Politics and legislation are often slow to adapt to public sentiment, but neither the American public nor its representatives can deny that 2012 has been one of the gayest years—politically speaking—in American history. The past four and a half months have seen gay marriage legalized in two states (Delaware and Washington), legislation passed in one [...]

Who: Robert Delong What: Musician Born: Seattle Lives: Echo Park, Los Angeles What’s on your mind today? Thai food. What are you currently working on? I’m always producing dance track skeletons and writing little pieces of pop/folk songs, but I’ve also been working on some remixes and collaborations—and some kind of ambient, trip-hop, video game-type [...]

In the center of the western hemisphere, where LGBT rights are flourishing, lies a pocket of violent discrimination that this part of the world hasn’t witnessed since the height of the American civil rights movement. Jamaica, suggested as possibly “The Most Homophobic Place on Earth” by TIME Magazine, has become a prison for its LGBT [...]