December 5 - Ohio
Betty Skinner, 52, was found dead in her Cleveland home by a healthcare worker returning for assisted-living-related care. Skinner, who was physically disabled, suffered blunt force trauma to the head.
September 27 - New Jersey
New Jersey becomes 14th State to Legalize Gay Marriage
January 2 – National
“Interior Leather Bar” Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from Cruising (1980) as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.
January 1 – Tennessee
“Tennessee Equality Project” The mission of TEP is to promote and sustain the equality of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons in the State of Tennessee through the establishment of fair and equitable laws protecting these rights and the elimination of laws that would seek to counter this effort.
January 1 – Utah
“Provo Pride” We are the Provo Pride Council, a non-profit corporation organized to act as a community resource and symbol of hope and pride for residents of Utah County who may identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, intergender, asexual, etc. (abbreviated as LGBTQ or LGBT for simplicity).
August 8 - Washington D.C.
Obama criticized Russia's anti-gay law.
July 15 – National
"Heroics II" A collection of over one hundred and eighty fine art nude photographic portraits of men captured in the classical tradition of mythologized heroism and the sometimes grandiose and dramatic poses that entailed, shot in an array of contemporary, post-modernist, neo-classic and painterly environments, in both color and warm toned black and white, reminiscent of the influences being evoked and in the tradition of fine art film photography.
June 14 - Oregon
Gov. John Kitzhaber signs House Bill 2093, making Oregon one of a handful of states to remove the surgery requirement for transgender Oregonians seeking a change on their birth certificate.
January 1 – Arkansas
“Central Arkansas Pride” To celebrate the history and culture of our community through pride events and programs that inspire, strengthen, and unite.
September 27 - New Jersey
Eyricka Morgan, 26, died after she was attacked and stabbed by a roommate at a boarding house where she lived.
November 18 - National
“Southern Baptist Sissies” Southern Baptist Sissies is the story of four boys who are gay growing up in the Southern Baptist Church and how they each deal differently with the conflict between the teachings of the church and their sexuality.
Charlie & Max Carver
June 26 – California
In the case Hollingsworth v. Perry (formerly Perry v. Schwarzenegger), which was brought by a
lesbian couple (Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier) and a gay male couple, the Supreme Court said the private sponsors of Proposition 8 did not have legal standing to appeal after the ballot measure was struck down by a federal judge in San Francisco, which made same-sex marriage legal again in California. Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier were married shortly afterward, making them the first same-sex couple to be married in California since Proposition 8 was overturned.
United States LGBT History for 2013
September 19 – National
“Kill Your Darlings” A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
October 7 - National
Neil S. Plakcy publishes “Love on Site” to launch his love on romance storylines.
September 19 – Louisiana
A 31-year-old transgender woman identified as Shaun Hartley was found beaten to death in Baton Rouge. A local paper reported Hartley feared she was in danger after speaking to police about a murder she witnessed earlier that year.
November 30 - National
"Catalina: The Early Years" A photography presentation of the golden age of gay porn! Some of the best images came from the crown jewel among gay porn studios: Catalina, founded in 1978. Photos from the company’s early days document a bygone world of unbounded sexual freedom.
June 12 – New York
Spencer Cox was an HIV activist in the 90’s when the disease began ravaging the country that helped in the development process of the inhibitors used to control it. Because of his work the St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center renamed their HIV clinic The Spencer Cox Center for Health
October 13 – National
"The Half of Us" If short-tempered Jason can open his heart and life to optimistic Abe, he might finally find the family he craves.
Short-tempered, arrogant heart surgeon Jason Garcia grew up wanting a close-knit family, but believes he ruined those dreams when he broke up his marriage. The benefit of divorce is having as much random sex as he wants, and it's a benefit Jason is exploiting when he meets a sweet, shy man at a bar and convinces him to go home for a no-strings-attached night of fun.
Eight years living in Las Vegas hasn't dimmed Abe Green's optimism, earnestness, or desire to find the one. When a sexy man with lonely eyes propositions him, Abe decides to give himself a birthday present—one night of spontaneous fun with no thoughts of the future. But one-night turns into two and then three, and Abe realizes his heart is involved. For the first time, Abe feels safe enough with someone he respects and adores to let go of his inhibitions in the bedroom. If Jason can get past his own inhibitions and open his heart and his life to Abe, he might finally find the family he craves.
Jason Collins
September 4 – National
“Aleksandr's Price” Traumatized by his mother's death and struggling to make ends meet, illegal immigrant Aleksandr Ivanov turns to escorting and soon finds himself sinking into the dark world of New York City's sex trade -- and pushed to the edge of sanity.
December 1 - Oregon
George Painter self-publishes his long-awaited account of Portland’s same-sex scandal of more than 100 years ago. “The Vice Clique: Portland’s Great Sex Scandal” details the explosive reaction to the public’s learning about gay men having sex in the city. Painter traces their stories and discusses the politics and morality in Portland at the time.
January 1 – National
“Dick” In August 2008, filmmaker Brian Fender posted an add on Craigslist to solicit volunteers for a documentary project. He invited "subjects" into his living room to strip down and reveal themselves physically and emotionally through personal stories about their relationship to their penises. Fender interviewed a vast cross-section of anonymous, naked men about their prized appendage: from monks to transsexuals to ex-marines to designers, ranging in age from 21 to 80. Hoping to demystify, illuminate, and even celebrate this "member" in our society, this DIY documentary is a candid exploration of what it means to have a dick.
September 4 – National
NALT (Not All Like That) Christians Project makes its public debut with co-founders Dan Savage and John Shore.
June 12 – National
“Plane Queer” In this vibrant new history, Phil Tiemeyer details the history of men working as flight attendants. Beginning with the founding of the profession in the late 1920s and continuing into the post-September 11 era, Plane Queer examines the history of men who joined workplaces customarily identified as female-oriented. It examines the various hardships these men faced at work, paying particular attention to the conflation of gender-based, sexuality-based, and AIDS- based discrimination. Tiemeyer also examines how this heavily gay-identified group of workers created an important place for gay men to come out, garner acceptance from their fellow workers, fight homophobia and AIDS phobia, and advocate for LGBT civil rights. All the while, male flight attendants facilitated key breakthroughs in gender-based civil rights law, including an important expansion of the ways that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act would protect workers from sex discrimination. Throughout their history, men working as flight attendants helped evolve an industry often identified with American adventuring, technological innovation, and economic power into a queer space.
