Topics :: internet

Needle Prick Project Discusses Being HIV-Positive Today

By Jenny Block | Monday Apr 29, 2013
Spurred by the isolation and stigma he felt around discovering he was HIV-positive, Tyler Curry founded The Needle Prick Project, a series of photos and stories to help people open a frank discussion about what it means to be positive.

Everyone is Gay Empowers LGBTQ Youth

By Angela Kolter | Monday Apr 15, 2013
Dannielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo initially co-founded the advice website Everyone is Gay (EIG) in response to a joke, but later found that their outreach extended beyond the LGBTQ community to instill the idea that we all have similar struggles.

Anonymouse Website Matches Closeted Gays With Mentors

By David Perry | Wednesday Apr 10, 2013
For kids coming out, the first-ever website AnonyMouse helps connect with mentors through a safe, secure and anonymous chat function.

New Jersey Teen Rallies State to Support Ban On Gay Conversions

By David Perry | Tuesday Mar 26, 2013
A New Jersey teen became an Internet sensation when he spoke out in support of proposed legislation that would ban therapists from practicing so-called "gay conversation therapy" on LGBTQ minors in the state of New Jersey.

dotgay Seizes the Future of Internet LGBT Domain Names

By Angela Giampolo | Saturday Aug 18, 2012
The LGBT community makes a move toward equality with dot.gay, a bid for a global Internet domain that serves as a clearinghouse for LGBT organizations, and donates a percentage of the proceeds to LGBT nonprofit charities.

ACLU Continues Push Against Anti-Gay Filters on School Computers

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday May 26, 2011
The ACLU has intervened at a California school where students were blocked from accessing sites addressing GLBT issues, while filters continued to allow access to sites that condemned gays or said they could be "cured."

Gilt Taste Debuts Foodie Website

By LEANNE ITALIE | Wednesday May 25, 2011
Heads up, foodies, there’s a new culinary kid online promising nothing short of died-and-gone-to-heaven.

HomoTech:: The 10 Hottest Gay Men in Tech (Part I)

Monday Jan 24, 2011
EDGE columnist Oscar Raymundo has been working hard all winter searching high and low for the rarest specimen of them all: the hot tech gay guy. And, lucky you, he’s found 10! So without further ado, the first 5...

Wikipedia Celebrates Ten Years of Free Knowledge

Thursday Jan 13, 2011
Almost ten years ago, on January 15, 2001, a website with a funny name invited people everywhere to come together to create a free encyclopedia. The initial results were underwhelming. The article "Astronomer" simply said: "Scientist whose area of Researc

Half a Million People Donate to Keep Wikipedia Free

Monday Jan 3, 2011
The Wikipedia Foundation announced that $16 million was raised by more than 500,000 individual donations during WIkipedia’s seventh annual giving campaign.