World AIDS Day is still three months away, but commercials designed to draw attention to the day (and HIV and AIDS in general) are already airing on television. And one particular ad is already generating controversy.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Regenbogen e.V., a German AIDS awareness organization, has developed a new campaign with the tagline [...]
There is no denying the incredible star power of Meryl Streep. Not only is she the third highest earning actress in Hollywood, and not only has the “Streep Effect” popularized everything from ABBA albums to tourism in Kenya, but she’s also simply one of the most versatile actors working today. As The Independent recently wrote, [...]
Each Sunday, the Congregational Church of Weston (in Weston, Massachusetts) hosts a Catholic congregation called “Spirit of Life.” “Spirit of Life” is led by Jean Marchant, a woman who was unofficially ordained as a Catholic priest four years ago. I say “unofficially” because, in 1994, the Pope formally stated that the Catholic Church cannot ordain [...]
Last week, I wrote about the ways in which intersex and transgender people are continually reduced to their body parts and disrespected by the media. Now, I want to talk about how such coverage can be damaging to the lives of ordinary (read: not celebrities) trans and intersex folks.
Yesterday, The Advocate reported that Kate Lynn [...]
If you read gossip blogs, you already know about Lady Gaga’s recent “scandal.” During a recent concert, she flashed her private parts to the audience, revealing a part of her body that appears phallic. Rumors began to circulate, and then a statement attributed to Lady Gaga was released, stating publicly that she is, in fact, [...]
This past week has not been a pleasant one for the international LGBT community. Two separate attacks occurred during the 2009 World Outgames, held last week in Copenhagen — three men were beaten outside of Copenhagen’s town hall after the opening night ceremony, and bombs were thrown into Osterbro Stadium at the start of a [...]
Fox has done it again.
Tonight is the premiere of the network’s newest reality program — More to Love. If you didn’t already guess from the title, the premise of the show is much like any other dating show (which is no surprise, as it’s from the creator of The Bachelor), with one noticeable variation: contestant [...]
Last week, the Lithuanian parliament passed the “Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information.” The law bans discussion of homosexuality in schools, and also prohibits references to homosexuality in any material that can be accessed by (or distributed to) children. According to Amnesty International, the law “classes homosexuality alongside [...]
On July 2, the Delhi High Court overturned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a law which previously banned homosexual sex between consenting adults and referred to same-sex relationships as an “unnatural offense.” Much as Lawrence v. Texas did in the United States in 2003, this recent ruling essentially legalizes homosexuality in Delhi and [...]
Ramadan is an annual period of religious observance in Islam, during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset every day for thirty consecutive days. Though Ramadan will not begin until the end of August this year, the Inter Press Service recently ran an article about a particularly interesting phenomenon that coincides with Ramadan in some [...]
