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Starring Eliad Cohen and Steve Grand in Puerto Vallarta! January is a perfect time to leave home and work and go somewhere searching for adventures and positive emotions. It is much more pleasant to do with your sweetheart. Would you like to see where these hot LGBT couples of celebrities are spending their winter vacations? Then we gsthered here for you some bright pictures of these happy couples. Enjoy! 1 Luke Evans in Acapulco, Mexico 2 Robbie Rogers in Marrakesh, Morocco 3 Andy...

"You would never ask an environmental group to have a climate denier as their leader. It’s the same thing here." A student group at the University of Iowa insists it has the right to reject LGBT members, even though the college’s anti-bias policy clearly forbids it. Marcus Miller, a student at UI-Iowa City, complained to administrators last February when he was rejected as vice-president of the campus group Business Leaders in Christ after disclosing he was gay. In November, the UI...

Progress keeps trucking along In a 4-1 vote on Tuesday (9 January), the city leaders of Paducah, Kentucky voted to pass an anti-discrimination law. Paducah became the ninth city in the state to pass what’s known as a fairness ordinance. It consists of explicit laws banning discrimination of LGBT people for housing and public services. It’s the first town in western Kentucky to pass a fairness ordinance. The town, settled in 1821, currently boasts a population a little over 25,000. Other Kentucky towns...

As we all recover from celebrating last night, let's reflect on one of our top posts of the year. This post makes us want to find that special someone in 2018. A new inclusive ad encourages gay couples to "hold tight." Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), the bank responsible for the campaign, sheds light upon the apprehension that some LGBT couples feel when engaging in even an innocent public display of affection. "When you feel like letting go… ... hold tight."

"He recklessly landed our God-fearing country into the hands of the sausage jockeys," declared a political rival of President Nana Akufo-Addo. Ghana doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to LGBT rights: Consensual same-sex activity can land you in prison for more than five years, and young gay people are often forced to flee their families, as physical attacks against LGBT Ghanaians are all-too-common. In 2015, presidential candidate George Boateng even ran on a campaign promise to put...

Tom Goss sings about not going home for the holidays. In his new video, “Gay Christmas,” out singer-songwriter Tom Goss is spreading some goodwill and cheer to the LGBT people who need it most. “I’ve been thinking a lot about the countless numbers of gay men and women who feel alienated from their family this holiday season,” Goss writes on Instagram. “I’ve been thinking about those that can’t go home and those that go home yet have become accustomed to being...

Did you make the trek home to the hetero household you grew up in to enjoy quiet times around the television, visiting with aunts, cousins, and uncles, stuffing your face with joyous calories? Yep, I'm up here in snowy and icy Maine for a glorious 16 days. What the hell did I do? Luckily, I have my personal laptop, my work laptop, and my iPad. Now if the uber slow internet access can keep up with my tech demands, it...

"These guys just made a wall and were chanting, 'Love wins!'" When anti-gay protesters tried to attack an LGBT-friendly church in Geneva, Illinois this month, a local parishioner rallied neighborhood troops to come save the day. Colin Campbell said he noticed seven men standing on the sidewalk outside the First Congregational Church of Geneva last weekend and immediately knew what they were trying to do. “I was hopeful this group wouldn’t show up again,” Campbell told the Kane County Chronicle. “I walked...

The only White House reporter from an LGBT news organization, as well as a prominent African-American White House correspondent, did not receive invitations this year. In late November 2017, reports began circulating online holding that at least two journalists who cover the White House for news outlets that focus on the LGBT and African-American communities were not invited to the upcoming White House Christmas party, even though they had been in attendance during previous years. Chris Johnson, White House reporter for...

Disney’s descent into indecency continues… The Disney Channel recently featured two anti-family story lines that shocked audiences around the globe. One of the Disney’s new TV shows, Andi Mack, features the first gay storyline on the Disney Channel. In a recent episode, a 13-year-old character "realizes" he is gay and “comes out” to his friends. His friends accept and affirm his same-sex attractions, and they applaud him for expressing his “true self.” This anti-family storyline already forced Kenya to pull Andi Mack...

We reported back in 2015 that LGBT Households Shop More, Spend More Than Non-LGBT Households. So we like nice thins and lots of them. But we also asked that year the question: Unequal Pay: The Gay Wage Gap. Does it Exist? We found mixed results then where gay men were earning less than their straight coworkers. But the results are a little more promising in 2017. A recent Pew Research Foundation study reported: 92% of all LGBTQ adults felt that...

Respondents said they faced more physical or verbal assaults following the announcement of the postal vote than before. The number of assaults against LGBT people doubled during Australia’s equal marriage postal vote, new research has revealed. Over 9,500 LGBT people and allies participated in a survey conducted by the Australia Institute and the National LGBTI Health Alliance to investigate the impact of the postal vote. Preliminary results were released this week, and it found that the vote took a massive toll on...

AUSTIN — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a Texas Supreme Court ruling that prevented same-sex spouses from having the same workplace insurance benefits as heterosexual couples. In a unanimous ruling in June, the Texas court acknowledged that same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015 with Obergefell vs. Hodges, but the justices said the decision did not make clear the additional rights of gay couples, in this case those who work for the government. Houston pastor Jack Pidgeon and accountant...

Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth's remarks sparked a nasty homophobic response from the Queen's former chaplain. A Church of England minister has apologised after he said that Christians should pray for Prince George to be gay. The Very Rev. Kelvin Holdsworth, the provost of St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow and an LGBT equality advocate, remarked that a future wedding between the fourth in line to the the thrown and a same-sex partner would force the Church of England to back marriage equality. The comments,...