Former SNL star and 30 Rock creator Tina Fey fielded a string of “what if” questions during Andy Cohen’s gay quiz at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York. According to New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, Fey teamed up with Cohen, the openly gay host of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live program, to put on…
Amsterdam has always been a mecca for liberal minded, tolerance-seeking individuals. And while the city has enjoyed its distinction as the ‘Gay Capital of the World’ for almost a decade, recent anti-gay violence has somewhat tarnished that image. Despite Holland’s landmark passage of equal civil rights for gays and lesbians back in 2001, Amsterdam has…
A group of thirteen activists will appear in federal court on Friday in response to charges filed against them during a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” protest held in November of last year. Members of the group, which includes gay rights advocates, a Catholic priest and gay and lesbian veterans banned from military service under the…
Pop megastar Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance this past weekend at Connection, a gay bar in Louisville, Kentucky. The vocally pro-LGBT singer showed up unexpectedly at Connection after performing at the Louisville KFC Center earlier in the evening. According to TMZ, Gaga joined impersonators taking part in a Lady Gaga drag show and joined…
A 52-second video entitled “Taco Shop Drag Queen Tranny Brawl” has gone viral. The brief video, shot around 2:10 am on March 2 at La Fuente Mexican Grill and Seafood on University Avenue, features several scantily sequin-clad men kicking and hitting one another in a raucous brawl. Since hitting the web, the YouTube video has…
In the wake of a recent White House conference covering the importance of anti-discrimination and anti-bullying legislation for LGBT youth, California Congressman Bob Filner announced his plan to support such legislation and improve protection for LGBT students. Filner stated that “our children deserve a safe place to learn,” and that “bullying, hate and discrimination have…
USC law professor David B. Cruz is scheduled to give a presentation on current legal issues surrounding constitutional law, LGBT marriage rights and sex & gender law on Thursday, March 17 at California Western School of Law. The presentation is an entry in the school’s Diversity Speaker Series, a 2009 initiative aimed at developing and…
From Facebook to tabloids to TV news, the media is abuzz with updates on Charlie Sheen’s high-profile meltdown. But while Sheen earns airtime for his antics, one Facebook user argues, fallen soldiers and their sacrifices go unsung. A recent status update posted by an unknown Facebook user offers this sober reminder: “Charlie Sheen is all…
Dr. Delores A. Jacobs of the San Diego LGBT Community Center announced today that the Center’s current Director of Public Affairs, Carlos Marquez, would step down in order to accept the position of executive director at Honor Fund. Honor Fund is a L.A.-based non-profit that seeks to facilitate dialogue and collaboration between Latino and LGBT…
Pastor and assistant Boston University religion professor Jennifer Wright Knust spoke with NPR’s Terry Gross today about her new book, Unprotected Texts. In the book, Knust argues that the Bible should not be used as a guidebook for moral standards of marriage and sexuality due to the literal contradictions and subjective readings involved in the…
