British singer Adele has confirmed that her long-awaited follow-up album to ’21’ is coming. Titled ’25’, Adele took to social media to explain the new album. “My last record was a break-up record,” writes Adele. “And if I had to label this one I would call it a make-up record. I’m making up with myself….
Who’s your favorite famous witch? Fun-loving Madame Mim? The Sinister Grand High Witch? It’s so hard to pick. In a new video, Matt Baume explains the queer power of witches. “I believe they share a magic, unspoken bond with queer people,” explains Baume. “Witches are powerful women who step outside their gender roles to wield incredible…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is asking, “What are your socks doing to help make the world a better place?” They’re probably just hanging out on your feet or snoozing in a dresser drawer. HRC’s Equality Socks, a new collaboration between Betabrand and HRC, will let you do some good while showing the world where you stand. With…
Vice President Joe Biden announced today that he would not be running for president. With his wife, Jill, and President Barack Obama at his side in the White House Rose Garden, Biden said the window for a successful campaign “has closed,” noting his family’s grief following the death of his son, Beau, reports CNN. In…
GLAAD released today a public service announcement (PSA) to inspire, inform, and reignite the passion and action needed to beat the HIV and AIDS epidemic once and for all. The PSA, produced by the award-winning Martian Entertainment, was created by GLAAD and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation as part of an ongoing partnership that launched earlier this…
Canada has a new prime minister. Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party won yesterday’s highly anticipated election, beating incumbent Stephen Harper, a member of the Conservative Party and Tom Mulcair of the leftist New Democratic Party, reports The Advocate. Not only does Trudeau have a famous namehttps://lgbtweekly.jeffjungblut.com/wp-admin/post-new.php (he is the son of the late Pierre…
INNdulge, the Palm Springs resort just a few minutes from the city center with its international style restaurants, the shopping experiences in town or at Cabazon and hiking at the top of the aerial tramway, is celebrating its 20th birthday today. Originally, this property was built in 1958 as the “Golden Palm Villa”. In 1995,…
Friday, Oct. 23 in Portland, Ore., LGBTQ royalty from all over North America and Mexico will be gathering to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Imperial Court System at the Golden Jubilee Gala State Dinner at the historic Sentinel Hotel in downtown Portland. Those attending include the Rev. Troy Perry (Founder of the Metropolitan…
A new book chronicling the lives of nine transgender women across the country who have been incarcerated comes amid historic progress for such prisoners. “The Women of San Quentin: Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons,” by Kristin Schreier Lyseggen, was released in September. Schreier Lyseggen, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., traveled around the…
WASHINGTON – Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), t released sample legislation for state legislators and equality groups who want to protect LGBTQ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. This first-of-its-kind sample legislation draws from best practices in the jurisdictions that have passed…
