In a historical motion, openly gay candidate Taiga Ishikawa has won a seat in Japanese politics – he will sit in the Toshima Ward Assembly as the country’s first openly gay elected official. Ishikawa has been a long-time advocate of the LGBT community, publishing books on the topic including “Where is My Boyfriend?” in 2002…
Rest assured, LGBT presence is evident and welcomed throughout American corporations, large and small… but especially large. Like Coca Cola for example – one of King & Spalding’s largest clients. That’s why it comes as no surprise to learn that King & Spalding dropped their defense of DOMA this week, knowing the connections of the…
Wedding nuptials used to be fairly traditional: couples exchange rings, say “I do” and live happily ever after. But that was so 2010. Enter celebrity-infused wedding bliss. Indeed – your favorite celebrity can, in fact, marry you – and it’s the hottest trend to hit the wedding scene since thrown rice. While you may have…
Antony Cotton, star of the hit British soap opera Coronation Street, told reporters for New magazine that he is pleased and proud that the show will be depicting gay parenting in a positive light in the upcoming Easter episode. Cotton, who plays Sean Tully on the show, explained that his gay character will be reunited…
Scott LoBaido, a New York artists and self-proclaimed “surrealist and patriot,” has decided to give the Westboro Baptist Church a taste of its own medicine. In a passive counter-attack against the church’s recent anti-gay demonstrations at military funerals, LoBaido set up shop across the street from the organization’s headquarters in Topeka, Kansas and displayed a…
Pop sensation Christina Aguilera sported lingerie and a winning smile as she inaugurated The Abbey’s Gay Walk of Fame on Wednesday evening. The star was selected for The Abbey’s high honor for notable contributions to gay culture, such as the empowering anthem “Beautiful,” which has earned accolades from the gay community over the years since…
Evan Rachel Wood, the 23-year-old star of the hit series “True Blood,” seized the opportunity to announce her bisexuality during an interview for the latest issue of Esquire magazine. Wood joins other actors including Amber Heard and Anna Paquin in speaking up about her personal life and supporting LGBT equality. “I’m up for anything,” Wood…
Out Magazine recently published it’s “Power 50,” their take on the 50 most powerful LGBT people in mainstream society. What was striking was the lack of bisexual, transgender and minority representation on the list. San diego LGBT weekly was the first to draw attention to the lack of diversity and our publisher, Stampp Corbin, led…
Anti-LGBT slurs run rampant in the sports world, and apparently minor league hockey is no exception. When Hershey Bears fan and season ticket holder Abigail Habbert and her partner heard spectators taunting opponents with discriminatory anti-gay comments, they immediately notified the team’s season ticket manager and sent a complaint to the head of stadium security….
The Wisconsin State Journal reported today that John Hawks, University of Wisconsin at Madison associate professor of anthropology, has expressed his criticism of theories suggesting the discovery of the “first homosexual caveman.” When a male skeleton was found buried in a manner usually reserved for women at a dig site in Prague, some archaeologists speculated…
