LGBTQ Stories Won Big at The Oscars Last Night & We Looked Good on The Red Carpet Too
LGBTQ stories took home awards at last night’s Academy Awards. Green Book, a film about gay black pianist Don Shirley won the night’s top honors: Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Mahershala Ali, who played Shirley, won the award for Actor in a Supporting Role. In his acceptance speech, Ali…
Which Online Dating Service is Right For You?
Are you new to online dating? Have you experimented with different gay dating sites? I know from experience that for someone new to the process, it can be rather intimidating and confusing. You might be wondering which gay dating site is best for you, and if you should bother paying for…
School Board In Virginia May End Transgender Bathroom Ban
The Gloucester County School Board will discuss the possibility of allowing transgender students to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity. NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For nearly four years, Gavin Grimm has been suing his former school district after it banned him from using the boys bathrooms in high…
4 Men Charged In Beating Of Gay Couple In Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police say they have charged four men with aggravated assault after a gay couple was beaten in Texas. Frank Macias, his brother Miguel Macias, Quinn O’Connor and Kolby Monell were in jail Wednesday in Travis County. They each were charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated…
Online Dating is The Most Popular Way LGBTI Americans Meet Their Soulmates
You probably won’t meet the love of your life at church. Sorry Almost 60% of same-sex couples met on online dating apps | Adrianna Calvom (Pexels) A study released last month showed that almost 60% of LGBTI couples in America met online. This compared to just over 20% who met in a…
Same-Sex Couple to Wed on Top of Empire State Bldg. on V-Day
For the past 25 years, owners of the Empire State Building have invited couples to wed on top of the iconic Manhattan skyscraper on Valentine’s Day. This year, two women were chosen as one of two couples to be married on the building’s 86th-floor observatory. Fabiana Faria and Helena Barquet…
Netflix orders Jim Parsons-produced Special, a Comedy Series About a Gay Man
Netflix has ordered a comedy series produced by The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons. The series, titled Special, is loosely based on writer Ryan O’Connell’s memoir I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, in which the author discusses growing up as a Millennial gay man with cerebral palsy, navigating internships, dating, and coming out.…
Donald Trump Pledges to End HIV/Aids Epidemic in America in States of Union Speech
Since his election, the president has dissolved the Office of National Aids Policy and dismissed the whole Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/Aids Donald Trump has made a pledge to end the HIV/Aids epidemic in America during the State of the Union speech. During his first two years in office, the…
After an Austin Gay-Bashing, a Newly Formed ”Rainbow Patrol” Stands Up
Spencer Deehring and Tristan Perry, a gay couple, were brutally attacked for holding hands after a night hitting the bars in Austin, Texas. The men were jumped by five assailants who left them with bruises and lacerations. Perry also suffered a broken nose and chipped teeth. In the wake of this and…
Meet Pete Buttigieg: A Gay Mayor, Afghan War Vet and Millennial Who’s Running for President
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, became the first openly gay candidate in the 2020 presidential race Wednesday, joining an already crowded field of Democratic hopefuls. Buttigieg, whose name is pronounced “BOOT-edge-edge,” is better known as “Mayor Pete” in South Bend, where he was elected in 2011. He’s…
Jussie Smollett of “Empire” Attacked With Noose, Bleach, Reportedly by MAGA Supporters
Police are treating the attack as a possible hate crime. Out Empire star Jussie Smollett was reportedly attacked around 2am Tuesday morning in Chicago by two masked men who put his neck in a noose, poured bleach on him, and, according to TMZ, yelled “This is MAGA country!”—referencing the popular slogan among…
Former Conversion Therapist Says He’s ‘Choosing To Pursue Life As A Gay Man’
A Utah-based proponent of the medically denounced practice of so-called gay conversion therapy has announced that he identifies as gay. David Matheson, a practicing Mormon, told the LGBTQ nonprofit Truth Wins Out late Sunday that he has “embarked on a new life-giving path that has already started a whole new growth…