dvd of the week If you don’t have Netflix, you probably missed their 13-episode original series about the cruel world of Washington politics, which was also easily the best thing on TV this year. Starring Kevin Spacey in his greatest role – which is saying a lot – he is supported by Robin Wright, Kate…
WASHINGTON – The White House has announced its intention to nominate Daniel Baer – the current deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor – as the next ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). If confirmed, Baer would become the 4th openly-LGBT person to serve as…
(CNN) — Rafael Nadal has admitted to feeling “scared” when a masked protester ran onto court brandishing a flare during Sunday’s French Open final, briefly disrupting the Spaniard’s bid for a record-breaking victory. Nadal, who became the first male tennis player to win one grand slam eight times, praised the contribution of security staff who…
Christopher Beck served as a U.S. Navy SEAL in some of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan and earned medals and commendations including the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. But for 20 years while Beck was fighting for his country, he was also fighting an inner battle over his…
DENVER, Colo. (KDVR/CNN) — A Lakewood gay couple is moving ahead with a discrimination complaint against a cake shop that refused to prepare their wedding cake. The Colorado attorney general’s office filed a formal complaint last week against Masterpiece Cakeshop on behalf of Charlie Craig and David Mullins. The complaint stems from an incident July…
dvd of the week The moment in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy opens her front door, after her house was been thrown through the sky by a Kansas tornado and landed in Oz, and the black, white and very gray world becomes not just Technicolor, but incandescent and utterly alive is, to me, one…
dvr this HBO The season premiere of True Blood is June 16, and HBO is repeating the entire last season during the next two weeks. Now is your time to relive the most bat-shit-insane season of a series that has been rather bat-shit-insane since the beginning. The politics of vampires is central to the season,…
Statement by Secretary of State John Kerry on LGBT Pride month The Department of State joins people around the world in celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. Forty-four years after Stonewall, we see incredible progress in the fight to advance the human rights and fundamental freedoms of LGBT people, both here in…
I ended up seeing Epic because I couldn’t abide seeing the other two movies that opened Memorial Day, Fast & Furious 6 and The Hangover, Part 3. I didn’t bother with Fast & Furious 6 because I didn’t see the previous four, and I was worried that I’d be confused. I’m kidding, of course; I’m…
Add Jallen Messersmith to the small but growing number of athletes that are taking their first steps out of the sexual closet and into the world of professional sports. Last month, Jason Collins, a center for the Washington Wizards, announced to the world that, yes, he is gay (and black and male) in an eloquent…
