The Slow Advance of LGBTQ Rights in Washington, D.C.
In July 1950, Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter came to offer testimony to a group of U.S. senators. Hillenkoetter, appointed director of the newly minted Central Intelligence Agency three years earlier, recounted for the assembled senators a cautionary tale from across the Atlantic: In the years before World War I…
The Download: Malaysia’s LGBTQ activists, and 4Chan’s toxic AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the LGBTQ activists fighting to be themselves online in Malaysia Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman has been a public figure in Malaysia for well over a decade…
Meet the LGBTQ activists fighting to be themselves online in Malaysia
Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman has been a public figure in Malaysia for well over a decade. Classically beautiful, with long, dark hair and Marilyn Monroe-esque curves, she has built a following of hundreds of thousands on Instagram with a curated feed of immaculately arranged pictures, sales plugs…
Parents With Pride! Dwyane Wade and More Celebs Supporting Their LGBTQ Kids
Parents with pride! Dwyane Wade, Khary Payton and more celebrities have opened up about their LGBTQ kids’ journeys. The professional basketball player revealed in February 2020 how his daughter Zaya came out as transgender, noting that he takes his “roles and responsibilities” as her father “very seriously.” The athlete said during an Ellen DeGeneres Show…
This #1 New Release Book Constructs a Positive Model of Masculinity
This new book was a #1 Amazon New Release in multiple categories last week; gender studies, men’s health, anthropology, and LGBTQ+. It is a must-read for anyone looking to reinforce a healthy lifestyle by breaking out of traditional gender molds. Mac McGregor’s new book, Positive Masculinity Now…
Marcos LGBTQ backer gets ‘double-canceled’
WE do not allow (a member of the) LGBTQ (community) to perform a special number or even be a guest speaker on our podium or ministry pulpit.”The Church of God World Missions said this when it defended its decision to turn off the lights and sound system while political blogger Sass Rogando Sasot…
Police say suspect threatened to commit mass shooting at Florida LGBTQ event
A 17-year-old from Ontario has been charged with allegedly making online threats toward an LGBTQ event in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Miami Police Department received a report on Sunday, June 5 of someone on the video chat platform Omegle threatening to commit a mass shooting at Pride on the Block 2022 in West Palm…
Persephone production brings message of hope to LGBTQ+ youth
I wanted to make something that was really empowering, and funny, so trans people like myself could see themselves in a show and laugh…
Anti-LGBT Hillsong Church Founder Brian Houston Resigns Amid Scandal
The anti-LGBTQI Hillsong Church was rocked by fresh scandal this week after Brian Houston, founder of the global megachurch, resigned following an internal investigation that found … The post Anti-LGBT Hillsong Church Founder Brian Houston Resigns Amid Scandal appeared first on Star Observer…