Trump’s ban means I can’t attend HRC conference
Ayaz Shalal, on right, a human rights activist from Kurdistan who advocates for LGBT and women’s rights, visited the U.S. in August 2016. (Photo courtesy of Ayaz Shalal) I still cannot call Donald...
View ArticleMy protest days are not over
(Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) My sincere wish was my protest days were over. Had Hillary Clinton won the presidency they would have been. In recent days, I have often thought if all the young...
View Article‘Left-wing’ Islamophobia: An infantile disorder
(Photo by Fibonacci Blue; courtesy Flickr) I was shocked and horrified to read in the pages of the Inauguration Day issue of the Blade a crude Islamophobic screed that could have come from the pen of...
View ArticleGay Afghan refugee arrested in D.C. protest against DeVos
A protester who was arrested while attempting to block Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from entering a D.C. school is a gay refugee from Afghanistan who penned a column for the Blade last month. (Blade...
View ArticleThe Trump effect?
Andrew Magie, on left, with Jim Obergefell who visited the George Washington University LGBT Health Policy & Practice Forum on July 11. Magie says the Trump administration has affected campus...
View ArticleGay, trans Republicans speak at Supreme Court gun rally
Gay GOP U.S. Senate candidate Gene Truono, left, and Log Cabin Republicans President Gregory Angelo after speaking at a gun rights rally on steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Washington Blade photo by...
View ArticleThe cruelty of the Trump administration is endless
A demonstration was held in front of the White House on Monday to protest the Trump administration’s anti-trans policies. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Once again the Trump administration is...
View ArticleRival 2020 AIDS conference planned in Mexico
Mexico City (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers) MEXICO CITY — Mexico will have its own AIDS conference in 2020 to coincide with the International AIDS Conference in the U.S. “HIV2020:...
View Article‘Little America’ episode about gay Syrian refugee banned in 11 countries
Haaz Sleiman (center) in “The Son,” the eighth episode of “Little America” (Image courtesy Apple TV+) The LGBTQ-themed episode of the new and acclaimed Apple TV+ series “Little America” has been...
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