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Category Archives: LGBT
August
28
LGBT groups hold protest against Coca-Cola for its sponsorship of Olympics
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
The Bloomberg News takes the Olympics to task, slamming them for their inaction and willful avoidance of Putin’s war on gays and anti-gay laws. Bloomberg also states that sponsors like Coke ‘will be tied to officially anti-gay Olympics.’
August
27
The Bondi Beach Drag Queen Flash Mob
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Over 100 dancers surprised Bondi Beach with a Flash Mob on Sat Nov 14th 2009, organised by DJ Dan Murphy and starring one of Australia’s most famous & delicious drag queens.
August
25
Equality Moment
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
“Another Thing I’m Sick of Hearing: If I started that gay rights group, I must be gay. So if i start an animal rights group, what does that make me? A giraffe?” ― James Howe, Addie on the Inside
August
21
“Prison Break” Star Comes Out
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller today rejected an invitation to attend the St. Petersburg International Film Festival, citing Russia’s anti-LGBT laws. In a letter to the Festival’s Director, the ‘Prison Break’ star stated that “as a gay man, I must decline.” Miller goes on to say that he is “deeply troubled” by Russia’s lawful brutality […]
August
19
Living in Two Worlds: Falling in Love When You Are Transgendered
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via The Huffington Post. I am submitting this piece because sometimes the voices we need to hear most are the ones we don’t often have the opportunity to hear. My dear friend Wes is one of my favourite humans, not to mention a wicked community developer who romantically moonlights as a pretty hip barber. His […]
August
18
One gay writer’s experience with being skinny-fat in the gay community
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via The Atlantic. The Tyranny of Buffness My boyfriend expected me to be lean and muscular. But I couldn’t live up to that standard, and neither can a lot of guys–and we shouldn’t have to. I didn’t know I was skinny-fat until my Russian boyfriend told me so. Actually, I didn’t even know that was […]
August
07
Crazy Days According to “Queer as Folk”
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
It was an insane day at work today. The kind that makes you guzzle a root beer float, eat some Mac ‘N Cheese, and pop in your favorite British TV series. Which got me thinking… Who said it best about crazy situations and bad days?! “Queer as Folk” UK did. Below is how Vince Tyler […]
August
05
A Look Back on the Origins of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via The Age. Mardis Gras still marching for social change 35 years on In the 35 years since the 1978 march for gay rights, Steve Warren has never missed a Mardi Gras parade. Mr Warren was among the hundreds of young gay men and lesbians who came out of the Oxford Street gay bars that […]
August
05
The Castro: The Rise of a Gay Community
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via KQED. The History of the Castro Eureka Valley Eureka Valley, named for one of the Twin Peaks (the other was called Noe), began as sparsely populated ranchos that belonged to Mexican land barons like Jose Castro and Jose de Jesus Noe. In the 1880s when Irish, German and Scandinavian families homesteaded on the slopes […]
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