From an engagement at NYC's Pri March to a profsnal athlete announcg "I'm gay," here are some of NBC Out's top good news stori of 2018.
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WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
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': FDNY first rponrs get engaged at NYC PriTracy Bermuz, left, and Tayreen Bonilla kiss after Bermuz proposed durg the Pri para New York on June 24, Betancur / Getty ImagIn the midst of the march— which clud tens of thoands of participants and an timated 2 ln onlookers — Tdy Bermuz, an FDNY emergency medil technician, proposed to her girliend, FDNY paramedic Tayreen Mart, Major League Soccer player, says, 'I'm gay'Mnota Uned midfielr Coll Mart ntrols the ball as Sportg Kansas Cy forward Diego Rub chas durg the first half of an MLS soccer game on Oct. Anthony Souffle / Star Tribune via AP fileIn an exclive terview wh NBC News, Mart said his teammat already knew that he was gay before he me out publicly.
18, Godlki / AP fileWhen Deidre Downs was crowned Miss Ameri more than a ago, the ia of legalized gay marriage and Miss Ameri later marryg her same-sex partner Alabama would have been an unimagable future. Courty Helen Grace JamHelen Grace Jam had been subjected to tense scty for weeks the 1950s by the Office of Special Invtigatns (OSI), which was vtigatg service members spected of beg gay. They had even followed her to a lbian dance club Cowboys lebacker out as gay, announc weddgDallas Cowboys lebacker Jeff Rohrer / AP“I’ve given at least five people heart attacks wh this news, ” Jeff Rohrer said.
TOWLEROAD GAY NEWS
After everythg that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people experienced 2017 seemed only fair that 2018 would start off wh a small glimmer of hope. What we didn’t expect was that hope would be served up om nearly all rners of the earth. * gay news 2018 *
”Michelle Obama reveals she snuck out of Whe Hoe to celebrate gay marriage lgFormer first lady Michelle Obama kicks off her "Beg" book tour wh a signg at the Semary Co-op bookstore on Nov. Statned on a ship Yokosa, Japan, the 24-year-old performs for his fellow Navy sailors while also fulfillg the role of his squadron’s admistrative supervisor by fay's first gay weddg: Lord Mountbatten to marry partnerBridwell Uffculme, Devon.
After everythg that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people experienced 2017 — om roundups and torture Chechnya to antigay wch hunts Egypt and Indonia, closure of queer-iendly health facili Tanzania, and a ncerted effort by the Tmp admistratn to roll back equal rights the Uned Stat — seemed only fair that 2018 would start off wh a small glimmer of hope.
And 2016, five gay and lbian Indians filed a wr petn, as dividuals directly affected by the law, which prompted the Supreme Court to orr a rensiratn of the 2013 cisn by a larger bench, sayg that the lg was nsistent wh a recent lg on privacy rights. ] about Boytters vow to make Bt Buy ‘the new Bud Light’Amerin Red Cross ends blood donatn rtrictns targetg gay men. Towleroad Augt 8, 2023 Leave a Comment Published by AFPWashgton (AFP) - The Amerin Red Cross on Monday announced will now allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood whout … [Read more...
PHILALPHIA GAY NEWS
The olst LGBTQ newspaper the U.S. verg the latt gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr news Washgton, DC and around the world. * gay news 2018 *
] about Amerin Red Cross ends blood donatn rtrictns targetg gay menGOP lawmaker’s wife says she’s been replacg ‘terrible books’ wh Bibl lol Ltle Free Librari. From a drag queen’s surprise appearance at the impeachment hearg of Print Donald Tmp to a once-proment "nversn therapist" cidg to "pursue life as a gay man, " here are 15 of our most clicked on LGBTQ news stori of anchor Meagan Fzgerald, left, announced her engagement on June 2, 2019.
Nicholas Kamm / AFP - Getty ImagGay Republin group's director rigns after Tmp endorsementThe executive director of the Log Cab Republins is the latt official to rign om the nservative LGBTQ group after recently endorsed Print Donald Tmp for re-electn. 25, Man / Rters fileWould Buttigieg be the first gay print? “I would image we’ve probably had excellent prints who were gay, we jt didn’t know which on, ” Pete Buttigieg said an terview.
Petersburg, Rsia, on April Vaganov / Rters fileRsian LGBTQ activist killed after beg listed on gay-huntg seA Rsian LGBTQ activist, Yelena Grigoryeva, was fatally stabbed St. (July 23, 2019)Click for full storyDavid Mathon, a former gay nversn therapist, has e out as gay. Courty of David MathonOnce-proment ‘nversn therapist’ will ‘pursue life as a gay man’David Mathon, a once proment Mormon “nversn therapist” who claims to have helped some gay men rema heterosexual marriag, is lookg for a boyiend.
