Ari Gold, trailblazing gay musician and DJ, dead at 47. RIP BY VICTOR MELAMED Groundbreaking queer dance artist Ari Gold died last month at age 47, reports out.com. Having just celebrated his birthday earlier last month, the death comes after a long battle with cancer. Many have posted their condolences online. Gold released seven albums…
LOS ANGELES LGBT Activist Ivy Bottini Dies At 94 Legendary LGBT Activist Ivy Bottini passed away on last month at her home in Florida surrounded by her daughters. Bottini was a woman who was at the forefront of the National Organization for Women (NOW) movement and the second wave of feminism. She helped found the…
FREE GHANA The west African country condemned for its stance on gay rights. Various celebrities of Ghanaian heritage have joined together to condemn their former homeland for its stance on gay rights in what will be seen as an extraordinary show of diaspora power, reports The Guardian. The influential names in fashion, film and media,…
As Americans grow more comfortable with the gay, lesbian and bisexual cohorts within their midst, the Christian right has zeroed in with a vengeance on transgender and non-binary civil rights. JUST US CHICKENS Should transwomen and girls be allowed to compete against cisgender sportswomen? The answer is simpler than it might seem. Most athletic organizations…
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 through Wednesday, March 31. To Contribute: Visit our Amazon Wish List: amzn.to/3azuowE Donate at give.classy.org/Food-drive…
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 vote. Three Republicans voted with all Democrats. The bill is one of President Joe Biden‘s…
(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 account. “Ivy Bottini graced us with her infatigable spirit for the past 94 years and…
(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. They’ll even call up a celebrity friend along the way to help them nut it…
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 complete with a band, live and silent auctions, the inaugural presentation of the Radiant Compassion…
(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. “Thank you Rush for teaching us,” the marquee on the theater read, “You will be…
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 video posted to Twitter yesterday, which opened with him leaving his home and getting a…
(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 joins with local, state, and national LGBT and social justice organizations in calling on Congress…
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 for the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, wrote that he is “concerned at reports…
(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 long battle with cancer. Many have posted their condolences online. Gold released seven albums as…
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 for a few months around the holidays. “We didn’t want to do anything big, but…
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 if Americans would need to have COVID testing before domestic travel amid reports that the…
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, reports Deadline. Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years said; “Chris was…
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, unabashedly me. This is the side of me that has hidden in the shadows, afraid…
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 and her authentic journey while continuing to build her empire. The series premieres March 4…
