After months of delay due to partisan politics, today the U.S. Senate finally confirmed Loretta Lynch as U.S. Attorney General. Lynch makes history by becoming the first African American woman to hold the post. The Huffington Post reported Lynch was confirmed in the Senate 56 to 43. All Democrats voted for her, along with 10…
Just days before oral arguments on marriage equality are scheduled to begin at the Supreme Court, a new Washington Post/ABC Poll has found overwhelming support for marriage equality. The survey showed that 61 percent of Americans believe that LGBT couples should be allowed to get married. It also showed that 61 percent of Americans believe…
Anti-LGBT activist Acra Lee Turner claims to be a man of the cloth, but also admits to sexually assaulting multiple women, including an 80-year-old who was beaten so badly that she was almost unrecognizable, according to media reports. A video released this week by anti-equality activists in Eureka Springs, Arkansas prominently features the convicted rapist…
In tomorrow’s new edition of X-Men, the Iceman will reveal that he is gay. Bobby Drake comes out to Jean Grey. According to Comicbook.com, Bobby implies that he might be bisexual but Jean Grey tells Bobby that she thinks he is “more…full gay.” I wonder if the Iceman will be generating any same sex heat…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The organizers of the National LGBT 50th Anniversary Celebration (July 2 to 5) today announced that Walter Naegle, Bayard Rustin’s surviving life partner, will attend the National LGBT 50th Anniversary Ceremony at Independence Hall July 4th. Said Naegle: “Bayard would be amazed to see this historic and diverse celebration of the Gay…
Just when you think that the Republican Party presidential candidates cannot get any dumber with respect to LGBT issues, another one of their candidates raises the bar. On Face the Nation in a feeble attempt to seem more moderate, Senator Marco Rubio said that he did not believe sexual preference is a choice. Where should I…
The inaugural 2015 Pride Health Challenge is a 60 day competition designed to help five contestants achieve their health goals and show off their new bodies at San Diego Pride. Metabolic Direct and San Diego LGBT Weekly have partnered to provide five select participants with a custom developed Metabolic Majic program designed to maximize weight…
Sen. Marco Rubio announced today that he will run for president. Rubio told his top donors in a conference call that he feels “uniquely qualified” to pitch his Republican Party as one that will defend the American Dream. Rubio immediately took on Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, saying the former first lady “is a leader…
Hillary Clinton is off to an appropriate start with the LGBT community by including two gay men. who are planning to get married this summer, in her tableau of America. It is just the beginning of courting the LGBT vote. Clinton’s campaign manager said they were taking nothing for granted. If this video is an…
Yesterday Carl DeMaio on his new radio show, the DeMaio-Sullivan Report on KOGO, showed his absolute lack of concern for the transgender community in the prison system. During the program on April 9, 2015, DeMaio indicated that he believed that transgender inmates should not be given sexual reassignment surgery (SRS). In fact, DeMaio called the…
