As the 2016 campaign gets going, three outspoken opponents of same-sex marriage will hit the trail in Michigan, even as new polling shows that Michigan voters strongly support marriage equality. The Detroit Free Press reported recently that Rand Paul, Ben Carson and Scott Walker will all be hosting campaign events in Michigan today. Meanwhile, new…
Mama Dragons, that’s what a certain group of Mormon mothers, who support LGBT children and families, call themselves. Frustrated with the lack of resources to help families with LGBT children, a group of Mormon mothers started a private Facebook page for those who support LGBT Mormons. Mama Dragons was born. There are almost 250 Mama…
By any measure, OUT at the Park 2015 was a huge success. I rode the beautifully refurbished vintage trolley to the event and quickly found the tailgate party. I was greeted by Pride Director of Development, Sarafina Scapicchio, and she handed me tickets for the game, as well as complimentary food and drinks. She introduced…
For Tasha Grant, a passenger travelling from New York to Manila with a ten-hour layover in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a question asked of a customer service agent has convulsed into a 15-page lawsuit against a major international carrier. This incident took place over the phone. According to the lawsuit: “On April 10, 2015, she spoke…
The new documentary Kumu Hina premieres tonight on PBS’ Independent Lens. The film follows Hina Wong-Kalu, a transgender native Hawaiian teacher and cultural icon for Hawaii’s mahu (those who embody both a male and female spirit). As Hina plans the school’s final all-boy hula performance, she meets mahu sixth-grader Ho’onanani who is navigating the mixed…
Smith College, the largest of the all-female Seven Sisters schools, has announced that the school’s Board of Trustees “voted to clarify Smith’s undergraduate admission policy to include self-identified transgender women.” In a statement posted on its Web site, Smith College President Kathleen McCartney wrote, “The board’s decision affirms Smith’s unwavering mission and identity as a…
WASHINGTON – Today, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military spouses and their families, announced that Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) will be honored at the 2nd Annual AMPA National Gala – the nation’s biggest LGBT military event of the year – next Saturday, May…
Samantha Allen over at DailyBeast.com asks, and quite possibly answers, why bisexual women have significantly higher rates of smoking marijuana than their straight or lesbian peers. According to Allen and the 2000 National Alcohol Survey, “nearly 38 percent of bisexual women reported marijuana use in the last year compared to only 5 percent of straight…
A 20-year-old man who answered a Craigslist personal advertisement has pleaded guilty to robbing a 74-year-old man who was shot with a taser and tied up in a bathtub. Lucas Churchill Holmes, of El Cajon, pleaded guilty fairly early in his case, as he was arrested April 8. Charges of committing elder abuse, burglary, and…
