The Randy Report - LGBTQ+ News

In this week's headlines: • Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Raiders comes out as gay • Supreme Court ruling addresses religious-based foster care programs & same-sex couples • An accident at a South Florida Pride event results in tragedy • Sesame Street has its first same-sex family • History as the first transgender contestant heads to the Miss USA pageant • A glorious new take on the iconic queer a...

In this week’s headlines: • Presidential Pride proclamations are back • Congress votes to make Pulse Nightclub a national memorial • Gay men in the UK will have an easier time donating blood • A bakery in Texas experienced hideous homophobia for saying ‘Happy Pride’ - and then the internet stepped in • Eli Lieb drops the perfect anthem for Pride Month 'Boys Who Like Boys' All that and more in this...

In this week’s headlines: • A 13-year-old student was brutally bullied in her school hallway as other students stood laughing and recording the incident • A gay Black woman, Karine Jean-Pierre, made history at the White House this week • We said goodbye to iconic LGBTQ activist & photojournalist Kay Tobin Lahusen as well as gay event producer Jeffrey Sanker • A far-right TV host went on a wild ran...

In this week’s headlines: • Catholic priests in Germany defy the Vatican and bless same-sex unions • GLAAD looks at social media safety for LGBTQ users • A 20-year-old gay man was beheaded by his own family in a brutal 'honor killing' in Iran • The gay panic defense is banned in two more states…and counting • Skittles defers to the true “rainbow” for Pride Month • New music from out singer/songwri...

In this week's headlines: • Scoring Joe Biden’s LGBTQ accomplishments during his first 100 days in office • The AMA begs governors to let transgender kids be themselves • There's backlash for Colton Underwood’s Netflix 'coming out' reality series and looking back on truly terrible gay TV shows • Funny man Michael Henry artfully addresses body image and eating disorders among gay men Link to the vi...

In this week’s headlines: • President Biden appoints an out police chief to head up Customs and Border Protections • A new vaccine shows enormous promise against HIV • Polling shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose anti-transgender legislation • Colton Underwood, star of 'The Bachelor,' comes out • The third and final season of the ground-breaking series POSE will premiere in May • And LGBTQ entert...

In this week's LGBTQ headlines: • First-ever presidential proclamation for Transgender Day of Visibility • Arkansas has passed a series of anti-LGBTQ laws in a week • The Pentagon erases Trump-era ban on trans military service members • Legal same-sex marriage celebrates 20th anniversary • Lil Nas X pens a touching letter to his 14-year-old self Link to music video 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)'...

In this week's headlines: • Japan takes a baby step towards marriage equality • A transgender student won a large settlement in his discrimination lawsuit against a school district in Minnesota • A pharmacist came to the aid of LGBTQ seniors in Brooklyn • New polling shows strong support for the Equality Act • Marvel Comics has announced a gay Captain America on the way • And the LGBTQ tribe answe...

In this week’s headlines: • The European Union’s Parliament declared all 27 member countries an LGBT Freedom Zone • GLAAD announces they are tracking the Biden administration’s progress on LGBTQ issues • A 'Queer As Folk' reboot could be in the works • Philadelphia performance artist and dancer Gunnar Montana celebrated National Barbie Day in a 'Super Gay' way • Love in quarantine - Joshua Sade Ja...

In this week's headlines: • A new Gallup Poll shows more people identify as LGBTQ than ever before • Virginia has outlawed the use of the 'gay panic' and 'trans panic' legal defenses • Houston police have arrested a man who assaulted and killed a man he met using Grindr • The Equality Act begins its trek through Congress (again) • The largest Protestant adoption and foster agency has announced it...

Today I’m speaking to the oh-so-charming Kevin Spirtas - one of the co-creators, writers and stars of the acclaimed LGBTQ TV series, 'After Forever.' 'After Forever' is the recipient of 6 Daytime Emmy Awards - the most Emmy-awarded LGBTQ-themed drama series on any platform. The first two seasons of the series received rave reviews for telling the rarely seen story of vibrant, active, diverse “grow...

Today I’m speaking with four-time Grammy Award-winner Olivia Newton-John and her daughter, singer/songwriter Chloe Lattanzi who recently released their new duet, “Window in the Wall.” Produced by six-time Grammy Award-winner Dave Cobb, “Window in the Wall” is not the first time this mother/daughter team has hit the recording studio. Their debut single, “You Have to Believe,” a remake of Newton-Joh...

