Few restaurants make it 70 years, especially in the same location—They say it’s hard to make it at all in Hollywood. Few succeed and Miceli’s Italian Restaurant on Las Palmas steps from Hollywood Blvd. is one of them. Their story reads like Read more
Entertainment host Mario Lopez has walked back his recent controversial comments in which he implied that it’s dangerous for parents to definitively label their young children as transgender, reports Variety, “The comments I made were ignorant and insensitive, and I Read more
An official says the Cyprus government is “greatly troubled and dismayed” by an Orthodox Christian bishop’s comments on homosexuality, which he said were needlessly stirring up social tensions on the Mediterranean island nation, reports Miami Herald. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou Read more
Access Hollywood host and former Saved By the Bell actor Mario Lopez is being sharply criticized by the trans community and allies after making negative comments about transgender children and their parents, reports The Daily Dot. Lopez appeared on the Read more
Elton John has celebrated 29 years of sobriety, reports Gay Times. The legendary British singer has been open about his struggles with addiction throughout his career, and the subject came back into the public consciousness with the release of biopic Read more
Cities are beginning to see the effects of allowing diverse business owners to come in and be a part of their communities, reports CNBC. The city of Los Angeles will be the largest municipality, by both population and economy, to Read more
(Photo: Zhenya Svetski) Russian LGBTI rights blogger Zhenya Svetski has detailed how he fears for his life following the murder of a fellow activist Elana Grigorieva, reports Gay Star News. Both LGBTI rights advocates appear on now-shut down website that Read more
After an 11-season, 246-episode run, Will & Grace will end with the upcoming season (the revival’s third and 11th overall) in 2020, reports Deadline. “When NBC had the opportunity to reconnect this amazing cast and creative team, we jumped at Read more
Just weeks after LGBTQ Pride Month ended, a California group announced it would host a “Straight Pride Parade” in the city of Modesto, reports NBC News. The announcement comes less than two months after a Boston group announced that it, Read more
The Pride Act, approved this week by the House, which will now head to the Senate, would amend the Internal Revenue Code to remove gender-specific references to marriage and allow couples to amend their filing status to married filing jointly for Read more
(Photo: Bill Sanderson) A Republican state rep was “openly soliciting sex” and sending “sexually explicit messages and pictures to men almost 40 years his junior,” according to a state political blog, reports Raw Story. The Dog and Pony Show, a Read more
(Photo: Yelena Grigoryeva, RIP) A prominent gay rights activist was murdered in St. Petersburg this week after her name was listed on a site that “hunts” LGBTQ people in Russia, reports CBS News. According to friends and fellow activists, she Read more
A gay-owned private club in Colorado will be hosting a pricey-fundraiser for Mike Pence and the Republican Party, reports Alex Bollinger at LGBTQ Nation. The Caribou Club in Aspen, Colorado, is owned by Billy Stolz and Richard Edwards, and it’s set Read more
Anderson Cooper has posted a tribute to his brother that he lost through suicide, reports Gay Star News. The CNN anchor has shared a few pictures to mark the 31st anniversary of his brother’s Carter death. Cooper’s shots captured Anderson Read more
Gay figure skating power couple Eric Radford and Luis Fenero tied the knot on July 11 in a beautiful Spanish wedding, reports Pink News. Fenero was born in Spain and represented the country as a skater, and so the couple Read more
(Denali Berries Stuckey, RIP) Denali Berries Stuckey was murdered in Charleston, South Carolina early Saturday morning, according to local reports, reports Out magazine. Trans Griot blogger Monica Roberts, who also covered the death, notes that local media misgendered her in Read more
Law enforcement officers who paired endorsements of violence with racism and homophobia in a slew of derogatory Facebook posts will be fired, reports The Washington Post. The Philadelphia Police Department officers, one of whom was a sergeant, were among the 72 Read more
It was a celebration at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, reports ABC7News. Inside Terminal 1, there is now a massive exhibit telling the story of Harvey Milk‘s life. SFO Spokesperson Doug Yakel visited ABC7News earlier this week to explain Read more
A Presbyterian pastor in New Jersey accused of sexual assault has defended himself by saying he was exorcising evil, demonic spirits from the men, reports Gay Star News. Three parishioners came forward and claimed that 69-year-old Reverend Dr William Weaver Read more
Netflix has threatened the organizers of Boston’s “Straight Pride” with legal action after they listed the streaming platform as a “prospective corporate sponsor” for their anti-LGBT+ event, reports Pink News. Netflix sent a cease-and-desist order to Super Happy Fun America, Read more
