Hallmark Channel Reinstates Same-Sex Ads

JOCELYN NOVECK / The Associated Press Dec 16, 2019 The company reverses what it calls a “wrong decision” to pull the ads following a complaint from a conservative group. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Filmmaker Lilly Wachowski Pre-empts Tabloid by Coming Out as Transgender Woman

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Mar 9, 2016 She has a successful career, a supportive wife and a transgender sister, but when it came to going public about her own transition, Lilly Wachowski didn’t have a choice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Marriage Equality and White Supremacy

By Todd Clayton Jun 27, 2013 The danger in the Supreme Court's dismantling of the Defense of Marriage Act is of the LGBTQ community being seduced into the mainstream and forgetting the plight of the oppressed just as it becomes more broadly accepted. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Gay Inc.’s Appalling Silence on Bradley Manning

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 23, 2013 "Why is it that all of the big gay non-profits, from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -- 'Gay Inc.' -- have failed to utter a word of support for Private Bradley Manning, let alone really campaign for him?" asks Andy Thayer at CounterPunch. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Tuchuses and Nay-Nays

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 21, 2011 Tuchuses and nay-nays, to me, became a metaphor for what it meant to replace the literal meaning of something with the figurative meaning; that is, to replace the facts with a value judgment that had less to do with the truth and more to do with a particular interpretation of the truth.Tuchuses and nay-nays, to me, became a metaphor for what it meant to replace the literal meaning of something with the figurative meaning. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

‘The New GLAAD’ Takes On Hollywood

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2010 It appears that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is taking the direct approach in responding to Hollywood studios' less-than-enlightened portrayals of GLBTQ characters and use of certain slang terms, but we're not entirely sure that the watchdog organization is "Hollywood's Latest Bully," as The Wrap suggested Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Big Week for LGBT

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2009 This week marks the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, considered the beginning of the gay rights movement. President Obama is set to meet with gay leaders (and all the anger they'll bring with them over his failed promises regarding repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and the Defense of Marriage Act) to commemorate the event. Check out this interview with Jarrett Barrios, the president of GLAAD. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Down to the Wire

Larry Gross / Truthdig Feb 27, 2006 OK, the votes are in and now we all, or those of us who care, will have to wait till March 5 to find out whether the high water mark of the Year of the Queer in Hollywood will have been the nominations sweep by "Brokeback Mountain," Hoffman, Huffman, etc. In other words, did the Academy voters actually mark their ballots for this year's apparent favorites? Will the foxy stalwarts of cable talk shows be proved wrong again? When the Brokeback wave first broke over the industry the predictable consensus of the bloviators was that the "gay cowboy" film would bomb once it ventured outside the coastal enclaves into the heartland, but that it would clean up at that March madness of the lavender left known as the Oscars. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )