DENVER, Colo. — The State Department of Regulatory Agencies has notified a bakery owner that a discrimination complaint has been filed against the business because the owner refused to write an anti-gay message on a cake. Marjorie Silva, owner of the award-winning Peruvian Bakery Azucar at 1186 S. Broadway said that last March a man…
Written by Terry Abrahamson and Derrick Procell and produced and performed by Derrick Procell, “50 Shades of Gay” is a rousing celebration of life and love, and of the right and freedom to love whoever you want to love as whoever you want to be. Procell told The Huffington Post that he and Abrahamson (a…
Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) joined 13 other human rights groups in urging the Obama Administration to take additional action against Gambian leaders following the regime’s ongoing crackdown and persecution of LGBT citizens, and called on it to demand that the Gambian government provide more information about the health and safety of individuals who…
Here’s a timely piece of satire that plays on the “Deflategate” scandal, in which the New England Patriots stand accused of having intentionally deflated game balls, thereby making them easier to handle, reports The Huffington Post. The genius Cialis parody ad — the medication actually treats erectile dysfunction — is the brainchild of producers at…
President Obama has expressed his hope that the U.S. Supreme Court make the “right decision” on the issue of same-sex marriage. Justin Snow reported in MetroWeekly that Obama said these remarks during an interview on Thursday with one of three YouTube creators at the White House. “My hope is that they go ahead and recognize…
Re: Firing of Atlanta fire chief by Atlanta mayor Dear Editor All hail the firing of homophobic Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, for distribution of homophobic religious literature, to Atlanta City employees. Mayor Kasim Reed is to be commended, for his actions. Former Fire Chief Cochran whines about discrimination, based on religious belief, but no…
Dear Ms. Moreno: I was appalled by your recent post concerning those who do not agree with the decisions of the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) and you. You do not respect the community that you are supposed to represent, and worse, you have hurled a gay slur. I think your post needs to be completely…
For 2015, Glendale, Ariz. hosts Super Bowl XLIX and, unlike in years past, caps off a season of controversial calls, wife beaters, a dog mishandlers quasi-redemption and, oh, yes, the NFL’s very first openly gay player. Sam he is. But if you want to chop through the thicket of information screaming for your attention on…
SAN DIEGO — A transgender graduate student using the men’s locker room in the Aztec Recreation Center (ARC) gym at San Diego State University (SDSU) allegedly was told by ARC staff that “she” needed to leave the men’s locker room. Graduate student A. T. Furuya identifies as a genderqueer and transmasculine — transmasculine referring to…
Fifty years ago, World War II veteran Jose Julio Sarria was crowned Empress I of San Francisco, thus planting the seed of the International Imperial Court System that grew into a royal oak tree, with branches extending through Canada, the United States and Mexico. The International Imperial Court System currently has chapters in over 68…
