Two points. One, Rain Dove is literary. By that, I mean she presents her point-of-view in a way that is both shockingly precise and emotionally compelling. It is clearly the work of both a voracious reader and natural writer, I’m guessing. When asked, for example, for practical advice in the fashion industry, where she has…
I just returned from Las Vegas after attending the inaugural conference of the National Equality Publishers Association (NEPA). A group of publishers serving the LGBT community across the nation began the process of creating the organization almost a year ago. NEPA is an advocacy group for LGBT print publishers and associated Web sites. Why should…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)released new polling to show broad support for the newly introduced Equality Act in swing districts across the country. The Equality Act – which was introduced with a record number of original cosponsors — would ensure permanent non-discrimination protections for LGBT Americans. “People across the country have embraced the…
WASHINGTON – Today 130 major religious, education, civil rights, labor, LGBT, women’s, and health organizations delivered a letter to President Obama urging him to review and reconsider a memo from the Office of Legal Counsel that has been used to permit taxpayer funded discrimination. The letter warns that the 2007 memo “reaches the erroneous and…
On his radio program yesterday, Bryan Fischer argued that he and others like him were “born a Christian” and repulsed by homosexuality and so they ought to be entitled to have their associated rights respected and protected by the government, reports Right Wing Watch. Fischer took a call from “Terry in Macon, Georgia,” who argued…
BBC2 will air Britain’s first trans sitcom this fall. Boy Meets Girl was created and written by Elliott Kerrigan and Simon Carlyle, the Manchester-based comedy was discovered through the Trans Comedy Award – a BBC Writersroom talent search in partnership with Trans Comedy, which offered aspiring writers up to £5,000 for the best script that promoted a…
The Duggars are pitching for a new reality show! The homophobic family, whose show, 19 Kids and Counting, was cancelled by TLC after eldest son Josh Duggar confessed to being a child abuser, are reportedly touting a reality show around with parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar counseling children who have been sexually abused! According…
Timothy Kurek is a living example that you can only truly understand someone if you have walked a mile in their shoes. He proved exactly that when he decided to pretend to be openly gay in his very conservative community for a whole year. When his experiment ended he had managed to change not only…
The first Republican Presidential debate on Fox may have had its humorous moments, but nothing like the ‘Bad Lip Reading’ version. Watch their version above as the potential Republican candidates weigh in on a variety of issues.
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Opera has announced that tenor René Barbera, who made his San Diego Opera debut this past April in the Company’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Concerts, will be returning for a recital Saturday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Balboa Theatre as part of the Company’s 2015-2016 season. This recital marks…
