The Devotion Project

11/02/2024

S*x, gender, and the debate over identity explained by Berkeley professor Judith Butler.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...

01/02/2024

This is a great watch!

Love is a tool for revolutionary change and a path toward inclusivity and understanding for the LGBTQ+ community. Married activists Tiq and Kim Katrin Milan ...

27/11/2023

Some lovely, never-before-seen images of John Hilton and Bill Campbell from "More Than Ever."

The first film in the series celebrating LGBTQ love features Bill Campbell and John V. Hilton. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyFt65gkkbY&list=PL51C37A434AA735C0

19/10/2023

October 18th is International Pronoun Day! No matter which ones you may use, embrace, respect, and celebrate every pronoun today and every day. 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

27/09/2023

“The fact that people are so happy for us is a gift,” Ms. Roberts said. “And it’s not just a gift for us. It’s a gift for those who are in areas of this country who may have a parent or grandparent who doesn’t quite see it like this, but they see us, and they see that we just love each other. We’re very boring, but we just love each other.”

The couple were wed Sept. 8 in an intimate ceremony at their home in Farmington, Conn. The newlyweds spoke to The New York Times in an exclusive interview about their relationship.

01/09/2023

Watch Institute for Human Identity Executive Director Tara Lombardo speak with Spectrum News NY1 anchor Stef Manisero about the importance of q***r- and trans-affirming psychotherapy and how the environment and social factors influence LGBTQ+ folx wellbeing!

WATCH IHI Executive Director Tara Lombardo speak with Spectrum News NY1 anchor Stef Manisero about the importance of q***r- and trans-affirming psychotherapy...

28/08/2023

"We wanted a space that could accommodate our eclectic group of friends and family to celebrate love, life, and our future together," the country star tells PEOPLE

Musician Ty Herndon marries Alex Schwartz at a farm in Chapmansboro, Tennessee: Inside the wedding!

28/08/2023

Pride NYC 2019

17/08/2023

When Kenneth Felts began work on a memoir at age 90, he found himself filled with regrets over a secret gay love affair. So he came out — privately and publicly — which inspired Johnny Hau to do the same.

09/07/2023

Check out this wonderful article by Charles M. Blow about coming out as later in life, featuring Audrey Smaltz and Gail Marquis from ! There's a gorgeous photo, too!

Many people, including me, come out in later adulthood. Our stories are not only uplifting but also illuminating and educational.

06/06/2023

02/06/2023

A curated list of 100 organizations supporting trans rights and livelihood to which you can donate.

02/06/2023

"During Pride Month, we honor a movement that has grown stronger, more vibrant, and more inclusive with every passing year. Pride is a celebration of generations of LGBTQI+ people, who have fought bravely to live openly and authentically. And it is a reminder that we still have generational work to do to ensure that everyone enjoys the full promise of equity, dignity, protection, and freedom."

     In June 1969, a courageous group of Americans rose up to protest the violence and marginalization they faced in what became known as the Stonewall Uprising.  Police had raided the Stonewall Inn — a gay bar located in New York City — and for the next six days they clashed with LGBTQI+ pr...

30/05/2023

It's with a heavy heart that we say farewell to John V. Hilton, who passed away this weekend at the age of 88. We were so lucky to meet John in 2011, and to begin our series with "More Than Ever," the short film celebrating his 54-year love story with Bill Campbell. Bill passed unexpectedly only five weeks after we shot the film, and John repeatedly credited The Devotion Project with giving him a 'third life,' full of new friendships and experiences. We're so grateful that he was willing to share his life and love with us. Many condolences go out to his friends and family.

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30/05/2023

It's with a heavy heart that we say farewell to John Valentine Hilton, who passed away this weekend at the age of 88. We were so lucky to meet John in 2011, and to begin our series with "More Than Ever," the short film celebrating his 54-year love story with Bill Campbell. Bill passed unexpectedly only five weeks after we shot the film, and John repeatedly credited The Devotion Project with giving him a 'third life,' full of new friendships and experiences. We're so grateful that he was willing to share his life and love with us. Many condolences go out to his friends and family.

The first film in the series celebrating LGBTQ love features Bill Campbell and John V. Hilton. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyFt65gkkbY&list=PL51C37A434AA735C0

23/04/2023

Great article on masculinity as a prison and an eternal renunciation. Brian Broome writes:

Over a lifetime, the expectations around masculinity are random and often border on the absurd. I once saw a tweet from a woman who suggested that she has no use for a man who orders dessert because eating sweets was feminine. A recent thread from one of my favorite Instagram accounts asked its male followers to name behaviors they’d been told were feminine and thus forbidden from adopting. The list included: wearing sandals, using sunscreen or umbrellas, cat ownership, apologizing, the color pink and — this is my favorite — playing a wind instrument.
Many of the men wrote about what they weren’t permitted to do with their bodies, such as crossing their legs at the knee or putting their hands on their hips. It was all quite restrictive — and if men believe these things, it is partly because of the warnings they heard at an early age from their friends, their fathers and the culture at large.

But the reaction to Mulvaney’s milestone reminds us of how problematic these ideas of masculinity can be. If conventional views of manliness could be reduced to a recipe, I’d guess it would be one part stoicism, two parts anger, three parts lust, four parts control over women. This cocktail can be dangerous, creating men who struggle to process complex emotions, deal with negative feelings in a healthy way, or even express love.
Men need to move beyond the idea that dominating other human beings and engaging in endless emotional barricading is how to show the world that they’re “masculine.” The concept needs a de-gendering. Perhaps to some, masculinity only means that you are self-assured, confident, not easily threatened and won’t be told what to do, what you can’t wear, whom you can love. But there are literally millions of people who possess these traits regardless of s*x or gender identity.

If your idea of “masculine” is just a hatred of anything that someone told you is “feminine,” then I don’t know what to tell you except that, as a human being, you are entitled to the whole human experience. Not just part of it.

Bud Light is for everyone — not just straight men.

20/04/2023

Masha Gessen on the public discourse over trans identity, the real reasons for the culture war over gender, and how well-meaning people can do better.

20/04/2023

"Not for a moment did she entertain the possibility that something was wrong with him. Not for a moment did she wonder, as the otherwise supportive Jules initially did, if his gayness reflected some failing of theirs as parents. And not for a moment did she worry about how other people would react; she told her sisters and friends right away, making plain that she was fine with the information and they had better be, too. 'You don’t love him in spite of something,' she later declared on national television, her face free of shadow or blur. 'You love him.'"

In the sixties and seventies, fighting for the rights of q***r people was considered radical activism. To Jeanne Manford, it was just part of being a parent.

15/04/2023

When Galen Mitchell came out to wife Laura in 2015, they didn't know if they'd be able to stay together. Today the two are closer than ever.

04/04/2023

When House learned that his test showed he had HIV, he took the news well. “I said immediately, ‘Where do we go from here?’”

“We take care of each other,” Edmonds replied.

That was indeed how their lives with HIV played out. When one was sick, it always seemed the other was well enough to care for him.

Paul Edmonds was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 and didn’t expect to survive. Now in full remission, he's telling his story of a medical breakthrough to offer hope.

03/04/2023

And then, in the “Don’t Say Gay” state, not only did their q***r community show up with pride flags and other accouterments to bring a q***r club atmosphere to the dance floor, but two drag queens, Chavela Belleza and Mr Ms Adrien, performed.

Caitlin Reichel and Kristy Graziano met at a holiday party in Orlando, Fla., in 2016, but it would take three more years to become a couple.