J.C. Penney did it and now so has Amtrak. It has launched a promotional campaign that includes gay families. As part of an effort to market its standard discounted family travel program, for the first time, the national passenger rail company included gay families in its materials. In an online ad sent by Instinct magazine to its email subscribers, a photo of same-sex ... [Read]

“It is not ’us’ and ‘them’ anymore,” said Krista Snow, the volunteer chair of Halifax Pride and former Halifax City Council member. “We have gone from a completely ‘gay event’ to a celebration for the entire Halifax community.” An estimated 100,000 people attended yesterday’s Pride parade. With record participation by community organizations as well as national sponsors such as TD ... [Read]

For more than two decades, Atlantis Events has been producing all-gay cruise and resort vacations all over the world.  While a number of its upcoming trips through early 2013 are already sold-out, there are still some exciting opportunities to travel with Atlantis: Halloween in Mexico Cruise - Oct. 28 to Nov. 4, 2012: Sail from Los Angeles on the Splendor to the ... [Read]

Mautner Project will hold its Tea by the Sea Weekend in Rehoboth Beach, De. this weekend, Fri., July 20 and Sat., July 21. The annual event will kick-off with a party on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Frogg Pond, located at 3 South First Street. Musician Viki Dee will perform. On Saturday from 4 p.m. to ... [Read]

"This museum is the perfect showcase for the work of [Auguste] Rodin," commented Beth Williams during yesterday's preview reception for the reopening of the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, Pa. "It has been completely refurbished, so it is sparkling just like it was in 1929 with it first opened." Williams, who has worked as a guide in the Museum for more than a decade, believes that visitors ... [Read]