In this week's LGBTQ headlines: • Country music star TJ Osborne comes out as gay • Pete Buttigieg becomes first openly gay White House Cabinet member approved by the Senate • President Biden issues memorandum promoting/protecting LGBTQ rights abroad • Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says passing The Equality Act is a "priority" • A white Florida man shoots and kills his Black lover but only gets...

In this week's headlines: • Joe Biden becomes president and goes to work for LGBTQ Americans on Day One including reversing the transgender military ban, expanding workplace protections and more • Pete Buttigieg introduced his husband Chasten at his Senate confirmation hearing for Transportation Secretary • Dr. Rachel Levine could become the highest ranking transgender official in the U.S. governm...

In this week's headlines: • What can queer people expect from Joe Biden's first 100 days in office? • Donald Trump takes a final swipe at LGBTQ Americans • North Carolina begins enacting LGBTQ protections (again) • Russell T. Davis, creator of the new UK TV drama "It's A Sin" shares his thoughts on casting gay actors in gay roles • A lesbian former pro golfer speaks up about #3 ranked Justin Thoma...

There was a lot in 2020 that was just heinous and I’m happy to leave it behind. But I did want to take a pause to look at some of the good news and big moments of 2020 for LGBTQ folks. In this episode, I’m going to revisit some of the best songs, movies, TV and top LGBTQ news stories of the year (at least in my opinion). I know folks like to make Top 10 lists, but one of the hallmarks of The Randy...

Musician and now-author Branden James first captivated millions as a finalist on Season 8 of 'America's Got Talent' in 2013 where he received high praise from the judges for his emotional, operatic vocals. During his time in the national spotlight, he hit more than one perfect note as he shared details of his coming out story and his broken ties with his religious family with the TV audience. In h...

In this week's headlines: • More LGBTQ candidates won elections this year than ever before • US Supreme Court decision upholds high school transgender students' rights • Switzerland is poised to legalize same-sex marriage • Adoptions by same-sex couples in the UK has increased for the 3rd year in a row • Isolated Asian country of Bhutan legalizes same-sex relations • Emmy/Grammy winner Billy Porte...

World AIDS Day is held on the 1st day of December each year, and it is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first-ever global health day, held for the first time in 1988. Being diagnosed with HIV today means something very different than it did 20 or 30 y...

In this week’s headlines: • The Biden transition team has named LGBTQ White House veterans to prominent roles in the incoming administration • The murderer of a transgender teen has been sentenced to life in prison • High school teachers in New Jersey were caught dissing a queer colleague during a Zoom class • Award-winning singer/songwriter Justin Utley released his first holiday single, “All is...

Today I’m speaking with award-winning author and artist Mike Curato, who recently released his debut YA graphic novel, FLAMER, a coming-of-age story that confronts ideas of homophobia, bullying, body image and coming to terms with identity in every sense of the word. Curato's YA graphic novel follows 14-year-old Aiden Navarro who navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elia...

In this week's headlines: • HIV diagnoses in the UK drop to their lowest levels in 20 years • Norway expands hate speech laws to protect all LGBTQ citizens • Hungary's lawmakers have drafted a constitutional change that effectively prohibits same-sex couples from adopting • A citizens' petition in Poland proposes banning Pride parades • Sarah McBride is set to become the highest ranking transgende...

In this week’s headlines: • Support for marriage equality has reached its highest percentage ever recorded • The United Kingdom’s Superdrug pharmacy chain will make access to PrEP through online doctors • LGB Republicans have more internalized homophobia than queer Democrats. Link to report - https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgb-party-affiliation/ • A father in France drove 500...

As a young actor, my first big break was being cast as the 'Magical Mr. Mistoffelees' in a brand new national touring company of the blockbuster Broadway musical CATS. While I was 'living the dream' during those years in the 1980s, a nightmare called HIV/AIDS was taking thousands of lives from us. As a company, we wanted to do 'something,' so in 1987, we organized one of the first large-scale bene...

Since the release of his 2019 single, the oh-so-romantic "Dancing in the Living Room," out singer/songwriter Cameron Hawthorn has continued to release a string of top-shelf country anthems - from the most recent "To Break Hers" - a heartbreaking tribute to a previous relationship before he came out - to the sexually-charged uptempo "Oh Hot Damn!" Now, the handsome country crooner has released his...