LGBTQ
NFL Player Carl Nassib Announces He's Gay and Donates $100K To Trevor Project
NFL Player Carl Nassib Announces He's Gay and Donates $100K To Trevor Project Carl Nassib — screenshot.Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib has become the first active National Football League (NFL) player to come out as gay, and he’s making a U.S.$100,000 donation to The Trevor Project in conjunction with his announcement. Nassib made the…
Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Murray To Support Local LGBTQ With Stadium Series Equipment Auction
Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Murray To Support Local LGBTQ With Stadium Series Equipment Auction Matt Murray at the Stadium Series — photo via Pittsburgh Penguins TwitterPittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray will be auctioning off a historic set of equipment to support area LGBTQ causes. The National Hockey League player is donating his custom-…
Taylor Swift Releases Video For Pro-LGBTQ Song "You Need To Calm Down"
Taylor Swift Releases Video For Pro-LGBTQ Song "You Need To Calm Down" Katy Perry and Taylor Swift in thePop star Taylor Swift has released a star-studded music video to support her pro-LGBTQ song "You Need To Calm Down." Throughout the video Swift and her friends are confronted by an angry, toothless and dirty anti-gay mob of people. The…
Imagine Dragons Seize Moment at Billboard Music Awards to Ask 34 States to Ban Conversion Therapy
Imagine Dragons Seize Moment at Billboard Music Awards to Ask 34 States to Ban Conversion Therapy Imagine Dragons at 2019 Billboard Music Awards — photo credit: screenshot. Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds came fully prepared with a strong message when his band won the Billboard Music Award for top rock artist tonight (May 1) in their hometown of…
WATCH: Ellen Page's Appearance on Stephen Colbert Capable of Bringing Viewers to Tears
WATCH: Ellen Page's Appearance on Stephen Colbert Capable of Bringing Viewers to Tears Ellen Page on Stephen Colbert — photo credit: screenshot.Canadian-born Hollywood actress Ellen Page used her segment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss many important issues from environmental racism towards First Nations in Canada to equating U.S.…
Common Calls Out Trump, NRA In 90th Academy Awards Performance
Common Calls Out Trump, NRA In 90th Academy Awards Performance Common — screenshot via ABC News YTConsciously-minded rapper Common used his appearance at the 90th Academy Awards last night (March 4) to call out U.S. President Donald Trump as well as the National Rifle Association (NRA). Common used a spoken word intro before his performance of "Stand…
Homeless LGBTQ Youth To Receive Phones from ecoATM Gazelle and PowerOn Partnership
Homeless LGBTQ Youth To Receive Phones from ecoATM Gazelle and PowerOn Partnership Photo courtesy of ecoATMHomeless LGBTQ youth will receive smart phones so they can access crucial online resources thanks to a donation partnership between San Diego-based ecoATM Gazelle and PowerOn. ecoATM Gazelle, which offers ATM-like kiosks where people can dispense…
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Names Live Nation Leading Employer for LGBTQ
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Names Live Nation Leading Employer for LGBTQ The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has named concert promotion agency Live Nation Entertainment one of the best places to work for LGBTQ employees and their allies. The corporation scored 100 percent on HRC’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index with regards to its company…
Lea DeLaria, Gavin Crawford and More Part of LGBTQ-Positive We're Funny That Way Fest
Lea DeLaria, Gavin Crawford and More Part of LGBTQ-Positive We're Funny That Way Fest Lea Delaria — photo courtesy FLIP PublicityThe We're Funny That Way comedy festival and fundraiser will be making its return after a five year hiatus. The LGBTQ-positive festival, which goes from May 3-6 in Toronto, will use its We're Funny That Way Foundation to…
Dare To Wear Love Gala to Introduce Launch of Urgent Stephen Lewis Foundation LGBTQ Initiative
Dare To Wear Love Gala to Introduce Launch of Urgent Stephen Lewis Foundation LGBTQ Initiative Dare To Wear Love — photo credit: Paul Flavius Nachita Dare To Wear Love, the swish annual Canadian fashion gala founded by Hoax Couture designers Jim Searle and Chris Tyrell, is set or May 12 at Toronto’s Ritz Carlton. The event has raised more than a half-…
Rae Spoon's New Video Is A LGBTQ-Friendly Bathroom Dance Party
Rae Spoon's New Video Is A LGBTQ-Friendly Bathroom Dance Party Rae Spoon with bathroom monsters — photo viaTo hear proponents of North Carolina's anti-LGTBQ "Bathroom Bill" tell it, transgender people who use restrooms that aren't the ones co-responding to the sex they were assigned at birth are criminal monsters. Canadian musician Rae Spoon is…
Give OUT Day To Support LGBTQ Community On Aug. 2
Give OUT Day To Support LGBTQ Community On Aug. 2 Give OUT Day — photo credit: Give OUT DayMany LGBTQ community groups and organizations will receive much needed financial boosts today as part of the annual Give OUT Day celebrations being held across America. Give OUT Day, a 24-hour online fundraising event designed to raise funds for LGBTQ organizations…
North Carolina Billboard Asks Vistors to Set Their Clocks Back 100 Years
North Carolina Billboard Asks Vistors to Set Their Clocks Back 100 Years Planting Peace's billboard — photo credit: Planting PeaceA peace organization is fighting North Carolina's hateful HB2 "Bathroom Bill" in a hard-to-miss-way — via a large highway billboard contemning the bill and its stripping of LGTBQ rights and protections. Placed by the roadside…
Pop Band Fun. Know What They Stand For: Gay Rights
Pop Band Fun. Know What They Stand For: Gay Rights Poised to set the world on fire, the members of New York City pop band Fun., whose sophomore album, Some Nights, drops Feb. 21, have already decided what they stand for: equality — and will take that message to their fans and the media as they continue to rise in popularity. “We’re pretty serious on…