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…
ORLANDO, Fla. – On the eve of the two-month anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub massacre, presidential candidate Donald Trump will join U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio at a radical anti-LGBTQ event in Orlando. Equality Florida, joined by community partners and individuals directly impacted by the shooting, will gather Thursday, Aug. 11 for a peaceful rally and press…
Cos for Alarm Los Angeles (AP) Bill Cosby, who likes to be known for his tennis as much as his comedy, was showing off his tennis form yesterday at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, but his best shots were still in the humor department. He was asked a variety of questions on several aspects of tennis-among…
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump will join U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) to speak this week at a campaign training hosted by the Liberty Council, an extremist hate group monitored by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its anti-LGBTQ discrimination efforts. The two-day event is set to take place at the Hyatt Regency Orlando (9801…
MIAMI, Fla.,—Broadway musical theater producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will be honored at the 2016 National LGBTQ Task Force Gala—Miami. The annual fundraising gala will take place on Saturday, October 8, at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach (4441 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140). Rudetsky and Wesley will be presented with the National Leadership Award…
Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) today announced that their short film, Gold Star, written and directed by Karla Legaspy, won the top award at this year’s PBS Online Film Festival. Gold Star follows a young girl who dedicates a love song to her teacher during an elementary school talent show. The ensuing homophobic reactions from school…
