Shonda Rhimes, the HSIC (Head Sista In Charge) at ABC on Thursday nights, took a homophobic Twitter follower to task after they admitted to being all…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gay couples began getting married Thursday in Las Vegas — the self-proclaimed marriage capital of the world — ending a dizzying legal fight that had kept them waiting for days. Thomas Topovski cried as the Clark County clerk announced to cheers that marriage licenses would finally be issued. He and Jefferson […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal appeals court declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, setting the stage for couples to marry in Las Vegas, the self-proclaimed wedding capital of the world. State after state has joined the national tide in seeing same-sex unions made legal, given a push by the U.S. […]
Finally! Finally it’s out in the open. We’re referring to actress Raven-Symoné‘s admission of what the world already knew, but what she wouldn’t admit … until now. Sunday night on “Oprah: Where Are They Now,” Lady O asked her if she was gay and Symone answered that she’s in a relationship with a woman: America’s […]
MTV has released the trailer for “Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word,” a documentary about transgender youth. The “Orange is the New Black” star serves as host and executive producer for the one-hour special that will air on both MTV and Logo, and profile the lives of seven transgender youths. “For many of us, the […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio woman and her partner have sued a Chicago-area sperm bank after she became pregnant with sperm donated by a black man instead of a white man as she’d intended. Jennifer Cramblett was five months pregnant and happy with her life in April 2012. She and her partner had married months […]
(ATLANTA, GA) Out On Film, Atlanta’s LGBT film festival, will open its 27th annual international event with the debut of Patrik-Ian Polk‘s (“Noah’s Arc”) acclaimed “Blackbird” on October 2nd. This adaptation of Larry Duplechan‘s book, written by Polk and Rikki Beadle Blair, stars Academy Award winner Mo’Nique, Isaiah Washington (“Grey’s Anatomy”), D. Woods (Danity Kane) […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two men and a woman were being charged in the beating of a gay couple during a late-night encounter on a Philadelphia street, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The case gained attention when police posted a video of the well-dressed suspects out on the town that night, and online sleuths used social media sites […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — More than seven decades after beginning their relationship, Vivian Boyack and Alice “Nonie” Dubes have gotten married. Boyack, 91, and Dubes, 90, sat next to each other during Saturday’s ceremony, the Quad City Times reports (http://bit.ly/1q3E5am). “This is a celebration of something that should have happened a very long time ago,” […]
Ty Turner, a black LGBT activist and former North Carolina state Senate candidate was detained by police Monday after placing voting rights flyers on cars in a…
Ty Turner, a black LGBT activist and former North Carolina state Senate candidate was detained by police Monday after placing voting rights flyers on cars in a…
This weekend multi-platinum Grammy award winning artist, Faith Evans will be honored at Atlanta’s black gay pride celebration. where she will receive their 2014 humanitarian award. “One…
