Don’t get too comfortable.
That’s what we think when we see headlines like this -
Just in time for the holiday rush, the Human Rights Campaign‘s released Buying for Equality, a guide that helps you “support businesses that support us” as you shop. (more…)
To celebrate Thanksgiving, AfterEllen offers praise for realness in portrayals of lesbian/bi women in TV and movies today.
Among those singled out: Callie Torres (played by Sara Ramirez), Grey’s Anatomy(l.); Luce (Lena Heady), Imagine Me & You (2nd l.) Clarissa Vaughan (Meryl Streep), The Hours; Alice Pieszecki (Leisha Hailey), The L Word; and, interestingly, Rachel Maddow, The Rachel Maddow Show (r.), who – FYI – is a real person.
Read more. And happy Turkey Day!
Double standard? Us?
That could be ABC’s response to complaints that it canceled Adam Lambert’s Good Morning America appearance today because of the guy-on-guy action in his American Music Awards performance this week. (more…)
Except for ill-advised use of the word “lifestyle” to describe a trans person, there’s a pretty sensitive report in NYU’s Washington Square News about LGBT youth who can’t go home for Thanksgiving because their families have rejected them.
“I think NYU and Greenwich Village cloud our vision of reality,” one student says. “There are literally thousands of LGBT homeless youth in New York City, and many NYU students are unaware.”
The latest in OP/OP.LYNX’s “Museum Mixers” series was a smash.
Hundreds of people packed Chelsea’s Rubin Museum Friday for a night of schmoozing, handshakes, air-kisses, and business-card exchanges.
Above: OP.LYNX chair Aliya Hallim-Byne, OP.LYNX co-founder Alina Wilczynski, Nyna Kennedy.
We are, as Woody Allen called himself, “a landlocked Hebrew”.
But in spite of our aversion to water, we can see the appeal of a lesbian or gay cruise.
If that’s what floats your boat – sorry – The Toronto Star reports you’ve got more choices than ever. (more…)
We figured we’d share something light for the weekend – like this hilarious story from the Vancouver Sun.
A look at the most notorious branding flops of the last couple decades includes 1993′s Earring Magic Ken doll – a circa 1991 Christopher Street clone which also became known as “Gay Ken”. (more…)
