Scotland's First Same-Sex Marriages To Take Place On Hogmanay
Set the date for husband and husband or wife and wife for 31 December 2014. Russell Cheyne / Reuters The first Scottish same-sex marriages will take place in Scotland on Hogmanay, 31 December 2014, it...
View ArticleVatican Document Signals Changing Dialogue About Gay People, Same-Sex Couples
In a new report, Catholic Church leaders state that “homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community.” Max Rossi / Reuters A groundbreaking document, compiled after the first...
View ArticleTop Idaho Republicans Split Over Response To Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
After a Friday ruling from the Supreme Court denying Idaho’s request to put the marriage ruling on hold, the governor continues to fight — but the attorney general takes a different approach. [Update:...
View ArticleLawyer: It Looks Like Court Assigned Marriage Cases To Specific Judges "To...
The lawyer for the coalition that backed Nevada’s ban on same-sex couples’ marriages made the explosive claim in a filing asking the Nevada marriage case to be reheard by the appeals court. Antioco...
View ArticleU.S. Marine Suspected Of Murdering Transgender Woman In Philippines
A U.S. Marine is a possible suspect in the strangling of a 26-year-old transgender Filipino woman in the bathroom of a hotel room. A U.S. Marine is a suspect in the murder of a 26-year-old transgender...
View Article"Orange Is The New Black" Goes Purple For This Year's Spirit Day
The women of Litchfield are here to tell you why this year’s #spiritday should be on your radar. Orange is The New Black stars Selenis Leyva and Yael Stone (Gloria Mendoza and Lorna Morello) have a...
View ArticleEllen DeGeneres And Portia De Rossi Are Totally Done With People Asking If...
“Are people really that mad at us?” America’s favorite couple shuts down the baby rumors once and for all. During Portia De Rossi's latest appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, DeGeneres asked...
View ArticleHere's The Map Of What Marriage Equality Looks Like In The U.S. Today
The status of same-sex couples’ marriage rights is changing daily. BuzzFeed News will be updating this map as changes warrant to give everyone an up-to-the-minute view of what the latest marriage news...
View ArticleIdaho Readies For Same-Sex Couples' Marriages To Begin Wednesday
“We have done all we can through the courts for now to defend traditional marriage in Idaho,” Governor Butch Otter says. Courtney Yamada-Anderson and Melanie Yamada-Anderson pose for a photo as...
View ArticleBenedict Cumberbatch Says He Would Defend LGBT Rights "To The Death"
“I’d take up arms against someone who was telling me I had to believe in what they believed or they would kill me.” Benedict Cumberbatch has spoken out staunchly against anti-gay extremists, insisting...
View ArticleOut Actor Ezra Miller To Play The Flash In "Justice League" Movies
Warner Bros. also announced its full slate of Justice League films through 2020, including a stand-alone Cyborg movie, starring black stage actor Ray Fisher. Ezra Miller at the Cannes Film Festival on...
View ArticleHeartwarming Images From The First Day Of Marriage Equality In Idaho
“By the power vested in me by the state of Idaho, I now pronounce you…” View Entire List ›
View ArticleLaverne Cox On The Books That Changed Her Life
The Orange Is The New Black star and host of MTV’s upcoming The T Word sat down with BuzzFeed to share the novels that are necessary for anyone’s reading list. Jon Premosch/Buzzfeed News Confessions...
View ArticleNeil Patrick Harris Will Host The Academy Awards
If he ever hosts the Grammys, he’ll have an EGOT for hosting. A BuzzFeed News exclusive. Neil Patrick Harris hosting the Tony Awards in 2013… Evan Agostini/Invision / AP …hosting the Emmy Awards in...
View ArticleAfter A Lesbian Couple Were Banned From A Sainsbury's Store, Protestors Took...
“We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re not going shopping.” BuzzFeed News talked to LGBTQ demonstrators in Brighton to find out why they held a mass snog in a Sainsbury’s vegetable aisle. On Sunday it...
View ArticleAppeals Court Puts Alaska Marriages On Hold, Sends State Officials To Supreme...
Unless the Supreme Court grants a stay, the stay issued tonight by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will end on Friday and same-sex couples’ marriages would then be allowed to proceed. Ann Marie...
View ArticleThat Kid Who Danced On The Local News Takes A Stand Against Bullying,...
Brendan Jordan, who strives to bring Gaga choreography to the masses, released a special video for Spirit Day . youtube.com youtube.com That lone dancer's name is Brendan Jordan and he was (probably)...
View ArticleVatican Backtracks On "Welcoming Homosexual Persons" In Family Report — But...
Changes to the English translation of the interim report from the Synod on the Family is the latest sign of the depth of the backlash in Rome. Pope Francis celebrates a mass to mark the opening of the...
View ArticleAlaska Officials Ask Justice Anthony Kennedy To Keep Same-Sex Marriages On Hold
A temporary hold on the marriages that a federal appeals court granted on Wednesday expires on Friday. As same-sex couples marry in North Carolina, similar weddings are on hold for now in Alaska....
View ArticleT.G.I.T. Is Changing The Way We See Sex On Network TV
From rimming to Eiffel Towering, Scandal and How To Get Away with Murder are forever altering how sex is shown on network TV. Tonight's episode of Scandal featured Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington)...
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