Category: GLBT News

By Tricia Boucher Judge refuses to order school to suspend transgender policy US District Judge Jorge Alonso’s refusal to order a Chicago-area school to suspend it’s transgender policy that allows transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice will probably be appealed, and is expected to end up in the Supreme […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Alan Cumming Blasts Trump’s “Persecution Against the LGBT Community” While being interviewed about his upcoming one-hour TV show titled Instinct, Cumming said he was drawn to the show because it is “all that more important we should have a character with a healthy same-sex marriage.”  Instinct premiers on CBS March 11. America’s […]

By Thomas Maxheimer ‘Cheerleader’, ‘Rent’, ‘Capote’, ‘Bowie’ Doc and Everything Streaming on Netflix, Hulu, HBO and Amazon in January 2018 Check out what’s streaming this month!  Check out the trailers here. Sufjan Stevens features best bits from Call Me By Your Name in new music video Based on the Andre Aciman novel by the same […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Trump Terminated All Members Of HIV/AIDS Council Without Explanation The White House fired all 16 members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA).  This comes after six members had resigned in protest to “a president who simply does not care.” Asia made big strides in LGBT rights in 2017 The South […]

By Thomas Maxheimer New Featurette Gives Inside Look at ‘American Crime Story: Versace’ FX’s featurette offers an inside look.  Watch it here.  Check out the full trailer here.  The series premiers Wednesday, January 17 on FX. The Best LGBT Documentaries of 2017 Check out these ten LGBTQ-related documentaries.  Trailers and links here. These are Towleroad’s […]

By Tricia Boucher Tunisia’s LGBT Radio Station Refuses to Stop Promoting Tolerance in Face of Death Threats Only two weeks old, the “first LGBT radio station in the Arab world” has received thousands of death threats.  But the online station’s goal of countering the anti-LGBTQ narrative remains firm. Russian Senator Argues that Protecting Animals Will […]

By Tricia Boucher Florida City Embraces LGBT Community Wilton Manors, a small community outside of Fort Lauderdale, has a majority LGBT city commission, a large LBGT population, and a thriving gay tourism industry.  But, like any town or city, it works to balance the needs of all residents. Zach Wahls, who famously defended lesbian moms […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Advocacy group: Nearly a third of Trump judicial nominees are anti-LGBT Lambda Legal recently released their analysis of the Trump administration and found that nearly a third have records that exhibit hostility to LGBTQ rights. Trump tax bill will have devastating effect on LGBT community, campaigners say The bill, which is intended […]

By Thomas Maxheimer 10-year-old drag queen Desmond Napoles shares holiday advice for LGBTI youth “Express your inner you because when you express your inner you, it’s much better to deal with negative people.”  Watch the video here. A Year In the Life of Transgender Man Sawyer DeVuyst (Photos) A photographic essay.  Some images NSFW. ‘Voice’ […]

09 By Tricia Boucher Australia’s first same-sex marriages take place under special dispensation Several couples have been given special “dispensation” so they would not have to wait for the law to take effect – allowing same-sex couples to marry before January 9, 2018.  These have been given for many reasons – from pre-planned commitment services […]