ILLINOIS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has ruled that Walmart did not violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act when it fired an employee for making anti-gay statements during her work break. Tanisha Matthews, an Apostolic Christian, told other employees in the store’s break room that God does not accept gays…
IRELAND – Barry Dignam and Hugh Walsh have become the public face of civil partnerships in Ireland as they became the first couple to be joined together under legislation which came into effect Jan. 1, reported the Irish Times. “We feel a certain amount of responsibility … that this is a big step which Ireland…
BELGIUM – Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, the head of Belgium’s Catholic Church, who said HIV is “justice” for gays was hit in the face with custard pies while speaking at a university near Brussels last week. YouTube footage shows him being hit with a pie while walking to the venue and inside it. According to Agence…
thursday, april 14 Laugh out loud! Martini’s Above Fourth premieres The Laugh Out Proud Comedy Show, featuring local LGBT comedians Sean Wherley, Lauren Holiday, Larry Tadlock and headliner Sarah Burford. The show showcases the region’s top LGBT and allied comedians in a safe environment for the LGBT community. Come early to enjoy a full dinner…
The King’s Speech is out this week on DVD, and if you missed it in the theater, and you need to see it so that you can say you saw it, then, well, do that. But as I’ve said before: Yawn. So, instead, I suggest you do the opposite, and either see or re-see one…
Turner Classic Movies, Saturday, April 16, 1:15 p.m.: Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve came out the same year (1950) and neither Gloria Swanson nor Bette Davis won an Oscar for their iconic roles in these iconic films. No, that year Judy Holliday won the Best Actress Oscar for Born Yesterday, which is also notable for being…
Mindy Cohn made her acting debut in 1979 as the witty, outspoken Natalie Green in the hit comedy series The Facts of Life. In 1983, she made her first professional stage performance in Table Settings, followed by her feature film debut in The Boy Who Could Fly. She has also starred in the sitcom The…
About two-thirds of the way through Hanna, Marissa, the CIA agent hunting the film’s title character, says, “Sometimes children are bad people, too.” You already know that Hanna isn’t bad, just badass – a 13-year-old superhuman fighting machine Marissa created and now wants to kill. You feel for the naïve Hanna and hate the sociopathic…
“Works to build a better community. Plans for the future. Ensures colleagues share in successes. Protects the less fortunate.” Any mother would beam with pride if her child were so described. In a performance review, such comments would garner a promotion. In Wisconsin, these traits put a target on your back. These four points are…