May 14 - Minnesota
Minnesota becomes 12th US State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
December 27 – National
Randall Mann a writer from Provo Utah publishes “Straight Razor”
January 1 – North Dakota
“Pride in the Minot” We are here to build Pride in the Minot community while creating a strong network for LGBT persons. We are constantly striving to provide entertainment, education, and life skills to those in and out of the LGBT community.
Spencer Cox
December 13 - National
"Gay Pulp Fiction" As a result of a series of court cases, by the mid-1960s the U.S. post office could no longer interdict books that contained homosexuality. Gay writers were eager to take advantage of this new freedom, but the only houses poised to capitalize on the outpouring of manuscripts were "adult" paperback publishers who marketed their products with salacious covers. Gay critics, unlike their lesbian counterparts, have for the most part declined to take these works seriously, even though they cover an enormous range of genres: adventures, blue-collar and gray- flannel novels, coming-out stories, detective fiction, gothic novels, historical romances, military stories, political novels, prison fiction, romances, satires, sports stories, and spy thrillers―with far more short story collections than is generally realized. Twelve scholars have now banded together to begin a recovery of this largely forgotten explosion of gay writing that occurred in the 1960s.Descriptions of these pulps have often been inadequate and misinforming, the result of misleading covers, unrepresentative sampling of texts, and a political blindness that refuses to grant worth to pre-Stonewall writing. This volume charts the broader implications of this state of affairs before examining some of the more significant pulp writers from the period. It brings together a diverse range of scholars, methodologies, and reading strategies. The evidence that these essays amass clearly demonstrates the significance of gay pulps for gay literary history, queer cultural studies, and book history.
May 17 - New York
Mark Carson, a 32-year old black gay man, was shot to death by another man who trailed and taunted him and a friend as they walked down the street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. When the two friends ignored the assailant's questions, the man began yelling anti-gay slurs and asked one of them, "You want to die tonight?". According to police, Morales said he shot Carson because he was "acting tough". Morales was sentenced on June 14, 2016 to 40 years to life in prison.
February 27 – National
“Homosexual” A documentary.
October 25 – National
The movie “Blue is the warmest color” is released.
November 13 - National
“Gaydar” Tina thinks she's cursed. She always ends up falling in love with gays. After her latest embarrassment with Ricky, whom she thought would propose to her on their date but ends up introducing to his boyfriend, she vows never to fall in love again with men. Men always end up gay whenever she falls in love with them.
August 25 – National
The Lane twins produce an anti-bullying video for the Friend Movement
April 24 - National
John Paulk, founder of Focus on the Family's ex-gay ministry Love Won Out and former chairman of Exodus International North America, renounced his claim to ex-gay status, denied that sexual orientation change is ineffective, and apologized for the harm he had caused in a formal apology.
August 20 – California
Domonique Newburn, age:31, A transgender woman was found dead in her Fontana, Calif. home Tuesday, and witnesses say they saw the suspect take clothes, a computer and the victim’s car to get away.
November 12 - National
“Triple Crossed” A man is out to kill a person he swore on his best friend's death bed to protect. Chris Jensen is torn between his allegiance to his fallen friend, Tyler Townsend, who died in Afghanistan and Tyler’s half-sister who hires Chris to kill her late brother's gay lover. the lover, Andrew warner, stands to inherit half of the families multi- million-dollar company left to him by Tyler. Tyler’s half sister Jackie Townsend has other plans for the young and unassuming Andrew. all goes to plan even though Chris has fallen in love with the young Andrew. Andrew grows suspicious, the plan is reveled and it's every man and woman for themselves. a fortune will go to the last one standing.
October 7 - Oregon
The Portland Thorns, Timbers, and Trail Blazers make history by becoming the first major pro sports teams to endorse a campaign for the freedom to marry.
March 1 - Texas
Sondra Scarber addressed a parent about her girlfriend's son being bullied at Seabourn Elementary School in Mesquite, Texas, and was beaten by him when he realized that she was a lesbian.
December 31 – Washington State
A fire was started in the stairway of a gay nightclub in Seattle, which was quickly extinguished. After suspect Musab Mohammaed Masmari had told a friend that "homosexuals should be exterminated", an informer from the Muslim community told the FBI Masamari may have also been planning terrorist attacks.
November 21 - Oregon
Friends of Religious Freedom plans an Oregon voter initiative that will allow people outside of government to refuse to provide business services to same-gender weddings or their arrangements, or to functions marking same-gender civil unions or domestic partnerships.
April 2 - National
“Art & Queer Culture” A comprehensive survey covering 125 years of art that has constructed, contested or otherwise responded to alternative forms of sexuality. The book traces the rich visual legacy of art's relationship to queer culture, from the emergence of homosexuality as an identity in the late nineteenth century to the pioneering 'genderqueers' of the early twenty-first century.
July 29 - National
“Monster Pies” Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.
April 30 - National
"She’s Not There" She’s Not There is the story of a person changing genders, the story of a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret; above all, it is a love story. By turns hilarious and deeply moving, Jennifer Finney Boylan explores the remarkable territory that lies between men and women, examines changing friendships, and rejoices in the redeeming power of family. She’s Not There is a portrait of a loving marriage—the love of James for his wife, Grace, and, against all odds, the enduring love of Grace for the woman who becomes her “sister,” Jenny.
June 19 – National
Exodus International, an organization devoted to the “re-orientation” of homosexual desires, shuts down.
August 28 - Oregon
People from a broad coalition, including a large contingent of LGBTQ people and allies, march in Portland to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. A rally that follows includes an eloquent speech by black gay activist Khalil Edwards.
October 10 - Oregon
The Multnomah County celebrates the October 11 National Coming at its Board of Commissioners meeting the day before. Numerous members of the LGBTQ community attend, and a number of them formally address the Board. The Board then issues a proclamation honoring National Coming Out Day and treats the guests to a reception.
January 1 – North Dakota
“Pride Collective and Community Center” To create a sense of community and promote education and social activities aimed at furthering the social and physical well-being and development of the LGBT community in the Red River Valley.
January 1 – Washington State
“The Recovery Village” Unfortunately, the LGBTQ community is more at risk to fall victim to drug and/or alcohol addiction than other groups. This is mainly because of the mental health disorders that develop in this community as a result of abuse, discrimination, rejection and ostracism that they undergo. The good news, however, is that many resources are available to help members of this community conquer substance abuse.
August 6 – National
Caleb Crain publishes “Necessary Errors” which gets him a nomination by Lambda Literary Award the 26th Lambda Literary Awards.
