133 Days and a Wake Up
Cops: Trans Activist Beaten After Orlando Benefit
Seattle Police say they are working with the FBI to investigate a hate crime attack after a transgender person was beaten unconscious on their way home from a fundraiser for victims of the Orlando shooting this week, the Associated Press reports.
L.A. Pride Weapons Suspect Charged With Molesting 12-Year-Old Girl
The Indiana man arrested on weapons charges while in Santa Monica this weekend for the Los Angeles gay pride festival was additionally charged with child molestation on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
Police Identify L.A. Pride Weapons Suspect as James Wesley Howell
On Sunday, authorities identified the “heavily armed” Indiana man arrested while in Santa Monica for the Los Angeles gay pride festival as 20-year-old James Wesley Howell, KTLA reports. Santa Monica Police initially said that Howell planned “to harm” the gay pride event before later stating his intentions were unclear.
Man Armed With Assault Rifles and Explosives Arrested En Route to Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade
Police in Santa Monica Sunday arrested a man, armed with assault rifles and possible explosives, who said he was in town for the Los Angeles gay pride festival.
Prep School Rape Defense: Girls Were "Honored" to Be Targets in Sex Game
Nineteen-year-old Owen Labrie, a former prefect at the elite St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, stands accused of raping a 15-year-old student in 2014 as part of the school’s unofficial, traditional sex competition where senior men try to sleep with as many underclassmen as possible. Labrie’s defense,…
Reminder: Facebook Is Always Tracking You
Earlier this week, rainbow-faced Facebook users everywhere went into a state of panic over the fact that Facebook “didn’t deny” tracking who was using its new “Celebrate Pride” tool. Panic at the idea that a powerful multibillion-dollar corporation is tracking certain of your behaviors is totally natural, obviously.…
Orthodox Jewish Group Invents Uber For Protesting Gay Pride
This weekend, as the elated masses took to the streets to celebrate Friday’s historical win for inclusiveness and equality, the hate groups of the world took it upon themselves to balance out all that joy. Or, in the case of the Jewish Political Action Committee, they took it upon the Mexican laborers they hired to…
A Sad and Funny Story About Guitar Center and Human Vainglory
If ever there was a place to glimpse the American male ego in all its apparent contradictions—its bluster, its fragility, its aggression, its desperate need for acceptance—that place is the Guitar Center in Commack, New York.
Two Men Caught on Video Assaulting LGBT Youth Group After Pride Parade
On Sunday night, not long after New York City's Pride parade, two men aboard the Queens-bound F Train allegedly threatened and assaulted a group of LGBT youth as well as a woman who filmed the incident.
Giant Pink Dog Missing in West Hollywood
A fluorescent pink, 200-pound dog has gone missing from the streets of West Hollywood, and authorities are mystified as to how it was stolen, or where it could possibly be.
Haaay to the Chief: The Military-Industrial Complex Conquers the Homos
Last week, it seemed that the San Francisco LGBT Pride Committee was planning this year’s march with an enormous set of ovaries. As the Bay Area Reporter wrote, "Pride's electoral college, which is made up of former grand marshals, has selected Army Private First Class Bradley Manning as its choice for grand marshal.…
Filled With Pride: Oreo's Rainbow-Colored Cookie
A day late, but no shortness of likes for this surprising pro-pride promotion from Oreo-brand cookies.
Israeli Military Celebrates Pride Month by Sharing 'Heartwarming' Facebook Photo of Gay Soldiers Holding Hands (UPDATE)
Unlike many militaries around the world — including, until recently, the Armed Forces of the United States — the Israeli Defense Forces have long been proud of their gay and lesbian service members.
Queen Latifah: Yep, I'm Still Not Officially Gay
Those who thought Queen Latifah's appearance at Long Beach Gay Pride signaled a move toward coming out will be disappointed. Today, she told Entertainment Weekly that her performance had nothing to do with her still very private sexuality: "That definitely wasn't the case."
Biden Makes More Promises to Gays
At a fundraiser yesterday, VP Joe Biden tried, fruitlessly, to appease a gay community enraged by Barack Obama's not caring about their issues all that much. He is "not unaware of the controversy!"
Please: Ask! Tell!
The Canadian military's enthusiastic participation in Toronto Gay pride events provides yet more proof that they are winning at North American Democracy. Ten Canadian soldiers marched in this weekend's Toronto Pride Parade, and the Canadian Armed Forces set up an information booth to solicit recruits from the…
One More Thing: The Greatest Gays of Film and TV
In celebration of Pride Weekend, let's share clips of a our favorite gay and lesbian performers and characters from the movies and television. Again, performers or characters both count-just so long as there's some gay in there. I'll get us rolling after the jump.
Hateful Scum Threaten Pride Weekend
After the Pride Parade and all the happy partying that will follow, ride the trains in groups this evening because a man was attacked by gay-bashing thugs last night on the 2/3 train near the Christopher Street stop after volunteering at a Pride event. He says the police haven't caught his attackers. "The guy kept…
Pride Weekend Brings Night Club Raids
Friday brought to this city a wave of gays from across the country looking to party in anticipation for today's Pride Parade and related festivities. It also conveniently brought a police crackdown on gay-friendly nightlife venues. Marquee, Pacha, and Splash were all raided Friday, according to tipsters, with Marquee…
