Category: Media of note

Trans Woman Releases Bathroom Finder App Via Advocate.com: “One woman has taken matters into her own hands, developing an app designed to help trans individuals locate restrooms where they are least likely to experience harassment or physical assault. Using the database of now-defunct website Safe2Pee, San Francisco-area coder Teagan Widmer launched Refuge Restrooms, an open-source collection of trans-safe restrooms.” Rainbow […]

Last year, THEM, a “literary journal of trans* writers” debuted, showcasing “writing that doesn’t appeal to ‘being trans*’ as if it were one, complete narrative.” Editor Jos Charles’ interview in the Lambda Literary Review about starting the journal, aesthetics, and what constitutes “tran* writing” is well-worth reading.

Perry Brass has released the second in a three-part series for the NYPL regarding the Gay Men’s Health Project Clinic that he co-founded in 1972 with Lenny Ebreo and Marc Rabinowitz that I wanted to let you know about this next installment. It features two visitors to the Clinic—Dr. Howard J. Brown, who had been […]

Gay couple Paul Katami and Jeff Zarillo with lesbian couple Kris Perry and Sandy Stier won their fight against California’s Prop 8 after last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Now they’re in a film documentary that received a standing ovation when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The Case against 8” by filmmakers Ben […]

If you weren’t able to attend the Creating Change 2014 Conference this year, that doesn’t mean that you have to miss out on everything that went on there. You can visit the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s YouTube Page to view videos from the conference. Below, you can view the inspirational speech that Laverne […]

Barneys New York recently launched their Spring 2014 catalog with a campaign called “Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters.” Photographed by Bruce Weber, this nontraditional campaign will feature the portfolios and stories of each of their models along with accompanying videos. The interviews cover ground related to bullying, self-confidence, love, discrimination, and empowerment through the diverse […]

PS Classics has released an album of the musical based on Alison’s Bechdel’s Fun Home. The cartoonist’s graphic memoir reveals the author’s developing understanding of her sexuality while she was a child and addresses questions about her closeted father’s hidden life and sudden death. The New York Times reviewed the production at the Public Theater […]