January 1 – Texas
“OUTsider Film & Arts Festival”. OUTsider is an Austin-based transmedia nonprofit that celebrates the bold originality and creative nonconformity of the LGBTQ+ communities through the presentation of provocative, overlooked and out-of-the-box film, dance, theater, performance art, music, writing and visual art. Through its annual festival and conference, OUTsider unites queer artists, audiences and scholars from around the globe to exchange ideas, ignite conversations, transcend boundaries and experience new pleasures through artistic discovery.
July 12 – Louisiana
Jock Maurice McKinney, a 50-year-old Shreveport man was killed because he was gay.
January 1 – Illinois
“Black Alphabet Film Festival”. Black Alphabet symbolizes the unity and affirming of diversity in gender and sexual expression within the Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ) community. Our mission is to empower our community by promoting, nurturing and celebrating the stories of Black LGBTQ-identified people through the art of film.
October 15 – National
“Tumbledown” A complicated love triangle develops, which leads to sex, drugs, alcohol and romance.
January 1 – Georgia
The Gamma Epsilon chapter of Delta Lambda Phi began as an interest group in the Fall semester of 2013. In the middle of Spring Semester of 2014, Delta Lambda Phi gave Georgia State approval to go ahead and be recognized as an interest group. On April 19, 2015, Ten individuals got inducted as colonists, thus establishing the official colony at Georgia State University. The Georgia State Colony then received their charter from Delta Lambda Phi and was then referred to as the Gamma Epsilon chapter.
May 27 – National
"Something Like Autumn" Love can appear unexpectedly: a chance meeting at a friend's wedding, a handsome new co-worker... or while being robbed at a convenience store. For some, love seems an impossible dream. Growing up gay in small-town Missouri, Jace Holden thought his chance would never come. When he meets Victor-a wild soul and fellow outsider-his odds of finding love go from bleak to a very uncertain maybe. Bracing his heart, Jace chases after his desire, hoping for a warm hand to take hold of his own. Something Like Autumn tells the story of Jace's life before the events of Something Like Summer, while also revisiting his time with Benjamin Bentley.
January 1 – National
"A Private Display of Affection" Hugo Thorson knows he’s gay, but coming out during high school is not part of his plan. His parents are open-minded, but Hugo doesn’t want to add more stress for anybody, especially his dad, who is fighting terminal cancer. At a summer job he meets and befriends Kevin Magnus, and before long, their friendship becomes something more. Kevin knows this will anger his overbearing father, so he decides to protect his secret by dating a girl at school. Hugo plays along, but it’s still hard to watch the two of them together just to make Kevin’s homophobic father happy. And when Hugo’s father dies, he realizes he can’t go on living the lie. He comes clean to Kevin, who decides Hugo’s true feelings are more important than his father’s expectations. One fact remains: Kevin and Hugo’s relationship must always be hidden behind friendship, lies, girlfriends, or secret kisses. Will they find a sanctuary big enough to hold their feelings?
June 7 – National
“Behind the Candelabra” A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer, Liberace, and his young lover, Scott Thorson.
January 1 – National
NCLR works with New Jersey leaders to pass the second bill of its kind in the country protecting LGBT youth from conversion therapy
May 31 – National
Tom Bianchi, writer and photographer, co-released “Fire Island Pines Polaroids 1975–1983” and is recognized by Time Magazine list of the best photo books
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May 28 – National
Bill Konigsberg publishes his first young adult novel “Openly Straight”
June 6 – National
“Burning Blue” Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.
August 13 – National
Superfruit is formed by Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying, both members of Pentatonix. They started working together and started their Superfruit channel on YouTube as a platform for entertaining.
April 23 - National
“Bridegroom” Shane Bitney Crone's plans to marry Tom Bridegroom in California after the same- sex marriage law is passed takes a tragic turn when his partner of six years accidentally dies and Tom's family refuses Shane from attending the funeral.
August 15 – National
Darren Young is the first professional wrestler ever to publicly come out while still signed to a major WWE promotion.
November 1 - National
"Joyful Gay Sex" Every generation discovers gay sex in its own way: new sex symbols, styles and fetishes appear and take the place of old ones; familiar sex practices become less popular, while people love each other in exciting new ways. From the tried and true to the exotic and adventurous, this book offers expert tips and useful tricks to make gay sex an even more joyful experience.
April 18 - National
“In Bloom” Two young men experience the pain of separation and broken hearts after an unexpected breakup during a restless Chicago summer.
July 16 – New Mexico
Carlos Vigil, 17, was taken off of life support after a suicide attempt, leaving a suicide note posted online to document why he wanted to die.
May 29 – National
“Boots of Leather History of a Lesbian Community” Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1930s up to the early 1960s. Drawing upon the oral histories of 45 women, it is the first comprehensive history of a working-class lesbian community. These poignant and complex stories show how black and white working-class lesbians, although living under oppressive circumstances, nevertheless became powerful agents of historical change. Kennedy and Davis provide a unique insider's perspective on butch-fem culture and argue that the roots of gay and lesbian liberation are found specifically in the determined resistance of working-class lesbians. This 20th anniversary edition republishes the book for a new generation of readers. It includes a new preface in which the authors reflect on where the last 20 years have taken them. For anyone interested in lesbian life during the 1940s and 1950s, or in the dynamics of butch-fem culture, this study remains the one that set the highest standard for all oral histories and ethnographies of lesbian communities anywhere.
January 24 - Georgia
Over 100 LGBTQ Latinas/os meet in Atlanta, Georgia, for Union=Fuerza Instituo Latino’s first ever day-long Latino/a Institute at Task Force Creating Change Conference. Latino Institutes have taken place annually since then.
March 24 – Ohio
Cemia “CeCe” Dove, 23, suffered multiple stab wounds, tied with a rope to a block of concrete and thrown in pond.
January 1 – National
"The Revelations of Jude Connor" Jude Connor's rural Idaho hometown is a place of strong values and high expectations. For those who fit into the local church's narrow confines, there's support and fellowship. For those who don't, there's ostracism in this life and certain damnation in the next.
Jude wants desperately to be saved—to believe with the fervor of Reverend Amos King, whose sermons are filled with brimstone and righteousness. Yet it hasn't been easy. It's not just the forbidden friendship with his unconventional classmate, Pearl, or the difficulties of being orphaned and in his older brother's care. There are the restrictions governing how congregants should behave, the whispers that follow Gregory Hart, a man who cares for his wheelchair-bound sister and offers guidance Jude sorely needs. And there's Jude's burgeoning need to decide for himself how to live, when to question, and who to love. When loyalty doesn't help Jude overcome his own temptations, he must confront the truth behind the church's façade and his willingness to follow his own path—even if it leads him far from everything he's known. . .
