LGBTQ Life

Facing deportation to anti-gay Uganda, Joseph Bukombe is hopeful about the future

Facing deportation to anti-gay Uganda, Joseph Bukombe is hopeful about the future

Friday, February 3, 2012
“I’ve always had a dream of owning my own hotel back home in Uganda and I pray that, maybe as situations get better where gay people can live freely, [that could be a possibility]. I would love to open a restaurant back home and hope people back home would come,” said Joseph Bukombe.
Wisconsin LGBT youth produce stylish new ‘It Gets Better’ music video

Wisconsin LGBT youth produce stylish new ‘It Gets Better’ music video

Thursday, January 26, 2012
Enjoy this stylish new "It Gets Better" video from Madison, Wisc. resident Colton Boettcher and friends -- one of the best "It Gets Better" videos to come along in a while.
Study: Mental health of gay seniors jeopardized by sexual minority stress

Study: Mental health of gay seniors jeopardized by sexual minority stress

Friday, January 20, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- Sexual minority stress, along with aging-related stress, jeopardizes the mental health of midlife and older gay men, according to a new study published by the American Journal of Public Health. In the study, sexual minority stress included the men’s perceptions that they needed to conceal their sexual orientation, or that others were uncomfortable with or avoided them because of they are gay.
Greg Louganis fans want Olympic diver on ‘Dancing With The Stars’

Greg Louganis fans want Olympic diver on ‘Dancing With The Stars’

Friday, January 20, 2012
Anyone who has watched Olympic champion Greg Louganis do his thing from a diving board knows that he possesses grace, power, determination and skill. But can he move on the dance floor? Louganis' Facebook fans have launched a campaign to encourage "Dancing With the Stars" producers to cast Louganis for the show.
‘Work It’ didn’t work — ABC cancels sitcom after only two episodes

‘Work It’ didn’t work — ABC cancels sitcom after only two episodes

Saturday, January 14, 2012
“Work It” just didn’t work. ABC has cancelled the series “Work It” after only two episodes. The series debuted on January 3, 2012 to low ratings, and, according to Entertainment Weekly, dropped another 20 percent this week.
Study: Teens raised by lesbian couples do not differ from those raised by heterosexuals

Study: Teens raised by lesbian couples do not differ from those raised by heterosexuals

Saturday, January 14, 2012
AMSTERDAM -- The quality of life of 17-year-olds reared in lesbian-parent families did not differ from that of a matched group of adolescents who grew up in heterosexual-parent families, according to a new study published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
Kristy McNichol comes out as lesbian ‘to be open about who I am’

Kristy McNichol comes out as lesbian ‘to be open about who I am’

Saturday, January 7, 2012
Kristy McNichol, the 1970's child actress who won two Emmy Awards for her role as the tom-boyish Buddy Lawrence in the acclaimed ABC television drama “Family,” and who later starred [...]
U.S. champion Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir marries partner

U.S. champion Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir marries partner

Monday, January 2, 2012
NEW YORK -- Out Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, 27, tied the knot with boyfriend Victor Voronov, an attorney from Russian, in a New Year's Eve ceremony on Saturday, then tweeted the news to his nearly 103,000 Twitter followers.
Report: Ricky Martin to wed partner in New York ceremony this month

Report: Ricky Martin to wed partner in New York ceremony this month

Monday, January 2, 2012
Out Latin pop singer Ricky Martin and his partner, Puerto Rican financial analyst Carlos Gonzalez Abella, will marry later this month in New York, according to the spanish language newspaper, El Nuevo Dia.
Arrested for a New Year’s Kiss

Arrested for a New Year’s Kiss

Saturday, December 31, 2011
Tonight, after you finish the countdown, commemorate the moment with a tribute to what happened December 31, 1966. At the stroke of midnight, same-sex couples at the Black Cat, a small gay bar in Silver Lake, locked lips and welcomed 1967. At that moment, at least eight plainclothes officers emerged from the crowd and began viciously beating and arresting the kissing couples...
Christian cartoonist’s homophobic calendar yanked from Barnes & Noble, Amazon websites

Christian cartoonist’s homophobic calendar yanked from Barnes & Noble, Amazon websites

Friday, December 30, 2011
American Christian cartoonist Joe King’s calendar, "I’m Not Gay, I’m Just a Sissy," drew a firestorm of criticism from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and LGBT bloggers, who this week denounced the calendar and its sale through internet retail giants Amazon and Barnes & Noble, both of whom have since removed the calendar from their sales offerings.
A Christmas for Carol, Part 2

A Christmas for Carol, Part 2

Sunday, December 25, 2011
Carol's son, her illegitimate son, was in a relationship with another boy. She told herself it didn’t matter. She was almost not surprised. After all she had been through, what else could go wrong for her? It was eighteen years ago that her boyfriend had gotten her pregnant and then left her; left her alone to fend for herself.
A Christmas for Carol

A Christmas for Carol

Saturday, December 24, 2011
Carol's son, her illegitimate son, was in a relationship with another boy. She told herself it didn’t matter. She was almost not surprised. After all she had been through, what else could go wrong for her? It was eighteen years ago that her boyfriend had gotten her pregnant and then left her; left her alone to fend for herself.
‘My name is Jeremy. It’s time for me to speak up.’

‘My name is Jeremy. It’s time for me to speak up.’

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Sometimes we find ourselves in those situations where we can’t reveal who we are completely, where we can’t open ourselves up, and where we can’t speak up. It’s time for me to speak up. My name is Jeremy, I’m 17, .... and… I’m into dudes.
Colorado advocacy group offers help in creating gay-straight alliances

Colorado advocacy group offers help in creating gay-straight alliances

Saturday, December 17, 2011
The move to “make it better,” just got better. One Colorado, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, has launched a new program to facilitate the creation of gay-straight alliances in Colorado schools and secure safe school environments for all students.
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