Tag: LGBTQ community

"The average black trans person earns less than $10,000 a year." Though the gay rights movement in the United States has seen huge progress in the last century—especially the last two decades—a new report highlights a bleak reality: LGBT people are more likely than their peers to live in poverty. The report from the LGBTQ Poverty Collaborative finds that the needs of low-income LGBT communities are not being fully served by mainstream anti-poverty organizations or by LGBT advocacy groups. The study...

"The sad reality is, this is everyday life for the LGBTQ community," says Brandon Wolf. Following some comments he made about Vice President Mike Pence, Brandon Wolf has found himself on the receiving end of intense online attacks from right-wing activists, as online threats on his life. A Pulse shooting survivor and now visible LGBT activist, Wolf is doing his work to speak out on anti-LGBT violence and shed light on the necessity of equality in the country. During a Monday night...

It may be a small step (pun intended), but a permanent installation of rainbow crosswalks goes a long way. That may be my opinion, but I believe others may agree. May they be in a gayborhood like I saw during on of my trips to Philadelphia (a little faded during September, but still visible). or the crosswalks in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada accompanied by rainbow picnic tables, A simple paint job puts a smile on the face. It's also a statement that...

Young readers will be able to learn the empowering true story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag with a picture book written by award-winning author, Rob Sanders. As we all know, Milk became the first openly gay elected official in America back in 1977, and was then shot and killed by ex-Supervisor Dan White in City Hall. Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, recounts inspiring events from the life of the activist, as well as his...

For his first solo headline show at London’s O2 Arena, Harry Styles made a colourful and empowering splash. The former One Direction star managed to turn his 12,000-strong audience in a huge, shimmering, Pride flag, as the colours of the rainbow twinkled across the venue. Before the show, a group of fans known as the Rainbow London Project gave the crowd rainbow tickets that they could attach to the flash on their smartphone cameras. The colours were distributed throughout the audience so...

Is This The Ultimate Battle Of The Sexes? #FIGHT! Let’s speak of dating horror stories for a moment: Upon my arrival in Los Angeles, I had the cutest, slinkiest shorts which made my rear look phenomenal…then, I get into my date’s car. Immediately, he groans: He’d made a reservation at a fancy restaurant where shorts on men weren’t acceptable. He made a fuss about canceling and we went to some hotel restaurant in lieu, but that’s really all on him...

Juice FM has been granted a licence by Northern Ireland, and will be solely dedicated to the LGBTQ community. When it launches, the station is expected to have an audience of 33,000. However, we do have a bit of a wait before Juice FM starts airing, as it could take up to two years before the station puts out its first broadcast. A spokesman for Juice FM told The Belfast Telegraph: “LGBT people come from all walks of life and it...

The 90th Annual Academy Awards will take place live tomorrow night on ABC. Some of the most iconic and historic names have taken home at least one of these golden statuettes, including Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and so on and so forth. The show also has a major history with the LGBTQ community, as there have been several actors, actresses, producers and behind the scenes professionals who have won Oscar gold over the past ninety years....

Reality television has been in our lives for the past twenty years, and has birthed the careers of several incredibly talented and super cute gay personalities that we have come to love or hate. From Survivor to The Real World, all the way to shows dedicated to the LGBTQ community like Queer Eye and RuPaul's Drag Race, here are the 10 hottest gay reality television personalities of all time. Anyone you would like to add to this list? Let us...

The friendship between openly gay Olympians Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy has been one of the best things to come out of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and on Today, the duo spilled about all of their highlights over the past two weeks! Rippon made headlines for taking a stand against Mike Pence, and when asked about his attitude now that the games are over, Rippon, classy as ever, stated: I feel that Mike Pence doesn’t stand for anything that...

A series of videos are circulating promoting anti-gay gospel from a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The videos, which are homophobic in nature, are set to be shown at the “Be Courageous!” Convention for JWs which teach to stand up against members of the LGBTQ community—because the bible tells you so. The videos have been leaked and are now circulating and causing fear and disappointment that the millions of people who will watch these videos are being told that intolerance toward...

And Spills On Boys, Wrestling, And Growing Up Closeted! HELL YEAH! Okay, so I may not have been familiar with 23-year-old, Professional Wrestler, Jake Atlas, until now – but, boy, oh boy, he’s a complete hottie! Doing some quick footwork on Atlas: He’s the 2017 Southern California Rookie of the Year, works at the Santino Brothers Wrestling Academy, and lives in Los Angeles, California. These West Coast boys, I’m tellin’ ya! According to GayStarNews, Atlas gives an exclusive interview as he...

The Ignorance Is Laughable! PUH-LEASE! If you aren’t aware, it is illegal to be gay in Malaysia. Yes, they have a homophobic rhetoric which carries a maximum sentence of twenty years. I’m eagerly awaiting the day when just simply being LGBTQ is not punishable by giving up a part of your life. Jeez! Well, if you’re curious: Malaysia is one step closer to flooding their jails with their gay community. One of their top newspapers, Sinar Harian, is advising how...

The politics in the state of Alabama has definitely been polarizing over the past couple of months, thanks to alleged pedophile Roy Moore being defeated by Doug Jones back in December. Now, it looks as if Alabama will be at the center of hopefully something very historic, as the state has the chance to elect its first ever openly gay male congressman this year! Neil Rafferty, an openly gay marine, made the decision on Sunday night to run for a...