Screenings of out Episcopalian bishop, Gene Robinson’s Sundance-featured anti-bullying film, Love Free, or Die has brought him mostly positive reactions across the country, from big cities to small towns. Now, a screening in an exotic locale – on a cruise ship amid the Greek isles – will take him on a trip of a lifetime…
American Idol star Adam Lambert, believes American attitudes to homosexuality are changing so fast, the country is in the middle of a “big civil rights movement.” Lambert, who recently became the first out gay man to top the U.S. Billboard album chart with the album Trespassing told the Independent, “[America] is in the midst of…
Chris Colfer, who plays gay countertenor Kurt Hummel in Glee, has admitted that he was bullied at school ‘every day’ for being gay. Speaking to fashion Web site, Mr. Porter Colfer said, “I was harassed at school every day, called ‘faggot,’ I had things taped to my back.” Colfer revealed that when he went home…
Somewhat surprisingly, this summer’s top cinematic draw for gay men is a political commentary on the plight of the working class. This film tells the story of a young man who has a dream, but also a credit problem. He’s good with his hands, but the only construction job he can get is non-union, and…
(CNN) — The American Red Cross says power outages created by recent storms in the East and Midwest cut blood donations, which were already low this summer. In June there was a nationwide shortfall, with donations down more than 10% across the country. “We are asking people to please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit us at…
(CNN) — Whatever the reaction to Frank Ocean’s recent open-hearted reveal that he’d fallen in love with a man in the past, on Tuesday the attention returned (somewhat) to his craft. The R&B artist has offered two lauded showings back-to-back, first impressing viewers with a performance of his song “Bad Religion” on NBC’s “Late Night…
(CNN) — Episcopal priests will be allowed to conduct services blessing same-sex relationships under a policy approved Tuesday at the church’s national convention in Indianapolis. The convention’s House of Bishops approved the provisional policy 111-41 with three abstentions Monday, clearing it for consideration by the House of Deputies, which approved it Tuesday evening. The policy…
(CNN) — Congress has been trapped in gridlock for much of President Obama’s term. Politics seem to consistently trump bipartisan civil discourse. I’d like to offer Congress an example that might inspire them to move beyond politics. My institution, this past semester, confronted an emotionally charged controversy with respect and civility. We forged a solution,…
Kearney, MO (KDAF) — A Missouri Boy Scout says everything he has worked for over the past 10 years is gone because he finally admitted who he really is. Eric Jones says he was kicked out of a Boy Scout summer camp where he worked because he is gay. Jones, 19, says he knew what…
Sitting down to talk with writer-director-executive producer (and one-time British boy-band singing sensation), David W. Ross, you get the sense that queer cinema has long since moved passed its awkward, self-conscious adolescent stage and morphed quite naturally into adulthood. I Do, the latest project from David, addresses one of the many by-products of DOMA, the…
