 Grand Marshal, actor and writer Ryan O’Connell. In 2019 O’Connell blazed new trails Read more
On Friday and Saturday, June 14–15, the Los Angeles LGBT hosts Trans Pride L.A., one of the oldest and largest trans celebrations in the country. The festivities will take place at two of the Center’s facilities in Hollywood: The Village at Read more
A man in Ohio has been shouting slurs at his gay neighbors, shooting them, and torched their car, reports LGBTQ Nation. Police said that they’re hoping that the neighbors can learn to “get along.” Nathan Paris and his partner, from Read more
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case today challenging a Pennsylvania school district’s bathroom policy allowing transgender students to use bathrooms of their choice, reports Politico. The conservative Alliance Defending Freedom represented a group of students in the case, Read more
(Photo: Jack Thompson) Jack Thompson, the reigning Leatherman of Color 2019, beat out 67 other titleholders to win International Mr Leather 2019 on Sunday, reports Out. The occasion, hosted in Chicago as it has been each year over the 41-year Read more
A new Gillette ad shows the moment a loving dad teaches his transgender son how to shave for the first time. “It’s not just myself transitioning. It’s everybody around me transitioning.” WATCH:
In response to three black transgender women who have been murdered in the last two weeks in the United States, Los Angeles LGBT Center Director of Policy and Community Building Terra Russell-Slavin and Client Advocate of the Center’s Anti-Violence Project Read more
During an interview with the Washington Post’s Robert Costa, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who served in Afghanistan, accused the president of draft dodging the Vietnam War, claiming the president faked a disability. WATCH!
It is time that we begin to take action regarding the murders of Trans Black Women. Please join Unique Woman’s Coalition, FLUX, TransLatin@ Coalition, Gender Justice LA and Community Stakeholders for a rally, calling on our siblings and allies to Read more
Premiere queer global streaming network Revry presents QueerX, the 4th annual queer music, film, and industry festival May 31st – June 2nd in West Hollywood, California, sponsored by Lexus. For more info visit: www.queerx.com. From Vogue competitions to Flamenco performances, international screenings Read more
(Photo: Shawn Kumagai) A town rejected a request to fly the rainbow flag during Pride Month because of hateful public comments, reports LGBTQ Nation. Shawn Kumagai is gay and a member of the City Council in Dublin, California. He initiated Read more
Adding to its celebratory 50th anniversary, the Los Angeles LGBT Center—the world’s largest LGBT organization—will be recognized by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the Community Hero Award on Friday, May 31, at Dodger Stadium during the team’s seventh annual LGBT Night. Center Board Read more
Premiere queer global streaming network Revry presents QueerX, the 4th annual queer music, film, and industry festival May 31st – June 2nd in West Hollywood, sponsored by Lexus. QueerX has announced its full star-studded line up of luminaries in the Read more
Netflix has released the full-length trailer for Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, and Laura Linney’s Mary Ann Singleton has a secret to reveal to her on-screen daughter Shawna, played by Ellen Page, reports The Wrap. Linney is reprising the Read more
Taron Egerton has spoken of his pride over Rocketman becoming reportedly the first studio movie to feature gay male sex scenes, reports Gay Star News. The Welsh actor plays gay pop icon Elton John in the new movie, from Bohemian Read more
Gay Star News‘ Rafaella Gunz has written about Harlem’s Atlah World Missionary Church in New York City. The sign outside the church reads: ‘The LGBTQ mafia is posting lies, attempting a hit job on our church. They want Harlem to Read more
Saturday Night Live featured its first take on gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg during this weekend’s season finale, reports the Advocate. Host Paul Rudd played Buttigieg during the segment, which spoofed The View (“the most high-stakes brunch on television.”) The hosts mostly fawned Read more
Lawmakers in Taiwan have approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision that makes the self-ruled island the first place in Asia to pass gay marriage legislation, reports CNN. The vote came almost two years after the island’s Constitutional Read more
