New polling from Gallup shows 5.6% of adults in the U.S. identify as LGBT. That’s an increase from 4.5% shown in Gallup’s previous 2017 survey. Currently, 86.7% of Americans say they are…
Research Shows 4.5% Of Americans Identify As LGBT But…?
Back in 1977, when the U.S. National Gay Task Force was invited to meet with President Jimmy Carter’s representatives at the White House, founder/scientist/director Bruce Voeller of the NGTF declared that 10…
Nielsen Begins Tracking Same-Sex Couples’ TV Habits
The cast of ‘Murphy Brown’ For the first time ever, TV data tracking service Nielsen has begun to report the television viewing habits of LGBTQ Americans. Working in conjunction with GLAAD, Nielsen…
Gallup: More Americans Identified As LGBT In 2017 Than Ever Before
According to Gallup’s daily tracking poll in 2017 (based on over 340,000 interviews), the percentage of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) rose to 4.5% in 2017, up…
Canada Apologizes For Mistreatment Of LGBTs In The Past
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends LGBT Pride Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will formally apologize in the House of Commons in Ottawa this afternoon for the Canadian gay purge of the…
News Round-Up: July 11, 2017
Wayne Skivington (via Instagram) Some news items you may have missed: • Cirque du Soleil Zumanity performer & super-dad Wayne Skivington (above) gets his workout on with his adorable son. • Vice President…
Biden To LGBT Community: Hold Trump Accountable On His Promise To Be Your Friend
Vice President Joe Biden Speaking at a private LGBT gala hosted by the Democratic National Committee in New York, former Vice President Joe Biden urged the LGBT community to push back against…
New York Times Op-Ed Spotlights LGBT Trump Fallacy
The editorial board of the New York Times addresses the “L.G.B.T. Trump fallacy:” It was a jarringly unorthodox moment even for Donald Trump. At a rally in Colorado last October, an audience…
Matt Baume On How The Repeal Of Obamacare Would Affect LGBTs
From super-smart guy Matt Baume (via Huffington Post): If the ACA is repealed, as Republicans are trying to do, not only would 32 million people lose health care, according to the Congressional…
Trump Scrubs White House Website Of Civil Rights, Climate Change & Healthcare Sections
Obama White House LGBT webpage Within minutes of being sworn in as president, civil rights, climate change, and healthcare were all scrubbed from the White House website. From Esquire: As part of…
Obama On LGBT Progress: “I Could Not Be Prouder Of The Transformation That’s Taken Place In Our Society”
During his final press conference with the White House press corps, President Obama was asked by the Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson on how he looked back on his administration’s accomplishments on behalf…
The Trump Cabinet Is Not Looking Good For The Gays
Newsflash – Donald Trump, who during the presidential campaign said he’d be “so much better for the gays,” is not doing so great for the gays when you realize that all of…
Out Series: “Feral” on Dekkoo.com
New series set to air on LGBT streaming site Dekkoo.com – “Feral.” Via press release: Like HBO’s “Looking” or “Girls,” but set in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s how creator Morgan Jon Fox characterizes…
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber Of Commerce Endorses Hillary Clinton For President
The nation’s largest LGBT business association, the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, has unanimously endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president. This is the first time the group has endorsed a…
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi Says CNN Interview Was “Unfair”
Yesterday, I posted the absolutely EPIC take-down by CNN’s Anderson Cooper of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi over her past rocky relationship with her state’s LGBT community. To recap, Bondi has spent…
History Made As LGBT Group Marches Behind Their Own Banner In NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
HISTORY AT NYC ST. PATRICK’S PARADE. #LGBT group fighting for 25yrs, marches behind its own banner. @wcbs880 pic.twitter.com/ATzRTJhIOh — Peter Haskell (@peterhaskell880) March 17, 2016 For the first time in the 255…