WASHINGTON, D.C. – A transgender woman has been shot and killed in Washington, D.C. during the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 20. Two black males are thought to be the suspects according to The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The victim has been identified as 23-year-old Lashai Mclean. The homicide took place on the 6100…
VERMONT – A Vermont inn is being sued by a lesbian couple from New York for refusing to host their wedding reception. Kate Baker and Ming Linsley said the Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville turned them away last autumn after the owners realized that they were lesbians. “When the Wildflower Inn told us last fall that…
GHANA – A minister in Ghana has reportedly ordered the arrest of all gays and lesbians in the country’s Western Region. Paul Evans Aidoo, Ghana’s Western Region minister has tasked the Bureau of National Investigations and all security agencies to smoke out persons suspected to be engaging in same-sex. He has also enlisted the services…
IRELAND – Gay independent Sen. David Norris is ahead in the race to succeed Mary McAleese as the next president of Ireland, according to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll. Fine Gael candidate Gay Mitchell is in second place, followed closely by Labour Party candidate Michael D Higgins. According to the poll, Norris has 25…
TAIWAN – The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has confirmed in a statement that same-sex spouses of foreign diplomats are not entitled to full diplomatic privilege and immunity in Taiwan. The news channel Focus Taiwan reported that the statement was made after an anonymous diplomatic official complained to local media that his same-sex partner…
Confit – the traditional preparation of cooking proteins such as pork or (more traditionally) duck underneath fat – may at first not seem like the most appropriate topic in the months of bared mid-drifts and love handles but, as with most classic techniques in modern foodie vogue, it is now associated with anything cooked under…
The New York Times reports that a new play about the legal battles over California’s Proposition 8 will be performed in several staged readings on Broadway in September. Written by Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, the play, titled simply 8, consists largely of dialogue from transcripts of the 2010 trial that ended with a…
Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is to be featured in her first same-sex lovemaking scene in the upcoming comedy, Without Men. Based on the novel Tales From the Town of Widows by James Canon, Longoria takes on the role of Rosalba, the de-facto mayor of a Latin American village deserted by men when they are…
As part of a regular series, I aim to identify unlikely places around the city where you can see art, both intentional and otherwise. We all know that art can be found in museums, galleries, street fairs and theaters but did you know you can also discover a broad array of art forms at your…
