April 22, 2014
Corporate Profit Trumps LGBT Equality & HIV/AIDS Care
Filed by Jerame Davis | April 22, 2014 | 6:00 PM |LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS care take a backseat to corporate profits in the Obama administration's "pivot to Asia."Read More
Daniel Franzese, Who Played Damian in 'Mean Girls,' Comes Out
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 5:00 PM |Ten years after the release of the cult classic movie "Mean Girls," the actor who played gay character Damian is coming out of the closet himself.Read More
Bullying Causes Decades of Harm, New Study Shows
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 4:00 PM |A new study finds that childhood bullying is so profoundly scarring that its negative social, physical, economic, and mental health effects are measurable for decades to come.Read More
India Supremes Grant Rehearing of Anti-Sodomy Ruling
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 3:30 PM |Today, the India Supreme Court announced that it will grant LGBT advocates' request to reconsider a December ruling that reinstated the country's colonial-era sodomy ban.Read More
Trans 201: Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions
Filed by Brynn Tannehill | April 22, 2014 | 2:30 PM |When a non-transgender person is doing something that many transgender women find painful and offensive, there is a particularly rape-y vibe to being told "Hush, they're just doing their thing."Read More
Betty Bowers Asks: Can We Give the South Back?
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 2:00 PM |"Lincoln was all about each state joined in national unity," Bowers says. "But he should have sloughed off the dead weight when he had the opportunity."Read More
'Religious Freedom' and the World War on LGBTQ People
Filed by Guest Blogger | April 22, 2014 | 1:00 PM |There is no reason to oppose LGBTQ equality except on religious grounds, and there is no denying that the persecutors of our community are almost exclusively religious thinkers.Read More
Colorado's New Marriage Equality TV Ad
Filed by Bil Browning | April 22, 2014 | 12:00 PM |Why Marriage Matters Colorado has released a new television ad featuring soldiers making the case for same-sex marriage.Read More
Oregon Mom Who Killed Son She Thought Was Gay Gets Life Sentence
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 11:00 AM |Jessica Dutro, the 25-year-old Oregon mother who savagely beat her son to death because she thought he was gay, was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole.Read More
UCF Student Claims Fraternity Rejected Him Because He's Gay
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 10:30 AM |A student at the University of Central Florida claims that Beta Theta Pi, a fraternity on campus, rejected him as a pledge after finding out that he's gay.Read More
Georgia Gets a Marriage Equality Lawsuit Today
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 10:00 AM |Today, Georgia becomes the latest U.S. state to have an active marriage equality lawsuit. There are now just four non-equality states without one.Read More
This Thai Safe Sex Ad Depicts Teen's Worst Nightmare
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 9:30 AM |Getting an STD test can be an intimidating experience, but as a new public service announcement from Thailand shows, there are many things that are far more uncomfortable.Read More
Laverne Cox Near the Top of TIME 100 Reader Poll
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 9:00 AM |Trans icon Laverne Cox is near the top of TIME Magazine's TIME 100 reader poll. Voting closes at midnight tonight.Read More
Boy Scouts Kick Out Church For Supporting Gay Scoutmaster
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 8:30 AM |The Boy Scouts of America has revoked the charter of a Seattle-area Methodist church because of the congregation's support for openly gay scoutmaster Geoffrey McGrath.Read More
Franklin Graham Whines: Media Persecutes Christians
Filed by John M. Becker | April 22, 2014 | 8:00 AM |Franklin Graham, who lies that gays "recruit" children and went on national TV on Easter Sunday to spiritually bash LGBT people and families, says Christians like him are the ones being persecuted.Read More
