A Pompano Beach drag queen who lost his nursing job last month over a minor arrest 34 years ago can return to his longtime career caring for the elderly. The Florida Board of Nursing has cleared Ray Fetcho to work again as a nurse, a job he held for more than three decades until February. [...]
A man with a “Britney Spears” tattoo, who is suspected of stealing a Chihuahua from a South Florida gay bar, has been arrested in Pennsylvania. Channing Reynolds, 34, will be extradited from Northampton County, Penn., to Broward County as early as this week to face a grand theft charge, the Broward State Attorney’s Office said. [...]
Florida, the home of Mickey Mouse and beach-bound vacationers, was trying to polish its family friendly image but instead ran into a PR nightmare: an angry Hollywood. The Sunshine State startled the film industry recently when a bill was introduced in the state Legislature that would disqualify movies and TV shows that contained “nontraditional family [...]
Sign the Petition on Change.org (Gay Rights – Take Action) “I am joining GLAAD’s action against your decision to exclude skater Johnny Weir from your 2010 program because you find him “not family friendly.” To suggest that Weir’s gender expression and style deem him unsuitable for family audiences is both outrageous and offensive. Weir is [...]
For the first time in 33 years, the Florida Legislature is scheduled to debate whether people should be asked about their sexual orientation when applying to adopt. Pro-equality legislators are fired up and ready to make the case that the adoption ban tears families apart prevents children from being adopted. House and Senate leadership is [...]
In South Florida’s gay community, Ray Fetcho is known as drag queen “Tiny Tina.” To the families of elderly dementia patients, he’s a godsend, a compassionate caregiver. But now Fetcho is out of a job and his 35-year nursing career is in jeopardy, all because of a minor arrest — in 1976. Fetcho, performing under [...]
Three Bay Area men charged with hate crimes for allegedly assaulting men whom they perceived to be gay on San Francisco streets had videotaped multiple attacks, law enforcement officials said Friday. A spokesman for San Francisco district attorney Kamala Harris said police officers found the videotape in a suspect’s car. The footage includes assailants laughing [...]
“GLAAD has learned from a source that wishes to remain anonymous that sponsors of the Stars on Ice Tour, which include Smuckers and IMG Entertainment, have refused to allow 3-time US National Champion and 2-time Olympian Johnny Weir to participate because they claim that he is ‘not family friendly.’” Calling the 25-year-old “not family friendly” [...]
Sean Hayes, who played flamboyant Jack McFarland on NBC’s Will and Grace for eight years, has publicly confirmed his sexuality for the first time. The resolutely private actor recently gave his first interview to gay newsmagazine The Advocate after many denied requests. The Advocate and other media had long criticized Hayes, 39, for not confirming [...]
The Nevada Taxi Authority is under fire for a policy that groups gays with alleged criminals among those at high risk of giving communicable diseases to agency employees. “The policy of the Taxicab Authority is to safeguard, to the highest degree possible, employees and the public who come in contact with people who have or [...]