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...
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleMen 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...
View ArticleFootsteps 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...
View ArticleReal 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...
View Article15 year-old Noah St. John’s Last Mile
BC-W: This is wonderful but may make you cry at your desk. It did me.
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleJane 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...
View Article3 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleAngel 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...
View ArticleHomo 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...
View ArticleMaterial 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,...
View ArticleBrave 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’...
View ArticleUp, 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...
View ArticleOpen 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...
View ArticleBeth 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!
View ArticleMargaret 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...
View ArticleLost: 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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