MNDR and Scissor Sisters release charity single ‘SWERLK’ in support of Contigo Fund

Friday, GLAAD premiered SWERLK, a new song from the Scissor Sisters and MDNR.  Proceeds from the single will go to Contigo Fund, which emerged from the Pulse mass shooting and offers financial support to organizations working to heal, educate and empower LGBTQ and Latinx individuals, immigrants and people of color, as well as those working…

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‘Will & Grace’ co-stars Debra Messing and Sean Hayes celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month with video message

NEW YORK, N.Y. – GLAAD have released a video featuring Will & Grace co-stars Debra Messing and Sean Hayes celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month and calling for LGBTQ people and allies to take part in LGBTQ marches on Sunday, June 11 in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and more than 50 cities nationwide. In the video, which…

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San Diego coalition unites in opposition to LGBT conversion therapy

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — June 15-17, the largest convention of gay conversion proponents, The Restored Hope Network, will be in San Diego. Gay conversion therapy, which attempts to turn LGBTQ adults and youth straight, is an abusive, traumatic and ineffective practice, which is not supported by any mainstream psychological associations. It is rooted in the…

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Chelsea Manning tells ABC News why she leaked secret military documents, fought for transgender rights behind bars

This morning on “Good Morning America,” ABC News “Nightline” co-anchor Juju Chang presented the first look of her exclusive TV interview with Chelsea Manning. Chelsea opened up about why she leaked secret military documents, fought for transgender rights behind bars. Manning’s incarceration was longer than any whistleblower in U.S. history. After releasing approximately 750,000 classified…

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Finally, ‘Wonder Woman’ is here

Infamously, since Warner Bros. decided to create a crossover-heavy “universe” with its superheroes, the studio’s comic book films have been at best wrong-headed and underwhelming (Man of Steel) and at worst incompetently made and pointless (Suicide Squad). The fear that they’d screw up a Wonder Woman film after waiting decades to greenlight it was justified….

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Syfy’s ‘Wynonna Earp’ continues to blaze new trails as it heads into its second season

The ‘Golden Age of Television’ is over and has been for some time. That’s not to suggest that quality content is no longer available, quite the opposite. Between the major networks, cable outlets, outliers like Netflix and Hulu and, with increasing visibility, programming from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, television is seeming…

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Something wicked good is coming

wicked, adj. 4) going beyond reasonable or predictable limits: of exceptional quality or degree Hungry readers know I adore Trust Restaurant and the creative team behind its success. They were recently recognized as San Diego’s best new restaurant and with good reason; the contemporary open-kitchen eatery has been white hot since opening their doors a…

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