Perspectives

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Ending Partner Abuse in the LGBTQ Community

Efforts to address Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) tends to focus on heterosexual women, despite IPV happening at similar or higher rates among the LGBTQ community. The American Medical Association (AMA) recently adopted policy at its Interim Meeting that aims to address IPV in the LGBTQ population. The new policy calls for physician and community awareness of IPV among LGBTQ patients. It also requires federal funding to support programs and services for survivors that do not discriminate against underserved communities, including sexual and gender minorities, according to a press release. Due to the limited data available, the policy also encourages more […]

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Gay former Dallas Cowboy Jeff Rohrer is Marrying his Boyfriend

Jeff Rohrer (left) and Joshua Ross will marry one another this Sunday.Allen Zaki With Jeff Rohrer, you have to expect the unexpected. When the 6-foot-3, 235-pound former Dallas Cowboys linebacker approached our table in the corner of a dimly lit Beverly Hills restaurant a couple of weeks ago, he was dressed like a stereotypical straight guy, clothes on the baggy side, carrying an over-sized duffel bag… and a delicately clenched martini. Sitting down, he quickly launched into some questions for me, as well as ground rules for our conversation. He was nervously hopeful about this entire public coming-out process and […]

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Why the “Rainbow Wave” at the 2018 Midterm Election Matters for Future Queer Generations

The 2018 midterm election has been considered the most diverse election in terms of candidates and elected officials in America’s history. It was the lowest year ever in terms of straight white male candidates running for political office. There were a record number of queer and transgender candidates in the 2018 midterms, many of them winning their races. With over 150 queer and trans folks victorious in their respective elections, this midterm was a major advancement in social progress. Many are calling this “Rainbow Wave” a major checkpoint in the fight to achieve equality for queer and trans people in […]

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Remembering Mathew Shepard as Hate Crimes Increase

Matthew Shepard, on right. (Photo courtesy Michele Jouse) Twenty years ago this month, when Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, went to a bar, he likely wasn’t thinking he’d die that day or that his all-too-brief life and horrific death would put a human face on homophobia and hate. How could Shepard have foreseen on Oct. 6, 1998 that Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson would entice him to step into their vehicle and then tie him to a fence outside Laramie, Wyo.?  Then beat him mercilessly – striking his head, as the Blade reported, with the barrel of […]

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Eminem Doesn’t Deserve the LGBTI Community’s Forgiveness

Eminem used the word ‘faggot’ and absolutely no one was shocked. A couple of weeks ago Eminem dropped his surprise album, Kamikaze, featuring one of the diss tracks he’s built his entire career perfecting. But you’d think that someone so known for weaving together insulting tracks could steer away from such lazy expressions like the f-word. I, a weaker writer than this supposed legend, don’t have to resort to slurs. I can just call him a has-been who’s built his relic of a career on the backs of insulting minority groups and such a deep hatred of women I’m surprised […]

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Tadd Fujikawa Becomes First US Open Golfer to Come Out

Japanese-American professional golfer Tadd Fujikawa has come out as gay. In 2006, Fujikawa became the youngest player every to qualify for the US Open at the age of 15. He is one of the first pro golfers to come out, and the first US Open player to do so. On Tuesday (11 September), Fujikawa made an Instagram post to announce his coming out. ‘So… I’m gay,’ he begins the post simply. ‘My hope is this post will inspire each and every one of you to be more empathetic and loving towards one another.’ https://www.instagram.com/p/BnkdY3TlalW/ He reveals later in the post […]

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Why I’m Suing Grindr Over Racism

Sinakhone Keodara plans to sue Grindr over countless incidents of racism he has experienced from fellow users on the dating app. Keodara, a 45-year-old gay Asian man, told PinkNews he has been using Grindr “on and off for several years” and has grown tired of the messages he receives from app users. Keodara’s claims follow a long-held discussion around racism on Grindr, including queer pop star MNEK who recently spoke out about the app’s launch of a Kindr  version.“My experiences have been pretty harrowing,” Keodara explained, after receiving a message the previous day asking: “How hung can an Asian be?” “That […]

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A Free Press Needs You

In 1787, the year the Constitution was adopted, Thomas Jefferson famously wrote to a friend, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” That’s how he felt before he became president, anyway. Twenty years later, after enduring the oversight of the press from inside the White House, he was less sure of its value. “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper,” he wrote. “Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.” […]

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Let the Gay Games Begin!

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 10ks. “While we’ve made significant progress in advancing equality for LGBTIQ people in the U.S., progress has been much slower in other parts of the world,” Heilman said on his GoFundMe fundraising page. “In fact, homosexuality is still a crime in over 70 countries, and […]

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Baseball star Josh Hader to be Sent for ‘Sensitivity Training’ After ‘I Hate Gay People’ Tweet Row

A major league baseball player will be sent for “sensitivity training” after it emerged he sent a slew of homophobic and racist tweets as a teenager. Josh Hader, the 24-year-old pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, faced a storm when his Twitter history emerged – while he was busy playing in Tuesday’s 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In messages dating from 2011 to 2012, he wrote “I hate gay people” and “Gay people freak me out, this dude comes in with pony shirts and a pony mal bag #thefuck”. Josh Hader #71 of the Milwaukee Brewers and the National League pitches in the […]

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