While not quite on par with Boystown, the Castro District or KeyWest, the news coming out of Vietnam these days resembles less and less the stuff of third-world homophobia and more and more the growing sense of pride and community that these famed American enclaves have come to represent. In 2011, director Vũ Ngọc Đãng…
Transprogressive Some people consider Pfc. Bradley Manning a hero; others a whistleblower; others still consider him to be a criminal who endangered the security of the United States. There was a portion of the San Francisco LGBT community who wanted to own Manning as a San Francisco Pride honoree this past June. Others didn’t want…
Gaytravel.com, the gay travel company that has been connecting the LGBT community with gay-friendly destinations for more than 15 years has said “goodbye” to Russia as a result of their new anti-gay laws and the upswing in homophobia in the country. In a statement posted on their Web site Gaytravel.com wrote, Due to the recent…
Military judge Col. Denise Lind today sentenced Bradley Manning to 35 years in military prison – out of a possible 90 – for leaking reams of classified information to Wikileaks. He has already served more than three years in pre-trial detention, including 11 months in conditions described by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture as…
NEW YORK — Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers has published the preview issue of LGBT Health, a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting optimal health care for millions of sexual and gender minority persons worldwide. The journal provides a valuable forum for members of the research, medical and advocacy communities to present and discuss the latest…
Same-sex couples in Doña Ana County, NM began receiving marriage licenses this morning after the county clerk announced he was issuing them based on a legal opinion endorsed earlier this year by the City of Santa Fe and a recent filing by the attorney general stating that New Mexico’s laws demanded that the state issue…
LOS ANGELES – GLAAD has released its first annual Studio Responsibility Index (SRI), a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people in films released by the six major motion picture studios during the 2012 calendar year. GLAAD found that of the 101 releases from the major studios in 2012,…
NEW YORK – The Empire State Pride Agenda, New York’s statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, has revealed the most comprehensive report on the health disparities faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in New York City. The report outlines data collected by the New York City Department of Health…
Equality California today announced that Rep. Mark Takano has been named the Leadership Award honoree for the Palm Springs Equality Awards scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12. Takano is the first openly gay person of color elected to the House of Representatives, representing California’s 41st District, and since his election, has been a strong voice in…
Today, the Miss Universe Organization issued a statement through GLAAD condemning Russia’s recent law banning “gay propaganda,” and which condones violent attacks on LGBT people. The organization, which is holding its annual pageant in Moscow Nov. 9, says the Russian law that bans holding hands, rainbow flags and the simple act of coming out is…
