Alan Gendreau was the starting kicker at Middle Tennessee State for four years. In that time he became the all-time leading scorer in Sun Belt Conference history. He’s also gay and was embraced warmly by his team. Now, a year after graduating, he’s lacing up his cleats again in hopes for a shot at the…
(CNN) — Rhode Island is moving toward becoming the 10th state in the nation and the last in New England to approve same-sex marriage, with a vote scheduled Wednesday in the full Senate. “It’s the first item on the calendar” for the legislative body, which was to convene at 4 p.m., Senate Press Secretary Greg…
In what is certainly a first for this nation-state, a group of dedicated gay activists are using the crowd funding site Indiegogo.com to raise funds to overturn the country’s anti-sodomy law. Singapore, which currently has an anti-sodomy law on the books which bans “acts of gross indecency” with another male, has made in clear in…
In a historic turn, Nevada became the first legislative body in the United States to vote to repeal a ban on same-sex marriage Monday night. The Nevada senate voted 12-9 to overturn a constitutional ban that was enacted in 2002 that permitted only opposite-sex couples to enter into marriage. The new language would permit Nevada…
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The North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) has announced that Delta Lambda Phi Social Fraternity has joined the Conference as a member fraternity. The fraternity was approved for membership April 11 and was formally seated at the House of Delegates Monday, April 15 at the Annual Meeting of the NIC in St. Louis, Mo. Delta Lambda Phi…
SAN DIEGO – UPDATE — Further to Dwayne Crenshaw’s endorsements announced earlier in this news report San Diego LGBT Weekly reached out to his opponent Myrtle Cole for comment. In an email response Cole stated, “I am extremely proud of the endorsements my campaign has received from thousands of voters in every corner of the District –…
In the late ‘90s, Danny Boyle directed two of John Hodge’s screenplays in a row that made them and their star Ewan McGregor famous. Trainspotting – the brilliant, disgusting, kaleidoscopic examination of a crew of Scottish heroin addicts – is better known, but Shallow Grave, a post-modern Hitchcock thriller about morally troubled Londoners, is just…
dvd of the week When I read that Silver Linings Playbook was about two psychologically troubled people, I was initially concerned. So many film depictions of crazy are just crazy awful. I wasn’t encouraged when the first few scenes of the film took place in a mental hospital. But shortly after Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper)…
Jackie Robinson in Dodgers uniform, 1954 April 15 marked the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson becoming the first African American to play Major League Baseball. Most years, this wouldn’t cause a ripple in an LGBT community focused on the bizarre hurdles they face in tax law. This year, however, the anniversary came with 42, a…
