Browsing: Religion and Faith

Passover begins tonight. The traditional practice is for families and communities to gather around a meal to retell the story of struggle and liberation for the Jewish people. While it may feel different not to gather this year, LGBTQ Jews who have felt the exclusion of faith communities may find this year’s virtual Seders more open and accepting, since they can participate and reconnect with their faith tradition from the safety of their own home.

 “Franklin Graham’s call for people to ‘unite and work together’ would be much better received if not for his track record of publicly and vocally vilifying LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups.”

The Samaritan’s Purse field hospital in New York City provides much-needed beds. However, CEO Franklin Graham is an attack dog that hasn’t passed up an opportunity to demonize LGBTQ people. Graham is requiring all healthcare providers in his field hospital to adhere to a statement of faith, in which marriage is defined as “exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female” and the unrighteous are sentenced to “everlasting punishment in hell.”

This year for Transgender Day of Visibility, GLAAD and Instagram partner to highlight trans peoples’ lives and experiences of love. 

Friday night, tune into The Crystal Maze to cheer on an LGBTQ advocate and her family as they face a completely new set of challenges that bring them closer together as a family.

Over the weekend of February 15th, in Burien, Washington (twelve miles outside Seattle) Paul Danforth and Michelle Beattie abruptly left their…

This Valentine’s Day is as important a day as any to remind trans people they are worthy and deserving of love.

August 28, 2018, NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, released the following research to draw attention…