Many have jumped on the bandwagon criticizing the virtues of the upcoming movie ‘Stonewall’. Fueled by release of the trailer that depicts young white characters as the heroes of the piece critics have slammed the movie as ignoring the real movers and shakers of the time. Right on cue comes a new trailer for the…
With the June 26 U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage, the number of gay married men will increase and decrease. I was a gay married man in the sense that I was gay and married to a straight woman. The same applied to lesbians who were married to men. They were lesbian married women….
SAN DIEGO – Patients choosing a Scripps Clinic or Scripps Coastal Medical Center physician now have more information to help them decide. The medical groups are the first in San Diego County to provide online ratings of physicians based on the results of Press Ganey patient satisfaction surveys. “We decided to post these ratings on…
LOS ANGELES — Timed to coincide with today’s release of the widely anticipated new film, ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is launching ‘StraightOuttaCondoms,’ a new safer sex media campaign that includes billboard and bus bench ads in Los Angeles as well as a related public service announcement promoting condom use that will play…
When did TV first permit joking while gay? Matt Baume’s been combing through sitcoms to figure out when queers stopped being a scary threat, and were allowed to be real people with love lives and funny punch lines. Here are just a few of his favorite early gay characters on sitcoms.
From the HRC Blog comes the sad news that once again we are mourning for the lives of two young transgender people of color. Thursday, Equality Michigan shared the news that Ashton O’Hara, a 25-year-old Michigan native, was found brutally murdered in the same Detroit park where Amber Monroe, a transgender woman of color, was…
OAKLAND, Calif. – Today, Transgender Law Center launched the Positively Trans (T+) survey, a first-of-its-kind community-led needs assessment to examine the legal and policy landscape as experienced by transgender women, men, and gender non-conforming people living with HIV/AIDS across the country. The survey is open for responses in English and in Spanish. “As transgender people living…
The case in which three people are accused of attacking two gay men in Philadelphia has been delayed as lawyers for the three suspects have asked for a continuance as they work out the terms of a plea agreement with the prosecution. The trio — Kathryn Knott, 24, of Southampton, Pennsylvania, who is the daughter…
SAN DIEGO– The Supporting America’s Finest campaign kicked off Thursday in downtown San Diego at ‘SDPD Appreciation Night’, and raised more than $10,000 between GoFundMe and direct contributions toward a $150,000 fundraising goal. The campaign encourages San Diegans to show their support for America’s Finest, the San Diego Police Department. “As Mayor, I know that…
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) is upset over Jennifer Aniston’s decision to become a brand ambassador for Emirates, the biggest airline in the Middle East. It’s believed that she has already shot an ad for the company in a deal rumored to be worth $5million for the Friends actress, reports Gay Star News….
