72-year-old ‘Dynasty’ star comes out as gay & calls reboot “utter sh*t”
He says coming out in the ’80s would have been “professional suicide.”

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Birmingham is First Alabama City to Pass LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Birmingham has become the first city in Alabama to pass an LGBTQ-inclusive ordinance which includes protections from discrimination in housing, public accommodation and employment on the basis of real or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or familial status.

HRC reports:

This ordinance is the culmination of more than ten years of work from local LGBTQ grassroots organizers and a pro-equality coalition including Equality Alabama and HRC.

“Today, the City of Birmingham made history in Alabama by taking a crucial step toward ensuring LGBTQ residents are protected from discrimination,” said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign. “In doing so, Birmingham joins Jackson and Magnolia, Mississippi in setting an example for cities across the South to follow. Now, it is time for all southern cities to guarantee the right of LGBTQ people to live their lives free from discrimination.”

“Today is a proud day for Birmingham, now the first city in Alabama to pass a non-discrimination ordinance that protects the LGBTQ community,” said Eva Kendrick, HRC Alabama state director. “Now it is time for other cities in Alabama to follow Birmingham’s lead in protecting all its people from bias and discrimination. Thank you to Council President Austin for his leadership in championing this ordinance and our partners Michael Hansen, Equality Alabama and Alabama Stonewall Democrats for their years of work to secure this victory for all of Birmingham. We look forward to the mayor signing this important ordinance into law.”

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Our favorite moments from #BiWeek 2017

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Ex-college wrestler gets 10 years in bogus HIV transmission case
Johnson faced a potential 96-year sentence if he didn’t take the deal.

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Actor Barry Dennen, Jesus Christ Superstar’s ‘Pilate’ and Barbra Streisand Mentor, Dies at 79

Barry Dennen, the Broadway actor famous for his role in Jesus Christ Superstar, who became a mentor to Barbra Streisand as she rose to fame, has died, Deadline reports:

He was 79 and had suffered a brain injury after a fall at home in June, according to Lucy Chase Williams,  a close friend who confirmed the death to Deadline.

The Wrap reports:

Dennen played Pontius Pilate, the man who sentenced Jesus Christ to death, on the original recording and in the 1973 film. Prior to that, Dennen had a brief relationship with Barbra Streisand in the early 1960s, when he helped her develop the nightclub act that kickstarted her career.

Born and raised in Chicago, Dennen got his big break as a stage actor in 1968 as the master of ceremonies in the West End version of “Cabaret.” Two years later, he was cast to play Pontius Pilate in “Superstar.” In the role, he performed the song “Pilate’s Dream,” in which the Roman prefect sings of a dream he had about meeting Jesus, and seeing “thousands of millions” crying for him and blaming Pilate for his death.

New York cabaret historian James Gavin, who was also Dennen’s onetime lover, told Deadline about his interactions with Streisand:

“Barry had been referred to me as the man behind the young Barbra Streisand as well as a player in the Greenwich Village cabaret scene of the early ’60s – the Duplex, the Showplace, the youthful and naive let’s-put-on-a-show nightclub revues that were popular then. He was sly and droll and had presence. I fully believe that Barry was crucial in the emergence of the Barbra of legend; that he urged her to do cabaret when her acting efforts seemed stymied; that he steered her toward the talent contest at the Lion, the gay Village bar, and put an act together for her; and that he helped her with repertoire (Barry loved 1920s and ’30s songs and songbirds), attitude, and nightclub survival techniques and groomed her in all sorts of other ways.”

Read the full Deadline obit HERE.

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Megyn Kelly made a gay joke on her new morning show and it really didn’t go over well
The former FOX News hate monger is trying to rebrand herself… and it’s not working.

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How the Anal Cancer Epidemic in Gay and Bi HIV-Positive Men Can Be Prevented

Gay Couple photo by Kurt Löwenstein Education Center (International Team) is licensed under (CC by 2.0)

By Ashish A. Deshmukh, Assistant Professor, University of Florida, Elizabeth Chiao, Associate professor, Baylor College of Medicine , Jagpreet Chhatwal, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School , and Scott B. Cantor, Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Singers from the New York City Gay Men’s Choir sing Dec. 1, 2015 at the Apollo Theater…

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