July 19 – National
“Capital Games” Take two ambitious men, one top LA advertising firm, add a competition for the same high-ranking job. Tough ex-LAPD cop, Steve Miller quit police to work in the calm environment of a business office. Mark Richfield, the glamorous new kid in the office, soon wins favor with the big boss and co-workers causing Steve to cringe in jealousy. After a crazy night in the Santa Fe desert Steve becomes torn between passionate love and passionate hatred. Steve and Mark endure agonizing decisions that will affect their lives forever.
President Barack Obama
November 26 - National
"Face Value Sanctuary 3" Beckett Jamieson discovers he is adopted when a lawyer hands him a letter from his mother on his twenty-first birthday. His real name is Robert Bullen, but the Bullen family is involved in criminal activity of the worst kind. He decides to bring them down but ends up badly beaten and temporarily blinded. A Sanctuary agent takes him to a safe house to heal. Doctor Kayden Summers, Sanctuary operative, is not happy about being stuck in the middle of nowhere with an unconscious man. When Beckett wakes, the situation goes from bad to worse. Beckett does not trust him, is as determined as ever to find the evidence his mother hid, and on top of all that, Kayden finds himself attracted to the determined young man.
January 1 – National
“The Naked Truth About Men” From hormones to brain structure, women and men differ. The author explains how testosterone, lesser empathy, and being a “Systemizer” affect men in romances. A psychologist, Dr. Foster uses both composite stories from her practice and fascinating research findings to illustrate The Naked Truth About Men. Many women suffer silently in romances and women initiate two thirds of divorces. The book gives voice to why this is true and what you can do about it. One chapter is devoted to what a woman can actually and specifically expect from a man. This includes understanding his main source of connection, how he communicates for different reasons than she does, why conflict is threatening to him but not her, and how his personal growth will look different than hers. Finding a life partner is getting harder for women and the author tells why. Finally, Dr. Foster speaks of the emerging woman: how she'll restore balance to the work world, find fulfillment in friendships, is headed toward overcoming an aversion to risk taking, and will restore joyous sex. Women aren't done rustling the social order yet. As they come to terms with the truth about men and the dilemma female-male relationships pose, they are breaking away from former mores to find something new. This sea change will strike at the soul of romance and how females and males couple. Having female hormones and brain structure is about more than the capacity to supply breast milk. It's about values: tolerance, relationship closeness, being genuine, seeing the big picture, and nurturing everything from Planet Earth to a new style of politicking. The rise of the feminine will bring the values we need now. Men, by and large, did not fair well in the evolutionary machine, as they cut off from their relational and emotional selves through centuries of killing animals, the silent stocking of prey, and combat. But when a woman is asked to make a man her primary source of love, affection, and emotional intimacy, she has to figure out what to do. Never have women been positioned to so radically change the world. It all begins with women's shifting their expectations of romance. What Women Want is the companion book especially for men and When Your Relationship Changes is the follow up to The Naked Truth About Men.
Kelly Young
October 10 - Hombres
"Hombres" is one of the great newcomers of recent years―his photobook Rebels featuring the boys of Bel Ami was an incredible success. Joan Crisol understands like no other pulling the trigger on erotic photography of young men. Hombres showcases his work for one of the most successful fashion brands – ES – as coffee table book.
September 12 – National
Jonathan Del Arco who has been working with GLSEN to promote antibullying in schools was awarded the Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign.
October 1 – National
Cazwell a rapper had his video “All Over Your Face” banned from the Logo channel for content and
imagery.
September 6 – Louisiana
Terry Golston was shot three times.
February 8 – National
“Side Effects” A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
June 28 - National
“We Are Animals” In this alternate history fable set in the 1980s AIDS Crisis, a closeted young man is thrust into the midst of an anti-government coup and finds that the animal within is stronger than the monsters that oppress.
February 12 – Delaware
A statewide poll of likely voters finds 54 percent in favor of marriage equality, only 37 percent opposed—and 80 percent do not believe allowing lesbian and gay Delawareans to marry would negatively impact their lives.
January 28 - National
"A Life for Nicholas" details the life of a thirteen year old boy who is an orphan and living in the foster care system. He has to deal with adolescence, his sexuality, the loss of friends and abuse as he figures out his place in the world. This book is a novella of about 13,000 words and the prequel to "A Home For Christmas" by Matt Zachary.
Domonique Newburn
February 12 – National
“Kill for Me” Two roommates with abusive men in their pasts consider murder as an option to help settle each other's problems.
Matthew Fenner
May 2 – Rhode Island
Rhode Island Becomes 10th US State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
July 1 – National
Richard Bowes is a writer that published “Dust Devils on a Quiet Street”, about a group of writers in New York City before, during, and after 9/11 terrorist attacks. Dust Devil appeared on the World Fantasy and Lambda Award short lists.
June 14 - National
“Just Queer Folks” Most studies of lesbian and gay history focus on urban environments. Yet gender and sexual diversity were anything but rare in nonmetropolitan areas in the first half of the twentieth century. Just Queer Folks explores the seldom-discussed history of same-sex intimacy and gender nonconformity in rural and small-town America during a period when the now familiar concepts of heterosexuality and homosexuality were only just beginning to take shape. Eschewing the notion that identity is always the best measure of what can be known about gender and sexuality, Colin R. Johnson argues instead for a queer historicist approach. In so doing, he uncovers a startlingly unruly rural past in which small-town eccentrics, "mannish" farm women, and cross-dressing Civilian Conservation Corps enrolees were often just queer folks so far as their neighbours were concerned. Written with wit and verve, Just Queer Folks upsets a whole host of contemporary commonplaces, including the notion that queer history is always urban history. Colin R. Johnson is Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of American Studies, History, and Human Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington.
February 12 – National
Greg Herren a writer and editor, under the pen name Todd Gregory publishes “Promises in Every Star”
January 1 – Connecticut
“LGBT Aging Advocacy” “Working to create an open and affirming aging services environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender elders in Connecticut”
December 15 - Wisconsin
Alexis Lopez-Brandies, 14, a gender queer youth died by suicide.
November 8 – Utah
Legislators introduce another anti-discrimination bill that includes sexual orientation. It fails in the Utah legislature.
