Focus On The Rainbow

• No Tax Breaks For Movies Made In Florida With Gay Folk
  ….. a new bill that increases tax incentives to lure television and movie production to Florida would deny those tax breaks to films that feature gay characters. Current laws prevent tax breaks for films that feature smoking, sex, nudity, or profane language. The proposed changes make Florida guidelines seem even more like the Hays Code that [...]
• ‘The Tradition Of Male Homoerotic Art” At CCSU
  The latest exhibit being put together in the art gallery in Central Connecticut State University’s Maloney Hall is groundbreaking in more ways than one. “This is the first time we’ve had a real Andy Warhol at CCSU, a real Mapplethorpe at CCSU, and there’s some pictures on display that have never been seen in Connecticut before,” [...]
• Focus On The Rainbow Daily News Brief
  GAY MARRIAGE MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN SMOKING The Iowa Family Policy Center, a group that opposes equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, released a statement today comparing smoking-related health costs to gay unions. “The Iowa Legislature outlawed smoking in an effort to improve health and reduce the medical costs that are often passed on to the state,” s […]
• Tonight And Sunday Night … “Her Name Was Steven” On CNN
• Focus On The Rainbow Daily News Brief
  TEEN/ACLU SUES MS SCHOOL TO HAVE PROM A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled rather than let the couple attend. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi on Thursday filed a lawsuit in [...]
• NIGHTLINE Looks At Anti-Gay Uganda And The “Kill Gays Bill”
  read the full article from ABC News and NIGHTLINE Anti-Homosexual Bill Creates Global Uproar
• Epstein And Schwimer Glamour Photography Collection Auction
  Michael H. Epstein and Scott E. Schwimer are the owners of the largest, privately held collection of glamour photography. Michael and Scott are opening their vaults for the first time to sell their photographic and fine art masterpieces. A portion of the proceeds will benefit many of the charitable organizations they passionately support, primarily the Los […]
• Focus On The Rainbow Daily News Brief
  LGBT CENTER FACING FINANCIAL HARD TIMES Eight years after opening with great fanfare, San Francisco’s city-subsidized, $12.3 million Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is on the verge of foreclosure – and is asking the cash-strapped city for a $1 million line of credit to help bail it out. And from the looks of things, the [. […]
• “The Sensei” A Martial Arts Movie Which Teaches Tolerance
    “The Sensei” is a labor of love for Diana Lee Inosanto, who spent seven years working on the project. She said the murder of Matthew Shepard and her cousin’s coming out had a strong impact and inspired her to write her screenplay. “I kept looking at a storyline about a straight couple dealing with the whole [...]
• Record Producer And Artist Loren Jamal On Gay Agenda
  Out record producer and artist Loren Jamal was James Hipps’ guest on the popular BlogTalkRadio program Gay Agenda this evening. I joined James to talk to this talented young man who writes and records music which one can actually understand the lyrics. What a pleasant surprsie for this old boomer. It was a fun show and a [...]