Sunday marked a devastating loss for the Latin music community with the death of Jenni Rivera, a Long Beach, California-based artist dubbed the “queen of grupero.” After a concert in Monterrey, Mexico, around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Rivera, age 43, boarded a private Learjet 25 with her publicist, stylist, lawyer, and make-up artist. All were [...]
Much has been made about Obama’s victory and the female voting bloc that helped him get re-elected. Relevant meme after meme, like the one above, has sprouted across social media. The gist: If you’re happy about Tuesday night’s victory, thank a woman. Women usually make up about 54 percent of the electorate, and this time [...]
Yesterday, Vice posted a heartwarming story about Marco and Sadie, a Williamsburg pair whose sexual orientation identities are “in limbo.” See, Sadie fell in love with Marco when he was Erica. And for two and a half years, the couple identified as a lesbian one. Since Marco began transitioning — he has removed the top, and is [...]
About a week ago, 145 House Democrats signed an amicus brief in a lawsuit that seeks the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. An amicus brief, for those who aren’t in the legal profession or fans of Law & Order, is a legal paper written in favor of one side of a lawsuit but [...]
California’s Senate Bill 1172 shall soon be on its way to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown, where it will almost certainly become law. The bill, the first of its kind in the nation, bans the administering of “reparative therapy” to minors. That is, it prohibits parents from hiring psychiatrists, psychologists, or counselors to de-gay [...]
The poster was maybe two feet wide, three feet tall. It depicted three outlandishly beautiful young gay men standing side-by-side, framed by an expansive blue sky, squinting off toward something in the distance. Their faces were solemn, and above their heads was a solemn slogan. I won’t say just what it said, but I’ll share [...]
In 1869, the philosopher and writer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs called upon his fellow gays, whom he called “Urnings,” to reveal their natures to the world, and to thereby seek emancipation. He had revealed his own nature, and in so doing became famous, and found the world to be at least as full of understanding and [...]
Well, I might as well get on my soapbox about this like the rest of America already has. To liberals: Why now, exactly? I knew about Chick-fil-A’s “hate chicken” when I was in high school, and that was almost 20 years ago. I also don’t order from Domino’s Pizza or shop at Walmart, because I [...]
When I spoke with John Waters, he was on his way to Los Angeles to pick up an award at Outfest and to do two performances of This Filthy World, which he brings to Fort Lauderdale’s Parker Playhouse Saturday night. This is a big summer for This Filthy World. Not really. I’ve been doing this for [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
