CANADA – The federal broadcasting regulator of Canada, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecom-muni-ca–tions Com-mission (CRTC), has be-come involved in the controversy surrounding the banning of the Classic Dire Straits track “Money for Nothing,” which was released 25 years ago. The global hit single came out on the band’s iconic fifth album, “Brothers in Arms,” in…
NETHERLANDS – For the first time in almost 15 years, the HIV rate is on the rise among gay and bisexual men in Amsterdam. The latest findings, reported in the journal AIDS, included 1,642 gay and bisexual men in Amsterdam who were followed for up to 25 years. At the start of the study, the…
NEW ZEALAND – A Northland lesbian couple has been overwhelmed with support and sympathy after their flower business in Mangawhai Heads was set ablaze in an alleged anti- gay attack. Owners Juliet Leigh and Lindsay Curnow operated Blooming Bulbs from a small packing shed next to their home, located just north of Auckland. Their business…
UNITED KINGDOM – Pride London organizers say plans are on course to host WorldPride in 2012 and the event will not be affected by the 2012 Olympics. World-Pride will be in early July and the Olympics will not start until the end of that month. Glastonbury organizer Michael Eavis announced last year that the festival…
OKLAHOMA – The 2011 Tulsa Two Spirits Gathering is scheduled to take place Apr. 15-18 at the Osage Hills State Park, in Oklahoma. According to Native Out, this is a yearly event hosted and funded by the Tulsa Two Spirits Society, Two Spirit Society of Denver, and the Two-Spirit Council of Wichita. The gathering’s program…
MARYLAND – With the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act now introduced in the Maryland State Legislature, Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide, has called for its swift approval. “Loving and committed gay and lesbian couples throughout Maryland are taking care of one another, raising families, contributing to their communities, and…
CALIFORNIA – After being discharged by the U.S. Army under the now-repealed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy in July, Dan Choi has now been asked by the Department of Defense to pay up for “the unearned portion” of his enlistment bonus. According to an account statement posted on Twitter, Choi had until Jan. 20 to…
CALIFORNIA – Maria Dolores Diaz, an active organizer and educator in the Chicano movement, was a resident at the almost 4-year-old LGBT-centric affordable housing facility at Triangle Square in Hollywood. Triangle Square is marketed as, “a unique model of care that has been established to support and encourage seniors to live independently while making onsite…
TEXAS – Frito-Lay has confirmed they will not air two gay-themed Doritos commercials during this week’s Super Bowl, and despite rumors, they never intended to. Little did Frito-Lay know what a Pandora’s Box they opened when they launched their Doritos Crash the Super Bowl ad contest late last year. They invited entrants to write, shoot…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a special report analyzing public opinion on LGBT equality. The data clearly shows that the American public has evolved and is now supportive of issues affecting the LGBT community. HRC President Joe Solmonese said, “While the American people embrace their LGBT friends and neighbors, government remains a lagging…
