Weekend Music Video: It Goes and Comes Around
Filed Under Music | August 29th, 2008
This weekend’s featured music video is from Mark Ruebery’s new album ‘Because of You’. Read more
Censorship of Queer Youth at Manchester Pride
Filed Under Censorship, LGBT Youth, Pride Events | August 29th, 2008
Here’s a story that’s starting to make the rounds: Censorship at Manchester Pride. Read more
Study Reveals Gap in HIV Testing Knowledge Among College Students
Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Gay Students, Health, Research | August 29th, 2008
Athens, Ga. – Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less knowledgeable about HIV testing, according to a new University of Georgia study. Read more
Pioneering LGBT Activist Del Martin Mourned
Filed Under LGBT Seniors, Lesbian matters, Obits | August 29th, 2008
Pioneering LGBT Activist Del Martin, who married Phyllis Lyon, her partner of 55 years, in June on the first day same-sex couples in California gained that right, died Wednesday at the age of 87. Read more
Iowa’s Married Same-Sex Couple Celebrates First Year of Marriage
Filed Under Gay Marriage, Legal, Relationships | August 29th, 2008
(Des Moines, Iowa) — August 31st 2008 will mark the one year anniversary of the first marriage of a same-sex couple in Iowa after Lambda Legal’s victory in which a district court ruled that barring same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional. Read more
Workplace Equality and the Fortune 500
Filed Under Gay Business, Research, Workplace Equality | August 28th, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, PA (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Equality Forum, a national and international gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) civil rights organization, reported that 471 (94.2%) of the 2008 FORTUNE 500 companies voluntarily include sexual orientation in their employment nondiscrimination policies. Read more
A ‘Christian’ Alcoholic Comes to Terms With His Gayness by Becoming an International Fashion Model in the Newly Released Memoir ‘Falling Off the Catwalk‘… Read more
Nearly Two-thirds of New York City’s Same-sex Couples Live Outside of Manhattan
Filed Under Life, Relationships, Research | August 27th, 2008
Los Angeles, CA — A new study published by UCLA’s Williams Institute analyzes data from Census 2000 and finds that there are nearly 26,000 same-sex couples in New York City, most of whom (62%) live outside of Manhattan. Read more
AHF Blasts GlaxoSmithKline Print Ads That Promote Fear of HIV Treatment
Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Gay Marketing, Health | August 27th, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA (BUSINESS WIRE) — AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit AIDS healthcare provider in the United States and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, is blasting British multi-national drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for a recent series of direct-to-consumer print advertisements that, under the guise of patient education, capitalize on patients’ fears of HIV treatment. Read more
It’s Wednesday and I think I’ll start it off with something a little wacky… In fact I may even declare Wednesday’s to be ‘Wacky Wednesday’ at this site — maybe. Read more



