Transmissions: We're Right Here

Many years ago, when I was early in my own transition, I was listening to a drive-time talk show on KFI in Los Angeles. The topic at hand was a teacher who had just come out as a trans woman.

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith | Jul 16, 2020

Welcome to Chechnya: Searing Documentary Exposes Violent Homophobia

David France's searing new, brutal chilling exposé documentary, 'Welcome to Chechnya' is the harrowing saga of the purging war, via torture, beatings, and executions of LGBTQ people in Chechnya spearheaded by its Putin puppet leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.

by Brian Bromberger | Jul 15, 2020

Hearing Their Stories: Queercore Podcasts Share LGBT History

The QueerCore Podcast, hosted by August Bernadicou, elucidates radical, LGBTQ activists' dark histories. It is a spotlight on the catalysts who fought in the front-lines, in the back-lines and in the trenches of civil rights.

by Jim Provenzano | Jul 14, 2020

Rufus Rules: An Interview with Rufus Wainwright

For those who have been counting (and patiently waiting), it's been 12 years since Rufus Wainwright has released an album of original pop music. Rest assured that with 'Unfollow the Rules,' Wainwright doesn't disappoint.

by Gregg Shapiro | Jul 15, 2020

Twin Peaks Tavern Documentary's Benefit Screening July 10

A Castro district institution for decades, the historic Twin Peaks Tavern is the subject of a 2019 documentary, to be screened as an online fundraiser July 10.

by Jim Provenzano | Jul 9, 2020

Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Easier At Religious Schools

In a decision that undermines LGBTQ teachers at religious schools, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed for Catholic schools an expansive ministerial exemption in hiring practices under civil rights law.

by Chris Johnson, Washington Blade | Jul 8, 2020

AIDS Quilt Goes Virtual As New Pandemic Brings Back Memories

The National AIDS Memorial grove has launched a virtual version of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to coincide with the 23rd International AIDS Conference being held July 6-10.

by John Ferrannini | Jul 9, 2020

Researchers Report Long-Term HIV Remission in Brazilian Man

A man in Brazil man who was treated with an intensive experimental regimen has no evidence of remaining HIV after more than 15 months off antiretroviral therapy, researchers reported Tuesday at the 23rd International AIDS Conference.

by Liz Highleyman | Jul 9, 2020

Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado

Walter Mercado will make you laugh, make you surprised, make you raise an eyebrow or two. And he will bring you to tears with his sincerest wish that you have love, the "Mucho mucho amor" part of the title of the new Netflix documentary about his life.

by Victoria A. Brownworth | Jul 7, 2020

SF Supervisors to Take Up Gay Bathhouse Policy Changes

San Francisco supervisors Thursday will take up proposed changes to how the city governs adult sex venues.

by Matthew S. Bajko | Jul 9, 2020


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