thursday, aug. 11 Mark Normand Mark Normand is known for his “relentlessly punchy writing and expert delivery” (The Laugh Button) that has made him an internationally known touring comedian. 2016 has included multiple appearances on Louis CK’s Horace and Pete, and an upcoming appearance on Seeso’s “What’s Your F@%king Deal?!” and return appearances on Comedy…
Tuesday, Aug. 16, City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez will lead a San Diego delegation to San Francisco for the official naming ceremony of the Harvey Milk Navy ship to be built and dedicated in San Diego. Among the San Diego delegation will be Councilman Todd Gloria, Ben Dillingham III, (Member of the San Diego County…
The Indonesian government stoked an unprecedented attack on the security and rights of sexual and gender minorities in early 2016. The government campaign included hateful rhetoric, discriminatory edicts, and the use of force to repress peaceful assembly. Human Rights Watch reports that beginning in January 2016 a series of anti-LGBT public comments by government officials…
Today, Grindr debuts their first-ever full range menswear line, The Varsity Collection, in collaboration with innovative printing design studio, Print All Over Me (PAOM). In order to increase awareness and raise funds for LGBTQ athletes, all proceeds will go to Athlete Ally’s Principle 6 campaign, a non-profit focused on ending homophobia and transphobia in the…
A new poll released by Public Policy Polling showing an overwhelming 58 percent majority of North Carolinians believe that the discriminatory HB2 law is hurting their state’s economy and reputation. The survey also revealed that voters in the Tar Heel State reject the specious argument that HB2 has “made the state safer,” with only 29 percent agreeing…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a nationwide survey of high school students, which found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people are far more likely to experience violence and bullying, and attempt suicide, than their heterosexual peers. This year marked the first time the biannual Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)…
Today, the highest court in Belize, a country in Central America issued a verdict that found the law criminalizing male same-sex sexual activity to be unconstitutional and ordered the law to be amended, a much-anticipated move hailed by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the United States’ largest civil rights organization for lesbian, gay,…
NEW YORK — Colton Haynes, the 28-year-old actor and newly out heartthrob, sat down with OUT magazine’s R. Kurt Osenlund to lift the veil on what many perceive as his picture-perfect life. Haynes, hailing from a small town in Kansas with a population of fewer than 1,000, has experienced a full fledge Hollywood rollercoaster since…
Earlier this week in Rio, LGBT Olympic analyst, Charley Walters sat down with Olympian and LGBT advocate, Greg Louganis to discuss the pitfalls and pleasures of coming out, his Wheaties box cover and posing for the ESPN body issue. The out Olympic legend dispenses his considerable wisdom on the coming-out process for athletes. Watch the…
A Care2 petition is asking General Mills’ Wheaties breakfast cereal to put Chris Mosier, the first openly transgender athlete to qualify for a U.S. national team, on its iconic box. The petition has gathered nearly 4,000 signatures. View the Care2 Petition here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/722/790/427/ If Mosier snags a spot on the Wheaties box, he’d be the…
