Actress-model Leyna Bloom appears on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, making her the first transgender woman to do so. “This moment heals a lot of pain in the world,” Bloom wrote on Instagram. “We deserve this moment; we have waited millions of years to show up as survivors and be seen as full humans…
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RICKY MARTIN RESPONDS TO NEGATIVE REACTION TO PHOTOS OF HIMSELF WITH HUSBAND
Singer Ricky Martin has responded to criticism he received after posting photos of himself with his husband Jwan Yosef. The 49-year-old Martin and his husband cover the latest issue of CAP 74024 magazine. The cover photo is a shirtless image of the men in an embrace. In a lengthy post, Martin, who came out gay in 2010…
MATH TEACHER BEATS INCUMBENT TO BECOME FIRST GAY BLACK MAN ELECTED IN TEXAS
A high school math teacher won a runoff race for the San Antonio City Council, making him the first out gay black man elected in Texas. Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, also a graduate student, once worked for the councilwoman he will be replacing. He left City Councilwoman Jada Andrews-Sullivan’s office in 2019 amid allegations of anti-gay discrimination…
ONE MILLION MOMS CLAIMS PBS PRIDELAND PROMOTES UNBIBLICAL SEXUALITY
One Million Moms is calling for the defunding of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) over its airing of Prideland. In the docuseries, out actor Dyllón Burnside (FX’s Pose) talks with LGBT Americans living in the modern South, including lesbian moms in Alabama and Jessica Gonzalez, an openly queer Texas state representative. The series consists of six short-form…
LAVERNE COX’S DOCUMENTARY DISCLOSURE LOOKS @ TRANSGENDER REPRESENTATION ON FILM
Laverne Cox serves as executive producer in the Netflix documentary Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen. The documentary takes a look at transgender representation in film. According to Indiewire, the film’s creative team, cast, and crew were “almost exclusively transgender.” Cox, who is best known for playing transgender inmate Sophia Burset on the Netflix dramedy Orange is the New…
LGBT GROUPS CONDEMN RACIAL VIOLENCE
More than 75 LGBT and civil rights groups have issued a joint statement condemning racial violence. The letter comes as civil unrest spreads across the nation following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Floyd, a black man, can be seen in a video gasping to breathe as a white officer is holding him down…
NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY LOOKS @ DEATH OF 8-YEAR-OLD GABRIEL FERNANDEZ SUSPECTED OF BEING GAY
Streaming giant Netflix on Thursday released a trailer for its upcoming documentary on Gabriel Fernandez. Gabriel’s mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, were found guilty of torturing the 8-year-old boy to death. Fernandez, 34, was sentenced to life in prison, while Aguirre, 37, received the death penalty. Authorities in Southern California responding to…
GARETH THOMAS: WHEN I CAME OUT AS GAY, I ALWAYS WANTED TO SHOW A SIGN OF STRENGTH
In a cover interview with Men’s Health, out UK rugby star Gareth Thomas talks about coming out first as gay and then as HIV-positive. The 45-year-old Thomas came out publicly as gay in 2009 and retired from the sport in 2011. In September, he announced that he’s living with HIV. He said that he decided to…
JANELLE MONAE SAY SEXUALITY IS A ‘JOURNEY’
In a THEM cover story, singer-songwriter-actress Janelle Monáe talked with Lizzo. The 33-year-old Monáe came out as queer last year in a Rolling Stone cover story. “For me, sexuality and sexual identity and fluidity is a journey,” Monáe told Lizzo. “It’s not a destination.” “That’s the exciting thing – always finding out new things about who you are….
