The Orlando City Council on Monday voted unanimously on a change in design for the already-planned labyrinth-style walking path in Colonialtown Square Park, which will honor the victims of the Pulse massacre. The now-iconic “Orlando United” heart logo will now serve as the center of the memorial maze… Read the full article HERE.
A new report provides evidence that suggests same-sex relationships can be happier than straight relationships. The Australian study shows same-sex couples have relationships just as healthy, if not healthier, relationships than their straight counterparts. Professor Janeen Baxter and Dr Francisco Perales co-authored the study together. Read the full article HERE.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has died. The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, released the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee,” said HRC president Chad Griffin.“Mayor Lee was a tireless advocate for LGBTQ… Read the full article HERE.
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.
This past Tuesday, Dec. 5, the Allies and Safe Zones 101 workshop offered a three-hour basic training in allyship and basic LGBTQ+ issues. The Allies and Safe Zones program promotes acceptance and support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and Pansexual (LGBTQ+) individuals. Read the full article HERE.
IN 1709, THE LONDON JOURNALIST Ned Ward published an account of a group he called “the Mollies Club.” Visible through the homophobic bile (he describes the members as a “Gang of Sodomitical Wretches”) is the clear image of a social club that sounds, most of all, like a really good time. 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.
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