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Human Rights Campaign endorses Hillary Clinton for US President
By John Mack Freeman The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. Clinton is scheduled to appear and accept the endorsement in-person today, January 24th. From the announcement: HRC today announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 32 community leaders from across […]
ICANN rejects group’s appeal to control “.gay” domain
By John Mack Freeman The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has rejected an appeal from representatives of the LGBT community to control the “.gay” top-level domain. ICANN controls the development and use of top-level domain names such as .biz, .eco, .ninja, etc. While most of these domains are auctioned off to the […]
HUD announces new guidelines regarding sexual orientation, gender identity in homeless shelters
By John Mack Freeman Secretary Julian Castro announced new rules this week for homeless shelters that receive money from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The rules specify that these facilities must provide access to everyone on an equal basis regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. It also makes explicit that […]
Queer Quest: A New Column for Interesting Times
New D&D Rules More Gender-Inclusive
On Tuesday, July 8th, Wizards of the Coast released the free basic rules for the fifth edition of the long-running RPG Dungeons and Dragons. For the first time, the rule set contained a section on sex. Here is the full text on that section (Images via GayGamer.net).  While the language is admittedly clunky and won’t enter the […]
This Week in Marriage Equality: Another Week, Another Lawsuit
And then there was one. This week, couples in both Montana and South Dakota filed lawsuits in state courts challenging those states bans on marriage equality. With these filings, North Dakota is the only state in the union with a ban on same sex marriage that has not been overturned or that is not currently being […]
Mississippi Businesses Band Together To Reject “Religious Freedom” Law
While Mississippi may have signed a “religious freedom” bill into law last week, that doesn’t mean that all Mississippi businesses are taking the news lying down. The law allows businesses to refuse service to any person based on the sincerely held religious belief of the person providing the service. Although targeted towards the LGBT community, […]
Honey Maid Responds to Critics With Heartwarming Video
Honey Maid’s new campaign features the tagline “This is Wholesome.” It launched with a commercial that highlighted varieties of different families spending time together. One of the couples families featured in the ad had same sex parents. This caused an unfortunate but not unexpected freak out from the conservative corners of the country. Instead of […]
Queer Icon Divine Subject of New Documentary
A new documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz has been released about the life and legacy of Divine. The queer icon rose to prominence in the 1970’s and 1980’s through the films of John Waters. Her life was tragically cut short by an enlarged heart when she was 42. You can find the trailer for the documentary […]