SAN DIEGO – Instead of the traditional red and black, students at San Diego State University (SDSU) will celebrate in shades of purple at the fourth annual Lavender graduation ceremony May 8. The event honors graduating students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or allies. “The Lavender graduation ceremony is very celebratory,” said…
(CNN) — NBA center Jason Collins’ Monday essay in Sports Illustrated revealing he’s gay was met with quick praise from his classmate at Stanford, Chelsea Clinton. “Very proud of my friend Jason Collins for having the strength & courage to be the first openly gay player in the NBA,” Clinton wrote on Twitter. Her father,…
If Jane Austen were alive and a writer of technology, she might open this piece thusly: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an iPhone 5. Or a Samsung Galaxy 4. Or a tablet. Or one of a dozen other…
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to Gay Games 9, forming a partnership that makes the foundation the top sponsor of the Games. This is the first presenting sponsorship in the Games’ 31-year history. “We are thrilled the Cleveland Foundation has stepped up with such a significant and public show of…
LOS ANGELES – GLAAD honored former President Bill Clinton, entertainment attorney Steve Warren, and the best in film and television last night at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. Actress Drew Barrymore hosted the event. Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Tobey Maguire, Betty White, Chris Evans, Matt Bomer, Kelly Rowland, Darren Criss,…
(CNN) — “Glee” star Naya Rivera has earned accolades as the tough and proud Santana Lopez on the Fox comedy, but one of her prior gigs wasn’t as rosy. The 26-year-old actress used to work at Hooters, she tells the May issue of Allure magazine, and she admits that she has “nightmares about that job.”…
In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Martin Luther King Jr. stated: “The nonviolent resisters can summarize their message in the following simple terms: we will take direct action against injustice despite the failure of governmental and other official agencies to act first. “We will not obey unjust laws or submit to unjust practices. We will…
MIAMI — Celebrating 15 years of fierce and fabulous film, the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will hit the silver screens around Miami and Miami Beach from April 26 to May 5. The highlight of the festival will be a personal appearance by actor-author-director James Franco who will be at the event to accept the HBO Latin America Ally Award for…
VELDEN. Austria – From Aug. 29 to Sept 1, the international LGBT community and their friends will again be visiting the beautiful Lake Woerthersee in Austria for the 6th annual Pink Lake Festival. The official hotel partner, and heart of the festival this year, is the historic and beautiful Villa Bulfon, situated directly on Lake…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia can now add musicals to the growing list of state-sponsored efforts to help curb the spread of homosexuality in this largely Muslim country. The Guardian is reporting that Asmara Songsang (Abnormal Desire), written and directed by Rahman Adam, 73, aims to teach younger members of the LGBT community about the evils of their…
