Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winning artist and activist Cyndi Lauper Friday released the poignant music video for “Not My Father’s Son,” the heartbreaking and inspiring song from her smash hit, Tony Award winning musical, Kinky Boots. Lauper re-imagined the song, producing and arranging a new, acoustic version of the track, which features original cast…
London-based queer singer-songwriter K Anderson has revealed his new single,“Cluttered”. Sounding like Michael Stipe fronting Toni Basil’s ‘Mickey’, the song details the murky area between a casual fling and something more substantial. Speaking of the track, Anderson explained: “Things can get complicated when a one-night-stand becomes a two-night-stand, which becomes a three-night-stand, and then a fifteen-night-stand. I wanted to create a song that…
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Matthew Shepard Foundation is kicking off its 20th anniversary year at the historic Stonewall Inn, Nov. 16. The event will be part press conference / part benefit for the Foundation. The press conference will be held from 5:30-6:30. Judy and Dennis Shepard will be addressing the media and answering questions….
Former NBA star Jason Collins and LA Galaxy star Robbie Rogers recently sat down together to discuss how their coming out affect professional sports and how the allies in their lives helped pave the way for them to live their true lives. The video is the third in a series of stories from a partnership…
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Direct from an award-winning run at Washington D.C.’s Capital Fringe Festival, The Wandering Theatre Company brings its bold new staging of contemporary classic The Laramie Project to New York City’s Access Theatre. The story of Matthew Shepard broke headlines in 1998. A gay college student, he was kidnapped and beaten by…
LOS ANGELES — For the seventh year in a row, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), this year in partnership with The Heather Heyer Foundation, will take part in the Rose Parade with a float titled ‘Keeping the Promise.’ The float will highlight community heroes by honoring the courage and sacrifice of civil rights and social justice…
New from Rutgers University Press, A Queerly Joyful Noise examines how choral singing can be both personally transformative and politically impactful. As they blend their different voices to create something beautiful, LGBTIQ singers stand together and make themselves heard. Comparing queer choral performances to the uses of group singing within the civil rights and labor…
After spending 25 year creating elegant couture silhouettes with femmes in mind, Francisco Medavog is about to launch his first ever Collection for men –“Black Noir”. Medavog is an artist and designer who has been captivated by the world of Fashion since age 13. After attending school at FIDM Los Angeles, Medavog has churned out…
PARIS, FRANCE –The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) General Assembly voting took place 30 October 2017 in Paris, France; Hong Kong is the 2022 Gay Games XI presumptive host city. Site inspections of the three finalist cities took place June and July 2017 by a team of inspectors from Australia, Germany, Canada, and the USA. The team…
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Be You Collection is a series of children’s books celebrating the importance of individuality. This collection will publish stories about little boys and girls (and anyone in between) as they find strength in their special talents. This collection will tell the stories that have historically been ignored. Writer Louis Hanson, a…
