A new report indicates governments around the world are using registration laws to target LGBTI advocacy groups.The report, which OutRight Action International released on Tuesday, indicates 28 percent of the 194 countries surveyed have LGBTI groups that “cannot legally register as LGBTIQ organizations.” “In these countries disclosing an intention to serve LGBTIQ people sets up(…)
Gay Games Paris are from Aug. 4 – 12. With the 10th Annual Gay Games celebration in Paris, France right around the corner, Southern California athletes in the LGBTQ+ community are gearing up to bring home the gold! Most notable local participant, West Hollywood Councilmember John Heilman will be running a half marathon and two(…)
The international telecommunications company Verizon presented a check on Monday for $250,000 to PFLAG, which advocates for families and allies of LGBT people, at the group’s headquarters in Washington. PFLAG said in a statement that the donation came at the conclusion of a month-long campaign by Verizon in support of PFLAG that included the release of a(…)
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) is running to become New York attorney general. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) would be the first openly gay person elected as New York attorney general should he succeed in his campaign for the office — and he sees the role as an opportunity(…)
The Cast of Shall We Dance Photo by Ray Mabry The Broadway show Something Rotten!, which takes place in the time of Shakespeare, features a number entitled “A Musical,” in which Thomas Nostradamus predicts the rise of a whole new form of entertainment where actors will suddenly break into song, and chorus lines will(…)
You might know the phrase The Factory as something belonging to Andy Warhol. But, once upon a time in 1974, not so mild-mannered for an optometrist Scott Forbes opened a gay club in L.A. called Studio One at The Factory. Originally built in 1929 as a space for the Mitchell Camera Corporation, the irony of(…)
Facing increasingly hostile immigration policies and rhetoric from the current administration, undocumented people in the U.S. are leading lives filled with fear and uncertainty. Fear of deportation or prosecution is preventing people from seeking social services including medical care, with potentially dire consequences for people living with chronic diseases such as HIV. “I think that(…)
New legislation introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) seeks to improve the screening process for transgender passengers, who report a high level of invasive practices at security checkpoints. The bill, known as the Screening With Dignity Act, would require the Transportation Security Administration to develop procedures to screen transgender passengers that take into(…)
Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan on Monday participated in a global LGBTI rights conference that took place in the Canadian city of Vancouver.Sullivan in video remarks at the 2018 Equal Rights Coalition Global Conference on LGBTI Human Rights and Inclusive Development said the U.S. “looks forward to exploring in concrete terms what we can(…)
Christine Hallquist leaned back in her swivel chair inside a private room at the Northshire bookstore and dialed up potential donors, trash-talking the plummeting approval numbers of Vermont’s incumbent Republican governor and touting her chances against her Democratic rivals. “It’s clear it’s for us to lose, which I won’t, ’cause I’m disciplined,” she assured one(…)
