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Life
Pride in Pictures 1977-78: Shirts & skins
Pride breaks through repression — with some great scenery.
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News (USA)
Transgender students just won a huge federal court case
The court unanimously decided against the far right legal group and their hateful clients.
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News (World)
Pope Francis tells bishops to ‘keep your eyes open’ for gay seminarians
One day after the Pope told a man that God made him gay and accepted him, he told Italian bishops to reject applicants for the priesthood who may be gay.
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News (USA)
Death row inmate asks for clemency because ‘gay panic’ justifies murder
The convicted killer says going home with a gay man caused him to strangle the victim and then cut open the body and stab the victim’s internal organs.
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Life
Nike releases their 2018 pride sneakers & this year’s theme is a little different
The four types of shoes feature “colors and symbols that have been reclaimed and historically repurposed by the LGBTQ community.”
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News (USA)
George Takei’s accuser admits he wasn’t sexual assaulted after all
“This has been the worst thing to happen to George since the internment camps,” a personal friend of Takei said.
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News (USA)
A transgender woman who was found dead in Dallas has been identified
Nicole Hall is remembered as a “pioneer in the Texas Black Trans Community.”
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News (USA)
Was gay Portland State student Anthony Salazar the victim of a hate crime on a train?
Amtrak police say this might be a suicide attempt, but his injuries aren’t consistent with jumping from a moving train.
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News (USA)
Republican congressman says it’s okay to discriminate against ‘immoral’ gays
Dana Rohrabacher lost his endorsement from the National Association of Realtors after he said it should be okay to refuse to sell a house to a gay person.
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Life
Pride in Pictures 1977: Queers with disabilities fight extra battles for visibility and equality
Pride gives us role models we don’t otherwise always see.
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News (USA)
Democrats introduce bill to prevent use of religious exemptions to discriminate
The new bill says that “religious freedom” doesn’t trump civil rights laws or protections against child abuse.
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News (USA)
Michelle Obama’s memoir is setting people off & it hasn’t even come out yet
The book won’t be released until mid-November, but it’s already reminding us of what we’re missing.
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News (USA)
Immigration thugs took this man’s husband & the LGBT community isn’t having it
He was taken into custody during a mandatory marriage interview at immigration offices in Philadelphia.
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News (USA)
Someone threw water at Tomi Lahren & Twitter’s reactions were hilarious
She once referred to Black Lives Matter as the “new KKK.”
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News (USA)
There are at least 11 million LGBTQ people in the United States
According to Gallup, 4.5% of Americans now identify as part of the queer community.
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News (USA)
Transgender woman shot & killed by homeless person she was trying to assist
Her generosity and gentle nature got her killed when the woman she was helping turned on her.
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Commentary
Nothing screams patriotism like banning peaceful protests
Forced expressions of nationalism go against what the flag symbolizes and what our brave service members risk their lives to protect.
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Life
Pride in Pictures 1977-78: Anita’s wave of hate created our strength in numbers
Pride responds to Bryant’s message of hate.
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News (USA)
Kim Davis won’t face man she denied a marriage license in November election
David Ermold and his fiancé were denied a marriage license by the notorious Kentucky clerk so he decided to run against her.
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Commentary
Can the LGBTQ community trust Pope Francis? Ask sex abuse survivors.
It’s not enough for Francis to say he embraces our community – privately or publicly. He must also do it.