A teacher in North Texas received official notice Friday that she’ll be out of a job at the end of the school year after she objected to the school’s removal of pro-LGBTQ “safe space” stickers from the school building. Rachel Stonecipher, a teacher in the Dallas suburb of Irving, found …
Read More »How Man on Man Created a DIY Album During the Pandemic
When Faith No More keyboardist Roddy Bottum and his boyfriend Joey Holman visited Oxnard, California, a town 60 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, last year to handle a family matter, they suddenly found themselves isolated due to pandemic lockdown restrictions. So the couple started making music together. “Roddy was …
Read More »Marvel Reveals First Gay 'Captain America' in New Comic Series
Marvel announced that the first gay Captain America in the superhero’s 80-year history will be revealed in an upcoming issue. In the limited series The United States of Captain America, Steve Rogers (the original Captain America) and other characters who donned the costume go on a road trip across the …
Read More »'Generation' Tries to Capture the Chaos of Teen Angst
Late in the premiere episode of the new HBO Max dramedy Generation, high school classmates Chester (Justice Smith) and Nathan (Uly Schlesinger) are cuddling together at the end of a very tough day for the latter. Chester promises Nathan that he’ll never feel this bad again, but Nathan is too …
Read More »'Juno' Star Elliot Page Comes Out as Transgender
Elliot Page, formerly known as Ellen Page, has come out as transgender and non-binary. The actor released a statement to social media on Tuesday, writing: “Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they, and my name is Elliot. I feel lucky to …
Read More »Stonewall Inn Receives $250,000 Donation to Avoid Permanent Closure
The Stonewall Inn in New York, site of the landmark 1969 riots that paved the way for the modern LGBTQ rights movement, will remain open through the pandemic thanks to a $250,000 donation. TheWashington Blade reports that the Gill Foundation, which provides grants to queer organizations across the U.S., pledged …
Read More »Chicana Sister Act Reyna Drop New Song, 'The Way I Loved You'
Comprised of Mexican-American sisters Vic Banuelos and Gabby Banuelos, Milwaukee synth-pop duo Reyna suffuse their summertime sads with touches of disco in their new single, “The Way I Loved You.” A danceable letter to a long-gone first love, elder sister Vic pines for a romance as profound the second time …
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