by Angelica Branco  (Out Impact on Facebook, Out Impact on Twitter) Photos from contributing Out Impact photographer Chiu K. Ng Imagine being called a faggot while you and your boyfriend/girlfriend were just walking down the street in New York City. Imagine trying to have a typical morning with your significant other, and being viciously attacked for one reason and one reason only: you are gay. These anti-gay attacks are what sparked an anti-hate crime rally Thursday, May 16. “This is how I go to work…I will not live in fear,” Miss Stonewall 2013 drag performer Frostie Flakes held ...

by Jackie Lezette (Out Impact on Facebook, Out Impact on Twitter) We all have those habits we’d love to kick and routines we’d like to pick up. Some people want to quit smoking, biting their nails, or eating 1000 calories worth of junk food before bed (Ok, maybe that last problem just applies to me). Some people want to work out each morning, floss nightly, or read for an hour everyday. With the technology and applications that we have access to regularly, wouldn’t you think that there would be something to get us on the right track to these goals? ...

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I stood with 48 other people from all across North Carolina as we were arrested for second degree trespass and loud singing.   This was the third “Moral Monday,” in which demonstrators go into the NC Legislature Building and refuse to leave. Two weeks ago, there were just a few demonstrators, and 19 were arrested. The action, led by the NC NAACP, is to protest the avalanche of backward legislation coming out of the General Assembly. Many of us have tried to talk to our legislators and have gotten nowhere. We’re met with lies and half-truths about the laws they’re passing — ...

by Stephanie Tumbaga (Out Impact on Facebook, Out Impact on Twitter)   New Delhi-born chef Suvir Saran (Twitter) has nurtured a lifelong passion for the traditional flavors of Indian cooking to become an accomplished chef, cookbook author, and organic farmer. As Executive Chef of Dévi, Saran shared the authentic flavors of Indian home cooking in an inviting restaurant in the heart of New York City. Under Saran’s leadership, Devi consistently received popular and critical acclaim, earning three stars from New York magazine, two stars from the New York Times, and the first Michelin star ever awarded to a U.S. Indian restaurant. Saran serves ...

by Miriam Kamil  (Out Impact on Facebook, Out Impact on Twitter) Rhode Island has just become the tenth state to legalize gay marriage, and more are expected to follow. In this exciting time in history, one company is leading the way in gay wedding planning. Bernadette Coveney Smith is the creator and president of 14 Stories (Facebook, Twitter), the first wedding planning firm to specialize in gay and lesbian weddings in the country. Bernadette is the nation’s leading expert on gay wedding planning. I got to talk with Bernadette and she explained more about ...

By Laura Zaepfel (Out Impact on Facebook, Out Impact on Twitter) Held Saturday, May 4th at SIR Stage 37 in New York City, the “Fashion Loves Animals” benefit fashion show and cocktail party honored Leanne Mai-Ly Hilgart for her Vaute Couture work, an animal free line of clothing. She made history earlier this year with the first all-vegan fashion label at New York Fashion Week, which placed her on the news pages of places such as CNN with her cruelty free couture. Launched in the summer of 2009, the goal of Hilgart’s first project, and what started the Vaute ...

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Why is Google home page http://google.com being redirect to http://google.de , what is going on there. ...