Anja finished second in Melodi Grand Prix last year but came back to make her childhood dream come true by representing Denmark in Eurovision Song Contest. She is 21 years old and was born and raised in Australia, but both her parents are Danish and most of her relatives lives in Denmark. In 2014 sh...

The former Kyle XY star and his husband of nearly a year, singer Blue Hamilton, revealed that they went through a certification process to become foster parents, in the hopes that it would lead to a formal adoption. “There were so many kids, and so many stories that broke our hearts,” says Hamilton,

When Kartik, a young gay man, comes out to his conservative mother Vasudha in a small town in Southern India, she has no one to turn to dispel her fears and self doubts, and understand her loving son's truth. She has to find her own ways to deal with her intolerant husband Damodar and the unforgivin...

Lee Daniels, director of 2009's Precious, sat down with Larry King to discuss, among other things, his new movie The Butler and how his perspective as a gay, black man influenced the film's focus on the civil rights movement. Later, Daniels shared his own story of growing up gay and the continued st...

"We Can't Tolerate This Anymore." That's what President Barack Obama told those attending a memorial service Sunday in Newtown, Connecticut, two days after a man shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 26 people -- 20 of them children no older than 7, who would never go on a date, ...

“This morning, we have children without parents and fathers without sons, mothers without daughters. We lost two police officers. We lost a nurse from Tennessee. A special-ed teacher from a local school here in Manhattan Beach. It’s the kind of thing that makes you want to throw up or give up. It’s

Olga Costa was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1913, at the outset of World War I. Her parents, Jacobo Kostakowsky and Ana Falvisant Bovglarevokeylandel, were immigrants who had fled czarist Russia to escape persecution of the Jews. Costa and her younger sister Lya were raised in Berlin, where their fat...

Set in The Netherlands at the end of WW II, this touching story, told in flashbacks, explores the complex and romantic relationship between an adult soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy.
This Film is a startlingly frank look at a young boy's love affair with a Canadian soldier during the ...

On May 22nd, 2015 Ireland will vote on the Marriage Equality referendum, deciding whether or not same-sex couples can get legally married. In Ireland, and particularly here in Trinity, students and young people are the most likely to vote yes in the referendum. But we typically have the lowest voter...

Every purchase of StandUp branded merchandise benefits the anti-bullying work and grants of the Ben Cohen Foundation. He explains: "I’ve heard from many fans and friends how bullying has impacted their lives, and I am moved to make a difference for them. Parents have written to me, sharing painfu