U.N. Calls for Global End to Conversion Therapy, Says It ‘May Amount to Torture’
The practice, which aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is currently banned in just five countries. The United Nations released a report documenting the global reach and impact of gay and transgender “conversion therapy,” calling for nations around the world to work to ban the scientifically…
Same-Sex Marriage Improved The Mental Health of LGBT+ Americans
LGBT+ US citizens became happier and more satisfied with their lives after the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal. That’s according to new research from the Williams Institute. It comes as the US prepares to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v Hodges on 26 June 2015.…
Pose Season 3 Might Not Include Kissing or Ballroom Scenes
“That’s such an important and critical part of our show and the narrative.” Kissing and ballroom scenes could potentially be scrapped on Pose. The critically-acclaimed series, which focuses on the queer African-American and Latino communities of the ballroom scene in 1980s New York City, halted production on its third season…
Gay Widower Wins Landmark Legal Battle for The Social Security Benefits of The Man He Loved For 43 Years
A US federal court has ruled that a gay widower is entitled to claim spousal benefits of his husband, who tragically died just six months after their wedding. Michael Ely and James A. Taylor had been in a relationship since 1971, when they were when 18 and 20 years old.…
Same-Sex Marriages Have Contributed $3.8 billion to The US Economy
45,000 jobs were supported by same-sex unions and they generated an additional $244 million in state and local taxes. From wedding rings to receptions, weddings aren’t cheap and there’s an entire industry just waiting to help lovebirds spend money. But how much have LGBTQ couples contributed to the spending? Same-sex…
Ricky Martin and Husband Jwan Yosef Kiss in New Music Video
Now this we could watch on repeat. Ricky Martin and husband Jwan Yosef might be dads to four kids, but the pair have still found time to share an amorous moment in lockdown. The pair, who have been married for two and a half years, have filmed themselves kissing for…
Karamo Brown Of ‘Queer Eye’ Re-Proposed To His Fiance After Wedding Was Canceled
Netflix’s culture guru said self-isolating with Ian Jordan during the coronavirus pandemic has made him fall “even deeper in love.” Karamo Brown found a poignant way to celebrate his relationship with fiance Ian Jordan after the coronavirus crisis forced the two men to scrap their forthcoming wedding. The “Queer Eye” culture…
Ryan Murphy and Janet Mock Drop Hints About “Hollywood” Season 2
Could we be returning to Dreamland? Although critics have not been the kindest to Ryan Murphy’s newest Netflix series, Hollywood, fans are loving the revisionist take on Tinseltown’s heyday. And there might be more on the way. Hollywood was always envisioned and marketed as a “limited series,” much like last year’s Armistead Maupin’s…
How You Can Help a Friend Struggling with LGBT+ Domestic Violence During Lockdown
Domestic violence rates have surged worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic with some LGBT+ people particularly at risk. Organizations around the world have warned that young LGBT+ people may be stuck in hostile homes during the lockdown. Meanwhile intimate partner violence appears to have soared as couples face the pressures of…
Meet the Gay Couple Helping NYC’s Homeless Population in the Pandemic
Jeffrey Newman and Jayson Conner Jeffrey Newman (left) and Jayson Conner have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Since early March, they have been working night and day to provide New Yorkers experiencing homelessness with backpacks full of necessities like hand sanitizer, antibacterial…
TV Preacher Pat Robertson Links COVID-19 Pandemic To ‘Wicked’ Same-Sex Marriage
Anti-LGBT Televangelist and former Republican presidential candidate Pat Robertson linked the deadly COVID-19 pandemic to same-sex marriage on Monday. Robertson, who turned 90 last month, was responding to a viewer’s question asking him how God could “heal our land and forgive the sins when abortion and same-sex marriage are laws.”…
Military Veteran and His Husband Tragically Die Within Hours of Each Other After Battle With Coronavirus
A US military veteran and his husband have both died within hours of each other at the same hospital after contracting coronavirus. Anthony Brooks, a veteran and councilman for the city of Live Oak in Texas, worked at San Antonio Military Medical Center. He died of COVID-19 on Tuesday (April…