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Out Artist Tom Goss Reflects On His Newest Release And More

TOM GOSS – WAIT/THE WAIT REMIXES – TOM GOSS MUSIC I really enjoy an artist that’s not afraid to take risks. It’s been a couple years since We The People has taken a look at Tom Goss’ creativity and he has been up to quite a lot since we last visited his realm.Throughout 2014 Goss was quite energetic, starring in the Guest House Film feature “Out To Kill” and releasing his fifth album, “Wait.” The soothing song “Illuminate The Dark” and it’s accompanying video uses color to enhance feeling and emotion in the most revealing fashion and the images are […]

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Puerto Rico Adopts Same-sex Marriage Too

  The  United States territory of Puerto Rico will join the US in allowing same-sex marriage. After the Supreme Court decision that brought same-sex marriage to all 50 states, Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has said the territory will follow suit. He acknowledged that was opposition to the move in the largely Catholic island, but said: “I ask all of those who are people of faith like me to understand that no one is allowed to impose their religious beliefs on others.” The Caribbean island joins Guam – another US territory – which announced it was to allow same-sex […]

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Transgender Law Center and Equality California Institute Launch Coalition to Educate Public on Transgender Issues

Transgender Law Center and Equality California Institute are launching a coalition to implement a statewide public education campaign to combat widespread public misunderstanding about transgender and gender nonconforming people and the issues they face. The coalition will include other LGBT and civil rights organizations as well as groups serving communities of color and the faith community. The effort is independent of work on any political or legislative campaign and exists solely to change attitudes towards transgender Californians through research and education. “These past few years have seen a tremendous increase in visibility for the transgender community that hasn’t necessarily been […]

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Does the UK now Have the Most LGBT Elected MPs in the World?

According to new research, the number of LGBT MPs elected to the House of Commons today means the UK has the most in the world. The research makes the claim, although there are actually no out trans MPs in the UK. Research from the LGBT Representation and Rights Research Initiative from the University of North Carolina, found that one more LGBT MP was elected to the Commons today than before dissolution in March. The study from Professor Andrew Reynolds suggests the UK now technically has the most LGBT MPs in the world, although there are no openly trans members. Professor Reynolds […]

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Fire, Floods, Flags: Sonoma County Pride LGBT History in the River

  As former President Richard Milhous Nixon so eloquently put it referring to Monte Rio’s Bohemian Grove “It is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine. It’s just terrible!” Yes Tricky Dick, the River runs full of us! The new Sonoma County Pride is about much more than just a fun-filled weekend. We want to be a resource for those that need assistance. We are working to make sure that all our Sonoma County residents live in Hate-Free communities. We are working with the county to raise our Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index. We are also working […]

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Jewish National Fund Award To Anti-Gay Pastor, Charles Stanley, Angers Some Jews

Decrying Atlanta pastor Charles Stanley’s “sordid history of virulent homophobic statements and actions,” a gay Jewish group is protesting the Jewish National Fund for plans to bestow a high honor on Stanley, senior pastor of First Baptist Atlanta and a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Stanley, who rose to national prominence in the 1980s with his “In Touch” television series and books that sold millions of copies, “has publicly called AIDS God’s punishment for America’s acceptance of homosexuality and called homosexuality ‘destructive behavior,’” reads a letter to JNF Southeast region leaders from the Southern Jewish Resource Network for […]

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Same-Sex Couples Make Their Cases To The Justices

The first formal step in the marriage cases before the Supreme Court is happening Friday, as the same-sex couples in four midwest states ask the justices to strike down bans that prevent them from marrying or having their marriages granted elsewhere recognized in the states. When the court announced in January that it would be hearing the cases out of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, it set a schedule requiring the couples or, in one case, widower, to file their briefs with the court by Friday. The first brief whose filing was announced on Friday was in a pair of […]

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Report Details Transgender People’s Economic Struggles

The estimated 700,000 transgender people in the U.S. experience disproportionately high rates of poverty compared with the general population and others within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population, according to a new report by transgender advocacy groups. Their financial difficulties are linked to isolation that results from discrimination in the workplace, in the health care industry and in educational settings. Financial insecurity also was attributed to a lack of legal protections, according to the report, sponsored by eight public policy and transgender organizations including the Transgender Law Center, the Center for American Progress and the Movement Advancement Project. “Transgender […]

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Tipping Points: 17 Amazing Events That Got Us Closer To Equality

  Victories aren’t won overnight, and the road to acceptance for LGBTQ people in America has been impeded by hate, violence, brutality and ignorance over the decades. It’s been bumpy to say the least. We owe it to those who fought for justice in our name to learn about their struggle, their pain and their successes as we carry the torch into the future. History class is in session. Scroll down for 17 amazing events that brought us closer to equality… 1. Julius’ sip-in, 1966 Members of the Mattachine Society, one of the nation’s earliest gay rights groups, were frustrated with […]

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The 85 Most Powerful Comings Out of 2014

  Due to four notable December announcements – from a Spanish television host, an ‘ex-gay’ survivor of Michele and Marcus Bachmann’s conversion therapy clinic, a national champion swimmer, and a high school all-state soccer goalie, we’ve updated this list to provide a more complete look back at those who decided to come out in 2014. We’ve also added a professional strongman that we unfortunately overlooked in our first post. Enjoy these new additions to the list. ************* “I think coming out…is really about coming out as your authentic self, coming out as the person you always knew you were but […]

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