Homeless. It can happen to anyone at anytime. From the Great Depression right through and into our current day in these still perilous economic times. many are but a paycheck away from being homeless. But what of those who are homeless through no fault of their own but for their sexuality? These are the youth of [...]

As unbelievable as this may sound GayRussia/UK Gay News reports that the former billionaire said gays and lesbians should die during a radio interview. During the radio show, the host of Cultural Shock, Ksenia Larina, asked Mr. Sterligov: “I want to understand, German, what what you want to do … what to do not only with atheists but [...]

As a child, I thought it was so fun to go to birthday parties. Living in a rural area where families had to work hard, there were not a whole lot of birthday parties. When they happened there were balloons, candy, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey and homemade cake. Did I say homemade cake? God, those home-cooked cakes by the [...]

A couple of weeks ago thanks to a “lead” from a blogging friend of mine I applied for a news producer/anchor job at Sirius/XM’s OutQ channel produced for and marketed to the LGBT community. Without haste I filled out and sent the application via the Internet on a Sunday and the following Tuesday got not one but [...]

“In a way, I don’t blame them because in the changing room, where everything is wide open, for a lot of players, they just don’t want to (declare), if they’re not comfortable,” said Georges Laraque, retired NHL player and deputy leader of the Green party. “For me, I couldn’t care less. “But, a lot of times, if [...]

Yet another example of losing our best and proud serving members of the military to DADT. President Obama are you watching ? Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy  And according to an article in Wednesday’s New York Times , Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach is suing to block his discharge under DADT. In early 2008, just eight [...]

Oh good grief !!!! Linda McMahon of Connecticut, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, easily won the Republican US Senate primary Tuesday night, joining the nationwide roster of political outsiders who will carry the GOP banner into the fall campaign. McMahon, who has vowed to spend as much as $50 million in personal funds in her campaign, will [...]

When I was driving home from work Monday night into Tuesday morning I heard a story on WCBS-AM in NYC about a flight attendant who went off and my reaction was “must be a drama queen and gay”. Well I was right. JetBlue steward, uh make that former, Steven Slater tendered his resignation over the plane’s [...]

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002—and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into [...]

LGBT friends don’t LGBT friends blog on Blogger, Typepad, or Tumblr. So we’ve made it easy for you to invite your friends to check out OutLoudBlogs.com. Although it’s crucial, being a good friend requires more than keeping a friend’s hair out of the toilet while they’re vomiting. Being a good friend means you’re selfless, willing to [...]

Kim Brittingham has written a great piece at Salon about the changing “face” and attitude of what it means to be a lesbian. “Most of them are homely looking, and usually overweight,” my mother explained. “That’s because when men don’t find a woman attractive, she’ll sometimes pair up with another woman instead. One ugly woman will easily accept [...]

This blog often goes days and sometimes a good week or so without finding LGBT related sports news, but today we hit a small gold mine at the end of the Rainbow with three stories to share. First The Independent  has done an interview with rugby player Gareth Thomas in which he tells in part to reporter Emily Dugan, “I’m [...]

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It says all, not some, not the chosen few but all. So I ask the question starting with President Barack Obama right down [...]

I’m a fairly masculine girl and when I was a kid I was always mistaken for a boy, even now from time to time I will be mistaken for a boy. When I was a kid like 5 or 6 it didnt really matter if  people thought I was a boy and in the womens [...]

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“I don’t think this was a story that falls under any form of ‘journalism’ whatsoever. This is gossip. Nasty gossip. Deadspin has been known to do that every once in a while. This is one of those times.” – AJ Daulerio That’s what Deadspin Editor AJ Daulerio and writer of the piece ‘Brett Favre Once Sent Me Cock Shots’: Not [...]

  Juliet Macur and Michael S. Schmidt are reporting in the New York Times , Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the end of the Tour de France last month. They questioned many of his former associates, including cyclists who have supported and detailed claims that Armstrong and his former United States Postal [...]