URNA Staff AMW.com
For many, California dreaming begins — and often ends — in Los Angeles. It’s sandy shores and bright lights were a place where 24-year-old Paulina Ibarra felt she was free to be herself and start life fresh when she moved there a few years…
Metro.us – Linda Laban
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times, there was The Cliks’ Lucas Silveira with a freshly released album and there were his bandmates heading out the door saying, “See ya.”
“It put a complete halt on all of ou…
RoyalGazette.com – By Rene Hill
Almost 15 years ago, Gavin Wilson was told bluntly: “You don’t know how to tell a joke.”
The statement floored him – he wanted to floor the person who said it but he wisely held his counsel and instead learnt fro…
ModernGhana.com – By Daily Guide
Drama unfolded at Dansoman yesterday when a 20-year-old man who dressed as a woman and passed himself off as a prostitute, was arrested by the Police.
Chris Boateng, who was using the name ‘Jacqueline’, was arres…
OutInBaltimore.com – Equality Maryland
The Maryland Vehicle Administration (MVA) is currently considering an update to their policy regarding changing the gender marker on a driver’s license effective January 1, 2010.
Current Policy: To change th…
In a big country
In 1485, Columbus presented his plans to John II, King of Portugal. He proposed the king equip three sturdy ships and grant Columbus one years’ time to sail out into the Atlantic, search for a western route to the Orient, and ret…
Out of the Closet – Column 2
My first column was an introduction to who I am, my background, some of the issues I’ve faced and how I came out to my wife. This column is going to cover some very important things that have to be done before you even …
BuddyTV.com – Maria Gonzalez – Staff Writer, BuddyTV
It looks like they’re really keeping things in the family on Ugly Betty these days. Following the casting of Becki Newton’s brother as Marc’s new romantic interest Troy comes this one. Vaness…
EBAR.com – by Seth Hemmelgarn
Just a week after a lesbian was stabbed on Muni, San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon met with the Bay Area Reporter to discuss topics ranging from making the public transit system safer to the promotion of LGBT pol…
SMH.com.au – Telegraph, London
Questions about world champion’s gender rub salt into all-too-fresh South African wounds, writes Oliver Brown, in Ga-Masehlong, Semenya’s home town.
To understand where Caster Semenya’s interminable struggle for sel…