OKLAHOMA CITY – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and Freedom Oklahoma strongly condemned eight shocking anti-equality bills filed in the Oklahoma legislature. Submitted moments before the filing deadline, these appalling bills viciously target LGBT families and young people across the state. The harmful bills include: 1. an…
A number of cities in Texas have taken the historic step of passing non-discrimination laws protecting LGBT people, only to see those laws challenged by the extreme right-wing U.S. Pastor Council — a group that has called Houston Mayor Annise Parker a “sodomite” and labeled gay people “forces of spiritual darkness,” reports Media Matters for America. Jan. 20, opponents…
Happy birthday to the Guitar God, reports VEVO. Hard to believe Eddie’s 60 today. He’s still got the chops! Can you believe one of the greatest solos ever wasn’t even on a VH song? Check it out above!
Legendary musician and songwriter Mark Knopfler will celebrate the release of his new record, Tracker, due March 17 on Verve Records, with a 36-city North American tour that kicks off in Vancouver on September 10 and continues through the end of October. Fans that purchase tickets to ‘An Evening with Mark Knopfler and Band’ online…
LOS ANGELES — SAG-AFTRA presented its coveted Actor® statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2014 at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held last night at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Honored with individual awards were Patricia Arquette, Julianne…
In a candid moment, filmmaker Eric Preston, founder and producer at Fusion Films, rolls his camera as Dr. Richard Dawkins – author, professor and evolutionary biologist – again reads “fan mail” he has received from some of his not-so-great admirers. In this new video from Dawkins, titled “Love Letter to Richard Dawkins,” the biologist reads…
SAN DIEGO — The second annual San Diego Paws FUR Pink® 5K and 1 mile run/walk will be held Sunday, Feb. 15 at NTC Park at Liberty Station in San Diego. This dog-friendly event partially benefits Susan G. Komen San Diego to support local breast health services and celebrates the unconditional love we share with…
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in partnership with the Equality Federation, has released its first national report assessing the status of state legislation affecting LGBT equality across America, including in California. The inaugural State Equality Index (SEI) reveals that, even with progress on marriage equality, there are extraordinary state-to-state disparities in LGBT non-discrimination protections, including…
Here’s a video to make you smile this Sunday morning! George Takei and friends lampoon the new reality show My Husband’s Not Gay which airs on TLC and showcases gays in Salt Lake who are married to women, but attracted to men. What if straight men tried the same in a gay world? Take a…
Seriously, what is it about porn that turns people off? I’ve never understood so I suspect I’ll never understand others’ aversions to it. And what a pity. If only because as a result of porn, there have been some very, very good documentaries about the subject. Wrangler: Portrait of An Icon (2008), was a critical…
