Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Tags: national organization for marriage, nom, campaign, dan savage, bullying, christian, students, walkout, president obama, white house, sign, denounce, it gets better
The National Organization for Marriage continues to spin the staged walkout of Focus on the Family's Christian students at one of Dan Savage's recent speaking engagements. This time, the anti-gay group is using the orchestrated event as leverage in an attempt to get the White House to denounce Savage and It Gets Better.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 30 April 2012
Tags: whitney cummings, love you mean it with whitney cummings, e!, e! entertainment, borderline amazing productions, chelsea handler, new talk show, whitney cummings talk show
Are you ready for more Whitney Cummings? You better be!
The seemingly ubiquitous comic (she's the star of Whitney and co-creator of 2 Broke Girls) is on her way back to E! with her new weekly talk show, Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings.
More after the jump. FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 30 April 2012
Tags: cyndi lauper, lobby, d.c., lgbt, homeless youth, president obama, congress, honor, department of health and human services, capitol hill, award, activists, divas, heroes
Cyndi Lauper is certainly earning her special honor from the Department of Health and Human Services (which she'll be presented with on May 9); while in D.C., Lauper plans to lobby President Obama and members of Congress on behalf of homeless LGBT youth.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 30 April 2012
Tags: white house correspondents' dinner, gay jokes, compilation video, president obama, don't ask don't tell, it's raining men, jimmy kimmel, rick santorum, sweater vests, newt gingrich, marriage equality, think progress
With the Modern Family cast, Dustin Lance Black and a handful of Gleeks peppering the audience at this weekend's White House Correspondents' Dinner, one could easily say it was the gayest event of the annual series' history yet. But, surprisingly, what happened on stage might have actually been gayer than the rainbow of primped and preened folks sitting in the audience that night.
Follow the jump for a video courtesy of Think Progress compiling all the gay jokes made during the gala, including President Obama's "It's Raining Men" punchline and Jimmy Kimmel's jab at Santorum's sweater vest collection!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 27 April 2012
Tags: president obama, rolling stone, cover story, interview, marriage equality, same sex, evolve, asked, question, gay
Rolling Stone Jann Wenner was hoping for a landmark soundbite from President Obama in the current issue of Rolling Stone, but had her dreams, like those of same-sex couples around the country, smashed.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 26 April 2012
Tags: joe biden, vice president, obama, big stick, humor, video
For once we didn't nod off when walking Ambien ad Joe Biden started to speak! Knowingly employing the use of sexual innuendo, the Vice President said that President Obama is in possession of the "big stick" necessary to handle a man.
Oops, to "handle Iran." Sorry. Freudian slip.
Details and VP Joe's other double entendre regarding Obama's man junk, after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Saturday, 21 April 2012
Tags: obama, president obama, lgbt progress, lgbt community, twitter, tweets, lgbt progress chart
We think President Obama wants to give us a little reminder of what he's accomplished on behalf of the LGBT community over the last 3 years.
The administration tweeted:
"@barackobama What three years of progress for the LGBT community looks like:" and linked to a snazzy chart.
Check out President Obama's progress after the jump. FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 20 April 2012
Tags: president obama, white house, breaking news, endorses, anti-bullying, ssia, snda, lgbt, students
The White House has just announced that it is endorsing the Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA) and the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), two bills that will protect LGBT students in the U.S.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 19 April 2012
Tags: uganda, africa, international, president museveni, christiane amanpour, cnn, interview, kill the gays, denies, murder, david kato, lgbt
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni threw the equivalent of a smokebomb by denying the existence of the notorious "Kill the Gays" bill in his country.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Tags: divas, mary j. blige, watch, performs, white party 2012, circuit, video, palm springs, jeffrey sanker, no more drama
There are plenty of distractions at the annual gay Mecca that is Palm Springs' White Party. So you didn't exactly have to not be at the main event on Saturday to miss headlining act Mary J. Blige performing "No More Drama." Whether you were dressed from head to toe (or simply from navel to taint) in white but too busy cruising (we wouldn't blame you!) to look at the stage or if you were on the other side of the planet wishing you were there to praise Mary, we got you, boo! Follow the jump to watch a new video of the star performing "No More Drama" at White Party 2012.
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