LGBTQ community news and commentary
APRIL 22, 2016 Photo: AP So how’s your anti-transgender so-called “bathroom bill” working out in North Carolina so far, GOP Gov. Pat McCrory? Let’s see… On Thursday, the National…
MARCH 28, 2016 Photo: The New York Times If you needed any further proof, the events of the past week demonstrated that the fight for secured equal rights for…
DECEMBER 14, 2015 Todd Haynes’ new film “Carol” has had two very good weeks on the awards front. On December 2, the film received four awards from the prestigious…
NOVEMBER 5, 2015 Sorry, everybody, but I’m about to go on a rant, because I’m really pissed. On Tuesday, Houston voters overwhelmingly rejected the city’s year-old anti-discrimination law, the…
OCTOBER 2, 2015 I hate to kick a man when he’s down, and director Roland Emmerich is really down. Perhaps the most financially successful gay director ever, Emmerich has helmed…
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) It was June of 1963. I was about to turn 12 and was in love with the Roman Catholic Church. More accurately, I…
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 When one thinks of award-winning musicals, what usually comes to mind are audience pleasers such as “My Fair Lady” or “Hello, Dolly!” The important thing to know…
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 Just hours before anti-gay GOP Presidential aspirants Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz were due to swoop into Rowan County, KY to lead a rally protesting the jailing…
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 I so wanted to avoid talking about this woman, but her determined insistence on defying settled law has made it impossible. Following the June Supreme Court ruling…
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 Let’s stop calling Lily Tomlin “a national treasure.” That phrase always suggests to me someone who is merely resting on her laurels. That’s not Lily. Within the…
