In an effort to prevent a disruption to moral order, the Indonesian government has started cracking down on the use of same-sex emojis, reports Foreign Policy. Emojis, cartoon-like characters that are designed to express the range of human emotions, among other things, that indicate two genders of the same sex with a child or heart…
Last week U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) joined other members of the Congressional Black Caucus to announce their support of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee. Ms. Clinton, former secretary of state and a former U.S. senator from New York, is in a surprisingly tight race with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the nomination….
American Idol singer Rayvon Owen has come out in his new music video. At the end of the video titled “Can’t Fight It,” released on Valentine’s Day, Owen meets a mysterious man across the room – Shane Bitney Crone, reports The Advocate. Crone is known for his 2013 documentary, Bridegroom, which is about the discrimination…
New Orleans Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, had to explain to fans on social media why her recent show was cancelled at The Dollar Box Showroom in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The show, which was scheduled for Friday February 12, was cancelled after the club owner, Ben Shemper, got a call from a State Alcohol Beverage Control…
SACRAMENTO— Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) has appointed Bob Nelson of San Diego to serve on the California Film Commission, which encourages the growth of one of the state’s key economic generators. “Bob Nelson has long contributed his talents to the San Diego community, ably promoting both our region and our waterfront,” said…
Three times in the last two days, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio campaigned for president on his opposition to nationwide marriage equality and overturning the Supreme Court’s historic decision last June, reports the HRC. During the Republican debate in Greenville, South Carolina on Saturday, Rubio twice invoked his opposition to marriage equality. Near the beginning of…
What traditionally goes ignored by the mainstream media is an epidemic that disrupts the status quo of reporting. We commonly do not see abuse as something that affects men, however a CDC/DOJ National survey and statistical analysis points to men being the primary recipients of intimate partner violence. A Man Is The Victim Of Domestic…
Artist and entertainer Davis Mallory has released a new song titled “Anyone Would Know” about love equality. Released to coincide with Valentine’s Day, Mallory tells LGBT Weekly, “I wrote this song with the same duo of writers (Ben Goldsmith & Tori Tullier) with whom I wrote the MTV’s Diem Brown tribute song which received wide…
Happy Valentine’s Day from San Diego LGBT Weekly. Be sure to check out our feature “Valentines Among the Vines” here.
Years from now, it’ll all seem so sweet. There’ll always be a soft place in your heart for your first kiss, your first I-love-you, and for the person who gave them to you. You’ll never forget the electricity of holding hands or the rush of being together even after, as in the new novel “What…
