This year’s annual gay pride festival was even more colorful with a parade float, sponsored by Google, representing the country’s religious gay and lesbian communities. While Israeli law forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation in most areas of life, and gay soldiers can serve openly in the military, the public at large is only beginning [...]
As word leaked out about Tracy Morgan’s violently homophobic on-stage rant at a standup show on June 3rd in Nashville, his representatives worked quickly to release to the press an apology from the eccentric comedian. Hours later, his boss made clear that those words of regret, not hatred, best be honest. In a statement released [...]
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central Rome in a gay pride parade today, which was capped by a brief Lady Gaga performance in the ancient Circus Maximus stadium. Wearing a green wig and a Versace costume, she played the piano and sang a few numbers. But she devoted much of her appearance to [...]
After news of Tracy Morgan‘s recent homophobic standup routine during his Nashville comedy show went viral, the fallout against the comedian has been severe. The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville — which hosted Tracy’s show — has issued a statement, and GLADD is demanding an apology for the 30 Rock star’s outrageously homophobic remarks. “The Ryman [...]
In X-Men: First Class, one young mutant-human tells another, “You have no idea what I’d give to feel … normal.” It’s a moment anyone who went to high school can empathize with, though it might mean something more to those who grew up gay—the adolescent experience when you discover, like the X-Men, something in your [...]
The display case at the National Museum of American History holds a section of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a tactile reminder of the individual lives lost to the virus. Beginning Friday it also serves as entry into two exhibits that mark the 30th anniversary of the first report on AIDS by the Centers for Disease [...]
Keller, the first openly gay character in Archie Comics’ 70-year history, is loud and proud of his father, a retired Army colonel, in a four-issue miniseries debuting next week. Archie, Veronica, Jughead and the rest of the Riverdale gang are puzzled given their pal’s sexual orientation. They’re even more perplexed when Kevin’s mom calls her [...]