The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) will hold its annual convention this week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, playing host to attendees from amongst the group’s 2,300 members and featuring five hundred local business participants in what has been dubbed “the Super Bowl of gay travel opportunities.” Local hotelier and group member Karen Brown…
Inspired by the positive impact of Dan Savage’s ‘It Gets Better’ YouTube campaign, many celebrities, politicians and even the President himself have created videos promising a better future for LGBT youth struggling with bullying and discrimination due to their sexual orientation. Last week’s highly publicized Google Chrome ad showcasing the campaign featured many a familiar…
Barbara Streisand published an official statement today in response to recent media buzz pitting her against gay rights activist and playwright Larry Kramer. The two prominent figures have been locked in a public feud regarding failed efforts to film Kramer’s celebrated play, ‘The Normal Heart.’ Since purchasing the rights to the play in 1985, Streisand…
Since its installation in 2008, the popular exhibition entitled ‘Creating the United States’ has drawn more than 1.5 million visitors to the Thomas Jefferson building in the Library of Congress. The display is designed to demonstrate how the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are “living instruments” integral to the evolution of the…
Anti-gay groups across the country will see an increase in funding during the next two years due to a new plan called ‘Ignite an Enduring Cultural Transformation’ – an anti-civil rights campaign without a named sponsor. The campaign will focus on Republican states and Republican supporters such as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Louisiana Gov….
Resorts, Atlantic City’s oldest casino, has opened a new gay nightclub – the first of its kind in the local industry. Dubbed Prohibition and designed in keeping with the casino’s “Roaring 20’s” theme, the new club opened its doors with little fanfare and a last minute press release; yet according to Resorts’ LGBT marketing director…
34-year old Amina Abdullah is a lesbian woman in Syria – a country where homosexuality is illegal. While many women in her position would do their best to stay out of the media spotlight, Abdullah decided to risk her life in order to share her story and her stance on open homosexuality through her blog,…
The heavily protested Anti-Homosexuality Bill is under discussion in the Ugandan parliament today despite reports that it had been shelved several months ago. Box Turtle Bulletin reports that, in recent weeks, Uganda has been in upheaval due to rioting and demonstrations against rising gas prices. Violent government crackdowns have only led to more civil unrest…
The Washington Blade reports today that Scott Bloch, an anti-gay Bush administration official, has filed a federal racketeering lawsuit naming the Human Rights Campaign and two gay Obama administration officials, John Berry and Elaine Kaplan, among over a dozen other defendants. Bloch, who filed the lawsuit jointly with his wife, is seeking $102 million in…
Charlie Condou, openly gay actor and star of the popular British soap opera Coronation Street, offered his take on recent plot developments involving his character’s decision to raise a child with his partner. Condou, who plays Marcus Dent on the show, spoke proudly of his character’s reunion with boyfriend Sean Tully (played by Anthony Cotton,…
