In the 1950s and 1960s, some therapists employed aversion therapy of the kind featured in A Clockwork Orange to “cure” male homosexuality. This typically involved showing patients pictures of naked men while giving them electric shocks or to make them vomit, and, once they could no longer bear it, showing them…
IT HAPPENS EVERY June like clockwork: the rainbows come out. (Pun intended.) Suddenly major metropolitan storefronts are filled with multi-colored displays and clothes emblazoned with “Love Is Love” and other slogans of the LGTBQ+ rights movement. It seems as though even your cable provider wants to know…
I get asked all the time if there is still a need for LGBTQ specific financial advice now that marriage equality is law of the land. It is a bit of a heteronormative attitude to think financial planning is the same regardless of sexual orientation. Members of the LGBTQ community have different thoughts and attitudes about money compared to…
Point Foundation ( Point ), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer ( LGBTQ ) students, today announced its 2018 scholarship recipients. The 20 LGBTQ students were chosen to be Point Scholars from more than 2,000 applicants. Point is also welcoming 25 LGBTQ students to its Community College Scholarship Program.
It’s not that there’s anything wrong with LGBTQ vacation standbys like Palm Springs and Fire Island. They’ve been safe havens for gays who want to get stupid drunk and take their shirts off at a party for decades strong. But great news for guys who want to try something a little new…
The support organization celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. On a seemingly normal day in 1972, Jeanne Manford and her son Morty walked together in what would eventually be known as the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York City. This event is now called “Pride” across the world.
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