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Gay Rugby Player, LGBTQ activist and former bobsledder SIMON DUNN dies aged 35
It’s sad enough whenever there is a ‘death’ in our LGBTQ community but it’s particularly wretched when one is taken way before their time. It has just been announced that Simon Dunn, the Australian rugby player, activist, and former bobsledder has passed away at age 35. Dunn was the first openly gay man to…
TALKING TO TAKEI : Take Two
To many people the Japanese-American actor George Takei, will always be fondly known for his role as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu the helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the celebrated television series and subsequent movies of ‘Star Trek’. When he wasn’t acting he was passionately working away to promote the work of The Japanese American National…
Ben Cohen wants to spend next year in your house
Ben Cohen, the former English rugby player is probably the nicest LGBTQ ally we ever have had the pleasure to meet. It doesn’t actually hurt that also is the hottest-looking one too. When he retired from the English Team he became a full-time activist and founded The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation to combat homophobia…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews DONNA a heart-warming documentary that follows trans activist, performer, and former Cockette, Donna Personna,
Donna is a heart-warming documentary that follows trans activist, performer, and former Cockette, Donna Personna, as she learns, later in life, to live her most authentic trans life and to reconnect with her family as a woman. “This is who I want to be and who I want to show the world” Donna was…
Urvashi Vaid, Legendary Activist for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Dies at 63
Photo by Jurek Wajdowicz REPRINTED FROM THE ADVOCATE BY TRUDY RING MAY 14 2022 5:32 PM EDT Longtime activist Urvashi Vaid, a leader of many LGBTQ+ and other social justice organizations, has died at age 63. Vaid died Saturday at her home in New York City, according to the National LGBTQ Task Force. Vaid was executive…