A 92 year old WW2 veteran/transgender widow denied her rights

  Sometimes when we are  arguing and fighting for the rights of our LGBTQ community, it’s good to sit back and think about some of the actual people that are affected so badly by all this discrimination. Robina Asti was a WWII veteran and pilot and a very high-powered businessman until 1976 when she transitioned.  … Continue reading

A Ballerina’s Tale

Documentarians could not possibly wish for better luck than that which befell on Nelson George when he was recently finishing up his profile on the ballerina Misty Copeland and it was announced that she was to become the first African-American soloist with the prestigious American Ballet Theater in over two decades. It’s a perfect ending to … Continue reading

A Billion Times I Love You : a queer love story

Founded in 2004, the Liverpool UK-based HOMOTOPIA Festival is now the UK’s longest-running LGBTQIA arts and culture festival. It’s art an and social justice organization that is making a significant cultural impact through both art and activism. Every October/November the Homotopia Festival presents a variety of LGBTQIA art across multiple venues and outdoor spaces in the … Continue reading

A British Aristocrat tries Grindr

Even confronted with some of the more seamier aspects of modern gay life, we Brits still like to behave like gentlemen. Here’s how the aristocratic Lord Hicks re-acts when he is looking for love …….on Grindr. He wants to fall hard for someone, but he keeps encountering men who want to “take him hard from behind”. … Continue reading

A Brit’s Funny Take on Trump’s Mad Trans Ban

  Brit Stand Up Comedian Russell Howard told the nation why Trump’s transgender ban is completely nuts.  That is hardly something we don’t know already, but the 37 year old hetero comic put such an hilarious spin on it on his TV show last night that is so worth sharing.  After all, if we didn’t … Continue reading

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