Why Some LGBT Youths In Jamaica Are Forced To Call A Sewer Home
Young LGBT Jamaicans are chased out of their communities by family and neighbors using vigilante justice to enforce the country’s laws against homosexual conduct. Now police are trying to push them...
View ArticleThe Netherlands Passes Landmark Gender Identity Law
Transgender people in the Netherlands will no longer be required to be sterilized or undergo surgery in order to change their gender identity on official documents. Dutch Queen Maxima (left) receives...
View ArticleWhite House Plays Down LGBT Rights Message Of Sochi Delegation Picks
White House spokesman wouldn’t say the out LGBT delegates are sending a message on Russia’s anti-LGBT laws — just that the delegation represents “the remarkable diversity of the United States.”...
View Article"Duck Dynasty" Star Suspended From Show For Anti-LGBT Comments
Phil Robertson has been suspended from Duck Dynasty after making controversial comments in the January issue of GQ . Update: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticizes the network’s decision. Miss Kay...
View Article12 Celebrities Whose Homophobia We Really Didn't Have Time For In 2013
SMH. Alec Baldwin got upset at a photographer. Carlo Allegri / Reuters / Reuters Eminem wants people to stop misinterpreting his lyrics. Jumana El-Heloueh / Reuters / Reuters Actor Damian Lewis was...
View ArticleFormer Olympic Speedskater In Sochi Delegation: U.S. Didn't Tell Us About...
Bonnie Blair, five-time Olympic gold medalist, says her invitation to be member of U.S. presidential delegation to Sochi Games didn’t come with any discussion of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws. Other members...
View ArticleHuman Rights Campaign Gives $100K To Russia LGBT Rights Movement
With 50 days until the Sochi Games, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group is paying out proceeds from its “Love Conquers Hate” campaign. youtube.com The Human Rights Campaign announced Thursday it...
View ArticleWith New Poll, Ohio Group Continues Push For 2014 Marriage Equality Amendment
“[W]here voters have the amendment language and the ‘right to refuse’ language,” regarding the right of religious entities not to marry same-sex couples, “support for the amendment grows to 56%, while...
View ArticleMarriage Equality Is The Law In New Mexico, State Supreme Court Rules
“We hold that the state of New Mexico is constitutionally required to allow same-gender couples to marry,” the justices unanimously concluded. The state becomes the 17th in the U.S. to approve...
View ArticleThe 35 Gayest Moments From "Duck Dynasty"
To quote RuPaul: “You betta work, hunty!” When Jase talked about how he judges another man's prowess. A&E View Entire List ›
View ArticleNigerian Law Outlawing LGBT Advocacy And Criminalizing Same-Sex Marriage...
If President Goodluck Jonathan signs the bill into law, Nigeria would have the world’s broadest law cracking down on LGBT rights. A bill that would effectively criminalize LGBT advocacy and outlaw...
View Article7 Photos From One Of The Only Gay Bars In Sochi
Photographer Thomas Peter recently visited Mayak Cabaret in Sochi and spent time with the drag queens, bartenders, and gay men living in Putin’s anti-gay shadow. Reuters / Thomas Peter Reuters /...
View ArticleOlympic Gold Medalist Ted Ligety Expects Athlete Shows Of LGBT Support In Sochi
“I’m sure someone will make a statement because it is an issue that so many people feel strongly about,” the Alpine skier says. Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters The United States' best hope for a gold medal...
View Article"I Would've Married Her In A Heartbeat": Astronaut Sally Ride As Seen Through...
In an interview with Windy City Times this week, Dr. Tam O’Shaughnessy opened up about her relationship with the first American woman in space. As the first American woman in space, astronaut Sally...
View ArticleHigh Schoolers Staged A Massive Sit-In After Their Vice Principal Was Ousted...
Hundreds of students from Eastside Catholic High School gathered today in solidarity after their vice principal was forced to resign. Mark Zmuda, the former vice principal of Eastside, was asked to...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Ends Donations To Boy Scouts Over Ban On Gay Leaders
The move sends a clear message to the incoming president of Boy Scouts of America’s executive board, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, according to Eagle Scout and LGBT activist Zach Wahls. Staff...
View ArticleThe Guy Who Created "Duck Dynasty" Starred In A Movie About Gay Porn
Has Phil Robertson seen The Fluffer ? TLA Releasing A decade before Scott Gurney created Duck Dynasty, he starred as a gay porn star in a 2001 movie called The Fluffer, an unmentioned but delightful...
View ArticleUgandan Parliament Passes Anti-Homosexuality Law
The bill, which now heads to President Yoweri Museveni for his signature, could see LGBT Ugandans jailed for life. An asylum seeker from Uganda covers his face with a paper bag in order to protect his...
View ArticleJon Stewart: "Duck Dynasty" Star Shouldn't Be Booted From Show For "Saying...
The Daily Show host weighed in Thursday night on Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson, who was suspended by A&E for his controversial comments on homosexuality in a GQ Magazine interview. "Look, I...
View ArticleA GOP Candidate Called Phil Robertson From "Duck Dynasty" The Rosa Parks Of...
“What Parks did was courageous. What Mr. Robertson did was courageous too.” Ian Bayne, a candidate for the 11th congressional district in Illinois sent out this email to his supporters Friday: Today,...
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