President Trump has nominated to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals an openly gay federal prosecutor tasked with enforcing organized crime and drug laws, doubling the number of his out judicial nominees.The White House announced Trump’s nomination of Patrick Bumatay to the Ninth Circuit last week as part of a group of 18 nominees(…)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signs the bill into law surrounded by members of the LGBTI community (Photo: Twitter) 10 October 2018 New York City residents will be able to opt for the gender-neutral marker ‘X’ on birth certificates from 2019. They can also change gender without a doctor’s affidavit. Mayor Bill de(…)
Janelle Monáe, Kevin McHale and Amandla Stenberg (Vivien Killilea/Getty, Leon Bennett/Getty and Paras Griffin/Getty) Since the last National Coming Out Day, dozens of celebrities have stopped, taken a deep breath and revealed to the world that they’re gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender, queer, non-binary, pansexual — and even in one controversial case, two spirit. From singers(…)
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Please join us this Friday, October 12, 2018 for our new Front Gallery exhibition: A Picture is a Word: The Posters of Rex Ray. WHEN: Friday, October 12, 2018; 7:00-9:00 pm WHERE: The GLBT Historical Society Museum, 4127 18th St., San Francisco RSVP: Click here to RSVP – FREE for members! ABOUT THE EXHIBITION A new exhibition at(…)
OUTwatch – Wine Country’s LGBTQI Film Festival is thrilled to announce our move to Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. We join an impressive list of film festivals that call Rialto Cinemas home, including the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. The weekend of October 12 – 14, we will present seven critically-acclaimed films and the first of two(…)
Home security detained members of the Mexican Gay Men’s Chorus in Texas. The Coro Gay Ciudad de México traveled through customs at William P Hobby Airport in Houston. The group were traveling to Los Angeles for a joined concert with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. Members were forcibly detained on Sunday morning (7(…)
As a first-time homebuyer, you may not know what to expect during the buying process. Finding a real estate agent to work with, getting pre-qualified for your first mortgage, what to do and what not to do after getting approved for your mortgage. And then on to finding the perfect home, and learning(…)
Titus Burgess will host the Proud Flight (Virgin Atlantic) The world’s first known flight fully staffed by LGBT+ people is due for take off from London Heathrow Airport in June 2019. The LGBT+ pilots and cabin crew will head the one-off ‘Pride Flight’ to New York, which is the first American city to host the World Pride event next(…)
Reuters reports: Romania’s ruling party aims to introduce legislation to legalise civil unions for same-sex couples, the state news agency quoted a cabinet minister as saying, after a referendum to curb such rights failed to draw enough voters to be valid. Sunday’s referendum to change Romania’s constitution to prevent same sex couples from securing the(…)
