WASHINGTON (CNN) — Politics is full of second chances. Mark Sanford is living proof. Now Anthony Weiner is hoping to travel the same route in seeking political redemption. Weiner was in his seventh term in Congress, representing parts of the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, when he resigned from the House in…
(CNN) — An outspoken and provocative conservative who emerged from Saturday’s Republican Party of Virginia Convention as the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor once compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and blasted African-Americans for their “slavish devotion” to the Democratic Party. E.W. Jackson, an African-American pastor and attorney from Chesapeake, made the comments…
Each year since 2004, May 17 has marked the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (“IDAHO”) around the world. In more than 100 countries on all continents, activists and their allies are mobilizing. The mobilization for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia this year confirms that May 17 has become an annual landmark for the defense…
Being Alive HIV/AIDS Services is going green with the collection of plastic bottles and cans to support Daniel’s Pantry that feeds the clients every month. More than 400 people use the Pantry each month for a collection of canned goods, rice, fresh fruits and vegetables and some frozen meat. There are donation bins at local…
Visit Sweden have announced that their movie Glorious Stockholm, promoting Stockholm as a gay-friendly city has won a total of seven awards, one jury’s choice awards and received one nomination. The awards are as follows:- Berlin Toura d’Or (2nd place)- Peoples Telly Awards on YouTube (2nd place)- Riga Tour Film (2nd place)- New York Festival…
SACRAMENTO – The Senate today passed legislation authored by Sen. Mark Leno that reforms California’s drug sentencing laws for simple possession. SB 649 allows counties to significantly reduce incarceration costs by giving prosecutors the flexibility to charge low-level, non-violent drug offenses as misdemeanors instead of felonies. The bill also gives judges discretion to deem a non-violent…
http://youtu.be/3ROXTFfkcfo A short film from 2012 that illustrates what it would be like if homosexuality was the “norm” making heterosexuals outcasts. “Teen bulling and teen suicide based on someone’s sexual preference is ridiculous – and this film turns the tables on modern society. What IF the shoe was on the other foot?. ” –K.Rocco Shields…
From Gwist the new YouTube channel from the founders of Logo – the first online network that’s not ABOUT being gay but FOR being gay. Check out our Gwist of the week!
Singer and songwriter Ryan Amador just released his new video, “Define Me,” featuring Jo Lampert. Directed by Tom Gustafson, The impactful video shows Amador and Lampert stripping down to their underwear to reveal gay slurs and negative stereotypes written across their bodies. As the video continues the pair washes away the words, while singing powerful…
