PHOTOS: 8 Great Places To Get Your Pride On
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View ArticleWATCH: Celebs Show Support For Bradley Manning And Ask What You Would Do
Actors Peter Sarsgaard, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Russell Brand, musician Moby, director Oliver Stone and former talk show host Phil Donahue are among celebrities who are showing their support for military...
View ArticleREAD: John Kerry Celebrates Pride, Condemns Violence Against LGBT People
In a statement released today, Secretary of State John Kerry has condemned violence against gay people and says “LGBT persons must be free to exercise their human rights—including freedom of...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Push For Protections For LGBT Students
Senate Democrats pulled the rug out from under the LGBT community with immigration reform, so perhaps it’s a peace offering to have them introduce a measure to ban anti-LGBT discrimination in schools....
View ArticleLesbian Activist Confronts Michelle Obama, Who Confronts Lesbian Activist
GetEqual likes to pride itself on its confrontational tactics, but it’s been a while since its heyday of blocking traffic in Las Vegas or targeting Nancy Pelosi for being insufficiently supportive, an...
View ArticleSenate Dems Ponder Symbolic (AKA Useless) Immigration Gesture
The immigration reform bill is coming back up in the Senate next week and with it the debate among Democrats about whether to protect same-sex bi-national couples or just wring their hands as a sign of...
View ArticleLA Pride Kicks Off With Queer Art Pop-Up Galleries
The concept is simple: get a bunch of U-Haul trucks, assign an LGBT artist to each one, and park ‘em in a lot around a performance stage. Voila! It’s Install: WeHo, a sort of pop-up art gallery that...
View ArticleAIDS/Lifecycle, Day Three: Miles To Go Before We Sleep
Tuesday June 4, 2013 2:38 p.m. Day Three. Ever heard the sound of 2,200 people snoring? I should have recorded it on my phone last night, because it was magnificent. Tent City was pitch dark, and I...
View ArticleWATCH: Morning News Ladies Read Each Other To Filth On A Daily Basis
Alyssa Edwards and Coco Montrese have nothing on these two queens. Philadelphia’s CBS3 Morning News anchor Nicole Brewer and her archnemesis, weatherwoman Carol Erickson, have a history of...
View ArticleAustralia’s Secret, Illegal Gay Weddings “Unearthed” In 1932 Newspaper Article
Australia may be lagging behind in the whole marriage equality race, having recently been lapped by neighboring New Zealand, but it seems that same-sex couples were jumping the broom down under ages...
View Article80-Year-Old MP Regrets What “Gay” Means Nowadays
I regret very much that the fine old English and French word ‘gay’ has, in my lifetime, been appropriated by a small but vocal minority of the population. The result is that it can no longer be used...
View ArticleSTUDY: The “B” In LGBT Apparently Stands For “Broke”
Bursting the bubble of alleged gay affluence, a new study from The Williams Institute claims that lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans remained more likely to be poor than heterosexual people,...
View ArticleWATCH: Macklemore Supports Separation Of Church And State Because Of Marriage...
When it comes to staunch gay rights supporters, they don’t come much stauncher than Macklemore who cites marriage equality as his reason for joining Voices United for Separation of Church and State....
View ArticlePHOTOS: Tom Bianchi Remembers Fire Island Through A Lens Fondly In “Polaroids...
PHOTOS: In the new tome, Fire Island Pines: Polaroids 1975-1983, photographer Tom Bianchi captures the beauty of the gay utopia, both its environemnt and its occupants, before and during the onslaught...
View ArticleBryan Fischer Thinks Scouts Who Marched In Pride Parade Are Like Hitler Youth
You can always count on Bryan “My Gay Impulses Don’t Count” Fischer to trot out the old canards at the drop of a hat. This time, the American Family Association executive is back with the idea that...
View ArticlePFLAG Partners With Johnson & Johnson To Help End School Bullying
Pride month is upon us, and while the season is synonymous with short shorts and strong drinks, it’s also a time to reflect on the LGBT community’s accomplishments and support efforts to build a...
View ArticleWATCH: Twerkin’ ‘Round The House With Julian Serrano
Cutie with a bootie Julian Serrano is twerkin’ 9 to 5. From the moment he wakes up, before he puts on his makeup, Julian will do a little twerk for you. Whether getting his house twerk done —...
View ArticleLauryn Hill Defends New Anti-Gay Lyrics, Compares “Girl Men” And Drag Queens...
Lauryn Hill may be headed to jail for tax evasion and facing eviction from her New Jersey mansion, but the multi Grammy Award-winning artist has found herself in an even more despicable place: the big...
View ArticleCommunity Church In Minnesota Vandalized With Anti-Gay Hate Speech
The congregation of a small community church in Maple Grove, Minnesota was stunned to find anti-gay slurs etched into the walls before attending services this weekend. The graffiti, most likely left by...
View ArticleNYC Mayoral Candidate Forums Shows Who Will Stick Up For Us — And Who Won’t
A mayoral candidate forum sponsored by Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition became a litmus test on which candidates would speak out for the LGBT community in the face of a hostile audience — and just...
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