WASHINGTON – The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has announced Nov. 3 as the date to begin debate on legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Leahy announced earlier this month his intention to schedule committee consideration of the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would repeal DOMA….
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on school leaders in Tennessee’s Monroe County to stop subverting the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at Sequoyah High School in Madisonville. This follows the latest incident in Monroe County, Tenn. where, not only did Principal Maurice Moser deny his school the right to have…
PHILADELPHIA – Anton Tanumihardja and his husband, Brian Andersen – a U.S. citizen – were legally married in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Recently, Anton, a gay man originally from Indonesia who has resided in Philadelphia for the past nine years, was denied a reprieve from deportation by Philadelphia’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) office….
NICOSIA, North Cyprus – Former Greek Cypriot finance minister Michalis Sarris and two other men have been arrested in North Cyprus in connection with alleged sexual offenses. The Cyprus Mail reported that Turkish Cypriot authorities raided a house in north Nicosia, arresting three males: Sarris and two Turkish Cypriots, believed to be 17 and 30-something….
SWANSEA, Wales – A Welsh nightclub has been accused of ejecting a gay couple for allegedly sharing a quick kiss. Two men were enjoying a night out at Reflex nightclub in Swansea when they were ejected by club security for “a quick peck on the lips.” Club security gave the reason for the ejection as…
Of course, “full-time” drag queens and kings are people who love to dress up. But every weekend they are joined by accountants, doctors and hamburger flippers who turn into leather-loving bikers, cowboys, T-shirt-and-jeans bears and many other costumed characters. For the rest of us, there’s always Halloween. All Hallows Eve is nearly upon us, and…
This Saturday, I will once again be your outrageous emcee at our community’s annual Halloween block party, Nightmare on Normal Street. I hope you will join the thousands of people who always show up to one of Hillcrest’s biggest events. Seven days in Hawaii While I have been to Hawaii before, this time it was…
dvd of the week I don’t think there’s much argument that Captain America: The First Avenger ended up being the best surprise of the summer movie season, at least as far as action films go. As I wrote in the middle of July, “Captain America is the fourth massively expensive comic book superhero movie to…
dvr this Flix, 8 p.m., Oct. 31 In arguably Tim Burton’s best movie, Johnny Depp plays the worst director of all time, Ed Wood, whose insanely bad, low-budget schlock often starred Bela Lugosi and various other has-beens. Martin Landau won an Oscar playing Lugosi, who can’t seem to believe he’s still playing Dracula after all…
