Why do we need Barbados Pride? Well, walking down the street is a traumatic experience for many LGBTI Barbadians. At first glance, Barbadian LGBTI people appear to have relatively safe, full lives. People often ask us: ‘Why don’t you just live your lives and stop fighting for rights, no one is troubling you?’
The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival began, like many good things in New Orleans, as a conversation among friends. Partners Paul Willis and Greg Herren were musing over the possibility of combining ways to reach out with information about HIV/AIDS with an LGBTQ Literary Festival, and next thing you know, novelist Jean Redmann had come up with the perfect title: “Saints and Sinners.”
LGBT politicos nationwide were struck by the March 15 announcement that National Center for Lesbian Rights executive director Kate Kendell was stepping down after more than 22 years of service advancing social and economic justice through the lens of LGBT civil rights. “Kate literally changed the world.
California’s new Senate leader will be the first woman and lesbian to hold the position. San Diego Sen. Toni Atkins (D), a former Assembly speaker, will take the role held by Senate president pro tem Kevin De Leon, The Associated Press reported. Atkins said she will be focusing “internally.”
A new report from Grindr-owned media outlet Into shows a significant disconnect and missed opportunities for brands to effectively, consistently, and authentically engage with the LGBTQ community. Though marketers say that they wish to be perceived as inclusive and progressive, the results of the study done by Into and Brand Innovators show otherwise.
Why of course global queer icon Gloria Estefan — subject of Broadway musical On Your Feet, and muse to drag queens worldwide — has a daughter who is not straight. To close out 2017, Gloria’s 23-year-old daughter, Emily, celebrated — for the first time publicly — her one-year anniversary with girlfriend Geremy Hernández via Instagram.
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