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Small business owner Brandon Davis tells The Advocate about the "soul crushing" loss of his bar, Day Trip, and what he needs to rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
Religion-based bigotry has been the mainstay of Rev. Pat Robertson's bully pulpit. While scientists explain Haiti’s recent natural disaster as an earthquake due to a fault it sits on along the border between two large tectonic plates that slide past each other, Robertson explains the disaster as “Something [that] happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it.”
"I never thought leopards would eat MY face," sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
Since the world community has descended on Haiti with relief aid in response to the January 12th earthquake, I am wondering how Haiti's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities are being helped.
Tourism Vancouver has a current promotion running that will knock your socks off (quite literally – you will be wearing sandals and flip flops by the time you are through partaking in the gifts a plenty being offered by our Canadian sister to the north). The Vancouver Pride prize package includes everything you and your fabulous friends will need to have a memorably fantastic time next July.
Many celebs turned out for Nashville Rising, the benefit concert organized by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. A-Lister’s included Hill and McGraw, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and even Sandra Bullock. When Sandy stepped on to the stage holding a guitar I’m not sure the crowd knew what would happen next.
It matters that Diana Nyad is a lesbian and an activist, even if some just want to focus on her swimming.
With the latest Superman incarnation Man of Steel hitting theaters Friday, it got me thinking….where’s the Wonder Woman movie? Batman, Iron Man, Thor and even the Green Lantern have been on the big screen. Isn’t it time for a femal
Swift is a successful young woman and a terrific philanthropist, so why so much unending hate?
You didn't know we were so divine.
Last week, I was lucky enough to catch some of Reeling 29: The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival Her Beautiful Disaster and Goodbye My Lover, each containing five brief yet touching pieces. So start keeping tabs on the Gay and Lesbian section of your Netflix queue or watching for festivals in you area, and look for these titles- they’re worth the wait. Shorts include Lauran Jean Cronin's One Night, Jenn Garrison's Three Minutes, Jenifer Malmqvist's Birthday, Sam Donovan's Hammerhead and Dana Turken's Guignol.
Archibald Butt and Francis Davis Millet were believed to have been in a secret relationship.
Entertainment Publicist Mona Elyafi muses over the red flags in lesbian relationships including a changed Facebook status, the prospective mother-in-law warning against her 'crackhead' daughter and more you-should-have-known-better tell-tale signs.
I recently attended two short programs at Reeling 29: The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival. Each program contained five brief yet touching pieces. The short films in Goodbye My Lover were The Best is Yet to Come, Time Spent, Bye Bi Love, Tracks and Don't Ask, I Won't Tell.
Entertainment publicist and all-around lesbian Mona Elyafi celebrates Thanksgiving by cleaning house and sifting through friends she no longer needs.
At only 18 years old Sacha Parkinson is an established actress now starring in the UK prime-time soap Coronation Street. But the young star of "Corrie" has been in the limelight for years, having starred in the BBC school drama Grange Hill and with appearances under her belt in Doctors, Waterloo Road and The Royal, among others. But with Corrie, she is making history by taking part in the first-ever lesbian story line in the show’s 50 years on the air. And, as an added bonus, her love interest on the soap is her childhood friend, 18-year-old Brooke Vincent.
Yo, did Pete just soft-launch his VP pick status?
Director Sidney Lumet died with almost no mention of his work about the women he directed. One of his best works, and least known, focuses on a positive lesbian character.
Entertainment publicist Mona Elyafi has found the perfect girl to date. Mona! Here, the solipsistic but lovable lesbian weighs the pros and cons of dating outside herself.
