Author: A. Faulkner

By  Thomas Maxheimer Collecting LGBT Census Data Is ‘Essential’ To Federal Agency, Document Shows The U.S. Census Bureau has said, when questioned why they don’t count LGBT+ citizens, that there is no need to. However, this data is used by many governmental and non-governmental agencies to make funding decisions.  NPR, through a Freedom of Information […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Google grants $1 million to preserve Stonewall oral history Sen. Chuck Schumer announced that the funding will go to The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center to start the project, which will work with the National Park Foundation to preserve and educate future generations about what really happened during the Stonewall […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Oregon Becomes First State to Add Third Gender to Driver’s Licenses Residents will soon have the option of a third category under gender when applying for driver’s licenses or state ID cards.  The options will be: female, male or “X”. Canada’s Senate Just Passed a Landmark Transgender Rights Bill “Gender identity and […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Hello Again Check out the trailer for the upcoming film HELLO AGAIN, which follows 10 love affairs across 10 different historic time periods in New York City. Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman courted to appear in gay conversion therapy drama Boy Erased, the film adaptation of the 2016 memoir of the same […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Nearly 50 years after Stonewall, trans people still feel excluded at pride Not only do transgender people report not feeling welcomed at pride events, they say they get more love from straight people than they do from gay men and lesbians. Survey Finds Broad Opposition to ‘License to Discriminate’ Laws The 2016 […]

By Thomas Maxheimer Germany grants rare humanitarian visa to gay man fleeing Chechnya At the time of this writing, Germany has granted two rare humanitarian visas for gay men escaping persecution in Chechnya. More are expected in the coming months reports Der Tagesspiegel. Gay man wins election for Irish prime minister The gay son of […]