Islan Nettles
December 20 – National
Over 18,000 people who define themselves as Christians sign a petition from Faithful America encouraging a cable network to stand its ground when A&E decides to indefinitely suspend “Duck
Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson after he shared racist and anti-gay sentiments with GQ magazine.
June 3 – National
“Birthday Cake” Feature length sequel to the multi award-winning short film GROOM'S CAKE. A mockumentary following the three days leading up to the first birthday party of a child with two gay parents: television actor Steven James and his screenwriter husband, Daniel Ferguson. A movie about the family we are born into and the family we create.
June 2 – North Carolina
Matthew Fenner was beaten and choked for hours by church members. He says the attacks took place "to break [him] free of the homosexual demons they so viciously despise".
August 22 – New York
Islan Nettles, a 21-year-old transgender woman of color, died five days after she and a group of friends were attacked by a group of men while walking on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem.
January 1 – National
“Spooners” After convincing his husband to retire their old lumpy futon, Nelson is forced to come out in a spectacular way while shopping for a new bed at Drowzy's Mattress World.
June 26 - Washington D.C.
The Supreme Court of the United States strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act section 3 as unconstitutional in a 5/4 ruling. The Supreme Court also rules that those who legally defended Proposition 8 in California have no standing.
In addition to voting to strike down both DOMA and Prop 8 in the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first Supreme Court justice in history to officiate a same-sex wedding ceremony.
July 14 – Pennsylvania
Diamond Williams, 31, was honored, as a transgender woman that was murdered and dismembered. They will always remember Diamond Williams and will work for justice in the brutal killing of the LGBT community member.
July 11 – National
"A Melody in Harmony" Henderson is a small, old-fashioned town. Growing up here proved tough for Noah Nash, as he knew the truth he lived would never be accepted in this town, even by his family. To him, all he had was his keyboard. Until one day, that all changed when Noah met Ronan Shea. Ronan's confidence, wisdom and pride inspires Noah to finally, happily live his truth for the entire town to see. This is a story of two young men and their journey to a relationship, fighting for equality and listening to their melody while striving to live in harmony.
August 29 - National
“Butch Queens” Butch Queens Up in Pumpsexamines Ballroom culture, in which inner-city LGBT individuals dress, dance, and vogue to compete for prizes and trophies. Participants are affiliated with a house, an alternative family structure typically named after haute couture designers and providing support to this diverse community. Marlon M. Bailey’s rich first-person performance ethnography of the Ballroom scene in Detroit examines Ballroom as a queer cultural formation that upsets dominant notions of gender, sexuality, kinship, and community.
Mark Carson
January 8 – Washington D.C.
Richard Blanco poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration. He is the first immigrant, the first Latino, the first openly gay person and the youngest person to be the U.S. inaugural poet.
June 22 – National
“Big Gay Love” An overweight party planner meets the love of his life but is comically challenged by his own insecurity in the image conscious Los Angeles.
July 5 – California
California enacted America's first law protecting transgender students; the law, called the School Success and Opportunity Act, declares that every public school student in California from kindergarten to 12th grade must be "permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil's records."
April 3 - Maryland
Kelly Young, 29, a transgender woman, was found shot at her home at 2200 block of Barclay Street in East Baltimore. She later died at a local hospital.
November 13 - Hawaii
Hawaii legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
March 24 – National
Brenden Shucart an HIV activist stars a role in “Bug Chaser”
January 1 – National
"Timeless Bodies" David Vance is one of the world's most successful photographers in male erotic photography and photographer of international stars such as Dionne Warwick, Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, William Baldwin, Sophia Loren and many more. For the first time, David Vance presents the best photographs from his books Heavenly Bodies (2009) and Timeless (2006) in a new volume of 160 pages titled Timeless Bodies
September 9 – California
A 26-year-old transgender woman was found dead in a motel room in Los Angeles. The Advocate reported the victim as Melony Smith, who investigators said was apparently beaten to death.
November 4 - California
Sasha Fleischman, a self-identified agender (identifies as neither male nor female) 18-year-old, had their skirt set on fire while they were sleeping on an AC Transit bus in Oakland, California. Police arrested 16-year-old Richard Thomas and charged him with felony assault, with an enhancement of inflicting great bodily injury. Thomas admitted to police that he had started the fire and that he did it because he was "homophobic." On November 14, 2014, Thomas was sentenced to seven years in
juvenile detention for his crime.
May 22 – California
Gabriel Fernandez, an 8-year-old boy, was tortured and murdered by his mother and her boyfriend because they believed the child to be gay. Prosecutor Jon Hatami detailed the acts allegedly committed by Aguirre and the boy's mother, Pearl Fernandez, who also faces trial. Hatami explained that the Palmdale couple beat Gabriel, bit him, burned him with cigarettes, whipped him, shot him with a B.B. gun, starved him, fed him cat litter, and kept him gagged and bound in this cubby hold closet until he was found on May 22, 2013, dead of blunt force trauma to the head. The couple called first responders to treat Gabriel, but that was only in an attempt to mislead, the prosecutor said
Alexander Betts
August 9 - National
“Ashley” A teenage girl, distraught from her vain attempt to connect with her estranged mother, resorts to cutting herself. When she develops an online relationship with an older woman, she learns to accept her sexuality and the endless solitude of sprawling suburbia.
Jonathan Del Arco
November 9 – Virginia
Amari Hill was found shot to death in a Richmond alley just days before turning 23. Family and friends told local media that in the months leading up to her death Hill had started to transition to a female identity.
December 31 – National
Jordan Montgomery, in the documentary Families are Forever, discussed his suicidal ideation as well as the attempts of an LDS therapist to change his sexual orientation.
November 4 - National
Fifty-six Victory Fund endorsed candidates win their races — including Kyrsten Sinema who becomes the first openly bisexual member of Congress, and Mark Takano who becomes the first openly LGBTQ person of color in Congress. Rep. Mark Pocan replaces Sen. Tammy Baldwin in the House of Representatives, marking the first time an openly LGBTQ member of Congress succeeded another openly LGBTQ member. Additionally, Victory Fund endorsed Ed Murray wins his race to become the first openly LGBTQ mayor of Seattle. U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema speaks at the Victory Fund National Brunch.
November 22 - National
“Dallas Buyers Club” In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
January 1 – Indiana
“Bloomington Pride” Through community-based events and services, Bloomington PRIDE celebrates queer arts, creates safe and inclusive spaces, and challenges stereotypes to enrich LGBTQA community culture.
