A Washington Post blogger reported today that education officials in the conservative Malaysian state of Terengganu have created a camp for effeminate young boys. The objective? To teach them conventionally masculine behavior and steer them back to “a proper path in life.” 66 Muslim schoolboys are currently enrolled in the camp, where over the next…
Evan Rachel Wood, the 23-year-old star of the hit series “True Blood,” seized the opportunity to announce her bisexuality during an interview for the latest issue of Esquire magazine. Wood joins other actors including Amber Heard and Anna Paquin in speaking up about her personal life and supporting LGBT equality. “I’m up for anything,” Wood…
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, a strong ally to the LGBT community and recent recipient of the Trevor Project’s Hero Award, told MTV News that he admires Lady Gaga’s very vocal activism on behalf of LGBT rights – as well as her unique, signature style. “She’s very outspoken…and it’s just about being who you were…
Wearing pink nail polish can make otherwise heterosexual boys become gay – or so some socially conservative commentators would have the American public believe. Last week, J.Crew published an advertisement that showed the company’s creative director Jenna Lyons painting her son Beckett’s toenails pink. The text beneath the photo read, “Lucky for me, I ended…
Anti-LGBT slurs run rampant in the sports world, and apparently minor league hockey is no exception. When Hershey Bears fan and season ticket holder Abigail Habbert and her partner heard spectators taunting opponents with discriminatory anti-gay comments, they immediately notified the team’s season ticket manager and sent a complaint to the head of stadium security….
After LGBT Weekly’s coverage of anti-discrimination initiatives in San Diego schools earlier this week, state-wide progress in the form of Senate success for both the FAIR Education Act and Seth’s Law signals further victory for LGBT equality activists. Today, the California Senate passed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, a piece of…
Digital Spy reports today that Christopher Meloni, star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, speaks out for gay rights in the latest public service announcement from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). In the new HRC video, Meloni shares his support for marriage reforms in the state of New York that would allow gay and…
Prominent Puerto Rican cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez told reporters at the Primera Hora newspaper that he finds openly gay pop star Ricky Martin’s public discussion of homosexuality potentially damaging to young fans. While careful to distinguish his criticism of Martin’s behavior from a broader condemnation of homosexuality, Martinez also stated that Martin should “set an…
As reported earlier this week by LGBT Weekly, the San Diego nonprofit Photocharity raises funds to benefit homeless youth throughout the city with annual concerts, auctions and public events. This Sunday marks the occasion of Photocharity’s biggest event of the year, the Celebration of Hope gala dinner and auction at downtown’s family-friendly Anthology venue. Unfortunately,…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) applauded the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its commissioner, David Stern, for fining Kobe Bryant, NBA star, $100,000 for a recent homophobic slur that was captured on camera. Bryant, who received a technical foul, yelled “F****ing f**got!” at the referee. While the audio was not captured on camera, it was…
