MANILA — A UN-sponsored study has confirmed that gay people in the Philippines continue to face discrimination despite pockets of increased tolerance for the LGBT community by Filipino society, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “Cultural and social attitudes toward LGBT people are complex, with signs of acceptance, particularly among the young,” said the study funded by the UN…
This Last week, I went out to see the movie based on the life of Latino icon and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. It was a most moving movie and like the Oscar award-winning movie on Harvey Milk it brought back so many memories for me and had me crying, laughing and leaving the theater…
Not long ago I was searching for a bartending job, and while scouring Craigslist I fell upon an ad for a bar in my neighborhood that called for someone just like me. Must be gay-friendly the ad warned, as the bar was in a gay neighborhood and the clientele were predominately gay. Perfect, I thought,…
NEW YORK – Today TheFabFemme.com offers an exclusive remix of Wilson Knight’s single, “Stable Ground.” Sampling Diana Ross and The Supremes, Wilson teamed up with out rappers LastO, DDM, FLYKINGi and Solomon to create a hard hitting hip-hop remix sure to entice both pop and urban music lovers. As an ode to the early 2000s Jennifer Lopez/Mariah Carey remix, Wilson came up with the idea…
LGBT Pride 2013 may be a faded memory of last weekend, but hard on its coattails is none other than Comic-Con International: San Diego, which will be parking itself at the San Diego Convention Center from July 18-21. This year promises to be an exceptional year with plenty of exclusives, giveaways, swag and of course…
Exodus International has issued a public apology to gays and lesbians for “years of undue suffering and judgment at the hands of the organization and the Church as a whole.” The apology came from President Alan Chambers, who writes in a blog post that his ministry not only has hurt many people, but also participated…
A letter of Christmas thanks, to a diverse LGBT community Dear Editor, As we approach the looming day, the Supreme Court will be deciding the fate of decades of work for the gay community. In times like these, as I think about the meaning of this Christmas season, what unites us is more, what divides…
Stampp Corbin, the publisher of San Diego LGBT Weekly and LGBTweekly.com and community activist and city commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez talk to KPBS’ Alison St John earlier today about important political changes in the gay community.
Halloween in my youth was exclusively for us children. In costume we fearlessly walked the streets after dark in search of candy and an occasional apple bob. The fiend hiding in the bushes we knew was just another kid trying to scare us. True, parents told of reports from New York and other bastions of…
Many words have been used to describe Michael Lucas through the years: abrasive, iron-fisted, arrogant, a hard ass … but family guy? Believe it or not, the man behind Lucas Entertainment, one of the top five gay adult-entertainment companies in the world, is showing his gentler side these days and it’s all thanks to the…
