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Last gay bar in the Tenderloin never a drag
“Cowboy Bob!” they shout. A silhouetted figure, slightly hunched and topped with something akin to a park ranger’s hat, enters out of the bright daylight into the small, cramped space that sits at the eastern edge of The Tenderloin on Turk Street. A regular has arrived at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge, bearing a boxed dinner from Popson’s from around the corner on Market Street, a gift for Gabriel, the me...
August 17, 2018
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Toledo Pride celebrates LGBT community
Toledo Pride celebrates the LGBT community this weekend with a series of events. The main attraction is a noon Saturday parade and all-afternoon festival at Promenade Park, 400 Water St. Both are free and family friendly. You Will Do Better in Drag offers a more party-like atmosphere beginning at 7 p.m. Friday in Promenade Park. Admission is $5 or $3 with a donation of cleaning supplies, school su...
August 16, 2018
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Egyptian actor pushes for LGBT rights
Amid Egypt’s continuing repression of its LGBT citizens, dissidents, political activists and journalists, actor Khaled Abol Naga keeps promoting LGBT rights. An award-winning actor, stage director and film producer, Naga was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2007. He has spoken out on many sensitive social issues, including HIV/AIDS, female genital mutilation and children’s rights...
August 16, 2018
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In Haiti, slight progress for LGBT rights is seen as victory
Yaisah Val recently came out publicly as a transgender woman on YouTube, a potentially risky move in a country like Haiti where LGBT residents face pervasive hostility in most spheres of public life. Two proposed anti-LGBT laws are pending in Parliament. The major churches are firm in their condemnation of homosexuality. Gay Haitians are frequent targets of attacks and harassment, and police are o...
August 16, 2018
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Curtain Up: LGBT Theatre in New York
The performing arts and the rights of LGBT persons merge in the City of New York, where the plight of one issue or group often ties into the plight of the other. Creativity is as much an expectation when discussing New York as the perpetual construction and reconstruction occurring daily in Manhattan. The city sustains itself on the arts, with an abundance of museums, theatres, galleries, film cen...
August 13, 2018
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Gloucestershire gay young farmer shares his coming-out story
Stuart Gardener is typical of a farming 20-something. Having grown up with agriculture “in his blood”, the 28-year-old would love to have his own farm one day. In the meantime, he’s working all hours – renting ground, rearing cattle and contracting, while holding down a full-time job in a local country store. He studied at an agricultural college. He was a member of a Young Farmers Club. He’s also...
August 13, 2018
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