LGBTQ news and entertainment
Erin Reed, an award-winning independent journalist who’s always on top of transgender issues, shared on her blog just now that the provision that would bar Medicaid covering gender-affirming healthcare for trans people is out of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Continue reading “GOP Pulls Medicaid Ban On Gender-Affirming Care From ‘Big Beautiful Bill’”
Some news items I thought worth your time:
• Axios: The dating app Tinder will now verify new users in California using facial recognition technology in an effort to reduce impersonation (“catfishing”).
• Broadway World: Review round-up for the new stage musical Hercules in London’s West End based on the 1997 animated Disney film. Here’s a tease of easy-on-the-eyes-and-ears leading man Luke Brady singing “Go The Distance” (photo – Matt Crockett). Continue reading “West End “Hercules” Goes The Distance + Dating App Adopts Facial Recognition Tech + More News”
A shooting involving two teenage girls occurred Sunday night near the Stonewall Inn as NYC Pride was coming to a close. Continue reading “Shooting Involving Two Teens Near Stonewall Inn Following Pride Parade”
Checking in with some favorite InstaHunks this week starting with Avengers star Chris Hemsworth, who frolicked in France. Continue reading “InstaHunks: Chris Hemsworth + Nick Jonas + More”
You can expect ketchup to be flung at the White House today as U.S. intel reportedly intercepted communications between senior Iranian officials discussing the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear program, saying the attack was less devastating than expected, according to four different sources. Continue reading “Report: Intercepted Iranian Call Downplays Damage By U.S. Strikes”
Join the ABC 7 New York broadcast team to watch LIVE coverage of the 2025 New York City Pride March in Manhattan.
More than a million spectators, community members and allies are expected for today’s Pride March in New York City, considered one of the largest LGBTQ demonstrations around the world. Continue reading “Watch: 2025 New York City Pride Parade”
Some news items for your weekend:
• LGBTQ Nation: Pedro Pascal says he called out ‘Harry Potter’ author JK Rowling because “bullies make me f**king sick.” Continue reading “Pedro Pascal Calls Out Transphobe JK Rowling + New Music From Babs + More”
For the folks who might have felt like part of the ‘weird’ crowd at some point in their journey, NYC-based singer/songwriter Kyle Motsinger embraces that phase of life with his new pop bop, “Dangerously Uncool.” Continue reading “New Music: Kyle Motsinger ‘Dangerously Uncool’”
Over 100,000 LGBTQ community members and allies marched in Budapest’s Pride parade today, in spite of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s efforts to ban the event.
In March, Orban’s Fidesz party passed anti-LGBTQ legislation prohibiting public events that allegedly “promote” homosexuality. But the gays refused to stand down. Continue reading “Over 100K March At Budapest Pride Defying Hungarian Prime Minister”
Out British musician Jamie McDermott (aka Jamie Irrepressible) and his genre-defying project The Irrepressibles drops the bold, defiant anthem “What I Am, Queer!” today.
Just in time for Pride Month, the track – which begins with a quiet, moody feel before building to nearly-symphonic rapture – is a rallying cry for queer self-love and empathy. Continue reading “New Music: The Irrepressibles ‘What I Am, Queer!’”