As a follow-up to their Gala and in honor of the #BlazeitForward movement to make the world a better place with one intentional kind act at a time, Radiant Health Centers will host a Food Drive starting Monday, March 1st Read more
The House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity – the Equality Act – though it faces an uncertain future in the Senate, reports USA Today. Lawmakers passed the legislation on a 224-206, mostly party-line Read more
(Photo Courtesy Of Paulo Murillo, WEHO TIMES) WeHo icon and LGBT advocate Ivy Bottini passed away this morning reports WEHO TIMES. “Today, we lost a titan in our queer and feminist communities,” West Hollywood Mayor Linsey Horvath posted on her Instagram Read more
(Photo Credit: John McRae) In their new podcast, Brenda, Call Me!, best friends, drag superstars and sisters in crime, Courtney Act and Vanity chat about all things drag. From the political to the downright silly, no topic is off limits. Read more
Radiant Health Centers is proud to announce their digital gala last month helped raise over $182,000. Money raised will go to the continuing compassionate care for the LGBTQ+ community within Orange County. The virtual Back to the Future gala was Read more
(Photo: Courtesy Of Heather Parish on Twitter) A historically queer-friendly Fresno theater and the conservative church trying to buy it are under fire after a tribute to recently dead hatemonger Rush Limbaugh was posted on the marquee this week, reports The Advocate. Read more
Pennsylvania State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D) just announced that he’s running for the U.S. Senate in 2022. If he wins, he would be the first out gay man in the Senate, reports LGBTQ Nation. Kenyatta announced his campaign with a Read more
(Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri L. Jean) In response to today’s introduction of the Equality Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri L. Jean issued the following statement: “The Los Angeles LGBT Center Read more
Homophobic conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died of lung cancer, his wife announced on his radio show Wednesday. He often traded on decades-old stereotypes to offend women, Blacks, Latinos, gays and liberals more generally. READ MORE HERE: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/17/926491419/talk-show-host-rush-limbaugh-a-conservative-lodestar-dies-at-70
A UN report released last week on widespread human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran contains shocking findings that the theocratic state imposed electric torture on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children, reports The Jerusalem Post. The UN Special Rapporteur Read more
(Ari Gold, on the cover of THE FIGHT, July 2012) According to reports, New York City-based dance artist Ari Gold has died at age 47, reports Out. Having just celebrated his birthday earlier this month, the death comes after a Read more
Adam Rippon and his boyfriend are engaged! The Olympic medalist told Good Morning America that he and his longtime boyfriend Jussi-Pekka Kajaala got engaged in December 2020 in Helsinki, Finland. The couple proposed to each other while Rippon was visiting Read more
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is isolating due to possible exposure to COVID-19 after a security agent in his detail tested positive, reports Towleroad. Buttigieg spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday and said he had so far tested negative. Asked Read more
( Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, “God’s Own Country”) As most theatres, clubs and restaurants will be closed this Valentine’s weekend, the number one authority on male celebrity nudity is encouraging its members to stay home and make it a Netflix and Read more
Christopher Plummer, 91, who starred in The Sound of Music, won an Oscar for Beginners and was nominated for All the Money in the World and The Last Station, died peacefully today at his home in Connecticut, his family confirmed, Read more
Former WWE wrestler Gabbi Tuft came out as transgender on Thursday in an Instagram post, reports Towleroad. Wrote Tufts (who wrestled under the name Tyler Reks, debuting in Smackdown in 2010 and last wrestling for WWE in 2012): “This is me. Unashamed, Read more
PEOPLE has exclusively revealed the first trailer for the upcoming docuseries The TS Madison Experience, which follows the transgender influencer and social media sensation TS Madison (featured here on a cover of THE FIGHT in 2018) as she navigates internet fame Read more
President Joe Biden is set to announce a series of significant changes to US foreign policy including measures on Yemen and LBGTQ rights during a speech at the State Department, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday, reports CNN. Biden will announce Read more
Viggo Mortensen, left, and Terry Chen in “Falling.” (Brendan Adam-Zwelling/Quiver Distribution) Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings, Eastern Promises) releases his directorial debut Falling this week. The film also stars Mortensen as a middle-aged gay man trying to care for his Read more
T.J. Osborne of the hit country duo Brothers Osborne has come out as gay, reports LGBTQ Nation. “I’m very comfortable being gay,” the 36-year-old country star told Time. “I find myself being guarded for not wanting to talk about something that I Read more
