NEW YORK – GLAAD honored Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey and the best in film, television and journalism at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf Astoria New York Saturday. Jennifer Lawrence, Aziz Ansari, Connie Britton, Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn Jenner, Tamron Hall, Noah Galvin, Andrew Rannells, Andreja Pejić and Jason Biggs were among…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In this week’s address, Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore joined President Obama to discuss a disease that affects far too many Americans: addiction. Macklemore opened up about his own experience, his life in recovery, and the loss of a friend who overdosed on prescription drugs at a young age – emphasizing that substance…
ENCINITAS, Calif. — Prompted by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signing into law a bill allowing mental health professionals to deny service to prospective LGBTQ patients if it conflicts with their religious convictions, The Centers for Spiritual Living made the decision to cancel a contract with the Sheraton Hotel in Nashville, where it was scheduled to…
LOS ANGELES — Equality California announced today that it has teamed up with veteran journalist Karen Ocamb, who will write a weekly column on LGBT news and politics, “EQCA POV”. The column will appear each week on Equality California’s website and will be distributed on the organization’s social media platforms. “This year’s elections, both in…
Late GOP Sen. Jesse Helms, North Carolina, was fond of the word “pervert” when it came to LGBT people. He intended, of course, “pervert” as a noun not a verb. To be clear, when Helms referred to me and my federal colleagues as a “bunch of perverts” he meant we were federal workers who practiced…
Join The LGBT Community Center Saturday, June 11 to celebrate the birthday of Frida Kahlo, commemorating the legendary life of one of the most influential Mexican painters of the mid-twentieth century while enjoying live music multiple art exhibits by local Latin@ artists and vendors, a Frida look-a-like contest, great food and Tequila! Proceeds from this…
I hear it all the time … I wish I was more like you. I wish I had the discipline and the genetics and the time and the metabolism and the body that you have. Wow! Maybe some strapping verdant genie will show up and grant you some freakin’ wishes and you’ll be on your…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House has announced that the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Barbara Satin has been appointed to serve on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based Neighborhood Partnerships. Satin is the first transgender woman to serve on this presidential body. “I am both honored and humbled to be selected to serve on the President’s advisory…
Pink & Baby Blue 140108 from Catrin Hedström on Vimeo. A film by Catrin Hedström, which played at the Slamdance Film Festival 2014 and Female Eye Film Festival 2014 is a very timely reminder to the gender neutral bathroom discussion happening right now in states across the country. The film shows a transgender woman deciding…
Last October, the anti-LGBT hate group World Congress of Families (WCF) held its ninth international congress in Salt Lake City, a gathering that attracts thousands of anti-LGBT and anti-abortion speakers and activists from around the globe, reports the Southern Poverty Law Center. The gathering traditionally functions as a key site of right-wing strategy development to…
