Sally Ride And Bayard Rustin To Be Posthumously Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama has released the names of sixteen recipients to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on its 50th anniversary.
Dream 9 Released From Immigration Detention on Parole, Await Asylum Hearing While They Make History
Immigration officers found that the nine had “credible fear of persecution or torture in their birth country” of Mexico, and therefore could not be removed from the US.
Brittani’s Video Party: The Secret Life of Geeky Jay Z
Women in gaming, animals so cute you want to squeeze them, and Kristen Wiig’s new movie party to “Picasso Baby.”
Only 10 People Show Up to National Ex-Gay Pride Events, “Ex-Gay Pride Month” Officially A Flop
In the most recent sign that the ex-gay movement is dying, an attempted “Ex-Gay Pride Month” was a massive flop after only 10 people showed up in Washington, DC.
New Legislation Could Mean Change for Homeless Queer Youth – But Not Enough
Despite the fact that LGBT youth comprise a disproportionate amount of the youth homeless population, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act currently does not contain language or requirements to specifically protect this vulnerable population.
Also.Also.Also: Coming Out in the Classroom and Other Stories We Missed This Week
As if college couldn’t get any better, now it’s GAYER THAN EVER.
From India to Singapore, Queer Visibility in South and Southeast Asia is On the Rise
It’s been a big summer for South and Southeast Asia when it comes to LGBT/queer news. The most important aspect of this news, however, is that it was reported at all.
Chris Christie and His Nonsensical Anti-Gay Arguments Are An Embarrassment to New Jersey
It has become increasingly difficult to defend my home state with our governor saying dumb things left and right, like his brief on marriage equality. Are you ready for a headdesk the size of a Jersey hairdo?
This Land Was Made for Gays & Queers This Sunday Funday
Tegan and Sara and the state of Minnesota could not be more adorable right now.
Ellen Is Hosting The Oscars, Which Will Have 100% More Gay and 100% Less Seth MacFarlane
Here’s hoping she gives Gladys a call during the show!
Cheryl Boone Isaacs Appointed First Black President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Is Badass
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took a big step into the present by selecting its first ever African-American president and third woman president.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for Trans Anti-Discrimination Work in Malaysia
Reactionary conservatism stands in the way of the Southeast Asian nation’s first state-based transgender welfare committee, but change could still happen with its first out trans political appointee.
Brittani’s Video Party: TLC is Thought Stopping Like It’s Shark Week
TLC’s biopic, shark week, and a fake women’s news magazine are making this video party a safe space.
Also.Also.Also: When Transphobia and Whorephobia Collide and Other Stories We Missed This Week
bell hooks is still right, Hillary Clinton becomes a thing of television history, and Aubrey Plaza looks great in those glasses.
This Week In Small Post-DOMA Victories: Judge Rules that Lesbian Widow Should Receive Spouse’s Benefits
A Philadelphia judge rules that the same-sex widow of a lawyer, is entitled to her benefits plan after a legal battle with her spouse’s family.
Idol Worship: Every State Needs A Wendy Davis
Every state needs a Wendy Davis. Every person has a story.
Pope Francis Doesn’t Approve of Gay Marriage or Adoption, But Says “We Shouldn’t Marginalize People For This”
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Francis remarked in Italian. “We shouldn’t marginalize people for this. They must be integrated into society.”
The UN Wants Us To Be Free & Equal and Naya Rivera Looks Good In Pink This Sunday Funday
Mmmmm. Tastes like bottomless.
UK’s Plan to Block Porn and “Adult Subjects” Doesn’t Bode Well for Gay and Sex Ed Resources
Flawed attempts to make the internet a safe space could be compromising actual safe spaces with an indiscriminate default-on porn filter.
Undocumented & Queer: How Lulú Martinez is Melting Borders
“A phrase that often arises in this movement is “ni de aqui, ni de alla,” (neither from here nor there), and it speaks to the ability we seek as queer immigrants to define home as we choose, whether in a geographic sense, within our communities, or a gendered sense, within our bodies.”