The former executive director of OutServe-SLDN, Allyson Robinson has been ordained as a minister in the Baptist Church. According to HRC longtime LGBT advocate Robinson, who attended George W. Truett Theological Seminary and previously was a pastor at a church in Central Texas, was ordained at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Robinson became one of the…
SAN DIEGO — The Scott Peters for Congress Campaign launched its second TV ad today, called “Divisive.” The spot uses clips from DeMaio’s now-infamous speech kowtowing to a San Diego Tea Party group to make the point that DeMaio is too extreme for the CA-52 district. “Carl Demaio is hiding something, his allegiance to the Tea Party,…
SEATTLE — When Zac Baker and Sam Busch, of St. Paul, MN, got engaged last December, they didn’t expect their marriage ceremony to be hosted by a city they’d never visited, or that its openly gay mayor would officiate and its citizens would welcome them with rainbow lights, flags on buildings and decals in shop windows….
SEATTLE — Amazon today announced it will premiere all ten episodes of the highly-anticipated Jill Soloway (Afternoon Delight, Six Feet Under) dark comedy Transparent Friday, Sept. 26 exclusively on Prime Instant Video in the U.S. and U.K. Starring Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Judith Light (Dallas), Gaby Hoffmann (Girls), Amy Landecker (Louie) and Jay Duplass (Togetherness),…
SYDNEY – Players from around the world took part in a huge training session in Sydney today in the lead-up to the Bingham Cup, the world cup of gay rugby. As a way of showing their support for ending homophobia in sports, players and coaches from Australia’s national team, the Wallabies, and Sydney’s state team,…
With six short weeks until the release of The Harlot’s Guide to Classy Cocktails, New York City drag star, actress, comedienne, columnist, and cocktail connoisseur Jeza Belle reveals the roster of 27 international drag queens featured in her forthcoming boozy book of cocktail recipes and drunken drag tales. The list includes San Diego’s Glitz Glam, a #1…
INDIA — After India’s top court overturned a successful appeal decriminalizing sex between consenting adults of the same gender late last year, members of the LGBT community were demoralized. The decision, widely regarded as surprising given India’s role as the world’s largest democracy, left many in the community scratching their heads and asking: What’s next?…
SAN DIEGO – It is said that we are all inter-connected and that these connections are what create opportunities for growth and advancement. For local blues/indie-rock band Rhythm and the Method (RatM), this is especially true. The very fact that its members arethree blood relatives who found the missing pieces through a series of connections…
The Washington Post has announced that its editorial teams will no longer refer to to their local football team as the Redskins. In a statement posted online the editorial board stated: THIS PAGE has for many years urged the local football team to change its name. The term “Redskins,” we wrote in 1992, “is really…
Patricia Yurena, Miss Spain 2008 and 2013, has become the first openly lesbian national beauty queen. She revealed she is in a lesbian relationship by posting an Instagram photo of her and her lover, Vanesa Cortes, in bed. According to the Telegraph the 24-year old from Tenerife said, “I don’t regret what I did and…