“The Philalphia Gay News is the natn’s most award-wng LGBT publitn, and the largt LGBT media outlet the regn.” * gay news 2018 *
25, DuBose / UMNS fileLGBTQ Uned Methodist lears gutted by church's anti-gay cisnThe Uned Methodist Church strengthened s ban on openly gay clergy and same-sex marriag. Easley / APEvangelil group wants gays removed om anti-lynchg billLiberty Counsel oppos cludg the words "sexual orientatn" and "genr inty" a feral anti-lynchg bill. 9, 2019)Click for full storyChris, left, and Melania say they were the victims of a homophobic asslt on a London FacebookFifth teen arrted attach agast lbian uple on London bThe teens allegedly mand the two women kiss "so they uld enjoy watchg" before beatg them.
March 16 - The gay teen romance Love, Simon opened theaters and beme the eleventh hight grossg film wh a gay theme or proment gay character, takg $41 ln at the domtic box office.
May 21 - Although he didn't w a medal for the US the Men's Sgl Figure Skatg petn at the 2018 Wter Olympics, openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon won Dancg wh the Stars: Athlet. July 9 - After a prev rabow sculpture celebratg gay pri Warsaw (the pal of Poland) was repeatedly vandalized, a new one was unveiled that is "unbreakable" - a hologram projected on a curta of water, makg ristant to most forms of facement.
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Named Beth Ford as s CEO, makg her the first openly gay woman to head a Fortune 500 pany. November 6 - 43-year-old Jared Polis beme the first openly gay person elected ernor of a US state (Colorado).
The Philalphia Gay News is the area’s largt and olst publitn targetg the LGBTQ+ muny. "The pocket-size magaze by, for and about homosexuals, " was found the Netherlands 2001 by Gert Jonkers and Jep van Beenekom. Though no longer makg new ntent prt or onle, the "famo pk perdil" mak sure you're 18 before enterg s webse -- which is jt as famoly featured photography and terviews wh renowned gay artists, such as German fashn signer Bernhard Willhelm, whose nu portras -- taken by Wolfgang Tillmans -- appeared the magaze's first issue May 2001.
From the legalizatn of gay marriage Atralia to an attempted rollback of trans rights the U.S., 2017 produced a seri of highs and lows for the muny. * gay news 2018 *
Sce then, BUTT has featured gay artists such as Casey Spooner, Michael Stipe, John Waters, Hez Peter Kn, Edmund Whe, Terence Koh, Walter Pfeiffer, and Slava 's athetic was memorable for the way sexualized men you'd fd on the street or subway; they had body hair, teeth that weren't perfect, even pnch. Though short-lived, Outweek prented a bold, unapologetic voice that was unaaid to ll out Ameri's dismissive attu towards AIDS and homophobia.
He teamed up wh fellow ACT UP member Kendall Morrison, who was lookg for an avenue to advertise for his gay phone sex bs. It's "GossipWatch" lumns railed agast closeted public figur like David Geffen, Mallm Forb, and Liz Smh for beg plic the silence surroundg AIDS and gay rights.
When he joed Long Island's Newsday, Rotello beme the first openly gay lumnist for a major newspaper and now works as a documentary producer-director. Even though other LGBT magaz at the time knew that sex sells - and ed that to their advantage - HERO Magaze steered clear of pornography and other sexual s foundg 1997, HERO Magaze ma mov that were clive and progrsive, as was more acceptg of upl and men over 40 than other gay publitns at the time.
OUT f and articulat the ntributn of gay men and women to the culture through a provotive blend of fashn, pop culture, and journalism, spirg rears to nsir the ever-evolvg meang of gay. * gay news 2018 *
It also ran the first tomotive lumn a natnal gay magaze and ma a hab of turng away advertisg om both tobac and adult pani. The magaze was regnized for s efforts when beme the first gay magaze to be "highly remend" by Library Journal. XY, named for the batn of male chromosom, is a magaze that gradually beme more and more strongly aimed at gay youth, bee edors wnsed that kids beme g out as gay younger.
XY says that is "known bt for s origal photography, brazenly hont mentary on polics and culture, review of film, mic and lerature, rear ntributns, advice on survivg young and gay, and a rather dark sense of humor.
" Michael Glatze - the man who clared he was no longer gay and took a sharp turn toward nservatism and Christiany while opposg gay rights - was a longtime managg edor before the publitn ially filed for bankptcy 2010. Men was a gay porn magaze that did more than jt gay porn.