In what may turn out to be yet another front of the Trump administration’s war on transgender rights, some transgender U.S. passport holders are claiming that the State Department has denied renewal requests even after the applicants already listed their gender as female on previously approved passports.
Land O’Lakes named Beth Ford as the company’s first female CEO this week, making her the first openly gay woman CEO at a Fortune 500 company, CNN reported. “I am extraordinarily grateful to work at a company that values family, including my own,” Ford said in a statement to CNN. “The Board chose the person they felt best met the criteria…
Legendary actor Rock Hudson revealed 33 years ago he had AIDS. He was first diagnosed in 1984, but managed to keep his illness a secret. His publicist confirmed his diagnosis on July 25, 1985. To commemorate his brave decision, read about the movie icon’s untold story. This story was originally published in 2015.
Surveying 1,782 LGBTQ people across the United States, AARP found that gay men over the age of 45 are more likely to be single. While 57% of gay men over 45 were single, lesbians were only 39% more likely to be without a partner, while bisexual men and women weighed in at 48%.
Until the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016, the deadliest known attack at a gay club in U.S. history was a 1973 arson attack at a New Orleans gay bar called the UpStairs Lounge. Thirty-two people died in the fire, but many families didn’t come forward to claim the bodies of the dead and churches refused to hold funerals for some of the victims.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is among those heading to Salt Lake City for a Saturday music festival organized by Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds to support LGBT youth in the Mormon church. The appearance of the proudly gay CEO will show young people their “unlimited potential,” Reynolds said in a statement. Other headliners include dancer and singer Julianne Hough…
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