U.S. District Court Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday ruled that Grimm’s former school district in Virginia, the Gloucester County School Board, had discriminated against him when officials refused to allow him to use the bathroom of his choice. “The Board’s policy violated…
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A GANG OF MEN BRUTALLY BEAT A TRANS WOMAN @ A CONVENIENCE STORE WHILE THE EMPLOYEE IGNORED HER
A transgender woman who works at a D.C. gay bar was brutally attacked and robbed at a convenience store. Alicia Love is a manager at the D.C. Eagle and she has performed in drag shows around the city. Last Friday, after getting off work at 3 a.m., she went to a Citgo gas station to get…
HRC ANNOUNCES ALPHONSO DAVID AS FIRST PERSON OF COLOR TO HELM THE VETERAN LGBTQ ORGANIZATION
The Human Rights Campaign has announced that Alphonso David will be the first person of color to lead the veteran LGBTQ organization. Born in the U.S., David was raised in Liberia, where his uncle was President. When David was 10, his father was jailed in a military coup and his uncle was assassinated. The family…
BLACK MIRROR’S NEWEST SEASON FINALLY EXPLORES A MALE BISEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
The recently released fifth season of the futuristic thriller series Black Mirror contains an interesting bisexual storyline about two men who begin an affair via a virtual reality video game. Domestic Danny (Anthony Mackie) and his free-spirited friend/roommate Karl (Yahya Abdul-Mateen) enjoy playing their favorite Street Fighter-style game, Striking Vipers. But after Danny impregnates and marries his girlfriend, the…
COP SUSPENDED AFTER LEAVING HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT GAY TEEN WHO DIES OF SUICIDE
A police officer in Alabama has been put on leave after making homophobic comments about a black gay teen who died by suicide. Over the weekend, LGBTQ people in Huntsville, Alabama, banded together to raise money for the family of Nigel Shelby. Shelby was 15 when he killed himself, which many people in the community…
A 15-YEAR-OLD GAY BULLYING VICTIM DIED BY SUICIDE
Nigel Shelby was a 15-year-old a high school student in Huntsville, Alabama. A freshman at Huntsville High School, Shelby had faced homophobic bullying from classmates – bullying that let to Shelby taking his own life. “We were saddened to learn this morning of the death of Nigel Shelby, one of our 9th grade students,” read a…
CUBA JUST STARTED GIVING PrEP AWAY FOR FREE
A pilot program that began on March 6 has Cuban officials distributing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to those in need. According to a report in Granma, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, 28 people in Cárdenas, some 90 miles from Havana, have been supplied with PrEP. It is being provided free…
DON CHEADLE SHOWED HIS SUPPORT OF TRANSGENDER KIDS & TWITTER WENT WILD
Don Cheadle may play a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but during last night’s Saturday Night Live, the actor proved himself a real-world hero to transgender youth. Cheadle, who hosted the show last night, introduced the evening’s musical guest, Gary Clark Jr., while wearing a black t-shirt with the slogan “Protect trans kids” printed on…
EVERY LGBTQ YOUTH SHOULD READ LAVERNE COX’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INSTAGRAM MESSAGE
In a recent Instagram post, transgender actress and LGBTQ rights activist Laverne Cox shared her personal experience of bullying and discrimination, reminding young queer people of their inherent self-worth and beauty. It’s really quite powerful. Ever since her 2013 debut as a trans character in Netflix’s women in prison drama Orange is the New Black, Cox has become…
HERE’S A VOUCHER YOU CAN DROP IN A SALVATION ARMY BUCKET TO STAND UP FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
As the backlash against the Salvation Army continues, activists have created a “voucher” you can drop in the bell ringers’ red buckets this holiday season to stand up for LGBTQ rights. The religious charity has come under fire in the United States over the past decade for their atrocious record on LGBT rights. To attempt to stem…