November 14 - National
"Men & Gods" David Vance is the master of timeless nude photography. Perfect bodies classically posed - David Vance imbues his models with a touch of eternity, which only Gods possess. - David Vance is a master of classical male nude photography.
January 1 – Wyoming
“Out in Wyoming” Out in Wyoming is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the well-being of the Wyoming LGBTQ community by providing educational, health, and business resources, as well as community engagement events. We believe that community initiatives, such as LGBTQ Resource Centers, events, and GSAs, foster a sense of belonging for the LGBTQ community. This sense of belonging leads to higher rates of success for individuals, including higher GPAs for students, better career and lifestyle opportunities for adults, and healthier Wyomingites.
January 1 – National
"Fire Island Pines 1975 - 1983" Growing up in the 1950s, Tom Bianchi would head into downtown Chicago and pick up 25-cent "physique" magazines at newsstands. In one such magazine, he found a photograph of bodybuilder Glenn Bishop on Fire Island. "Fire Island sounded exotic, perhaps a name made up by the photographer," he recalls in the preface to his latest monograph. "I had no idea it was a real place. Certainly, I had no idea then that it was a place I would one day call home." In 1970, fresh out of law school, Bianchi began traveling to New York, and was invited to spend a weekend at Fire Island Pines, where he encountered a community of gay men. Using an SX-70 Polaroid camera, Bianchi documented his friends' lives in the Pines, amassing an image archive of people, parties and private moments. These images, published here for the first time, and accompanied by Bianchi's moving memoir of the era, record the birth and development of a new culture. Soaked in sun, sex, camaraderie and reverie, Fire Island Pines conjures a magical bygone era.
November 15 - National
“Geography Club” At Goodkind High School, a group of students of varying sexual orientation form an after-school club as a discreet way to share their feelings and experiences.
February 18 – National
Mykola Dementiuk publishes “The Bookstore Clerk”
June 25 – National
Robert Goss publishes “Queering Christianity: Finding a Place at the Table for LGBTQI Christians”
May 1 – Colorado
Colorado adopts the Colorado Civil Union Act establishing relationship recognition for same-sex couples. As well, Colorado welcomes Speaker of the House Mark Ferrandino, who is openly gay — a first for the state!
December 19 - National
NCLR wins New Mexico marriage equality case; files marriage cases in Tennessee and Idaho; and begins representing plaintiffs in Utah and Delaware.
February 8 – National
“52 Tuesdays” 16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
March 1 - Washington D.C.
Obama, speaking about Hollingsworth v. Perry, the U.S. Supreme Court case about Proposition 8, said "When the Supreme Court asks do you think that the California law, which doesn't provide any
rationale for discriminating against same-sex couples other than just the notion that, well, they're same-sex couples—if the Supreme Court asks me or my attorney general or solicitor general, 'Do we think that meets constitutional muster?' I felt it was important for us to answer that question honestly. And the answer is no." The administration took the position that the Supreme Court should apply "heightened scrutiny" to California's ban—a standard under which legal experts say no state ban could survive.
Jadin Bell
January 1 – New Jersey
“Newark LGBTQ Community Center” As North Jersey’s only LGBTQ Center, our mission is to create and sustain a safe space that fosters a better quality of life for our community and allies in the Greater Newark area.
May 23 – National
"Ganymede 4" When a Terran Empire starship is pulled into a wormhole and crashes on an uncharted distant planet, the survivors of the ill-fated ship struggle to adjust to a world full of dangers and secrets while holding out the hope that they can escape their new home. Star-crossed former lovers, Burke Wolfhampton and Sitka Drakos, lead the sexually-charged group in an effort to build a new life on a hostile world that will defy their understanding of biology, family, sex and gender.
May 30 – New York
Fatima Woods 53 who is transgender, was stabbed twice in the torso, and was found by police found by police near the entrance to the gas station's convenience store, 780 Dewey. Woods was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital and was pronounced dead.
February 11 – Washington D.C.
US Military Extends Some Marriage Benefits to Same-Sex Partners. Activists hailed the move as a meaningful step toward full equality.
July 17 – Alabama
John Delwin Jordan representing the Prattville Tea Party, kicks off a meeting of the Alabama Public Service Commission on power rates with a prayer against gay marriage and reproductive rights.
May 29 – Delaware
The Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Act of 2013 is introduced. It would protect transgender people from hate crimes and discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, public works contracting, and insurance.
July 1 – Delaware
On the first day of marriage equality in Delaware, 108 same-gender couples obtain marriage
licenses or convert their civil unions into marriages. For the rest of 2013, a full 26 percent of all Delaware marriages are same-gender.
October 11 – National
"How to Save A Life" Reporter Kevin Price has a knack for tripping over his own feet. And everyone else’s. He’s in over his head undercover at the Haven, a swanky gay sex club, determined to find out why members of the club keep vanishing. Five minutes inside and he can no longer deny the truth about his sexuality. He turns to the one man he can’t get out of his head, the sexy ex-cop handling security. Too bad Kevin doesn’t trust cops. Not since the only night he let himself be with another man. Walter Simon doesn’t do the club scene anymore. Not since he found love and lost it. That doesn’t mean he’ll let anyone hurt more innocent gay men. Even if that means going head-to-head with the klutzy, closeted, much-younger reporter. Kevin has information about the disappearances. Better to keep him close. And safe. Neither is at the club to hook up or fall in love. Now they must work together amid their growing passion in order to uncover the truth before more men disappear.
December 26 - Washington D.C.
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 into law, which repealed the ban on consensual sodomy in the UCMJ.
February 1 – National
"Harvey Milk an Archive of Hope" Harvey Milk was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. An Archive of Hope is Milk in his own words, bringing together in one volume a substantial collection of his speeches, columns, editorials, political campaign materials, open letters, and press releases, culled from public archives, newspapers, and personal collections.
Richard Blanco
January 1 – National
“Crisis Text Line” Crisis Text Line was born “from the rib” of DoSomething.org, the largest organization for young people and social change. Dozens of DoSomething.org members were texting in to ask for personal help and CEO Nancy Lublin came up with the idea for Crisis Text Line and quietly launched in August 2013. Within 4 months, Crisis Text Line was being used in all 295 area codes in the US. Two years later, Crisis Text Line spun out into a separate entity and Nancy went along with it.
