University of San Francisco Basketball Coach Jennifer Azzi Comes Out

Published April 5, 2016 University of San Francisco basketball coach Jennifer Azzi made a big announcement while introducing Warriors president Rick Welts at the Anti-Defamation League’s Torch of Liberty Award ceremony last Thursday. Welts became the first senior sports executive to come out as gay in 2011, then president and chief executive of the Phoenix Suns. “I, too,…

Australian Same-Sex Parenting Documentary ‘Gayby Baby’ to Screen in U.S.

Published March 16, 2016 Gayby Baby, an Australian documentary following four children of gay parents, will screen in more than 50 U.S. cities starting April 1 and will be available digitally on International Family Equality Day, May 1. The documentary follows four children as they grow up in Australia, where gay marriage is still up for debate, with…

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Alum T.R. Knight Joins Reese Witherspoon’s ABC Drama ‘Broken’

Published March 16, 2016 Grey’s Anatomy’s T.R. Knight will be trading in his stethoscope for a briefcase in the new ABC show Broken. Broken will feature Anna Paquin as Gemma, a divorce attorney “whose life begins to unravel when her emotionally damaged, love-addicted sister resurfaces, triggering self-destructive tendencies and exposing long-hidden family secrets,” according to Entertainment Weekly. Knight…

Jillian Michaels and Longtime Girlfriend Heidi Rhoades Engaged

Published March 14, 2016 “America’s Toughest Trainer” Jillian Michaels showed her softer side during the season finale of Just Jillianwhen she proposed to her longtime girlfriend Heidi Rhoades. The couple sat down to a private viewing of a movie that started off with a fake trailer that said, “In a world where it’s tough to connect, one woman found that…

Happening Now in Indonesia: Homosexuals ‘Should Be Put to Death’

Published February 29, 2016 On Friday, a member of the Parliament from the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party and Indonesia’s former Information and Communications Minister Tifatul Sembering tweeted: “A saying of the Prophet [Mohamed]: Whomever you find committing the acts of the community of Lot (homosexual) should be put to death.” He later deleted the tweet after bring…

NBC’s ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ Would Omit Lucy Lawless, Renee O’Connor

Published February 28, 2016 If NBC gets a go on Xena: Warrior Princess, comic writer Genevieve Valentine and writer-producer Javier Grillo-Marxauch said the show will be different than the episodes that ran from 1995 to 2001. “One big thing is that we are telling a much more serialized story than the show ever tackled,” Grillo-Marxuach told io9. “So…

Get Ready: ‘Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie’ to Hit the Big Screen

Published February 28, 2016 The British cult comedy series Ab Fab has been turned into a full-length movie, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, that will be premiering in July. The movie follows PR agent Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and her best friend Patsy (Joanna Lumley) as they live the glamorous life full of shopping, drinking and clubbing around London. The friends…

Apparent Murder Suicide in Arizona, 15-Year-Olds Were Reportedly Dating

Published February 22, 2016 After the murder suicide of two female students who were reportedly in a relationship, a group of men came to the Arizona school protesting homosexuality, followed by a counter protest of students in support of LGBT classmates. May Kieu and Dorothy Dutiel, both 15-year-old sophomores at Independence High School in Glendale, Ariz., were found…

Netflix Renews ‘Orange is the New Black’ Three More Seasons

Published February 12, 2016 Orange is the New Black has been renewed for three more seasons. Season 4 will premiere on Netflix this summer and creator Jenji Kohan will continue to be the show runner for seasons 5, 6 and 7. “Three more years! Not quite a political term, but still plenty of time to do some…

Former Servicemember, Girlfriend Detained in Kuwaiti Prison

Published February 10, 2016 After serving in the United States Army for seven years, Monique Coverson and her girlfriend Larissa returned to Kuwait as military contractors. Now they are looking at 25 years in a Kuwati prison. According to Monique’s family, their house was raided in May and police confiscated one ounce of a “tobacco-like” substance.…