Today, the North Carolina General Assembly failed to repeal the state’s deeply discriminatory HB2. Full repeal of HB2 was a central part of a deal negotiated by Governor-elect Roy Cooper that included the recent repeal of Charlotte’s non-discrimination ordinance. At the last minute, GOP leadership in the General Assembly blew up the deal when they…
North Carolina’s infamous “Bathroom Bill” HB 2 could be repealed today. House Bill 2, signed into law in March, bans people from using public bathrooms that don’t correspond to their biological sex. Following Charlotte City Council’s rescinding of its nondiscrimination ordinance a special session by the state legislature to repeal HB2 is expected today. “The…
SAN FRANCISCO — A new exhibition at the GLBT History Museum will feature the work of cartoonist Fran Frisch as a starting point for exploring the history of the bear community, a subculture that developed in the 1980s to celebrate older, larger, hairier, ruggedly masculine gay men who had been largely excluded from standards of…
LOS ANGELES — GYATRi Media announced Monday the romantic LGBTQ short film, NUNE, is to release on DVD in time for Christmas. The indie film’s recent direct-to-digital release on iTunes and Google Play has gained steady momentum among millennials and audiences in the LGBT community. The DVD is available on Amazon for fans that want to…
SOUTHFIELD, Mich.,– Family members of Tevin Crosby, Juan Guerrero and Javier Jorge-Reyes who were killed in the ISIS inspired Orlando, Fla. shooting at Pulse Nightclub in June 2016, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday, Dec. 19, naming Google, Facebook and Twitter as defendants for providing material support to the terrorist group ISIS. The lawsuit asserts…