June 26 – National
“American Vagabond” American Vagabond is a cinematic feature documentary about gay youth living without a home in the shadows of a promised city. It's a story about a modern Western society in which homosexuality is still so demonized in some communities that some parents are ready to abandon their children over it. One out of every four young people who are coming out to their parents is kicked out of the house. 20 to 40 percent of homeless youth are estimated to belong to sexual minorities in the United States.
March 10 – National
“Continental” The story of Continental Baths, a well-known New York City establishment for gays during the late '60 to 1974.
June 5 – National
Jay Bell won the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in the category of Gay Romance for his novel Kamikaze Boys.
April 26 - National
The anthology “No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics” is published.
April 3 - National
“The Transsexual Scientist” This book provides answers to these questions by creating a new genre of literature that incorporates both autobiography and understandable science. The autobiographical information is based on self-observations of a Ph.D. psychologist and extends for over fifty years from her discovery at age 4 that she was a transsexual. The scientific analysis is organized to parallel the autobiographical story. This book is intended for those with personal or professional interest in TSTG or those interested in a tale of self-discovery. As a scientist, the author has spent 7 years critically reviewing over 2700 scientific articles and has found over 60 proposed causes of TSTG. Like a detective story, most of these candidate “suspects” can be eliminated by analyzing the available scientific evidence. These include many of the most commonly believed causal factors, including lifestyle choice, sexual fetish, prenatal hormone levels, mental disorder, and a “gender center” in the brain. Her analysis reveals two likely causal factors that can work together or separately to produce TSTG.
January 29 - National
“Vampire Boys 2” Jasin and Caleb's eternal bliss is put to the test when Jasin's century old rival Demetrius returns to get his revenge. Demetrius plots to destroy Jasin by creating an army of vampires by recruiting unwilling victims from the local boxing gym for his new brood. In his quest for domination, he recruits Jasin's ex, Tara, who is still quietly grieving from Jasin's rejection. Power and passion collide when the two broods finally clash. Who will remain and who will be destroyed for eternity?
January 1 – Wisconsin
Evon Young, 22 was tied up, beaten, choked, suffocated, shot, set on fire, and discarded into a dumpster. His body wasn’t found for months after his murder.
January 15 - Oregon
Oregon Health Plan announces it will cover the cost of pubertal suppression treatment for
transgender adolescents and teens starting in 2014. Pubertal suppression greatly enhances the quality of life of transgender youth by giving them the option to develop physically in a way that more accurately represents their gender identity.
January 1 – Connecticut
“Out CT” Building a community through educational, cultural and social programming that promotes acceptance, tolerance and understanding of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
January 1 – New Jersey
“NJ LGBT Chamber” The NJ LGBT Chamber is the bridge to connect with New Jersey’s LGBT, friendly, and allied business community. We are New Jersey’s premier LGBT business organization dedicated to strengthening LGBT businesses in the New Jersey tri-state area.
December 6 - Ohio
Brittany Nicole Kidd Stergis, a 22-year-old transgender woman of color, was found in a car with a gunshot wound to her head.
June 14 - Oregon
Oregon passes a law allowing easier change of gender on birth certificates, removing the onerous surgery requirement imposed on transgender Oregonians seeking an accurate birth certificate. As a result, transgender Oregonians are now able to access a legal change of gender without costly, undesired, or unobtainable surgeries.
October 21 – Nevada
Jose Reyes, 13, took a pistol to school and killed a teacher and died by suicide after years of bullying and depression.
October 1 – National
“Hidden Hills” A 1964 handsome real estate agent, Drew Drake, must buck societal norms and make a commitment of marriage to his longtime love and comedy partner Whitey Ford.
January 21 – National
“Pit Stop” Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time visiting a different, comatose, ex-boyfriend, who was in a recent accident. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and was also screened at several other film festivals in the US and Canada, including a variety of both traditional and LGBT themed fests.
March 19 – National
“Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?” In this eccentric all-female romantic comedy, charismatic filmmaker Anna faces a midlife crisis. She has neither job nor girlfriend, and lives in her friend's garage in Los Angeles. Just when she's about to throw in the towel, she meets Katia, who becomes her muse, inspiring her to write and direct an all-female remake of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Surrounded by beautiful women as cast and crew, including Guinevere Turner in a tour-de-force performance, Carrie Preston, and gorgeous ingénue Agnes Olech as her smitten cinematographer, Anna destroys everything to get to the bottom of what is truly stopping her from love and life.
December 20 – Utah
Utah's Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge
January 1 – Oregon
“Bridging Voices Portland GSA Youth Chorus”. For queer youth who struggle with identity, family acceptance, bullying at school and other challenges facing sexual minorities, Bridging Voices is hope. For these young adults, the chorus provides a community they more closely identify with and a family of like-minded allies who accept and respect them. As a result, they discover they can finally be who they are meant to be — without excuses or explanations. One of the core principles of the chorus’ mission is to build bridges, not walls and to break down the foundations of homophobia and transphobia through visibility and diversity.
December 19 - Oregon
Two lawsuits seeking to overturn Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage were filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene. Attorneys for the ACLU, which is involved in the second suit, plan to request to have the two cases consolidated so they can be heard jointly by the court.
February 5 – National
Guy Mark Foster publishes “The Rest of Us”
June 4 – National
“Victory” Supreme Court lawyer and political pundit Linda Hirshman details the stunning story of how a resourceful and dedicated minority transformed the notion of American marriage equality and forged a campaign for cultural change that will serve as a model for all future political movements. In the vein of Taylor Branch’s classic Parting of the Waters, Hirshman’s groundbreaking Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution is the powerful story of a massive shift in American culture. Hirshman offers an insider’s view of the crucial struggle that is leading to change, incorporating her unique experiences and insights and drawing upon new interviews—with movement titans such as Frank Kameny and Phyllis Lyon, with next-generation activists such as Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry, and with allies including the likes of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand—to create a comprehensive, inspiring history of change in our time.
July 29 - National
“The Canyons” When Christian, an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, learns of a secret affair between Tara and the lead of his film project, Ryan, he spirals out of control, and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody violence.
April 7 - National
“Hot Guys with Guns” If you can imagine Lethal Weapon with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as younger, hotter ex-boyfriends, you'll have the basis for Hot Guys With Guns, a modern take on the old-fashioned detective story. It's Chinatown meets Boystown.
January 1 – National
“Trans Athlete” is a resource for students, athletes, coaches, and administrators to find information about trans inclusion in athletics at various levels of play. This site pulls together existing information in one central location and breaks down information into easy-to-reference areas to help you find what you need.
