NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music icon Dolly Parton, silver screen legend Sylvester Stallone, and popular comedian Jim Gaffigan are just a few of the creative forces behind the 21 feature films, TV/Cable programs, and books for adults and young people that will be honored at the 67th annual Christopher Awards, to be presented in New…
20-year old gay Australian singer Troye Sivan recently released his first album Blue Neighbourhood which has already hit in the top 10 on album charts around the world. With almost 4 million YouTube subscribers, 3 million Twitter followers and over 1 million tracks sold, Sivan has already achieved milestones it takes others years and years…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC released a letter from more than 80 leading CEOs and business leaders calling on Gov. Pat McCrory and the North Carolina General Assembly to repeal the radical provisions in the deeply discriminatory House Bill 2 that was rammed through the legislature last week. The letter — signed by dozens…
SAN FRANCISCO – A Wider Bridge, the LGBTQ advocacy group building connections between the Israeli and North American LGBTQ communities, announced today a groundbreaking U.S. tour with leaders of the Ethiopian Israeli LGBTQ community. The U.S. tour, presented by A Wider Bridge, will introduce KALA (Hebrew abbreviation of Kehila Lahatavit Ethiopit translated to ‘LGBT Ethiopian…
Grammy®, Emmy® and Tony®-winning singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper has unveiled a new video for her rollicking take on the Wanda Jackson classic “Funnel Of Love.” The song is the first single from Detour, Lauper’s upcoming album of country covers from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, available May 6 on Sire Records. Filmed at the legendary honky-tonk…
RALEIGH, N.C. – In a press conference Tuesday, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has said his office will not defend HB2, the law adopted last week that strikes down locally enacted protections for LGBT people, saying that the bill is unconstitutional. The News Observer reported that Cooper called the measure “a national embarrassment” that…
“Look at the pictures,” said Sen. Jesse Helms, denouncing the controversial art of Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photographs pushed boundaries with frank depictions of nudity, sexuality and fetishism, igniting a culture war that rages to this day. More than 25 years later, the HBO Documentary Films presentation Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures does just that, taking…
LA Pride Music Festival & Parade officially launched their online pre-sale festival passes today. Taking place June 10-12, the most inclusive music festival and parade in the country will celebrate its 46th anniversary in West Hollywood. Poised as a leader where pop culture and community intersect, LA Pride Music Festival & Parade is an unrivaled…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus today called on President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic to support Ambassador James “Wally” Brewster, Jr. by renouncing the insulting efforts to remove the ambassador from office simply because of his sexual orientation. LGBT Caucus members Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Rep. Joe Kennedy (MA-04) took the lead to draft…
The North Carolina law striking down anti-discrimination protections for gays, lesbians, and transgender individuals also blocks cities and towns from increasing wages for the state’s lowest-paid workers, the head of the largest federal employee union said Friday. “This is an undemocratic bill that not only discriminates against members of the LGBT community but suppresses wages…
