The Randy Report - LGBTQ+ News

In this week's headlines: • The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether a Colorado baker can refuse to sell a wedding cake for a same-sex couple • The Pentagon hits "delay" on allowing transgender recruits to join the U.S. military • The Texas Supreme Court gets it wrong on same-sex married couples rights • HGTV has it's first show hosted by a married gay couple All that and more in this e...

In this week’s headlines: • Virginia could elect the country’s first out transgender legislator this fall • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs "license to discriminate" bill into law • Military chiefs have asked for a six month delay in recruiting transgender recruits • Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS resign saying that President Trump doesn’t care about HIV • Broadway Bares...

Canada's premier LGBT solo country artists, Drake Jensen & Patrick Masse, talk about their new, upbeat country song, “ Go Your Own Way,” meant to inspire young people who are bombarded with the message that they are “less than.” The bright pop-country track has a liberating, anti-bullying message for young LGBTs in the closet, and also knocks down the damaging imaging in social media that perpetua...

Join me for "A Tale of Two Theatrical Adventures" as two longtime out actors have separate, but thrilling experiences with New York Theater on the same weekend. I followed both on social media as they shared the euphoria and elation of their personal milestones. The first, Stephen Blackwell. As his 50th birthday approached, Stephen recently made the decision to venture forth to the Big Bad Apple f...

In this week’s LGBTQ headlines: • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling a special session of the Texas legislature to try an pass an anti-transgender “bathroom bill” • The FDA has approved a generic version of Truvada • Transgender leaker Chelsea Manning gave her first interview since being released from prison • "Guardians of the Galaxy" star Dave Bautista has a message for homophobes • Just a few pr...

In this week's LGBTQ headlines: • Ireland elected it’s first openly gay prime minister • Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron stands up for gay men in Chechnya • The 7th court of appeals rules in FAVOR of a transgender student in Wisconsin • Illinois is about to ban use of the “gay panic” defense in courtrooms • The Navy and the Pentagon honor Pride Month • LGBT ally Olivia Newton-John o...

In this week’s LGBTQ headlines: • Survivor’s of Chechnya’s "gay purge" describe the physical and mental torture they endured in their country's gay concentration camps • Two gay men were whipped with canes in front of thousands in Indonesia for the crime of having consensual gay sex in private • The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to global health funding could lead to the deaths of over one...

In this week’s LGBTQ headlines : • Gay men in Chechnya are still being rounded up, tortured and killed, and guess what the United States is doing about it? • Transgender whistleblower Chelsea Manning is free after 7 years in prison. • A Mississippi man is sentenced to 49 years in prison for the murder of his transgender girlfriend. • Nevada bans so-called “ex-gay” conversion therapy. • A new study...

Jai Rodriguez ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "The Producers," "RENT") and Kendra Wilkinson ("Kendra on Top," "The Girls Next Door") chat about their new production of the hit off-Broadway play “Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man” coming to the Las Vegas Strip this month. The play is good, clean, naughty, interactive fun, so what’s not to like? I talk with Jai and Kendra about the play,...

In this week’s LGBTQ headlines: • a Mississippi funeral home refuses to cremate a gay man • The Equality Act reintroduced in Congress • Donald Trump signed his “Religious Liberty” executive order without specific LGBT animus, but don’t exhale just yet • President Trump’s anti-LGBT Army Secretary nominee withdrew from consideration due to his past homophobic, transphobic and Islamophobic comments •...

Tony and Grammy Award winner Billy Porter talks about his new album - "Billy Porter presents The Soul of Richard Rodgers." The collection features new, soulful takes on classic Richard Rodgers songs from Broadway musicals including Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, Babes in Arms, South Pacific, and The King and I, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart. Billy is the very picture of a pas...

"Hello, Dolly!" is back on Broadway in a brand new, luscious revival starring the effervescent Bette Midler. In this episode of The Randy Report, I share some history of the classic Broadway blockbuster including how some songs were once cut, and then, restored to the show. Who knows the songs "Penny In My Pocket," "Love, Look In My Window," and "World Take Me Back?" All were once cut from "Dolly,...

In this week’s LGBT headlines: • Gay and bisexual men are being rounded up, tortured and killed in Chechnya. Go to this URL to sign Amnesty International's petition denouncing the horrific human rights violations: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop-abducting-and-killing-gay-men-chechnya • A transgender contestant was dramatically outed on the CBS reality show, "Survivor." • Virginia's Supreme...

