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Beth Ditto Wrote The Book
“If people don’t accept you, don’t change. If you’re being bullied, stay strong. If someone tries to beat you up, pick up a brick.” Beth Ditto fronts rock band The Gossip, who shot to fame in the UK...
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The Power Bottoms of One Direction
BC-W: If I’d had this T-shirt when I was 14 it would have made coming out a whole lot easier.
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Men Like Us – A Guest Blog from Bipolar Bear
“Opening up to other gay man about my experience of bipolar disorder had released the floodgates; I found myself having more meaningful conversations than I’d ever had in my life. Men who had been...
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Footsteps and Witnesses: Ripples in a Pool of Visibility
“These characters are too ‘tidy’ in other ways… there are no transvestites, paedophiles, bisexuals. It is not surprising that a ‘sense of pride emerges”. Me modelling Madonna’s moves and Celine Dion’s...
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Real People, Real Faces, Real Love in Vietnam
“When I take these photos, the most important thing is I have to believe in that moment. If it doesn’t give me that feeling, then I don’t take the photo.” Maika Elan didn’t know what to expect two...
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15 year-old Noah St. John’s Last Mile
BC-W: This is wonderful but may make you cry at your desk. It did me.
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The Same Sky, Different Attitudes: Bullied Singer Horse Heads Back Home To...
“It got so bad that one day I was walking and a police patrol car was sitting across the street. The policeman shouted, ‘There’s that lezzie’. I thought, ‘I’m in trouble now. If something happens, who...
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Jane Lynch: From Carol Brady to Sue Sylvester
“If there’s anything wrong with me, it has nothing to do with my orientation. I’ve got a lot of flaws. But being gay isn’t one of them.” Writer, actress, and comedian Jane Lynch is a slim six-feet-tall...
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3 Words: Transgender. Timelapse. Transition.
Thanks to Dr Lesley Sloss for pointing us towards this brilliant transgender time-lapse transition clip. In the words of the doctor… we love how she gets happier. Follow @DrLes on Twitter. She’s...
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How To Survive A Plague Gets Oscar Nod
We were delighted this afternoon to see the David France’s documentary about ACT UP and TAG has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary category. This recognition is particularly...
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Angel of Retribution – Rob Halford
“It’s like when any of us step out of that closet and we set ourselves free there is a tremendous feeling of elation”. Barry Church-Woods with supporting material from SDGLN.com I don’t know much about...
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Homo Nest Raided, Queen Bees Are Stinging Mad – Stonewall Revisited
“A beauty of a specimen named Stella wailed uncontrollably while being led to the sidewalk in front of the Stonewall by a cop. She later confessed that she didn’t protest the manhandling by the...
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Material Girls…and guys
“Money, money, money; always funny, in a rich man’s world! And who am I to contest such pearls of wisdom, offered by camp pop legends and fellow Swedes, ABBA? Naturally, they are right. As we all know,...
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Brave Sadie’s dream
“Transgender kids like me are not allowed to go to most schools because the teachers think we are different from everyone else. The schools get afraid of how they will talk with the other kids’...
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Up, up and away with Cory Oskam
“I felt like an outsider, now I have a great support system and a great group of friends, which I’ve never had before. Life is great.” Derek Jory for Canucks.nhl.com Potty training, as all parents...
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Open letter to ‘Administrator’: Homophobia is not welcome here
“Personally, I can’t think of anything more unchristian than taking it upon oneself to pass sweeping judgment on others, choosing exclusion and disrespect over understanding and kindness…talk of false...
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Beth Ditto Helps Us Move In The Right Direction – towards the weekend!
Something wonderful to keep you cheery on a Wednesday afternoon. Plug in your speakers and crank up the volume. Beth Ditto and Gossip will help you Move In The Right Direction!
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Margaret Cho is giving it away!
We were lucky enough to catch everyones favourite Drop Dead Diva Margaret Cho in Edinburgh two years ago with her brilliant show Cho Dependent. The show has been turned into a live album and not...
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Lost: One Mojo, Reward If Found
“I love my Straights! I am like the Kathy Griffin of lesbians, except I don’t do stand-up, make a lot of money, piss off celebrities, my mother isn’t an alcoholic and I look way better when I’m not...
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