HRC Debuts Health
Care Equality Index
Just over half of
88 hospitals got top marks under a new rating system
created by two national gay-rights organizations which hope
the standards will result in more compassionate
treatment of gay and lesbian patients.
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THEATER
Ma Vie En Rose
Leslie Jordan's
new one man show, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet,
premiered at Gay Fest in New York City and this week
comes to the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. The show
chronicles his journey to celebrity status with a
slightly colorful twist
By Mike Diamond
American Idol
Unh Unh Unh Unh
Unh Unh Unh Unh …
Is how you say
“in the jingle-jangle morning” in Jason
Castro-ese. Translated into English, it means,
“Please, I’m begging you. Kick me off
this show.
THEATER
The New Century
Paul Rudnick's
new play is a delightful treat even if it leaves you a
little hungry
By Don Shewey
News Feature
The Insider Is
Out
In 2006, a blog
announced to the world that Thomas Roberts is gay, and
the then CNN anchor instantly became the poster boy for a
very rare breed: the out news anchor. But as Sean
Kennedy reports, the success of Roberts and other
out anchors and on-air talent may finally shatter
their industry's glass ceiling for gays -- and usher in the
future of broadcast news
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News
Field of
Dreams
In the broccoli
and strawberry fields of central California, LGBT
farmworkers face everything from violence to cuts in pay
simply for being who they are. How one woman and a
cutting-edge legal project are leading the fight for
justice.
By Patrick Range McDonald
Analysis
Trans
Positions
As the media
world buzzed about the “pregnant man,” trans
activists stayed relatively mum. Now we’re
asking: Has Thomas Beatie’s public exposure
hurt the transgender movement?
By Jen Christensen