The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on Los Angeles Confidential to move its upcoming event at the Beverly Hills Hotel to a different venue. The hotel is owned by the Sultan of Brunei, who announced a series of draconian laws last spring that could lead to the stoning of women and LGBT people in…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Pride Celebration Committee and its Board of Directors announced today the 2015 slate of nominees for public vote for Individual Community Grand Marshal, Organizational Community Grand Marshal, and the Pink Brick (a faux award given to a detractor of the LGBT community). The…
Ovation TV, America’s only arts network, is airing a new episode of its popular original series The Art Of Wednesday, Feb. 4. at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT. The Art Of is a weekly half-hour series which focuses on a broad array of alternative and unique art forms. This season, Ovation traveled across…
CHICAGO – This Day in June written by Gayle E. Pitman, Ph.D., illustrated by Kristyna Litten and published by Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association, is the 2015 recipient of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award. The award was announced today by…
Sleep Train Amphitheatre, a Live Nation Venue, has announced it will present the 2015 Country Megaticket! This is a ticket to all the great country shows this summer, to see the biggest superstars in country music, plus the superstars of tomorrow! General Public On Sale: Sat, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 6 – Brad…
http://youtu.be/Y6XGYifGseg Hallmark is featuring a same-sex couple as part of its new “Put Your Heart To Paper‘ campaign for Valentine’s Day. The series puts the spotlight on a several real-life couples, including Eugenia and Corinna, who have been together for two years. The clip sees the couple reminiscing about how they first met and discussing…
Here’s another video for Super Bowl Sunday: Funny or Die’s Bryan Safi decided to give his dream of being the first gay sportscaster another try with a report right from the game … but did he get tickets? Watch above!
http://youtu.be/gsEXn5Hft4A It’s Super Bowl Sunday and Coca Cola wants to spread positivity and acceptance with their new ad starring Michael Sam. In the video description, Coca-Cola explains, “Michael Sam has experienced firsthand how the Internet has grown increasingly negative. Watch as he channels this negativity into positivity and provides great advice for how to #MakeItHappy. “…
http://youtu.be/iKU0DwR1H7M Back in the 1970s, another ‘Golden Age’ of television, the three major networks – ABC, NBC and CBS – routinely depicted characters of color, feminists, gays and other non-white-heterosexual men. But that diversity came at a price. Blacks were usually seen as drug dealers or poverty-stricken while Latinos were low-riding thugs or the hired…
GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.– Former *NSYNC member and Dancing with the Stars alum, Lance Bass, will be the official “Love is Love” ambassador during a landmark sunrise beach wedding and vow renewal for 100 LGBT and straight couples from across the country and around the world. Hosted by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau…
