This college track & field star thanks a $700 vacuum cleaner for helping him to come out
“Never in a million years did I think I’d come out over a vacuum discount,” Ben Lindaman says.

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29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced: FULL LIST

Lambda Literary announced the winners of its 29th Annual Lambda Literary Awards for excellence in LGBT literature at a ceremony Monday night at the NYU Skirball Center of the Performing Arts in New York City.

Hosted by trans-genre artist Justin Vivian Bond, presenters included Tony Award-winning producer Vivek Toward, comedian Tig Notaro, actress Cynthia Nixon, and New York Times columnists Frank Bruni and Masha Gessen.

Notable “Lammy” winners included activist Cleve Jones for When We Rise: My Life in the Movement in Gay Memoir/Biography, later adapted into a well-received television miniseries by Dustin Lance Black. “I wrote this book because the LGBT movement saved my life,” said Jones as he accepted his award, “and I’m ready to keep fighting.”

Other honorees are detailed by Lambda Literary:

Jacqueline Woodson and Jeanette Winterson were also honored for their lifetime achievements. Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon introduced Woodson, a “writer who is part of the institution but stands outside it and critiques,” said Nixon. “She is the writer, the friend, the citizen these times demand.” Accepting the Visionary Award, Woodson noted, “The work we do as a queer community for the generations beyond us make me proud to be standing here and accept this award.”

Later, Baileys Women’s Prize-winning author A.M. Homes introduced Jeanette Winterson, who won the Trustee Award. “A lifetime achievement award is more than overdue for Jeanette,” said Homes. During her acceptance speech, Winterson praised the powers of writers and imagination. “Everything that happens starts with an idea,” said Winterson. “We should protect and expand the imagination: to imagine the world as different than it is.”

Other winners of the night included David France for How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS, a companion book to his award-winning documentary film, in LGBT Nonfiction.

Their closing statement:

“In a year of great political turmoil, the Lammys were a reminder that our LGBTQ writing community remains at the forefront of resistance to attacks on our communities,” said Tony Valenzuela, Lambda Literary Executive Director. “Congratulations to all the winners and honorees. You inspire us.”

The full list of award winners:

• Here Comes the Sun, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Liveright Publishing Corporation

• The Angel of History, Rabih Alameddine, Atlantic Monthly Press

• Marrow Island, Alexis M. Smith, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Black Dove: Mama, Mi’jo, and Me, Ana Castillo, The Feminist Press

• Mouth to Mouth, Abigail Child, EOAGH

• Small Beauty, jia qing wilson-yang, Metonymy Press

• How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS, David France, Knopf

• Life Beyond My Body: A Transgender Journey to Manhood in China, Lei Ming, Transgress Press

• play dead, francine j. harris, Alice James Books
• The Complete Works of Pat Parker, Julie R. Enszer, Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night’s Press

• Thief in the Interior, Phillip B. Williams, Alice James Books

• Reacquainted with Life,KOKUMO, Topside Press

• Pathogen, Jessica L. Webb, Bold Strokes Books

• Speakers of the Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery, J. Aaron Sanders, Plume

• The Wind is Spirit: The Life, Love and Legacy of Audre Lorde, Dr. Gloria Joseph, Villarosa Media

• When We Rise, Cleve Jones, Hachette Books

• The Scorpion’s Empress, Yoshiyuki Ly, Solstice Publishing

• Into the Blue, Pene Henson, Interlude Press

• Soul to Keep, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Bold Strokes Books

• The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care, Zena Sharman, Arsenal Pulp Press

• Girl Mans Up, M.E. Girard, Harper Teen

• Barbecue/Bootycandy, Robert O’Hara, Theatre Communications Group

• Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal, Ed Luce, Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal, Fantagraphics Books

• The Devourers, Indra Das, Del Rey

• Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display, Jennifer Tyburczy, University of Chicago Press

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아베크롬비가 전 세계인의 비판을 받고 있다
아베크롬비가 ‘프라이드’에 대한 시선을 그대로 드러내는 트윗을 남겨 비판을 받고 있다.

6월은 ‘프라이드의 달…

기사 보기: Kr-Gay-Voice, 성소수자, 동성애, 동성애자, 아베크롬비, 비판, 차별, 프라이드, Korea News

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This gay couple announced they’re breakup by making a rap video, and… just no.
Stop the world. We want to get off.

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Trump Delivers Statement on Congressional Baseball Shooting: WATCH LIVE

Donald Trump is set to deliver a statement to the press reacting to the Congressional baseball shooting this morning in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Stephen Colbert Rips Jeff Sessions Inability to Remember Anything: WATCH

Stephen Colbert took aim at Attorney General  “and last surviving Little Rascal” Jeff Sessions, the latest GOP contestant in the “So You Think You Can Testify About Russia” reality show, and Sessions inability to recall just about anything or answer any questions.

 

“Let me get this straight Attorney General Sessions, you’re not answering even thought he president hasn’t claimed executive privilege and you haven’t claimed executive privilege, so what are you claiming? White privilege? Because I hear that’s a thing.”

Watch:

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Having a Child Smooths Coming-Out Conversations in China

In China, family is everything.

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Philadelphia Adds Black and Brown Stripes to Rainbow Flag to Celebrate Racial Diversity: VIDEO

The city of Philadelphia has unveiled a new Pride flag that aims to be more reflective of the LGBT community’s racial diversity.

The new flag expands on creator Gilbert Baker’s original design by including black and brown stripes.

Amber Hikes, Philadelphia’s director of LGBT Affairs, said the new flag “instills so much pride in me as a queer black woman.”

City Hall Pride Month Kickoff #morecolormorepride pic.twitter.com/dkWxEypfXU

— Jane Slusser (@janeslusser) June 8, 2017

“When I see the flag,” she added, “I see myself. The new design is a symbolic representation of Philadelphia’s commitment to centering the experiences, contributions, activism and dedication of black and brown members of our community. To me, this flag says: ‘We see you. We honor you. We celebrate you. You’re not just a part of us. You are us.’”

RELATED: San Luis Obispo Mayor’s Pride Flag Burned in Suspected Hate Crime

According to PGN, Hikes added:

“I feel that when we celebrate Pride Month and the LGBT community at large, we focus heavily on the same voices, identities and experiences. This year, I want to celebrate people who are too often left out of our narratives. I’m really excited to use this event to highlight people of transgender and gender-nonconforming experience [and] highlight youth and people of color for their contributions to the LGBTQ-liberation movement….

“This is not going to just be in Philadelphia. This is going to take the nation by storm. I believe that very deeply. This is an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate not just Pride but also the community members whose voices and experiences that so often get overlooked. To me, this is a chance to stop saying ‘We’re inclusive’ and to actually begin showing it. More importantly, this flag is a step toward healing for our community and this genuine unity that so many of us are saying we want.”

More than 200 people were in attendance last Thursday to celebrate the unveiling and raising of the flag at the north apron of City Hall.

#LGBTPride Flag raising at City Hall to reveal new Pride Flag. @AmberHikes @PhillyMayor @PhillyLGBTgov #morecolormorepride pic.twitter.com/2zGYuZ4XJx

— Philly City Rep (@PhillyCityRep) June 8, 2017

Flag designer Tierney and the Office of LGBT Affairs have developed a website where people can download the flag for free.

Watch a CBS report below.

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