Chaque annee la Pride attire des dizaines de milliers de visiteurs vers la capitale et colore Bruxelles aux couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel. Il y a aussi le PrideVillage et le PridePodium autour de la Bourse.
Pride.be n’est pas seulement la plus grande fete de Bruxelles, mais c’est aussi un evenement avec un message politique. Avec cette manifestation, nous essayons d’obtenir plus d’egalite de droits pour tout le monde et surtout pour la communaute lesbigaytrans.
Long Overdue GENDA Bill and Conversion Therapy Ban Signed Into Law In New York State
On Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and the state’s ban on conversion therapy practiced on minors.
The long-stalled bills overwhelmingly passed the Legislature last week, a result due to Democrats seizing control of the Senate in November’s election saidThe Albany Times Union.
“By signing into law GENDA and a ban on the fraudulent practice of conversion therapy, we are taking another giant step forward in advancing equal justice for every New Yorker,” Cuomo said in a statement. “We are once again sending a clear and proud message that there is no place for hate in our state, and anyone who engages in bigotry and discrimination will be held accountable.”
Mental health professionals have long recognized that therapies intended to change a person’s sexual orientation pose serious health risks.
The legislation treats engaging in conversion therapy with a patient under 18 as professional malpractice.
Joseph Anderson Class of Cornell University 2020, and president of the LGBTQ student union Haven, told the Cornell Sunthat the bill’s passage is long overdue. “It is a moment to celebrate and thank our lawmakers in Albany for protecting transgender, gender non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals,” he said.
The Sun says that the bill was originally introduced in 2003 but failed to reach a vote on the senate floor until this year, when Democrats regained control of the Legislature. Previously, the bill has been voted on successfully in the Assembly for ten consecutive times.
Get A Peek At ‘Will & Grace’ Creator Max Mutchnick’s Office; Season Premiere Is Thursday: WATCH
Will & Grace’s Creator and Executive Producer Max Mutchnick has been having a great couple of years.
Bringing back his hit show Will & Grace was a home run for NBC and he and his partner high-powered entertainment industry attorney Erik Hyman splashed out nearly $14.5 million for a Beverly Hills mansion last month according to Variety.
Mutchnick also made Out magazine’s 2018 #OUT100 issue list which said about him, “What would the national conversation around LGBTQ issues sound like without Will & Grace? Certainly, not nearly as funny.”
“Being a member of the LGBTQ community is far and away the greatest gift of my life,” responded Mutchnick. “It’s given me everything I cherish.”
In 2018, he and creative partner David Kohan brought the show back after 11 years off the air.
Out said “As revolutionary — and hilarious — as ever, the show affirmed the pair’s ability to write masterfully across gay generations. ‘We could learn to stop searching for what makes us different and get more in touch with what makes us the same,’ Mutchnick says about the relationship between younger and older queer people.”
Will & Grace will return this Thursday January 31st at 9:30 p.m., following Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Watch the trailer to the season premiere featuring comedian Chelsea Handler below.
How ‘Rent’ made my younger self believe in a better tomorrow
As Fox prepares to air a live, televised revival of Rent, it’s important to consider the show’s impact on the LGBTQ community. Throughout the United States, many LGBTQ individuals continue to struggle to find acceptance in their communities, accept their sexual or gender identity, and overcome isolation. The diverse and star-studded cast for the upcoming airing of Rent: Live will surely provide not only a night of fantastic entertainment but much-needed representation for many like it once did for me.
I remember it like it was yesterday: belting out the notes of Take Me or Leave Me in a church basement during my weekly voice lesson. After months of asking, my voice teacher finally let me perform the musical I had been listening to non-stop: Rent. Growing up in a small town and conservative family, the media I was permitted to see was limited. However, there was one loophole in my parents’ media restrictions: character research. As a theatre actor, I often had to research the characters I played, which is how, on a cold January day, I found the movie that changed my life.
In case Rent: Live on FOX is the first time you’ll see a rendition of Rent, a quick recap is in order: The musical itself is a contemporary twist on Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Boheme.” Set in New York City, Rent features six main characters struggling with poverty and discrimination. Yet despite their struggles, Rent is a story of hope. Developing this iconic musical for a mass television audience increases visibility for critical issues that still plague the LGBTQ community, offering a glimpse into recent queer history suddenly accessible to more young viewers than ever before.
