Watch: Colbert Checks the Math on All-Gender Restrooms

By Ashley R. Lierman Responding to Donald Trump’s recent claim that it would cost “hundreds of billions of dollars” to create gender-inclusive restrooms in his properties, Stephen Colbert decided to check his calculations on the actual cost of making the change. Watch the clip below:

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Whoopi Goldberg to Produce Series about Transgender Models

By Ashley R. Lierman The Advocate reports that Whoopi Goldberg will be producing an upcoming television series called Strut. The series will be a modeling show focusing on models from Slay Model Management, the “first transgender modeling agency.” According to Goldberg, the series will “give viewers a unique opportunity to spend time with real people […]

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Queer Quest 20 – Why I’m Not Mad At Deadpool

By Ashley R. Lierman Last fall, before the Deadpool movie came out, I reported on an interview where Ryan Reynolds and director Tim Miller confirmed that the movie would portray a pansexual Deadpool. At that time, it wasn’t clear what the character’s sexuality would have to do with the movie itself, and to a certain […]

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EU says North Carolina’s HB-2 violates UN treaty

By John Mack Freeman The European Union has issued a statement urging the state of North Carolina to reconsider the anti-GLBT law HB-2. Via The News and Observer: A statement posted on the EU website from spokeswoman Catherine Ray says the laws “discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons” and “contravene the International Covenant […]

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First openly gay civilian military head confirmed

By John Mack Freeman Eric Fanning has been confirmed as Army Secretary after nearly eight months of delay on his nomination. Now that he is confirmed, Fanning is the first openly-GLBT individual to be the civilian head of one of the branches of the military. Via Washington Blade: Never before has the U.S. Senate confirmed […]

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House approves bill allowing discrimination against GLBT contractors

By John Mack Freeman This week, the House of Representatives voted 277 to 147 (mostly along party lines) to approve the 2017 defense authorization bill. Included in that bill is a measure that would allow religiously-affiliated contractors to discriminate against GLBT people. This measure was put forward by Steve Russell and is targeted at undermining […]

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LGBT groups banned from UN AIDS conference by request of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

By John Mack Freeman The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has requested that the United Nations ban several GLBT groups from an upcoming conference on HIV and AIDS. Via Towleroad: Though no official reason was given for the ban, nearly all of the groups denied access to the event were linked to LGBT rights. US ambassador to […]

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Read: Excerpt from A Day In May, Celebrating Irish Marriage Equality

By Ashley R. Lierman A new book by Charlie Bird focuses on marriage equality in Ireland, which was voted into law at this time one year ago. The Advocate presented an excerpt from the story of John Paul Calnan in the book, about the heartache of a bereaved partner before same-sex marriage was the law […]

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Watch: Samantha Bee on “Potty Prefect” McCrory

By Ashley R. LIerman On her show Full Frontal this week, Samantha Bee was another commentator to tear into North Carolina’s recent transphobic law House Bill 2. Her shaming of Governor Pat McCrory as “potty prefect” of the state came as part of a larger piece on how moderate and liberal voter apathy in the […]

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Watch: New HBO Documentary “Suited” Looks at Trans and Nonbinary Clothing

By Ashley R. Lierman A new documentary from HBO, Suited, will focus on Brooklyn-based tailoring company Bindle & Keep, which serves trans men and women as well as gender non-conforming people, reports Out.com. Produced by Lena Dunham, the film will follow the experiences of various clients of the company, and the importance of what Bindle & Keep does to help […]

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