Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world’s most renowned and beloved musicians, is trying to provide comfort in this time of crisis. Ma has been posting videos of himself performing short pieces and encouraging other musicians -- of all levels -- around the world to join him in offering “Songs of Comfort.” Ma joi

Anton Hysen plays professional football in Sweden and is one of the only footballers to have come out as being gay. See his behind the scenes shoot for attitude active and find out more about him and the reaction from him coming out. Anton Hysen, a 20 year old, came out in an interview with Sweden’

Long before shows like Glee and Modern Family, sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s were slowly breaking ground and bringing gay visibility to American television programming.Writer Matt Baume has been combing through sitcoms to figure out when homosexuals stopped being a scary threat and started becomin

Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colours in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art. Max, the son of German Jews, fled Berlin in 1938, sett

In this photographic video essay we present a series of unique photos from the first international women to enter a medical college in Philadelphia in the 19th Century to major stars such as Marilyn Monroe in the opening of the TIME-LIFE building in New York in the 1950's and John Lennon and Yoko On...

Showing off is the sultry central idea of “Only Bares,” choreographed by John Alix and directed by Austin Nunes. Set to Shoshana Bean’s version of “I Did Something Bad,” featuring Cynthia Erivo, Tomás Matos created a new social media account that summoned a bevy of sensual, slithering admirers from

The New York Police forcibly cleared Zuccotti park for cleaning. "Liberty Square [Zuccotti Park], home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world, is presently being evicted by a large police force," the de...

Hamilton's Javier Muñoz joins Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for a timely reminder of the importance of casting your vote. Stephen Colbert’s final pre-Election Day monologue on a special live episode of the Late Show was interrupted Monday night, first by a young girl crying about how she was too s

It was nearly four years ago when CrossFit star Alec Smith publicly came out as gay. In his emotional coming-out video, Smith says he used to “hate himself” for his homosexuality, and could never imagine embracing his attraction to men. But Smith is hiding no longer. He’s open about his life on soc

Get REAL is a university student-driven initiative aimed at eliminating homophobia in creative and dynamic ways. It is open to any and all who wish to stand up and speak out against discrimination. We started in February of 2011 with the aim of running workshops in junior high and high schools, led ...