PORTLAND, Ore – Former FBI agent turned surf guitarists / singer/songwriter, Susan Surftone is releasing her brand new EP “Making Waves Again” April 18. “Making Waves Again in a way created itself,” says Surftone. “I worked on the tracks two at a time with Brent Rogers at Rex Studios in Portland. Brian Foxworth played drums and…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced that Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer-songwriter, arranger, producer and musician, Barry Manilow, will be named the BMI Icon at the 65th annual BMI Pop Awards. Manilow, a pop music legend who recently came out as gay, will receive this honor in recognition of his prodigious musical legacy and an unparalleled…
MILWAUKEE — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Wisconsin, and volunteer attorneys from the law firm Hawks Quindel have sued Wisconsin’s state university system and insurance board over their refusal to provide gender-affirming health insurance coverage to state employees who are transgender. The federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of Alina Boyden, a graduate student…
1 April, Novaya Gazeta reported that more than 100 men have been arbitrarily detained and at least three have been murdered by Chechen authorities for their alleged “non traditional” sexual orientation. Independent sources have confirmed the mass detention, described acts of torture, and suggested that the number of men killed may be as many as…
The stars will be out in Washington, D.C. later this month when TBS’s late-night hit Full Frontal with Samantha Bee presents the first annual “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.” Samantha Bee, who has been hailed by The New Yorker as “America’s new Comedian-in-Chief,” will host the evening’s festivities from D.C.’s largest concert hall, DAR Constitution…
Thanks to author Nell Stark—which seems to be something I say at least once a year—I was privileged recently to answer some questions for a lesbian high school student who was writing a paper about 1960’s gay activists. Below are the young woman’s questions and my attempts to answer. I am very fortunate to be…
WASHINGTON – In honor of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) April 10, Advocates for Youth, an organization that champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health, will partner with youth activists to raise awareness of the impact of HIV and AIDS on young…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Forty-two hepatitis A cases have been reported in the region since November 2016, more than four times the monthly average typically reported, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced Friday. Thirty-six people were hospitalized and two died from the disease. Twenty-three cases are men, and the cases range in age…
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court Friday upheld a lower court decision which strikes down a decades old ban on gay and lesbian foster parents. Nebraska was the only state in the country with such a ban still in place. ACLU of Nebraska Executive Director Danielle Conrad had the following statement in response to…
SANTA FE, N.M. — Today, New Mexico Republican Gov. Susana Martinez signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 121 — legislation protecting LGBTQ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of so-called “conversion therapy.” “Conversion therapy,” sometimes referred to as “sexual orientation change efforts” or “reparative therapy,” encompasses a range of practices that seek to change an individual’s…
