My Blog and Some Curated News
Yesterday, the Biden administration reversed one of the most discriminatory and irrational policies of the Trump administration: the ban on transgender people serving in the...
Can’t do a layup? You’re not alone. Nick Borenstein’s latest film, Pete Can’t Play Basketball, is an ode to queer people who have been ostracized...
Out pop star Adam Lambert, along with his Feel Something Foundation, is teaming up with the nonprofit organization Pride Live and Pride Media (parent company of...
It’s well-known that older Americans have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic – in fact, they are the most likely to be hospitalized...
The New York Times is under fire after terminating an editor who had tweeted that she had “chills” after watching Joe Biden’s plane land as...
Cheyne Gallarde is a multi-faceted artist born and raised in Hawaii. Prior to creating illustrations, Cheyne was an award-winning fashion photographer. Cheyne’s illustration work reimagines...
I used to be pulled out of classes during my early grade school years, between second and sixth grades. It wasn’t because I had misbehaved,...
A week ago, Jen Ellis of Essex Junction, Vt., was living her normal life as a schoolteacher with her partner, Liz, and their daughter. Now...
President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of State says he will appoint an envoy for LGBTQ+ rights and let the U.S. embassies display the LGBTQ+...
France’s leading newspaper has issued an apology for printing a transphobic cartoon. Le Monde published the offending cartoon Tuesday. In it, a smaller penguin asks a...
A festival favorite, director Mike Mosallam’s romantic comedy Breaking Fast follows the burgeoning love affair between a Muslim doctor and the man who begins sharing...
A festival favorite, director Mike Mosallam’s romantic comedy Breaking Fast follows the burgeoning love affair between a Muslim doctor and the man who begins sharing...
LGBTQ+ Broadway Stars & Allies Belt Uplifting Rent/Hair Tunes for Inauguration Queer luminaries and LGBTQ+ allies of Broadway joined together to celebrate Joe Biden and Kamala...
Amanda Gorman garnered many new fans when she read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the presidential inauguration Wednesday — one of the biggest...
Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte (above) has not said if he will sign the bills if they reach his desk, but he is known for hostility...
As we approach Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the role of service and the state of the dream Dr. King fought so long and hard...
Stonewall vet and trans icon Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and her partner Beck recently welcomed a new baby to the world. In an Instagram post, Griffin-Gracy...
Gender policing? Ever hear of it? Let’s talk about it. I recently got into a social media scuff with an acquaintance over a comedic video...
Monday, January 4, began my first official week as the new executive director of Equality Federation. I was ready to hit the ground running by...
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the gay Democrat who represents a congressional district in New York State’s Hudson Valley, was ready to physically fight back against...
