Road to Cologne: Stories from the Athletes | Dan Hutchins Dan Hutchins California In October 2008, when I registered for the Gay Games, I was a 45 year old HIV positive gay man who was ninety days clean and sober from drugs and alcohol. I was told that in sobriety anything was possible. It was suggested that I dream big. It was recommended that I [...]
HRC to NOM: Your Summer Bus Tour is a Sham “Summer for Marriage” Bus Tour Invented to Bolster Lawsuits to Evade Public Disclosure Laws The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today challenged the National Organization for Marriage’s so-called “Summer for Marriage” bus tour, saying it’s nothing more than legal and rhetorical posturing in its [...]
Active Duty Gay Troops Helping Pentagon Prepare For Life After ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Gay and lesbian service members are organizing themselves in order to help the Pentagon prepare for life after “don’t ask, don’t tell.” This week, they are publicly launching OutServe (formerly known as Citizens for Repeal), the first-ever organization of actively serving gay troops and they have started speaking openly with Pentagon officials as well as [...]
I Support You, I Support You Not… A little bit ago, I spent all night doing PR for a promoter because that person’s crowd didn’t have faith that the celeb promised would actually show up. Whenever a promoter has an event with any talent or celebrity, there’s a chance that celebrity will...
FamilyFest Las Vegas in just a few weeks! Join the celebration August 6th – 8th as FamilyFest welcomes hundreds of LGBT persons from across the country to Vegas for one HOT weekend!
Bear Nation and Bear City Special Screening Gerry Mullins from 3 Feet to the Left, had a change to interview the filmmakers of Bear Nation and BearCity at a special screening this week in Long Beach. Both films also screened at Outfest in Los Angeles and reviews will follow Share on Facebook var button = document.getElementById('facebook_share_link_2001') || document.getElementById('facebook_share_icon_2001') || document.getElementById('facebook_share_both_2001') || document.getElementById('facebook_share_button_2001'); [...]
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New Research – Diversity Sells New market research being released this week asks about lesbian and gay marketing – can companies use support for gay consumers as a way to drive sales? The ’2010 Out Now Global LGBT Study’ suggests corporations worldwide have more to gain than lose through ‘public displays of affection’ towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) [...]
Road to Cologne: Stories from the Athletes | Martha Ehrenfeld Martha Ehrenfeld San Francisco, CA How I am training for Gay Games? Does planning matching outfits with my doubles partners count? Yellow on top and black on the bottom with Fred, and blue on the top and black on the bottom with Carla. Four years ago, we all played doubles in Chicago and it was [...]
AIDS2010 COVERAGE The AIDS2010 theme, “Rights Here, Right Now,” took center stage on day three, with speakers, seminars and events focused on how important human rights are the the AIDS equation. Access to health care and treatment is a human right. Women deserve rights around the world, so they are not victims of sexual violence, infected with [...]
Road to Cologne: Stories from the Athletes | Ryan Aceto Ryan Aceto Los Angeles, CA I grew up watching and idolizing my sister on the basketball court, often traveling long distances with my Mom to see her play. Although I enjoyed to play myself, and even joined my Middle School team, I never had the confidence to be an effective player so I let the [...]
Truth Wins Outs Expose’s Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Ex-Gay Therapy Truth Wins Out (TWO) released an exclusive video statement from two former clients of “ex-gay” life coach Alan Downing. The clients, Ben Unger and Chaim Levin, alleged that during individual therapy sessions, Downing is accused of making them undress in front of a mirror and touch their bodies while the significantly older therapist watched. Unger [...]
Safe and sound through the Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010 The Gay Games VIII and HIV/AIDS relief organizations count on personal encounters – more than 100 honorary prevention co-workers are on active service – Herzenslust / FAIRPLAY and “I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING” are partners of the Gay Games Cologne. The organizers of Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010 provide an extensive offer for the [...]
Road to Cologne: Stories from the Athletes Antonio Conte Antonio Conte, M.D., M.B.A. Los Angeles, California Ever since I can remember I wanted to be a figure skater. Maybe it was the pretty costumes, maybe it was the beautiful music and maybe it was the fantasy of being surrounded by the cutest, sexiest male skaters — but whatever the reason, I have always wanted [...]