GLSEN to honor Amber Schweitzer as Educator of the Year at 2016 GLSEN Respect Awards

NEW YORK – GLSEN, the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe and affirming schools for all students, today announced that it will honor Colorado teacher Amber Schweitzer with the Educator of the Year Award and New York City’s Academy for Young Writers Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) with the GSA of the Year Award…

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Jackson Browne to perform in North Carolina; all proceeds to support LGBT groups

LOS ANGELES — Jackson Browne will perform two previously postponed and rescheduled shows in North Carolina  May 28 and June 1. The shows in Asheville, NC and Wilmington, NC were originally scheduled for Jan. 8 and 22, earlier this year, but both shows were postponed due to illness and weather, respectively. Jackson will be donating the…

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Androgynous supermodel Rain Dove weighs in on HB 2 fight (VIDEO)

Androgynous supermodel Rain Dove has joined the fight against North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law HB 2. Dove just released a video fighting HB2 with Elliott Sailors, Benjamin Melzer, and many more, in which she spent the day wearing diapers. “Laugh and Help SHARE AND SAVE A LIFE,” wrote Dove on Facebook. “The oppressive “Bathroom Bill” in…

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Department of Justice sues North Carolina over anti-LGBT HB 2

The U.S. Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, the state’s Department of Public Safety and the University of North Carolina and Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. The U.S. Department of Justice also requested the judge prohibit the state from enforcing HB2 in regards to discriminating…

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11th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival opens May 29 (VIDEO)

The 11th Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival, ‘TLVFest’, will take place May 29 through June 7 in the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. This year’s edition hosts numerous guests including actor Alan Cumming, Orange is the New Black’s Lea DeLaria, trans activist Buck Angel, as well as visual artist and adult actor Colby Keller. The festival will…

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Ms. Summer Lee named emperor of The Imperial Court de San Diego

The Board of Directors of the Imperial Court de San Diego has announced that Ms. Summer Lee has been named the 44th reigning emperor of the Imperial Court de San Diego.  Ms. Lee succeeds James Von Rothschild, whose abdication was recently announced. Summer Lee becomes the second lesbian to become emperor of San Diego’s oldest…

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Cyndi Lauper takes country ‘Detour’ (VIDEO)

https://youtu.be/N-tW3k5hCXQ Cyndi Lauper’s celebrated musical journey takes an unexpected southern turn on DETOUR, her 11th studio album, which finds the Grammy®, Emmy® and Tony®-winning singer-songwriter putting her signature spin on a dozen classic country songs. DETOUR showcases Lauper’s unmistakable voice on country classics from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s and features guest appearances from county…

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Commentary: Is this North Carolina’s opportunity to reverse the historical hypocrisy of support for the transgender movement?

If North Carolina GOP Gov. Pat McCrory wanted support for his state’s HB 2, a law that would require a person to use a public restroom based on birth sex rather than gender identity, he need look no further than the LGBT community. Gay rights groups, always inclusive of bisexuals, resisted transgender inclusion for decades….

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Funny or Die release ‘Bathroom Police’ training video!

Bathroom Cop from Funny Or Die Funny or Die have now turned their attention to transphobic “bathroom bills” that bar trans people from using facilities that correspond with their gender identity. Watch Officer Tammy Cox and the Bathroom Police in their official training video to the public to ensure the safety of public restrooms everywhere.

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