In a conversation with HuffPost Live today, trans actress and model Hari Nef said that “some recognition is always better than no recognition,” when it comes to the depiction of the transgender experience onscreen, but she hopes to see more trans individuals telling their own stories. Nef: “I feel like the clock is ticking in…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The married same-sex couples suing the State of Florida have asked a federal court to order state officials to list both parents on their children’s birth certificates as Florida already does for children born to married different-sex couples. Aug. 13, the couples, along with Equality Florida Institute, the largest organization representing lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
Outside Lands, San Francisco’s Festival of music, food, wine, beer, art and comedy has announced next years festival will take place Aug. 5-7, 2016 in Golden Gate Park. Every August, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park transforms into an otherworldly celebration of music, food, wine, beer, art and comedy. Take a tour through Outside Lands with…
https://youtu.be/1VRk12ktZok Music icon Cyndi Lauper adds to her vast history of memorable holiday classics with her new cover of “Hard Candy Christmas.” Famously recorded by Dolly Parton and written by Carol Hall, the song originated in the play and film The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. This adds to Lauper’s veritable canon of Christmas songs…
NEW YORK, NY – After 25 years of groundbreaking advocacy and service to New York’s LGBT community resulting in over 100 state legislative and policy victories, The Empire State Pride Agenda, New York’s statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, will conclude major operations in 2016. In the coming months, the Pride…
Thursday, the Arkansas Supreme Court temporarily blocked the ruling of Pulaski Circuit Court Judge Tim Fox, who ruled in favor of three same-sex couples who sued to be listed on the birth certificates of their children. The State Supreme Court ruled that, “the best course of action is to preserve the status quo with regard…
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Opening Jan. 16, 2016, and running through the entire month of February 2016 (Black History Month) until March 6, 2016, the unveiling of “The History and the Hair Story: 400 Years Without A Comb” takes place at The Museum at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. The exhibition transforms The Museum…
Janssen Therapeutics has launched phase II of their Your Story, Your HIV Wisdom campaign. The campaign provides space to share and showcase the wisdom of people living with or affected by HIV. Through Your Story, Your HIV Wisdom, Janssen aims to support the HIV community and empower people living with and affected by HIV to…
The Indiana Family Institute and the American Family Association of Indiana yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging the measure that was passed and signed into law early this year limiting the damage of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The group claim the “fix” violates their “religious liberty,” and are challenging not only the state’s law,…
A leading Caribbean LGBT and HIV advocate in Jamaica has filed a claim challenging the constitutionality of the country’s sodomy laws. Lecturer and HIV policy analyst, Maurice Tomlinson has called the longstanding laws a “gross violation of my human rights” and those of all LGBT people in Jamaica. Tomlinson is challenging the constitutionality of the…
