When the White House called for a compelling video that spotlights everyday, unsung heroes in the LGBT community who are creating positive change in the lives of fellow Americans – the San Diego-based Military Acceptance Project answered. Their video, entitled Just Like You (http://www.whitehouse.gov/lgbtvideochallenge) was selected as one of only six semi-finalists in this historic…
(CNN) — It was a fond memory that spurred filmmaker Jonathan Lisecki to what may become one of his most successful projects to date. His film “Gayby” tells the tale of a woman and her gay best friend who decide to make a child, the old-fashioned way. “I had the idea because there was a…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Gay rights activist Kevin Cathcart remembers keenly the day President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. There sat Obama, who for years had frustrated many in the gay community by not supporting same-sex marriage, telling ABC’s Robin Roberts that conversations with his daughters and friends led him to change his…
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (CNN) — I wonder if black people would be still in the fields picking cotton today if the 13th Amendment — the one abolishing slavery — was placed on the ballot back in 1865. I wonder if Hillary Clinton would be at home baking cookies instead of serving as secretary of state…
(CNN) — On Father’s Day our daughter’s papa was at the beach. Not just any beach but that New York Mecca for wealthy, sun-tanned gay party boys called Fire Island. Luna, our daughter, was with her two mommies adoringly decorating a ceramic plate to celebrate their day. “I Love Papa and Daddy,” she painted on…
Rosedale, NY (WPIX) — Despite winning his school’s speech writing competition, a Queens fifth grader was told by the principal that he won’t be allowed to perform it for his classmates because of the topic — same sex marriage. “I was a little bummed out because I thought my speech, my original speech was really…
(CNN) — A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal left Germany on Monday and was headed back to Canada, government officials said. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, was aboard a Canadian military plane in police custody, Rob Nicholson, Canada’s minister of justice, and Vic Toews, minister of public safety,…
Mitt Romney has some explaining to do following a report from the Boston Globe that reveals the former Massachusetts governor failed to publish anti-bullying materials on the merit that they contained the words ‘bisexual’ and ‘transgender’. At the time of distribution, then-Governor Romney said he had delayed the publication’s release due to the need for…
SAN DIEGO – My Sister’s Closet, the nation’s largest designer consignment resale store, hosts “Giving Back is the New Black” – a charitable afternoon of fun and fashion taking place at My Sister’s Closet’s flagship San Diego location (8610 Genesee Avenue) on Saturday, June 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. The highlight of the afternoon…
