President Barack Obama participates in a photo line with Gilbert Baker during a reception in recognition of LGBT Pride Month, in the East Room of the White House, June 9, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon) (more…)
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How The Diversity Foundation of San Francisco Keeps The Castro’s Rainbow Flag Flying
The year is 1978 and Harvey Milk has just been elected to the San Francisco board of supervisors. One of his first orders of business is a challenge to his friend Gilbert Baker to create a symbol of hope for the Gay Community. Baker gladly takes the project on, sewing together a rainbow flag consisting […]
Teach Your Children
Scarcely a day goes by now without some word of progress towards acceptance, if not outright normalization, of LGBT lifestyles. Sunday night during the Grammy awards in the midst of the music and entertainment, was a televised mass wedding with many same-sex couples. If that doesn’t speak to mainstream acceptance, what does? Still, there is […]
Born Gay?
Recently, 19-year-old British Olympic diver Tom Daley revealed he is in a relationship with a man. ….And? He certainly isn’t the first, nor will he be the last to do so. Daley won an Olympic bronze medal at the London Summer games and hopes to improve on that for Great Britain in Rio in 2016. […]