Day: January 18, 2017

Jan 18
express Publishes Without 2017 Pride Festival Guide

The January issue of express is published this year without the Pride Guide being included. Kunal Sharma of express says, “we were contracted with Pride to include their tabloid newsprint guide in our January issue which we have done for the last three years, either by inserting it or actually publishing it, and were looking […]

Jan 18
Dance Your Butt Off for Mike Pence

WERK for Peace and DisruptJ20, two activism groups, are planning a dance party at the Vice President-elect’s house in Chevy Chase as a protest against his homophobic and transphobic viewpoints. WERK for Peace was created after the Pulse Nightclub shooting “using dance to promote peace” and DisruptJ20 is a group who are, according to their […]

Jan 18
Chelsea Manning to be Freed

In one of his last acts, President Obama will be commuting the rest of Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence. Instead of being released in 2045, Manning will leave the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 17 May. Manning had already made two suicide attempts in regards to the prison’s handling of her gender dysphoria – […]

Jan 18
Maybelline Front Man’s Father Hits Back at Haters

Social media star and make-up artist Manny Gutierrez was named Maybelline’s first ever male ambassador earlier this month. The majority of comments were positive, but anti-LGBT+ blogger and writer Matt Walsh tweeted a picture of Gutierrez with a warped comment on the concept of masculinity. Dads, this is why you need to be there to […]