Tag: lgbt

We're taking a whistle-stop tour around the globe as we explore what's happening at Pride events as 2015 closes and going into 2016. Amsterdam Leather Pride zaptravel.com Let's start as we mean to go on, with Amsterdam's incredible Leather Pride. Taking place this week, we've already missed the launch night and the naked bar night (damn!), there's still plenty to, ahem, get up to before the events end on Monday the 26th. Plenty of leather, rubber, briefs-only and general fetish events, this is...

Almost a million of LGBT Americans have made their coming out on Facebook this year. A significant increase of users’ recognition in social networks has become a great testament of the LGBT movement achievements. A new investigation showed that almost one million of LGBT Americans have made their coming out with the help of Facebook this year. mic.com Within 12 months, nearly 800,000 of Americans admitted their homosexuality or their transgender identity in the world's most popular social network. It was made by...

There are many questions out on the internet as to whether or not Macbeth was gay.  The same questions arise of Lady Macbeth.  However, as any great work of art, it is as it is perceived.  One interpretation of Macbeth is found in “Sleep no More,” playing at the McKittrick Hotel in New York.  People in attendance are required to be costumed, after all, it is the second annual Halloween event running for six days, starting Friday, October 26. ...

Puerto Rico has historically required its students to wear gender specific uniforms, something only seen in the private schools of the US.  The Puerto Rico Department of Education has traditionally deemed school uniforms as a basic imperative for its public school students.  The only exceptions to the rule would be those excused from donning school garb for medical reasons. The Education Secretary Rafael Roman confirmed on record Monday that the uniform code which was a standard for this U.S. territory...

In the LGBT world, every voice of support is a step forward. And when that voice is Julianne Moore or Ellen Page, we know that it will be heard. This October, Julianne Moore and Ellen Page stars in Freeheld, a movie based on the true story of police officer Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) who, back in 2005, being in a terminal state of her illness, fought for her right to pass on the pension benefits to her domestic partner Stacie...

Controversial changes can only occur through some kind of social mutiny and sometimes these social acts become one man’s personal struggle with the system and the world. the-dissident.eu His name was Harvey Bernard Milk and he was the one who decided that man makes society and not the other way around. Milk wrote history when he was elected as the first gay component of the San Francisco County Board Supervisors, a thing that was unheard of before. The words that he...

Her name was Keisha Jenkins and she was a gorgeous 22 years old transgender woman from south Philadelphia. Unfortunately, everything reached to an end for her, when she was deadly shot on Tuesday by 5 or 6 men, at around 2:30 AM. Police responded to a call saying that a robbery seemed to have taken place and that shootings were heard. pennlive.com Reaching the location, they discovered the body of a young female, lying near a children playground. Witnesses said that...

It is known that India is a conservative country, and the LGBT community there has been suffering over and over again oppression from the society and recently from the government. Back in 1998, right wing fundamentalists started a violent riot when the Deepa Mehta’s movie “Fire” was released. The reason was the storyline of the movie, two Indian women falling in love with each other, while both being involved in marriages. businessinsider.com A harder strike came in 2013 when the Supreme Court...

So, for those of us who live under a rock, therewas a post 15 days ago on Reddit, and an ensuing viral explosion that started with: “I'm a straight 24 year old male who is engaged to a wealthy 51 year old man. I'm in it for the money (and he knows that). I have no interest in a relationship with a woman, so I figure why not.” nuzzel.com First, there is no clear identifying information as to who these men are. ...

His name is Krzysztof Olaf Charamsa and he is a Polish priest working for the Vatican’s theologian core. Or, at least, he was, until Saturday when he took part in a news conference in Rome, revealing himself as gay, after which he was fired. us.makemefeed.com The 43 year old Charamsa was accompanied by his partner and his intention was to criticize the Catholic Church for bashing the same-sex relationships and associating them with a sinful behavior. The Vatican’s response was pretty...

Love is not a rare thing, but finding it may be! There is nothing in this world that is actually out of the box, it is just our way of looking at things. Someone once said that there are two ways to think about life: either everything that happens is a miracle or there are no such things as miracles. What you believe? sodahead.com It is not true that gays and lesbians don’t live normal lives. Their lives are normal in...

At first, he has been one of the most powerful mutants then he embodied the wisest and the most legendary wizard in Middle-Earth, but before doing all that, Ian Mckellen had a whole world to deal with and his journey was long and arduous. dailymotion.com moviepilot.com The 76 year old actor says that his decision to openly admit his sexual orientation at the age of 49 (in 1988) was one that made him a better actor and person and that he wishes...

Kim Davis refuses to leave the spotlight and her story is now famous all over the world. But here is Kim Davis scoring another first in the unraveling of the events that followed her refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay couples some time ago. It turns out that Pope Francis himself met with Kim Davis in private, away from Press’s eyes, last Thursday. nbcnews.com “The fact that he met with Kim Davis sends a message that he is someone who...

When we think of gay-friendly cities, the usual suspects cited – the capitals, if you may -- are usually San Francisco, Berlin, Los Angeles, Paris, New York, London, Amsterdam, right? I wanted to get away from the obvious choices, and… get away to destinations that are getting more and more attention… and deserve it! I also wanted to span the globe so here goes! Buenos Aires, Argentina We start our trip around the world in South America. Beautiful, vibrant, and progressive,...