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Billy Porter, Melissa Etheridge to Headline Virtual LGBTQ Fundraiser for Joe Biden

John Wright April 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Joe Biden

Billy Porter, Melissa Etheridge, Billie Jean King and Kristin Chenoweth are among the stars who will headline an LGBTQ fundraiser for presumptive … [Read more...] about Billy Porter, Melissa Etheridge to Headline Virtual LGBTQ Fundraiser for Joe Biden

Topics: Actor, Celebrities, towleroad More Posts About: Billie Jean King, Billy Porter, Joe Biden, Kristin Chenoweth, Melissa Etheridge

Dua Lipa, Billie Jean King Join Brunei Boycott Over Anti-Gay Stoning Law as Hotels Delete Social Media Accounts

Andy Towle April 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

Dua Lipa

Pop recording artist Dua Lipa and tennis legend Billie Jean King have joined calls by George Clooney, Elton John, and Ellen DeGeneres for a boycott of … [Read more...] about Dua Lipa, Billie Jean King Join Brunei Boycott Over Anti-Gay Stoning Law as Hotels Delete Social Media Accounts

Topics: Business, towleroad, Travel More Posts About: Billie Jean King, Brunei, Dorchester Collection, Dua Lipa, International LGBT Rights

Do You Know the LGBTQ 1970s? Test Your Grasp of its Pop Icons, Influencers, and Political Heroes

Towleroad November 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

PRESENTED by WorldPride 2019 | Stonewall 50 Next summer, WorldPride comes to the United States for the first time to commemorate the 50th anniversary … [Read more...] about Do You Know the LGBTQ 1970s? Test Your Grasp of its Pop Icons, Influencers, and Political Heroes

Topics: History, Music, Pride More Posts About: Billie Jean King, Gay Iconography, Harvey Milk, Sylvester, Village People, world pride

Billie Jean King Calls for Margaret Court Arena to be Renamed Over Tennis Legend’s Anti-Gay Remarks

Towleroad January 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

American tennis star Billie Jean King has called for Melbourne's Margaret Court Arena to be renamed as controversy rages over the Australian tennis … [Read more...] about Billie Jean King Calls for Margaret Court Arena to be Renamed Over Tennis Legend’s Anti-Gay Remarks

Topics: Sports, towleroad More Posts About: Australia, Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Tennis

‘Battle of the Sexes’ Pays Poignant Homage to Billie Jean King: Weekend Movie Review

Luis Damian Veron September 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

battle of the sexes review

The greatest appeal of Battle of the Sexes is that it does not shy away from private struggles as a counterpart to the public spectacle of the 1970s … [Read more...] about ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Pays Poignant Homage to Billie Jean King: Weekend Movie Review

Topics: Film/TV/Stream, towleroad More Posts About: Billie Jean King, Film, Margaret Court, movies, Tennis

Ghazala Khan, Tesla, Melania Trump, Draymond Green, Billie Jean King, Whip Crack: HOT LINKS

Andy Towle August 1, 2016 Leave a Comment

Jordan Burroughs

GHAZALA KHAN. Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice. "I cannot walk into a room with pictures of Humayun. For all these … [Read more...] about Ghazala Khan, Tesla, Melania Trump, Draymond Green, Billie Jean King, Whip Crack: HOT LINKS

Topics: Actor, Space More Posts About: Bernie Sanders, Billie Jean King, Cristiano Ronaldo, Donald Trump, Draymond Green, Elizabeth Warren, Fashion Men, Ghazala Khan, Giselle Bundchen, Jordan Burroughs, Melania Trump, News, News Updates, Raf Simons, Reince Priebus, Rio Olympics, Tesla, Transgender

Gay Iconography: Serving Love For Billie Jean King

Bobby Hankinson May 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

Billie Jean King

For tennis legend Billie Jean King, 39 Grand Slam titles are only the tip of the iceberg. The 72-year-old trailblazer has created a legacy of advocacy … [Read more...] about Gay Iconography: Serving Love For Billie Jean King

Topics: Sports, towleroad More Posts About: Billie Jean King, Gay Iconography, Tennis

WATCH: Trailer For Malcolm Ingram’s New LGBT Sports Documentary ‘Out To Win’

Anthony Costello February 26, 2015

The teaser trailer for acclaimed film Director Malcolm Ingram’s new LGBT documentary Out to Win, which provides insight into the lives of LGBT … [Read more...] about WATCH: Trailer For Malcolm Ingram’s New LGBT Sports Documentary ‘Out To Win’

Topics: Film/TV/Stream, Sports, Trans Rights, World More Posts About: Billie Jean King, Brittney Griner, Conner Mertens, Film, Gay Media, Gay Stories, Jason Collins, John Amaechi, LGBT Stories, Martina Navratilova, SXSW, Transgender, Wade Davis, Wade Davis

Documentary ‘To Russia With Love’ Looks at LGBT Rights In Russia In The Lead Up To Sochi Olympics: VIDEO

Sean Mandell October 9, 2014

To Russia With Love, a new documentary from EPIX narrated by Jane Lynch, takes a closer look at what life is like for LGBT people in Russia and at the … [Read more...] about Documentary ‘To Russia With Love’ Looks at LGBT Rights In Russia In The Lead Up To Sochi Olympics: VIDEO

Topics: News More Posts About: Billie Jean King, Blake Skjellerup, Greg Louganis, Jane Lynch, Jason Collins, Johnny Weir, Mark Tewksbury, News, olympics, Russia, Russia, Sochi Olympics, Stephen fry

Why Didn’t More Olympians Speak Out in Sochi Against Russia’s Anti-gay Laws?

Kyler Geoffroy February 24, 2014

With the constant stream of athletes, politicians, and companies speaking out strongly against Russia’s oppressive anti-gay laws in the months leading … [Read more...] about Why Didn’t More Olympians Speak Out in Sochi Against Russia’s Anti-gay Laws?

Topics: Activism, LGBT Rights, News More Posts About: Ashley Wagner, Ashley Wagner, Belle Brockhoff, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean King, gay rights, Gay Rights, Johnny Weir, Johnny Weir, News, Olympics, olympics, Russia, Russia, Sochi Olympics, Sochi Olympics, Vladimir Luxuria, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Putin

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