MPs in Canada have passed a historic bill banning conversion therapy, while the US continues to drag its feet. On Tuesday (22 June), Canada’s House of Commons passed a comprehensive conversion therapy ban, which prohibits all conversion therapy for minors and conversion therapy for adults if it is against their will, while also banning anyone from making a profit from or advertising the cruel practice. Read More
The Queens of Drag Race Go Broke to Become the Next Drag Superstar. A decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and its spinoffs have proven that camera-ready, show-stopping drag is not for the faint of heart. And according to a new VICE report, it doesn’t always favor the financially underprivileged, either. While the international exposure of RuPaul’s competitions has undoubtedly catapulted queens like Aquaria, Bob the Drag Queen, Trixie Mattel, and countless others to household names, the expenses they’ve had to front for said exposure is massive, several queens told VICE. Read More.
Trans Veterans Will Now Be Able to Access Life-Saving Gender Confirmation Surgery. The move represents a total 180 from the prior administration’s treatment of trans servicemembers. Read More
Emmy Awards to finally recognize non-binary performers with new gender-neutral option Emmy nominees will now have the option to use the gender-neutral term “performer”, the TV Academy has announced.
Hats off to the peeps at Mastercard for showing support to our trans brothers’ and sisters
Stonewall Inn bans Anheuser-Busch beers after company donates big bucks to anti-LGBTQ politicians. The iconic Stonewall Inn is banning beers manufactured by Anheuser-Busch after it was revealed the company has donated over $35,000 to anti-LGBTQ state-level politicians. Anheuser-Busch makes Budweiser and Bud Light, Stella Artois, Michelob, and Shock Top beers, among several others. The company was one of several who claims to “celebrate Pride” while secretly funding the anti-LGBTQ movement that has been targeted by the #KeepYourPride campaign. Read More
The nearly-forgotten ‘Michael’s Thing,’ New York’s premiere gay mag from 1970 – 2000 “Michael Giammetta published Michael’s Thing between 1970-2000 as a guide to cultural and social happenings of the GLTB community. It was one of the main and most reliable sources of information. It also was a handy guide to the most important institutions of the early days of liberation, the gay bar. The covers of Michael’s Thing may have featured pretty boys almost in their all together but inside the focus was theater, dance, cabaret. They were all there, all the early voices of what would become queer culture. Freeman Gunter was an excellent critic. There are careers in the arts still going full force that began thanks to his taking notice of them. Read MORE
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