Sept. 20, the first day gay, lesbian and bisexual servicemembers could legally serve openly, I wasn’t in San Diego for the event at The Center. Instead, I was at Harvard University as the keynote speaker for the Ivy League university’s official event celebrating that historic day. I was humbled and honored to be invited, and…
What do you do when you’re in the middle of an impossible situation? How do you react when you find yourself staring in the face of discouragement and opposition? When you feel like your well is running dry? Well, I have good news for you. There’s a miracle in your house! I know many of…
dvd of the week As I wrote back in June, “If you are the kind of moviegoer who is happy, even gleeful, about paying $16 to see Michael Bay’s special effects bonanzas in 3-D, then you will need to see, and may love, Dark of the Moon. It is by far the best of the…
dvr this There are three gay things about The Playboy Club that have flown under the radar: 1) The lead bunny, blonde bombshell Amber Heard, is an out lesbian. 2) A major subplot involves funneling tips to the Mattachine Society, the 1960s gay rights group. 3) Eddie Cibrian seems to be contractually obliged to take…
The days of Will & Grace may slowly be dwindling away according to a new report at GLAAD. Gay characters on TV have fallen from 3.9 percent in 2010 to 2.9 percent today, including cable networks which have also fallen flat with a dip from last year. But withstanding the decline, shows like…
For the first time as of last year, the U.S. Census allowed married gay respondents to report their relationship status in the nation’s largest household poll. More than 130,000 gay couples identified themselves as married, although the number may inch closer to 100,000, making up for those couples who have been ceremonially married as opposed…
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has intervened with the National Hockey League in wake of the anti-gay slur uttered by Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers was caught on camera. The gay slur, ‘fa—got,’ was directed at marriage equality advocate Sean Avery of the New York Rangers who earlier this year joined…
