Category: GLBT News

By Thomas Maxheimer Laverne Cox pilot The Trustee will not be a series on ABC Cox was chosen to play transgender attorney in the legal drama “Doubt” which was canceled due to low ratings.  She was then picked up by the ABC show “The Trustee”, however, that was also scrapped.  Remaining optimistic, Cox expressed her […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Landmark win for gay Hong Kong civil servant over husband’s benefits In a landmark victory with far-reaching implications for Hong Kong’s sexual minorities, a gay civil servant’s husband will be entitled to the same benefits as his heterosexual colleagues’ spouses after a successful legal challenge against government policy. WATCH: Testimonies from gay […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Tennessee just passed a new law meant to undermine LGBTQ rights Family Action Council of Tennessee, which advocates for one-man, one-woman marriage, pushed for the law, which states any word undefined in state law must be used according to its “natural and ordinary meaning.”  While not overtly stated, this is a duplicitous […]

By Thomas Maxheimer WATCH: Bill Nye uses ice cream to demonstrate the absurdity of ‘gay cure’ therapy Leave it to the Science Guy to explain conversion therapy in such an interesting way. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Sought to Ban Transgender Wrestler Mack Beggs From Competing The judge points out that the lawsuit was more of […]

  By Thomas Maxheimer Here are the states who are failing LGBTI homeless youth With approximately 40% of homeless youth in the United States identifying as LGBT+, state governments are not taking this number into account when planning for child welfare, juvenile justice, and homelessness systems. 19 Senators ask Trump administration why it’s erasing LGBTQ […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Out actor Charlie Carver talks about his father being gay Just over a year after coming out publicly, actor Charlie Carver talks about how his father challenged and inspired him. The ‘Golden Girls’ Miami Tour You Secretly Want To Do Joe’s Stone Crabs, the boardwalk, World Erotic Museum, 11th Street Diner; all […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Chechnya president vows to eliminate all gay men by the end of May Amid the horrible reports of gay concentration camps in Chechnya, credible sources say at least four are confirmed killed.  Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic, has not relented on his promise to eliminate all gays by the start […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Texas Republicans Try To Do To LGBTQ Rights What They Did To Abortion Access Texas lawmakers have a history of inventing creative avenues around landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions.  Since Roe v. Wade, they have dramatically restricted abortion rights in the state, shuttering abortion clinics and forcing women to drive hundreds of […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Pulse nightclub owner to announce memorial planning process As we near the one year Pulse night club attack anniversary, owner Barbara Poma has announced she is in the process of planning a permanent memorial at the scene of the nation’s largest mass shooting. HRC launches new fight to target this anti-LGBTQ activist […]