1. Media Matters has compiled a montage of clips from Fox News where the anchors have openly mocked or disrespected transgender individuals on the air: View this image › 2. Fox anchor Megyn Kelly defended the trans community back in 2011: View this image › Fox News, Alex Kroke / AP 3. The video highlights…
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21 Times Actors Who Aren’t Actually Transgender Have Played Trans Characters
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Actress Laverne Cox has dazzled viewers as transgender prison inmate Sophia Burset on Orange is the New Black. Many of the accolades come from the trans community, as Cox’s work as Sophia has raised awareness about casting trans performers as trans characters. While performers including Candis Cayne, Calpernia Addams, and Harmony Santana have won…
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Actress Maria Bello Comes Out In A Touching Personal Essay
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1. Over the weekend, 46-year-old actress Maria Bello revealed she’s in a relationship with her best friend. View this image › AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Galit Rodan 2. She shared the moment she sat down and told her 12-year-old son Jackson: 3. “Sometimes you can be friends with someone, and then it turns romantic, and…
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Perfect Ad For A Gay Film Festival
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziMcVsEDUO4]Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ziMcVsEDUO4. This is the 16th year for Queer Lisboa in Portugal (September 21st–29th).They’ve now established quite a reputation for excellent promo ads.The attention to detail in this video is superb. Last year, they produced a hilarious Reservoir Dogs parody where everyone wanted to be Mr. Pink, with a predictable outcome. (watch…
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Let’s Not Freak Out Because Brittany Is Dating Boys On Glee
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View this image › Santana and Brittany do the titular deed in “The Break-Up.” Jordin Althaus / FOX Nobody said it was easy: when Glee decided to break up several of its most popular couplings, fans were bound to be upset. But the Brittana break-up cut especially deep. With so few strong lesbian relationships on…
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How An HIV-Positive Man Was Sent To Prison For Having Sex — With A Condom
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View this image › Nick Rhoades looks at his phone as he sits in the waiting room before an appointment with his psychiatrist in Waterloo, Iowa on Nov. 7, 2013. Stephen Mally for ProPublica This story was co-published with ProPublica. Nick Rhoades was clerking at a Family Video store in Waverly, Iowa, one summer afternoon…
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The First Out Gay Miss South Carolina Contestant Is Incredible
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1. This is Analouisa Valencia, Miss Lymon South Carolina. She is in the running for Miss South Carolina 2013. The competition starts today. View this image › facebook.com 2. Oh, and she’s also the first out lesbian to compete in South Carolina. Analouisa competed last year, but wasn’t out. She said, “This is who I…
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Study: “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Repeal Had No Negative Impact On Military
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View this image › Via i.huffpost.com Navy servicewomen Marissa Gaeta and Citlalic Snell. From the Palm Center’s “One Year Out: An Assessment of DADT Repeal’s Impact on Military Readiness”: “Our conclusion, based on all of the evidence available to us, is that DADT repeal has had no overall negative impact on military readiness or its…
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George Takei Responds To “Traditional” Marriage Fans
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Watch This Prop 8 Plaintiff’s Proposal On The Steps Of The Courthouse
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1. Today was a big day for Jeff Zarrillo and Paul Katami. View this image › youtube.com Zarrillo and Katami were two of the plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case, which was dismissed this morning. 2. They addressed all of the people celebrating on the steps of the court after their victory: We just want…
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A Same-Sex Couple Is Getting Married On A Float During The Tournament Of Roses Parade
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1. Danny LeClair, 45 and Aubrey Loots, 42, from Los Angeles, will celebrate their wedding atop a float at the historical Tournament of Roses Parade, the Pasadena Star-News reported. View this image › Facebook: DannyandAubreyRoseBowlWedding The parade is held every New Year’s Day in Pasadena, Calif. 2. The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890.…
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
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View this image › Spencer Geiger and Carl Johanson demonstrate outside Federal Court in Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 4, 2014. AP A federal judge declared Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, the state’s attorney general announced late Thursday. The decision was immediately stayed, pending an expected appeal. U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen said the marriage…
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Elton John Dedicates His Concert In Moscow To Gay Hate Crime Victim
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1. Sir Elton John performed a concert in Moscow today making him one of the first openly gay artists to perform in Russia since President Vladimir Putin put into place a law against gay propaganda. Emin Live @Emin_live Follow Before Elton John @eltonjohndotcom concert in @crocuscityhall @eminofficial #EMIN #Moscow #Russia #concert BF_STATIC.timequeue.push(function () { if…
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Two Senegalese Men Sentenced To Six Months In Prison For Being Gay
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View this image › The Grand Medine neighborhood of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, where the two men were arrested. Google Maps / Via google.com Two gay men were arrested after neighbors told police they were living together in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, in West Africa, according to the Associated Press. After the two…
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Wedding King David Tutera Ends Relationship Of Ten Years
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1. David Tutera, celebrity event planner and host of WE TV’s My Fair Wedding, has split from his partner of 10 years. View this image › facebook.com 2. TMZ reports that Tutera and his longtime partner Ryan Jurica had a big wedding ceremony in Vermont in 2003. In the state of California (where gay marriage…
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Here’s Everything We Know About The First Gay Couple Featured On The Disney Channel
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1. Last June, Disney announced that it would feature its first openly gay characters ever on the channel on an episode of Good Luck Charlie. View this image › Disney Channel / Via creepypasta.wikia.com “This particular storyline was developed under the consultancy of child development experts and community advisors. Like all Disney Channel programming, it…
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Meet Miles Davis Moody, The Hot Guy In RuPaul’s Latest Music Video
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View this image › keithersc.tumblr.com Miles Davis Moody has been very busy lately. He’s the bottom in question in DWV’s music video for “Boy Is a Bottom,” the love interest in Jennifer Hudson’s video for “Where You At,” and, most recently, the breakout star of RuPaul’s latest video, “Lick It Lollipop.” Oh, and he appeared…
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Do Americans Really Care About Same-Sex Marriage?
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This Hunky Quartet Will Give You A New Reason To Love Classical Music
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1. Meet the all-male (and all gay) string quartet Well-Strung: View this image › well-strung.com 2. They may be easy on the eyes… View this image › facebook.com 3. … but they also have serious talent. View this image › youtube.com 4. These 20-somethings, all from musical backgrounds, formed their own quartet just under a…