YouTube's #ProudToPlay Campaign Highlights LGBT Athletes, Calls For Equality...
YouTube is marking LGBT Pride Month with an awesome new campaign, calling for diversity in the sports arena and society. The #ProudToPlay campaign features major LGBT athletes including Tom Daley,...
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The Inspiring Acts Of These Religious Figures Will Restore Your Faith In......
The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is at an all-time high, with 20 percent reporting no connection to any particular organized faith. But the positive impact religion can have is...
View ArticleNancy Grace Defends Anita Bryant As A 'Sweet Lady' Who 'Reminds Me Of My Own...
Outspoken HLN host Nancy Grace made some eyebrow-raising remarks about one of the 20th century's most notorious anti-gay activists in a broadcast this week. Grace compared Brad Pitt's headline-making...
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You'll Never Believe What The 'Orange Is The New Black' Cast Looked Like In...
Before there was Litchfield, before there was Netflix ... there was high school. Snakkle.com has unearthed photos of the "Orange Is The New Black" cast in their younger years, and they looked very...
View ArticleMichael Boggs Changes Tune On Abortion Controversy
WASHINGTON -- Michael Boggs raised some eyebrows during his Senate confirmation hearing last month when he defended his vote for a contentious abortion measure, saying he'd never heard of doctors being...
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Losing My Fears for My Gay Middle School Daughter
When I was a teen there was a boy who ran for student council. He had a speech impediment, and when the whispers started as he began his pitch for candidacy I thought he was really brave for standing...
View ArticleIf You Want to Survive, Then You'll Celebrate Pride!
Another June. Another reason to celebrate LGBTQ Pride. Last year, I wrote: "It is that time of year again: June, when we celebrate gay pride. It is also that time of year when the gay media ask the...
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#AllMenCan Shows What Male Feminists Look Like
All men can support women and fight to end inequality, and a new hashtag is an inspiring look at the guys out there doing so. Driven by the response to the #YesAllWomen hashtag, PolicyMic editor...
View ArticleAIDS/LifeCycle Gives Back
AIDS/LifeCycle (ALC) is currently underway and in keeping with tradition, on day 3 of the ride, cyclists stop in the small California town of Bradley. Food for the riders is always provided during the...
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Study Confirms What It's Like To Walk Down The Street While Female
You're walking down the street trying to get to work. You see a group of men standing around, eyeballing you, then one of them lets out a "Hey baby," or something equally nauseating. This,...
View ArticleThe Gay Tea Party Is In Trouble
Jimmy LaSalvia and Christopher R. Barron, the founders of a gay conservative lobbying group that styled itself after the tea party, have never feared controversy. They brought attention to their...
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This Is How Often Women Masturbate
Clicking the mouse. Auditioning the finger puppets. Paddling the pink canoe. Finger painting. There are a whole lot of silly euphemisms for masturbation, and research shows most women over the age of...
View ArticleDisney World's 'Gay Days' Slammed By Religious Right Activist Janet Porter
Walt Disney World's "Gay Days" tradition has come under fire from religious right activist Janet Porter. As Right Wing Watch first reported, Porter slammed Disney World for the unofficial event, and...
View ArticleAntoine Dodson Says He Would Help Turn His Son Straight If He Turns Out Gay
Hide your kids, cause this viral Internet sensation seems to be, unfortunately, a proponent of gay conversion therapy. Antoine Dodson, who gained web infamy by way of the viral "bedroom intruder" video...
View ArticleWhen Bookstores Save Lives and Preserve Culture: Reflections on Giovanni's Room
I still remember the first time that I set foot in Giovanni's Room, the beloved LGBT bookstore that recently closed its doors this past May. It was 1981, the year that I came out. I was in my early...
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What Jenny McCarthy Needs to Learn From Jonah Hill: How to Say, 'I F'd Up'
It's been a week of apologies -- and non-apologies -- for bigotry. It began when the Chicago Sun-Times ran a horrendous anti-trans column, an attack on Laverne Cox, claiming in a headline that the...
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Pittsburgh Museum Faces Backlash for Supporting PrideFest, LGBTQ Community
The ToonSeum is a Pittsburgh based boutique style museum dedicated to comics and cartoons and their fans. ToonSeum is mostly volunteer driven and serves mainly adult fans with some programming focused...
View ArticleHuman Rights Groups Urge Senate Judiciary Committee To Reject Michael Boggs
WASHINGTON -- Progressive groups are piling on opposition to Michael Boggs, President Barack Obama's nominee under attack for his socially conservative record on gay rights, civil rights and abortion....
View ArticleRequiring A Baker To Make A Gay Wedding Cake Is Like Forcing Blacks To Serve...
The Southern Evangelical Seminary's Richard Land has come to the defense of a Colorado baker who made headlines by refusing to make a wedding cake for a pair of gay grooms-to-be. As Good As You blogger...
View ArticleWhy I Won't Go to Your Bachelorette Party
I've done a lot of harrowing things in the name of being a bridal party member. I've attended countless brunches and showers and rehearsal dinners, always with a gift in hand, a smile on my face, and...
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