The board of directors of Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Nerwork) have announced that the organization’s Founder and Executive Director, Carolyn Laub, will transition out of the organization at the end of August. The announcement comes as Laub concludes a 3-month sabbatical, which she used to reflect on her 16 years of leadership at GSA Network…
Fred Phelps, the founder and face of the virulently homophobic Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, has died from natural causes, reports CNN.com. According to church spokesman Steven Drain, Phelps, widely regarded as “the most hated man in America,” died of natural causes. He was 84. Phelps founded Westboro Baptist Church in 1955 and became famous…
Charles “Chuck” Schoen, one of the six founding members of American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), passed away on February 27th, 2014, in Desert Hot Springs, California, at the age of 88. Chuck was a Life Member of AVER and is survived by his fellow US Navy veteran and partner of 48 years, Jack Harris,…
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Singer Carmen Electra (center) joined Jeffrey Sanker, founder and producer of White Party Palm Springs (R), as he received the Golden Palm Star #364 on The Palm Springs Walk of Stars, March 13. Bob Alexander, Walk of Stars President (left), officially presented the star, which is located at the southeast corner…
A public response to recent news of the imminent demise of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, by SeattleGayScene.com’s Creative Director Les Sterling. SEATTLE, Wash. — When I was a kid, I believed in the boogey man (not bogey man, as many will insist that he’s called – mine had a sinus condition.) I believed…
NEW YORK, — Uprising of Love, the It Gets Better Project and other leading LGBT organizations have launched a week-long series of Google+ Hangouts called “Uprising of Love Hangouts on Air” to explore a variety of LGBT and human rights issues that have surfaced in connection with the upcoming Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. The series aims to…
Here’s a behind-the-scenes video from Attitude’s Ben Cohen cover shoot for The Awards Issue (issue 237) filmed earlier this year. The LGBT rights advocate got together with the UKs leading online gay magazine after receiving the magazine’s “Ally Award” late last year. Cohen is founder and chairman of the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation which is focused on combating…
St. Pucchi, one of the most renowned names in the bridal industry, is taking a public stand in support of gay marriage. Rani Totman, the brand’s founder and designer, has unveiled window displays in her flagship salon in West Hollywood’s famed Sunset Plaza showcasing two brides dressed in gorgeous St. Pucchi gowns behind the words…
One of America’s gay rights pioneering leaders, Jose Julio Sarria, passed away quietly in his home in Albuquerque, N.M. this morning at 7:02 a.m. He was 90. Sarria was a proud World War II veteran and the very first openly gay candidate to run for public office in North America. He was a candidate for…
http://youtu.be/Du6mAOeq1XE BY ANTHONY GIOFFRE After living in New York City in the late ’70s, Miami through the ’80s and San Francisco through the ’90s, I’ve seen some struggles. From the glamour days of Studio 54 and weekends on Fire Island, to carrying, sometimes literally, thousands of people with AIDS to their grave, followed by their…
