Tonight, President Obama will deliver his eighth and final State of the Union address. From a record number of appointments of LGBT judges and ambassadors, to the institution of far-reaching administrative and regulatory policy changes, President Barack Obama has been a stalwart champion of the LGBT community. President Obama has signed the only signature pieces…
It’s never too late! A Change.org petition has appeared to help bring legendary diver Greg Louganis to the iconic Wheaties cereal box. Louganis set a diving record in the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles when he won two gold medals. He became the first man to reach 700 in platform diving. Louganis was diving’s…
In an interview for GLAAD’s video series, GLAAD: All Access, Olympic champion diver Greg Louganis talks with host Claire Pires about the homophobia he experienced, living with HIV, and how he has found a new passion working with Olympic hopefuls. Louganis has won four Olympic gold medals, and no one to date has ever beaten his diving…
In a groundbreaking moment for the sports world, professional Strongman champion Rob Kearney has come out, reports The Huffington Post. Not only is Kearney ranked as the second strongest middleweight champion in the world, but his coming out makes him the first openly gay man to actively compete in a strongman competition at a professional,…
Martina Navratilova proposed to her girlfriend, Julia Lemigova, at the men’s semi-finals at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York City over the weekend. “I have been waiting for the right time to ask Julia to marry me. I thought this was the right place and the right time to pop the question and…
IndieFest is one of the largest music and arts festivals in San Diego and is produced by Danielle LoPresti and Alicia Champion together with a lot of other hardworking folks behind the scenes. This week, IndieFest got a huge advantage and jumpstart for future festivals as they signed a partnership agreement with EXUSMED,™ a corporation…
On Saturday night, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis will premiere Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer’s Champion, the story of gay welterweight champion Emile Griffith’s bout with Benny “The Kid” Paret in 1962 that left Paret comatose for ten days before he died. Prompted by an anti-gay slur, Griffith bashed Paret in the head 17 times in…
