Fire Island Pines (often referred to as The Pines) is a hamlet in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States, and is a barrier island on the southern side of Long Island. Fire Island Pines derives its name from the scrub pine trees in the area, which, according to legend, starte...

Janet Mock, a writer living in New York, tells her story of growing up transsexual in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was born male and transitioned from Charles to Janet during her freshman year of high school. Due to her adolescent transition, she was bullied, teased and taunted through the halls of h...

As the votes are announced in the New Zealand Parliament that affirm the Definition of Marriage Amendment (allowing equal marriage rights for the gay community), spectators in the gallery break into a Maori love song which most of the Members of Parliament then join in with. Quite touching. For my A

Passing Through by Kristian Ulrich Larsen. The text used for the narration of “Passing Through” is part of a speech Serbia scientist and inventor Nicola Tesla delivered in 1893 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Though today less known than figures like Edison and Einstein, Tesla was more o

Mayor Annise Parker confirmed to KHOU 11 News that she married her longtime partner Kathy Hubbard Thursday in Palm Springs, California.The ceremony, held at sunset at a private home, was attended by a small group of family and friends of the couple, including Parker's mother and Hubbard's sister, ac...

Southern Baptist Sissies is the GLAAD Award-winning play by writer/director Del Shores. It is the story of four boys who grew up in the Southern Baptist Church who are gay and how they each deal with the conflict between the church and their sexuality. This is the campaign launch to raise the funds...

At Broadway Backwards 2023, Les Misérables‘ inspiring anthem “One Day More” was set among a modern-day, ragtag group of activists preparing for an equality march in Washington. Philippe Arroyo, Bradley Dean, Jeigh Madjus, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Chris McCarrell, Turner Riley, Alexandra Silber and Paul C.

Gay couples are already lining up at courthouses around Alabama and weddings will begin imminently. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals had denied the state Attorney General's request for a stay on a judge's ruling allowing same-sex marriage in Alabama, clearing the way for same-sex marriage to beg...

An independent Australian drama pilot "Subject to Change" features two gay leads and is set to debut in festival screenings in 2015 with a chance for a TV pick-up by the end of the year. The show is a coming-of-age narrative set in the working class suburb of Hedley, Australia and focuses on three c...

Paul Harflee's Pansy Project in Belfast. An innovative and inspiring response to homophobia. In 2014 during Blackpool Pride Festival will, for the first time, feature a contemporary art and archive exhibition as part of the program. The exhibition, entitled We’re Here, which opens today, includes