In a 37-to-one vote, Toronto’s City Council resoundingly passed a measure that would seek to aid the city’s homeless LGBTQ population. According to the Toronto Star, “The three-part proposal asks the city’s shelters chief to look into allocating 25 percent of beds in an existing youth shelter to people who identify as LGBTQ2S (lesbian, gay,…
GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced its unconditional support for the overturning of bans on same-sex marriage in Florida. Florida’s prohibition of same-sex marriages, including a ban on recognizing same-sex marriage performed in states where it is legal, may be repealed this year pending the outcome of two…
Laverne Cox has become the first transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy in an acting category. Cox received a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sophia Burset in the hit Netflix Original Series Orange is the New Black. Cox also received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award earlier this…
