Gregg Shapiro Whoopi Goldberg "Comes Out" On Podcast To Make Her Point Whoopi Goldberg, a longtime ally of the LGBTQ+ community, “came out” as straight during an interview on Raven-Symoné and Miranda Pearman's podcast, The Best Podcast Ever With Raven and Miranda. During... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 28, 2023
PRISM, Maxx Fenning It Gets Better Project Leaves X Social Media Platform, Claiming It's Not A Safe Space The It Gets Better Project, which seeks to support and empower LGBTQ+ youth worldwide, says it is going to cease posting on Twitter, recently renamed X, because the platform is no longer a safe space.... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 22, 2023
LDP Visions, Lorenzo Davis Equality Florida Launches 'Parenting With Pride' Program To Support Parents Of LGBTQ+ Kids A coalition of organizations serving families and parents in Florida has come together to launch Equality Florida’s new statewide program, Parenting With Pride. The goal is to create a hub of resource... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 21, 2023
John Hayden GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders Executive Director Moves To Trevor Project GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced late last week that Executive Director Janson Wu will leave the organization on October 6 and plans to move on to serve as the senior director of sta... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 10, 2023
4Ward Miami, Jonathan Casanas Miss Italy Required Contestants Be "Born Female", So Over 100 Trans Men Signed Up After representatives for the Miss Italy pageant said that transgender women could not participate in the competition, transgender men registered for the pageant en masse to protest. In mid-July, Patr... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 10, 2023
ONYX, Elimination Comedy Legend Wayne Brady Comes Out As Pansexual In a recent interview Wayne Brady, the host of Let’s Make a Deal, shared that after much soul searching he has come to identify most closely with the term pansexual. He said, “I couldn’t say if I was ... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 9, 2023
LDP Visions, Lorenzo Davis Ballroom Icon And 'Paris Is Burning' Star Carmen Xtravaganza Dies At 62 Paris is Burning star Carmen Xtravaganza has died aged 62 after a battle with lung cancer. The Ballroom Hall of Fame member, who was born on April 9, 1961, in Spain, was a model, ballroom icon and sin... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 7, 2023
Sobourney Barnes PrideFête Celebrates Caribbean Carnival Costuming, Body Positivity and Queer Community There’s nothing Caribbean people love more than a fête (a festival). PrideFête celebrates everything that is both Pride and Caribbean, creating an inclusive space for communities who may not feel as s... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 3, 2023
FayWhat?! 28 Year Old O’Shae Sibley Stabbed At Brooklyn Gas Station While Vogueing in Suspected Hate Crime Police are searching for a 17-year-old they believe is responsible for the stabbing death of a Brooklyn man named O'Shea Sibley. The 28-year-old man was fatally stabbed at a Brooklyn gas station Satur... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 2, 2023
John Hayden Gays Against Groomers Joined By Nazis To Protest Wisconsin Pride A group of armed, masked neo-Nazis waving swastika flags joined an anti-trans protest in Wisconsin, arranged by the anti-trans ‘LGB’ group, Gays Against Groomers. Photos from the event show some of th... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 1, 2023
Al Ferguson HOTspots Magazine On Stands Thursday Celebrates PrideFête The new issue of HOTspots Magazine is on stands and it is all about celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and festivals like PrideFête which celebrates the music, food, and spirit of the Caribbean culture ... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 1, 2023
Aqua Foundation, Mateo Ventura Bruer TS Madison Tears Into Comedian Jess Hilarious After Anti-Trans Remarks Trans activist and actor TS Madison has been feuding with fellow actor and comedian Jess Hilarious online, and it is getting very ugly between the two public figures. As reported by Rolling Stone, it ... Queer Up Gay Culture Aug 1, 2023