by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | Articles, Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
Each year, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) assesses all facets of media in order to evaluate the level of inclusion and fair representation of a wide array of identities. When so many media-based awards shows fail to recognize LGBT characters...
by admin | Apr 11, 2014 | Equality, Gender, LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT
It has just been reported that Carrie Brownstein of Portlandia and Sleater-Kinney fame will be joining Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, and Rooney Mara in the upcoming lesbian film Carol. As SheWired gushed earlier this month, “Picture this…Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara,...
by admin | Apr 4, 2014 | Articles, Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
The road to marriage equality in Michigan has been fairy tumultuous as of late. Bernard Friedman, a judge who was originally appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan, ruled the state’s gay-marriage ban unconstitutional on Friday, March 21st. This...
by admin | Apr 3, 2014 | Articles, Equality, Gender, LGBTQIA+, Resources & Info
Sarah Deragon, creator of “The Identity Project.” ______________________________________________________________ Have you ever heard of the term “Butch Dandy Gentleman?” How about “Gold Star Gay Wife?” Or “Pansexual Gender Fluid Tomboy?” It turns out,...
by admin | Apr 2, 2014 | Articles, Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
Tegan and Sara Quin, everyone’s favorite Canadian music duo, were recently on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight to talk about coming out, being gay in the entertainment industry, and Ellen Page. When Page came out at the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Time to Thrive...
by admin | Mar 27, 2014 | Articles, Equality, Gender, LGBTQIA+
“You can’t tell me I can’t do something,” Tona Brown once told journalist Tim Smith in an interview for The Baltimore Sun. That single sentence says a lot about the tenacity, talent, and fearlessness that Brown, a transgender woman and classically trained violinist...
