Eight transgender volunteers have signed paperwork to join the active-duty ranks of the Air Force, the Pentagon acknowledged on Tuesday. The eight are among the first known transgender applicants to the military since the Pentagon opened recruiting to them on Jan. 1…
LGBTQ-identified people are more likely to battle addiction, but less likely to seek help. The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation wants to change that. In the 1980s, Former First Lady Betty Ford helped break down stigma toward addiction among women when she sought treatment for her disease and later opened a treatment center. Now that center…
A gay Mexican immigrant who sought asylum in the United States, but was deported over the recent Christmas holiday despite a court order in his favor, was retrieved Tuesday after a nearly one-month ordeal in which the Trump administration ignored rulings on his behalf. Carlos Bringas-Rodriguez, who’s gay and HIV positive, is an asylum seeker from Mexico…
They have a motto in Key West: “One Human Family.” Coined by James Thompson — an HIV-positive activist, organizer, and designer — it represents Key West, the tiny island best known for its queer inclusiveness.
“Inclusiveness is part of our heritage,” one tour guide told me when I visited last August. Its embrace of diversity and…
TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend took a not-so-subtle swipe at straight women who go to gay bars. The CW musical comedy show, which has a number of LGBT characters, took aim at the heterosexualisation of gay bars in this week’s episode. Read the full article HERE.
A Virginia Senate committee on Monday killed a bill that would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s hate crimes law. Members of the Senate Courts of Justice Committee in a 9-6 vote struck down Senate Bill 112 that state Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington County) introduced. Read the full article HERE.
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