(Photo: Gerald Bostock) Gerald Bostock’s is one of the landmark LGBTQ discrimination cases SCOTUS will soon hear. He recently told Tim Zeeman of The Daily Beast that he wants to “ensure nobody goes to work in fear of losing their job.” In 2013, Bostock was suddenly fired by Clayton County. Bostock claims it was because…
(Photo: Debbie Reynolds) Billie Lourd (American Horror Story, Scream Queens) has announced that she will honor her grandmother Debbie Reynolds and play “my real life grandma’s onscreen granddaughter” on an upcoming episode of the widely-acclaimed, long-running comedy Will & Grace, reports Gay Times. “I have watched and loved Will & Grace since I was (probably too) young,” Lourd wrote on Instagram.…
Shirtless male baristas are serving up espresso in Seattle – at the new Dreamboyz Espresso near Broadway and Harrison on Capitol Hill. WATCH:
(Photo: Eugene Scalia) Democrats ripped Eugene Scalia, President Trump‘s nominee to lead the Labor Department, over his views on LGBTQ rights at a hearing on Thursday, arguing his past writings made them question how he could fairly administer the law for that community, reports The Hill. Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin…
A Russian university is said to have threatened a student with expulsion after his pink phone case and membership in pro-LGBT social media groups fueled suspicions about his alleged sexual orientation, reports Meduza. “We tracked your social media, here are the printouts: You’re gay,” the unnamed Ural State University of Economics (USUE) student’s coursemates recounted. Roman…
The City of West Hollywood will join with the Human Rights Campaign LA and the amBi bisexual social community to host the second annual WeHo Bi Pride Celebration on Saturday, September 21, 2019 from 1:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at West Hollywood Park and Auditorium, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard. The WeHo Bi…
President Donald Trump lamented the nation’s homelessness crisis on Tuesday ― not because so many Americans are unable to afford safe and stable housing, but rather because it’s supposedly affecting the “prestige” of California cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, reports HuffPost. The homeless are living in “our best highways, our best streets, our…
(Photo: Shane Gillis. Courtesy Of Comedy Central) Saturday Night Live was looking to shake things up with the casting of Shane Gillis — and it did, albeit unintentionally, reports Variety. According to sources, the long-running NBC comedy show and series mastermind Lorne Michaels were actively looking to cast a comedian for its new season who would…
(Photo: Ja’leyah-Jamar. RIP) In Kansas City, Kansas, a trans woman named Ja’leyah-Jamar was shot to death, making her the 19th trans person in the U.S. to have been killed this year, reports LGBTQ Nation. She was the parent of a five-year-old daughter named Ja’Mya and also leaves behind seven other siblings. Kansas City police are…
Los Angeles County prosecutors say they have charged Democratic donor and LGBTQ activist Ed Buck with running a drug house and other crimes after a man overdosed on methamphetamine at Buck’s apartment last week, reports NPR. The man survived, but two other men have died from overdoses at Buck’s apartment in the past two years.…
Officials say a mountain lion wandered inside a California house and was captured in a photo lying on a bathroom floor, reports ABC10. The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post that family members and the mountain lion ran away from each other Sunday after the cougar entered the home when the door…
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to revoke California’s authority to set vehicle emission standards and could make the announcement as early as Wednesday, a source familiar with the plans tells CNN. The source said the Trump administration will find the EPA previously acted unlawfully by granting the state a waiver from the Clean Air…
(Photo: Sean Cormie) A church’s actions are under investigation after a man said he was held down and beaten by congregants as they tried to pray away his homosexuality, reports KFOR.com. Sean Cormie, 23, came out as gay in the spring. Since then, he said his family has asked him to go to church and…
(Photo: Angelica Ross) Transgender Pose actress and star of the next installment of American Horror Story, Angelica Ross will host the national 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum on LGBTQ Issues, reports Deadline. Confirmed to participate are Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Sestak, Elizabeth Warren and Marianne…
(Photo: Cokie Roberts. RIP) Renowned ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has died at the age of 75, reports ABC News. Roberts won countless awards, including three Emmys, throughout her decades-long career. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and was cited by the American Women in Radio…
(Photo: Shane Gillis) Just days after NBC announced Shane Gillis would be joining Saturday Night Live for its 45th season, the network has fired the comedian after past derogatory and racist remarks he made on his podcast were made public, reports BuzzFeed News. “After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not…
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Phoenix business can refuse service to same-sex couples, overruling the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance, reports KTAR News. The artists who operate Brush & Nib, which makes invitations and other wedding-related items, argued in a 2016 lawsuit that the ordinance violated their religious beliefs by forcing them to custom-make…
