July 2017
Bookwatch summer reads
Five big X’s. That’s what you’ve got on your calendar, running in a line right across the week you’re on vacation. Yep, five days away and you’re already planning on what to pack – so don’t forget a book… OUT IN JULY Your vacation will be happier with novels by Julie Garwood, Daniel Silva, Susan…
Trans woman shot to death in Virginia
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Ebony Morgan has become the 15th transgender person to be killed in the U.S. this year. Morgan was shot multiple times in the early hours of Sunday morning in Virginia. Morgan was found alive in Lynchburg and transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Today, GLAAD called on the media…
Equality Texas releases 2017 Legislative Report Card
TEXAS – Equality Texas today released its 2017 Legislative Scorecard. The scorecard is a snapshot of the bills, both good and bad, that were filed this session and their status when session was concluded. During the 85th legislative session, over two dozen bills targeting LGBTQ people were filed. Many of these bills targeted the most vulnerable…
Pentagon delays new transgender recruitment policy by six months
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Defense (DoD) is delaying the implementation of a new policy that will eventually allow transgender people to enlist and commission into the military. The delay will not prevent the thousands of currently serving transgender troops from continuing to serve. According to a report last week, the service chiefs recommended the six…
FDA application accepted for HIV drug with new mechanism of action
MONTREAL, Canada – Theratechnologies Inc. (Theratechnologies) (TSX: TH) announced Friday that it has been notified by its partner, TaiMed Biologics, Inc., that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Biologics License Application (BLA) for ibalizumab as a treatment for multidrug resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (MDR HIV-1). If approved, ibalizumab will…
Grab a weiner in the ‘Steam Room’ this Fourth of July (VIDEO)
Fourth of July is right around the corner and the Steam Room Stories guys are getting into the spirit early. After revealing a surprise from underneath his towel, Evan Bonifant and Ray Tezanos discuss the true meaning on the annual Independence Day festivities. As they look forward to ‘brews, bros and BBQs’ the homoerotic undertones…
Will the Supreme Court allow businesses to not serve the LGBTQ community?
This week the U. S. Supreme Court announced that in the fall it will hear the case “Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.” The case – which will have many of us LGBTQ Americans on pins and needles – will argue the parameters of one’s right to practice their religion and their right to…
Texas Supreme Court rules to undermine marriage equality
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Supreme Court issued a decision for the Pidgeon v. Turner court case Friday morning which could now begin the process to undercut marriage equality by erasing spousal benefits, including health care benefits, for legally married LGBTQ couples in the state of Texas. The Court ruled that there is not a…
President Trump adds anti-transgender activist Bethany Kozma to Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump has appointed anti-transgender activist Bethany Kozma to serve as senior advisor to the Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment at the US Agency for International Development. Kozma’s title is senior adviser for women’s empowerment and through this appointment, the Trump administration has added yet another anti-LGBTQ activist to what…