Occasionally I go on The Rick Amato Show, and I’m usually there when there’s a transgender issue involved. I’m sort of the “go to” trans person on all things trans there. The Rick Amato Show airs on the One America Now Network (OANN) at 7 p.m. PDT (AT&T U-verse 208 and 1208 HD; and Verizon…
As a progressive Christian, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to a loving God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! A time of celebration, of rejoicing! A time of shouting “Hosanna” and singing and dancing! Jesus…
In what appears to be a bias motivated incident, two gay men were brutally attacked in a New York City barbecue restaurant in Chelsea. The attack occurred on Cinco de Mayo at Dallas BBQ and was caught on video by a number of patrons at the restaurant and immediately shared on a variety of sites…
The Hawaii state legislature has passed a vital measure that will ensure transgender people are able to change their birth certificates to reflect their correct name and gender without unnecessarily expensive and invasive obstacles. Gov. David Ige is expected to sign the legislation into law. “Transgender people already face difficult obstacles in being able to…
LITTLE ROCK — Last night, the city of Hot Springs took a tremendously important step forward in the fight for inclusiveness and equality under the law for all Arkansans. Its powerful actions stand in remarkable contrast to the vision for America that former Governor Mike Huckabee, who earlier that morning announced his presidential campaign up…
Today, major child advocacy groups joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), in opposing an extreme anti-LGBT adoption bill in Texas that is dangerously close to becoming law. Texas HB 3864, which has passed through the House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee, would enshrine special discrimination rights into law by allowing adoption agencies contracted by…
AUSTIN, Texas — Humans have used symbols to communicate since the first hominids scratched pictograms onto cave walls. But in the thoroughly modern age of emojis, commonly available images just don’t fit every user. That’s why a trio of creative Austinites developed Gaymoji — a new app featuring a series of emoticons designed by and…
In 1990, same-sex marriage wasn’t even a blip on our cultural radar and men and women were barred from openly serving in the United States military. In 1990, in Eastern Europe, former Communist strongholds were collapsing with dizzying speed and the year’s Best Picture was Driving Miss Daisy. And in 1990, 25 years ago, a…
A gay man was sentenced Monday to 180 days in jail for his no contest plea of spreading HIV to a former boyfriend despite his assertion in court Monday that he had informed the victim of his HIV status before they had sex. Thomas Miguel Guerra, 30, was dressed in a suit before San Diego…
Lily Rubenstein came out to her family as transgender when she was 12. The Southern California native, now 15, told Fox 11 Los Angeles that she hopes to inspire others struggling with their identity by speaking publicly. “I’m proud to be able to represent the trans community and be able to let people know that…
