Rainbow flag at College Park cafe, Osceola County admin building vandalized
ORLANDO | A new LGBTQ-owned business in College Park has been welcomed to the neighborhood by an act of anti-gay vandalism. Cafe Linger, a coffee shop/restaurant/dessert bar located at the former home...
View ArticleRainbow flag makes cameo in PS4’s new ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ video game
PlayStation 4’s “Marvel’s Spider-Man” video game was released worldwide Sept. 7 and gaymers’ “spidey sense” started to tingle when they saw a shout out to the LGBTQ community from the webslinger. The...
View ArticlePositive Living: Ruby slippers, raising a flag and serious questions
I recently had the wonderful experience of participating in the inaugural Gulfport Friends of Dorothy march, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. It began a month-long whirlwind of...
View ArticleHalsey calls someone a ‘whiny little baby’ for saying she’s using LGBTQ...
Halsey called social media user a “whiny baby” after the person claimed Halsey used a rainbow flag at her show for a “marketing strategy.” The bisexual singer posted photos from her concert in São...
View ArticleMayor of Reading, PA reverses course, will allow LGBTQ rainbow flag to fly
READING, Pa. (AP) | The mayor of the eastern Pennsylvania city of Reading has reversed course and says he will allow the LGBTQ rainbow flag to fly over City Hall for the first time. Mayor Wally Scott...
View ArticleThe Tender Activist: The Commodification and Bastardization of Pride
As I write this, I’m midway through “Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color,” the autobiography of Gilbert Baker which was published posthumously. Gilbert, you may or may not know, is the creator of the now...
View ArticleEgypt arrests 7 for raising rainbow flag at indie rock gig
CAIRO (AP) – Egyptian authorities have arrested seven people they accuse of being gay and promoting homosexuality for allegedly raising the rainbow flag of the LGBT movement at a concert last week,...
View ArticleRainbow flag flies at US monument, but not on federal land
NEW YORK (AP) – Gay rights activists who worked to get a rainbow flag installed permanently at the newly created Stonewall National Monument are upset the National Park Service says the flag isn’t...
View ArticleNebraska Governor unhappy about Pride flag at U.S. Embassy to Vatican
Gov. Pete Ricketts. (Photo from the Office of the Governor of the State of Nebraska) LINCOLN, Neb. | In a tweet from his official account June 2, Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts expressed his...
View ArticleHarry Styles opens solo tour with rainbow flag
(Screenshot via YouTube.) Harry Styles kicked off his first solo tour at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco on Tuesday with a nod to the LGBT community. A fan threw […] The post Harry Styles opens...
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