http://gaynow.com Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered (LGBT) News, Issues and Networking Sun, 12 May 2013 09:27:12 MDT en http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=former-glee-star-charice-pempengco-to-go-public-that-she-is-a-lesbian-photos-videos-entertainment-stars Glee alum Charice Pempengco, a Filipino singer first discovered by Ellen Degeneres, will reportedly come out of the closet in a press interview this week. While Pempengco only appeared in a few episodes of Glee, the 21-year-old later catapulted to fame with a new album, Pyramid, followed by an abrupt change to her once-Barbie-like appearance. Charice's mother and grandmother, however, have reacted poorly to her sudden tomboy looks. ]]> Sun, 12 May 2013 09:27:12 MDT Staff Music 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=former-glee-star-charice-pempengco-to-go-public-that-she-is-a-lesbian-photos-videos-entertainment-stars http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=catholic-league-slams-new-david-bowie-video-the-next-day-video Fri, 10 May 2013 14:14:51 MDT Staff Music 2 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=catholic-league-slams-new-david-bowie-video-the-next-day-video http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=josh-ritter-defends-gay-rights-at-messiah-college-performance-in-pennsylvania Sun, 05 May 2013 10:33:17 MDT Staff Music 2 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=josh-ritter-defends-gay-rights-at-messiah-college-performance-in-pennsylvania http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=member-of-one-direction-gay-according-to-n-syncs-lance-bass ]]> Fri, 03 May 2013 11:09:37 MDT Staff Music 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=member-of-one-direction-gay-according-to-n-syncs-lance-bass http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=indigo-girls-encourage-michigan-womyns-music-festival-protest-over-transgender-exclusion The Indigo Girls -- have announced that they will donate all concert proceeds to trans activism: "We have made it clear that this will be our last time at the Festival until MWMF shows visible and concrete signs of changing their intention." The festival has been under scrutiny since it blocked trans participants with a biological gender policy: "[MWMF is] by and for womyn-born womyn, that is, womyn who were born as and have lived their entire life experience as womyn." For more, click the link below. ]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:32:32 MDT Staff Music 2 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=indigo-girls-encourage-michigan-womyns-music-festival-protest-over-transgender-exclusion http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=snoop-lion-rap-and-gay-dont-mix Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:29:11 MDT Staff Music 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=snoop-lion-rap-and-gay-dont-mix http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=daddy-yankees-rep-denies-gay-rumors Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:27:53 MDT Staff Music 1 http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=daddy-yankees-rep-denies-gay-rumors http://gaynow.com/story.php?title=michelle-shocked-on-piers-morgan-im-not-homophobic
Michelle: “Well, as I say, in the court of public opinion, putting a poet on a tribunal like this, I just want to say…”

Piers: “Michelle, I’ve put the questions to you, you’ve answered them emphatically, and I will take you at your word. Thank you.”

Michelle: “The apple tree’s got some strange fruit that even Adam wouldn’t try, but human nature’s living proof…”

Piers: "The world is full of strange trees and strange fruit. I agree with you. Michelle Shocked, good to see you.”

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