Late GOP U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, popularly known as “Senator No” because he opposed federal spending except for his precious tobacco program for North Carolina growers and manufacturers, was fearless when it came to demagoguing and humiliating the LGBT community over matters like marriage equality, now settled by GOP Associate Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy,…
“It’s perfect!” Once upon a time, those words were music to your ears – but then you grew up. You learned then that a made bed didn’t make the man, good enough generally was and, as in the new book Bobby Wonderful by Bob Morris, sometimes it’s better to ignore perfection and focus on a…
Director Roland Emmerich has spoken out in support of his upcoming film Stonewall, defending the project against accusations that it ignored the role drag queens, the transgender community, and people of color played in the 1969 riots in Greenwich Village. The controversy arose after the release of the movie’s first trailer. Wrote Emmerich on Facebook: When I…
David and Jason Benham joined former Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller on his radio program last week to publicize their new book, “Whatever the Cost,” and came up with some extraordinary statements. Right Wing Watch reported that Jason Benham traced marriage equality back to the end of government-sponsored prayer in public schools, which he…
LGBT discrimination does exist in Sweden as two Swedish journalists from STLHM Panda discovered as they conducted an experiment to find out if revealing you’re gay would make a difference to the hiring process. The Advocate reports that one candidate, Olle, was openly gay with plenty of experience; the other job seeker, a straight man…
This week, New Yorkers woke up to find Calvin Klein Jeans’ new fall campaign, which features a gay couple for the first time in the brand’s history, posted on one of the biggest billboards in the city. Julien Sauvalle at Out.com, who took the picture of the billboard writes, “The picture, lensed by Mario Sorrenti,…
SAN DIEGO – The Surfrider Foundation took another step today in its legal stand to protect California’s beaches by submitting its argument in Lynch v. California Coastal Commission in support of the continued protection of public access and recreation along the California coast. This case over the Lynch seawall in Encinitas has the potential to…
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Predictably, the first Republican presidential primary debate drew little encouragement for the LGBT community. Most of the attention on LGBT issues was negative. According to most reports Donald Trump came out on top in the debate, gaining most of the attention, most notably when he insulted Rosie O’Donnell. Toward…
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a video of Jim Obergefell, who’s lived in Ohio for nearly five decades, asking candidates to defend his marriage and those of countless same-sex couples across the country, in advance of tonight’s debate in Cleveland. Obergefell was the named plaintiff in the Supreme Court case, Obergefell v. Hodges,…
London filmmaker discusses his trailblazing LGBT short movie {Brace} Brace, writer/director Jake Graf’s short/indie pic about a whole slew of things transsexual, has taken on a life of itself. A queer film festival favorite, Brace has pleased a wide variety of audiences and cultures but few, I’ve found, really say why. It might be…