While attending a small religious high school, I did not know of any other openly LGBTQ+ students. Media that featured representation of queer characters was my only window to a more hopeful and accepting world–one that I dreamed of one day living in. During Rent’s two hours and fifteen minutes, I was transported to a world where diversity was beautiful yet complicated. As an isolated student struggling to accept my sexual identity, I finally had characters I could relate to. Like the main characters fought through oppression, I was surrounded by homophobic sentiments in my hometown. More than anything, I found the hope that can only come from a promise of a better tomorrow. While the main protagonists faced adversity, they built a supportive community that offered love and acceptance. The idea of one day finding a community that loved as fiercely as this group of friends in Rent gave me the hope I so desperately needed to persevere through my increasingly hostile environment.
Community representation in media is of great importance, as younger generations turn to entertainment to find respite and relatable characters that face similar struggles. Further, Rent continues to push the boundaries of traditional media representation of the LGBTQ community by featuring multiple aspects of the community as a whole. It’s safe to say that you won’t want to miss Rent: Live, tonight, January 27, on FOX.
Kate Warner is a GLAAD Campus Ambassador and junior at Point Loma Nazarene University studying psychology. Kate is excited to work within the intersection of religion and LGBT+ issues. She is especially passionate about working to make various religious orientations more accepting for those of the LGBT+ community as she serves on several social justice and ministry positions.
Bad for business: Five times gay club promoters were caught trash talking their own patrons
A naked speed dating event came under fire this week for only allowing men under 35, but it’s hardly the first time a gay party has come under scrutiny for being discriminatory.
Cameron Kasky, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Nancy Pelosi, Dan Rather, and More Recognize LGBT Victims of The Holocaust
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an international memorial day that takes place every 27th of January commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War.
Memorial to Gay Victims of the Holocaust in Berlin. Its inscription reads: Totgeschlagen – Totgeschwiegen (Struck Dead – Hushed-Up).
It commemorates the lives of the people killed in a genocide that resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jews, 8.7 million Slavs, 1.8 million ethnic Poles, 220,000 Romani people, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people, 312,000 Serbians, 1,900 Jehovah’s Witnesses, and 9,000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
Whether they were Jewish, Roma, LGBTQ or one of the many other communities targeted, our duty to remember every soul lost to the Holocaust doesn’t wither with time. We must do all we can to stand up to genocide, hatred & bigotry in the world. #HolocaustMemorialDay#WeRemember
According to Attitude Magazine: “The Nazi persecution of gaymen – they viewed lesbianism as a temporary condition so they suffered less – began almost as soon as Hitler took power in January 1933. SS boss Heinrich Himmler once said that eight per cent of men in Germany were gay, adding: “If that’s how things remain, our nation will fall to pieces. Those who practice homosexuality deprive Germany of the children they owe her. His solution was to ‘convert’ them by forcing them to have sex once a week with women taken from prisons and used as sex slaves. If that failed, they faced being sent to camps. Once there, they were brutalized, having their testicles boiled in water or by having 25cm pieces of wood shoved into their rectum.”
Pelois was joined by her Democratic Represenative colleague Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Parkland Massacre survivor Cameron Kasky, Journalist Dan Rather and many more in tweets on social media.
This #HolocaustMemorialDay, @HRC honors the more than six million Jews & victims, including #LGBTQ people, whose lives were viciously taken.#WeRemember and celebrate survivor Elie Wiesel, whose legacy of fighting to end bigotry and hate around the world endures. pic.twitter.com/y7HzFgdV89
On #HolocaustMemorialDay may we pledge that remembrance of past horrors and vigilance in the face of the ever-present currents of hate and intolerance must be a daily obligation.
It’s #HolocaustMemorialDay and it’s just as important today as any other day to talk to your kids about the Holocaust. There is a startling number of people MY AGE (I am an adult physically) that do not know about Auschwitz.
Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay – a day where #WeRemember not only the atrocities that result from the contagions of hatred + anti-Semitism, but also the fortitude of communities that continue to be impacted today.
A great read for today: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl t.co/siWAoXcjwC
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Kate Warner is a GLAAD Campus Ambassador and junior at Point Loma Nazarene University studying psychology. Kate is excited to work within the intersection of religion and LGBT+ issues. She is especially passionate about working to make various religious orientations more accepting for those of the LGBT+ community as she serves on several social justice and ministry positions. 
