Tag: lgbt

A decision in favour of the baker could lead to widespread discrimination A gay couple’s landmark wedding cake case will appear before the US Supreme Court today (December 5). The legal battle began back in 2012 when baker Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, refused to make David Mullins and Charlie Craig a cake for their wedding. Phillips claimed making the cake went against his Christian beliefs and said it was his “standard business practice not to provide cakes for same-sex...

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named Call Me By Your Name its 2017 Best Picture winner, with the film’s young star Timothée Chalamet also picking up Best Actor as the independent gay romantic drama added to its early awards-season haul Saturday. The film’s director, Luca Guadagnino, shared the association’s Best Director prize with Guillermo del Toro, whose film The Shape of Water also landed Sally Hawkins the Best Actress prize. Supporting actor honors went to Willem Dafoe and Laurie...

Queerskins is looking to tell the story of the LGBT experience through Virtual Reality. The story is set in the early 1990's and is about Sebastian Alder, a gay doctor in Missouri who dies of AIDS. His devoutly Catholic mother stumbles upon his diary and uses it as a second chance to get to know her son. The films Kickstarter reads, In this emotionally-charged haptic experience for Oculus Rift Touch, visitors are seated in the back seat of a photorealistic vintage 1986...

Researchers have found that crimes against the LGBT community have doubled since the introduction of an “anti-gay propaganda” law in Russia. The law, which came into action five years ago, has seen a sharp spike in violent attacks across the country, reports Reuters. 200 out of the 250 crimes studied are acts of murder, according to the Centre for Independent Social Research. The number of sentences for offences against LGBT people may have increased to 65 in 2015 from 18 in 2010,...

Ankara, the capital of Turkey, has banned any and all public LGBT events until further notice, citing public safety. The Governor's Office released a statement saying, Starting from Nov. 18, 2017, concerning our community’s public sensitivity, any events such as LGBT... cinema, theater, panels, interviews, exhibitions are banned until further notice in our province to provide peace and security,” the governor’s office said in a statement. The statement also said it may cause animosity among different Turkish groups "posing an open and...

Oh no, y'all, say it isn't true! After six seasons and a network change, the show Nashville will end after its upcoming sixth season on CMT. The show was originally on ABC for a number of years before moving over to the country music network, but alas, it's time to hang up our boots and say goodbye to the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgox3TKs0sk The show drew in a decent sized LGBT audience as one of the major storylines was between a Silicon Valley guy...

While mainstream Hollywood continues to catch up when it comes to LGBT+ representation in blockbuster movies, there are plenty of directors out there highlighting issues within the gay community through slick visuals. For now, some of the most compelling and hard-hitting LGBT+ cinema exists in short films. From tackling the homophobic world of football, to a teacher exploring the sex party scene in New York City, they are touching upon real life emotions that your local Odeon is probably little...

OKC Fox reports that over the weekend that the LGBT offices of Freedom Oklahoma was shot up over the weekend. Troy Stevenson, Executive Director of Freedom Oklahoma, says the south wall was riddled with bullet holes. One glass panel was shattered and four others were damaged. No one was injured. Stevenson said other advocacy groups in Oklahoma have been shot up in the last few months. He said he believed Freedom Oklahoma was targeted. In response, Stevenson said, "Things like this...

More than 60 members of Egypt’s Parliament have supported a “deeply discriminatory” law that will criminalise same-sex sexual activity. It’s believed 75 people have been arrested in the crackdown so far against LGBT+ citizens, and the proposed jail sentences are terrifying. If passed, the law could see those convicted of pro-LGBT+ activity sentenced to up to 15 years in prison, with authorities given the ability to to publicly shame those found guilty by publishing their names and sentences in national newspapers. A...

The 78-year-old says his acting improved after he came out, and thinks it will for others too Sir Ian McKellen has urged actors not to worry about coming out of the closet. The 78-year-old actor is starring in the new documentary McKellen: Playing the Part, which chronicles his life from career beginnings to his Hollywood success. The documentary, by director Joe Stephenson, will also cover McKellen’s work for the LGBT+ community both in the UK and abroad. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter at...

Conservatives who are anti-LGBT (they mostly are), will do anything they can to shine their pathetic and ignorant light on their misinformed thoughts of LGBT people the second they get even a nibble of information. Kevin Spacey is now their poster child for this, and some are starting to paint all gay men as perverts as a result of the alleged stories against the House of Cards actor. World Net Daily, which is a super conservative publication, had one of...

Disney Channel show Andi Mack recently made history when it featured the network’s first ever gay storyline. Produced by Lizzie McGuire creator Terri Minsky, Andi Mack is played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee – a girl who discovered that her older sister is actually her mother. In the episode – which aired last week – Andi discovers that her best friend Cyrus (played by Joshua Rush) has a crush on the same boy she does. It’s part of a storyline that will see...

On Sunday, Georgian soccer player wore a rainbow armband in support of LGBT rights when he played for his Dutch soccer club. It was part of the Netherland's larger "Coming Out Day" initiative and to stand up for LGBT rights. Kashia also plays for the Georgian National team. What was the reaction at home to the simple colorful armband? Rioters in his home country protested outside the Georgian Soccer Federation in Tbilisi, demanding Kashia be removed from the team. Demonstrators shouted...

Abderrahim, 25, fled Morocco to look for asylum. He is gay and HIV-positive. His claim of persecution, which involved verbal abuse and death threats, and the fact he could face up to three years in jail in Morocco, was rejected by the UK. The rejection saying the "claimed treatment doesn't amount to persecution." After he and others had tried to set up an official LGBT organization, they were forced to flee by government officials. The UK has said that prosecutions of...