July 2 – National
Steve Grand appeared in Instinct magazine as one of its "Leading Men" and he was in Out magazine's "Out100" list of prominent LGBT people.
Steve Grand
May 7 - Delaware
Delaware becomes 11th US State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
December 11 - National
“The Falls: Testament of Love” Chris and RJ reunite five years after coming out to their families and their church as gay men, where the factors that led to their separation are revealed as they mourn the death of their mutual friend Rodney.
September 16 – New York
Ever Orozco, a 69-year-old man was stabbed to death with an eight-inch knife under a New York subway station in broad daylight for blowing kisses to a passerby.
July 12 – National
Sean Paul Lockhart mostly known as a porn star gets a traditional role in “Truth”
January 1 – Montana
“Fair Is Fair Montana” Fair is Fair Montana is working to create a domestic partnership in Montana to protect couples and families with basic relationship rights. Montanans understand that the lack of legal recognition of same-sex relationships leaves couples and their families extremely vulnerable.
April 11 - Florida
Ashley Sinclair "When you took Ashley away from us, you hit us in the very core of our heart," said Axavier Darnell Strick, entertainment director for Parliament House, the gay entertainment venue where the 30-year-old transgender woman was a performer.
April 29 - National
National Basketball Association player Jason Collins becomes the first openly gay athlete
to play in one of the U.S.’s four major sports leagues (NBA, MLB, NHL, and NFL). As one of the Washington Wizards he announces in an essay in Sports Illustrated that he is gay.
January 17 - National
“GBF” A closeted gay teen (Paul Iacono) wants to join the popular gals' clique, but his scheme backfires when his best friend (Michael J. Willett) is forced out of the closet instead.
February 12 – National
Christopher Bram an author, released his book “Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America” and won the Randy Shilts Award.
June 19 – Delaware
Having been passed by the Delaware Legislature, the Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Act of 2013 is signed into law by Governor Markell.
Evon Young
July 28 - Iowa
Alexander Betts, 16, died by suicide. AJ Betts is the fifth student from Southeast Polk High school to commit suicide in the past five years. "About a year and a half ago, AJ was outed as gay at Southeast Polk High School. Everyone got a long with my son very well until they found out he was gay," said Moore.
August 14 – National
Andy Cohen a renowned talk show host and actor declined an invitation to host the Russian the Miss Universe pageant because of their anti-gay laws.
August 1 – National
"Summer Souvenirs" Summer Heat! The heat of the day, the cool of a bath. This photo book is pure summer, packed with the most beautiful men enjoying summer to the fullest. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of it? Fred Goudon photographed the men of the world during his journeys through Europe and the United States and shares his summer souvenirs with us.
November 8 – Michigan
The body of a 53-year-old transgender woman was found burned inside of a trash can in Detroit.
January 7 - Washington D.C.
The Pentagon agreed to pay full separation pay to service members discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Obama also called for full equality during his second inaugural address on January 21, 2013: "Our
journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law—for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well." It was the first mention of rights for gays and lesbians or use of the word gay in an inaugural address.
November 20 - Illinois
Illinois legalizes Same-Sex Marriage. Governor Pat Quinn signs Illinois' same-sex marriage bill at
the University of Illinois at Chicago, on a desk used by President Abraham Lincoln.
October 4 – National
“Concussion” After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.
June 30 - National
“Same Love, “ a marriage equality anthem by Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis hit the charts
November 7 – National
“Hawaii” Martin seeks a temporary job at Eugenio's house. When they recognize each other as childhood friends, Eugenio offers him work for the summer. A power and desire game starts and their relationship grows beyond their friendship.
June 17 – National
Dale Carpenter won a Lambda Literary Award in 2013 for “Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas”, in the category of LGBT Non-Fiction.
February 3 - Oregon
Jadin Bell, age 15, was a youth known for his suicide which raised the national profile on youth bullying and gay victimization. Bell was intensely bullied both in person and on the internet because he was gay. He was a member of the La Grande High School cheer leading team where he was a sophomore.
Pope Francis
State equality and discrimination bills
September 19 – National
Wentworth Miller who has struggled with his sexuality most of his life made a stand when he posted a letter on GLAAD's website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens. Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly"
May 7 - National
Ross Mathews publishes his biography “Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence”
March 2 – National
Vincent Lardo a gay genre writer publishes his novel “The Jockstrap Murder”
September 1 – Texas
Artegus Konyale Madden, a 34-year-old transgender woman, was found dead by friends at her Savannah Estates home.
January 1 – Missouri
“St Louis Gender Foundation” The St. Louis Gender Foundation is a not-for-profit and non-sexual support and educational resource for gender non-conforming adults. The major goal is to provide a nurturing environment conducive to individual growth and development and for networking among the membership regarding supportive health-care and legal professionals, and businesses in the St. Louis area.
John Paulk
July 29 - National
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Pope Francis tells reporters, speaking in Italian but using the English word “gay” rather than saying “homosexual”.
August 29 - Washington D.C.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Recognizes Married Same-Sex Couples
January 1 – Michigan
“Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce” We exist to promote business and economic opportunities for the LGBT and Ally community. To be an advocate and resource for all member businesses that promote equality of vendors and suppliers.
Gabriel Fernandez
June 3 – National
Charlie Carver enters the story line in the MTV series Teen Wolf with his brother.
April 18 - National
"The Marble Boy" The Marble Boy is a novel about infatuation and longing: a sensual, sexual pot- boiler of a man waiting to explode, waiting to find true love, waiting to find who he is. It’s a novel brilliantly disguised as a travel book written by a burnt-out middle-aged man, Edmund, with a possibly dodgy past. He writes letters home and we learn there’s distance between those in the past, his ex-wife, particularly. We travel with Edmund through the streets, nature and architecture of Greece and the Mediterranean, and read every vivid detail of his 'journal' and act as tourists overseeing, sometimes literally, his drawings, and his infatuations with the young men he encounters.
September 9 – Florida
Rebecca Ann Sedwick, age 12, committed suicide due to bullying. Sedwick was a seventh grader at Crystal Lake Middle School in Lakeland. Sedwick was cyberbullied and bullied in person for one and a half years. Two girls, ages 14 and 12, encouraged others to fight Sedwick, and sent her electronic messages encouraging her to kill herself.
December 17 - National
“West Hollywood Motel” Various lives intersect in and around a West Hollywood motel.
June 26 – National
Evan J. Peterson published “Ghosts in Gaslight, Monsters in Steam: Gay City 5”
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