In this week’s headlines: • NBC, having already given the green light to a Will & Grace reboot, wants even more • I’ve got a favorite on this season’s The Amazing Race, and I bet you will too • New Mexico says “no” to so-called ex-gay therapy • Nebraska finally scrubs it's anti-LGBT adoption stance * And I talk to international supermodel and actor Tyson Beckford about his residency in Las Vegas a...

In this week’s LGBT headlines: • One of the stars of the hit TV series "The Walking Dead" came out as gay in a heartfelt video • The world observed International Transgender Day of Visibility • The Trump administration proposes cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal budget for HIV/AIDS research and prevention • The upcoming Census may not count any LGBTs effectively erasing us fr...

Award-winning out singer/songwriter Matt Zarley talks about his new album, "The Estrogen Sessions," featuring his covers of his favorite music divas. A Broadway veteran (A Chorus Line, Tommy, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Billboard charting recording artist AND People Magazine's first out "Hottest Bachelor," Zarley recorded this collection of songs as a tribute to the divas who ha...

In this week’s headlines: • Reports say Bette Midler’s performance in "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway is a killer, and that was almost the truth • An 18 year old gay rodeo cowboy says he’s not going to be corralled back into the closet • RuPaul is getting his own "origins" TV series • Gloria Gaynor is headed to the Library of Congress • Taiwan could be the first nation in Asia to legalize marriage equ...

In this week's LGBT headlines: • An Orlando business man is raising money for college scholarships in honor of the the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting last year • An LGBT hater tore down and stomped on a Pride flag outside a Congressman’s office • New Mexico is set to ban so-called "conversion therapy" • Disney’s live-action reboot of "Beauty and the Beast" is on track to break box office...

"Where The Bears Are" star Ian Parks talks about the upcoming 6th season of the award-winning 'mystery/comedy' web series. A new reality show from LOGO, "Fire Island," focuses on beach life on Fire Island. The Supreme Court u-turns on hearing an important case regarding transgender rights. South Dakota passes the first anti-LGBT law in this legislative session. Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade de...

In the United States, 80% of long-term care for older people is provided by family members like spouses, children, and other relatives. But LGBT seniors are half as likely as heterosexual counterparts to have close family to lean on for help. Where do LGBT elders find support in their golden years? Emmy Award-winning host and New York Times bestselling author Leeza Gibbons joins Randy to talk abou...

In this week's episode of The Randy Report: • Yelp will now offer a new searchable attribute to help find gender-neutral restrooms • Log Cabin Republicans are surprised to be surprised by no-so-good-for-the-gays President Trump • The director of the new live-action remake of "Beauty and the Beast" reveals the film will feature Disney's first-ever "exclusively gay moment" on film • RuPaul's Drag Ra...

Award-winning singer/songwriter turned movie producer Matt Zarley joins us to talk on the journey of his acclaimed musical short film, "hopefulROMANTIC." The film stars Zarley, Jolie Jenkins, Chuck Seculla, and TV icon/LGBT activist George Takei. Accepted into over two dozen film festivals, the film is part music video, part Broadway musical and part romantic movie - in fact, it's all of those thi...

Join The Randy Report as I talk extensively with Chloe Lattanzi, who with her mother Olivia Newton-John, made history as the first mother/daughter team to hit #1 on the Billboard Dance Club chart with their new hit, "You Have To Believe." Chloe talks about the genesis of the project, taking on the challenge of re-imagining her mother's 1980s #1 hit "Magic" into something new for their fans, and th...

Matthew Rettenmund, author and blogger for the popular LGBT blog Boy Culture chats with Randy about his two newest books - Encyclopedia Madonnica 2.0 (the ultimate book on the Queen of Pop) and Starf*cker, a memoir chronicling his life into and through the world of pop culture, founding a successful teen magazine and his obsession with celebrities. The ultimate pop-culture enthusiast, Rettenmund h...

Brandon Skeie (SHAY-AH) is an LA based singer-songwriter/artist with a strong presence among the industry’s creative community. At the age of 22, Brandon Skeie has been featured in Billboard, Ryan Seacrest and MTV, over 3M SoundCloud plays, an active online fan base of 350K+ followers, a 15 week synch on E! and more. After developing a huge following on his YouTube channel (almost 9 million views)...