David met David in a straight club on the West Side of Manhattan weeks after the Twin Towers fell. “Now no one goes to clubs anymore. They all have these apps,” chuckles David Ross, an executive with Viteos Fund Services, which runs operational plumbing for hedge funds and private equity… Read the full article HERE.
The Black Cap, the George & Dragon, Madame Jojo’s and the Candy Bar: the list of LGBT bars that have closed in London goes on and on. Since 2006, the UK capital has lost more than half its gay bars and clubs, falling from 125 to 53 in just over a decade, according to research from the Urban Laboratory at University College London. Read the full article HERE.
An LGBT homeless shelter in honour of Golden Girls star Bea Arthur has just opened just in time for Christmas. Bea Arthur, who died in 2009, left $300,000 in her will to the Ali Forney Center, which works to help LGBT homeless youths in New York… Read the full article HERE.
This week marks a key hearing in a U.S. Supreme Court case that could have drastic implications for our LGBTQ residents. The case, which concerns a Colorado bakery that refused to serve a same-sex couple, threatens the very freedoms on which this country was founded… Read the full article HERE.
Pantone unveiled its 2018 color of the year Thursday, and the choice strongly hinted at a call for activism and action. The company chose a deep shade of purple known as Pantone 18-3838, or “ultra violet,” and although it didn’t directly call out the current political climate, the color comes loaded with meaning. Read the full article HERE.
In August, United Healthcare was heavily criticized for denying coverage of Truvada to a bisexual client because, the company claimed, he engaged in “high risk homosexual behavior.” In addition to apologizing for the “insensitive language,” United Healthcare announced that it was updating its policy and would no longer require pre-authorization for Truvada. Read the full article HERE.
Head north on Halsted Street in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood—just one block of Wrigley Field—and you’ll see it: a modern, multi-unit residence decked in green and blue hues. No, this isn’t a new condominium for the city’s young, urban professionals, but rather an affordable housing unit that has become… Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality
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