Idaho, Nevada Gay Marriage Bans Struck Down By Federal Appeals Court
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal appeals court declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, setting the stage for couples to marry in Las Vegas, the self-proclaimed wedding capital of the...
View ArticleWhile Others Celebrate, Some in the Queer Community Wonder if Not Now, When?
With the Supreme Court's recent ruling not to interfere with the lower Court's decision on marriage equality, making way for same sex couples to be legally wed, it seems the path is now open for...
View ArticleTransgender Actress Erika Ervin On Her 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' Role
We couldn't be more thrilled for "American Horror Story: Freak Show" to kick off for numerous reasons, and learning that the hit FX franchise will welcome a transgender performer just makes our...
View ArticlePresident Kim's Clarion Call
In February, the World Bank delayed a $90 million loan for health care in Uganda out of concern over its new Anti-Homosexuality Act. Since then, the Constitutional Court nullified the law for lack of a...
View Article10 Reasons I am a Blesbian Who Wears Ties Daily
Despite the fact that some people refer to me as "sir" here are 10 reasons I am a blesbian (black lesbian) who wears ties daily: 1. I saw someone else do it and I am a copycat. She was a lesbian. 2. It...
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Gloria Steinem On The Great Part Of Feminism: 'We Have Each Other's Backs'
Two of feminism's biggest icons chatted, reminisced and debated Monday night with a theater full of people listening in. On Oct. 6 feminist author and scholar-in-residence bell hooks interviewed her...
View Article'Conversion Therapy Didn't "Fix" Me -- but Love Did' (VIDEO)
This story was written and performed by Amanda Rodenborg for the live, personal storytelling series Oral Fixation (An Obsession With True-Life Tales) at the Wyly Theatre in Dallas on May 5, 2014. The...
View ArticleDaniel Franzese, Mean Girls Star, Releases Hilarious Sam Smith Spoof...
Mean Girls star (and Internet-meme master of all time) Daniel Franzese has taken his "Bye, Felicia" routine to new heights today with the release of "Please Go Home," a parody of Sam Smith's meteoric...
View ArticleThese States Still Won't Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative officials in some of the six states where Supreme Court action this week likely cleared the way for same-sex weddings say they won't issue marriage licenses to gay...
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My Zipcode Makes Me Legal: Lament For My Lesbian Posse
As I listen to night-time sounds tonight, I would swear that I can hear our entire house breathing a little easier. The Supremes just refused to take up the case on same-sex marriage from the Fourth...
View ArticleLiving Marriage Equality: Redeeming the Dream and All I Love and Know
I was elated with the recent victory for same-sex marriage. The dominoes are falling -- even if we still have a fight ahead of us. I was delighted to read, in Michelangelo Signorile's post on the...
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This Week, We're All Gay: Supreme Court's Pass Is a Play
Is he gay? Is she gay? We ask it all the time, sometimes as playful speculation, sometimes out of curiosity, sometimes with mean spirit. So to the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court who this week...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justice Allows Same-Sex Marriage To Begin In Nevada, Keeps...
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The uncertainty over gay marriage spread across the West on Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court allowed same-sex couples in Nevada to exchange vows but blocked those in Idaho from...
View ArticleSCOTUS's Gay Marriage Decision Is 'Unconstitutional' And 'Un-American,'...
It's been an incredible week for marriage equality in the U.S. (albeit not without a few setbacks), but one ultra-conservative pundit isn't having any of it. The American Family Association's Bryan...
View ArticleYentl, the Yeshiva Boy: A Modern Transgender Hero
There is one Jewish short story (later made into a play and a film) to which I can very intimately relate. It's Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy. I had the pleasure of attending an...
View ArticleContext and the Blue Pill of Prevention
Did you read Tim Murphy's article in the July 14-27 New York Magazine called, "Forgetting HIV?" It's one of many stories that have appeared in the last few months trying to contextualize PrEP...
View ArticleHow I Met My Mentor BT Belinda Carroll & Jason Stuart
When I was a tiny gaybee -- before I became a stand-up comic -- I used to watch a lot of stand-up comedy. Especially LGBT comedy. So in 2007, about a year before I tried stand up for the first time, I...
View ArticleGay Marriage Licenses Allowed In Kansas County
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A judge in northeast Kansas has ordered a county to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following actions earlier this week by the U.S. Supreme Court. Johnson County Chief...
View ArticleWhat's Wrong With Cheerios' Gay-Adoption Commercial
A Canadian Cheerios commercial has been making the Internet rounds these last few days before hitting TV channels this week. You see two good-looking, white, 30-something gay men talking. A toddler, a...
View ArticleDomestic Violence in the LGBT Community: It's Time for a Change!
Co-Author: Susan Holt, PsyD, LMFT October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States and, as the Ray Rice situation so well portrays, intimate partner violence (more commonly known as...
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