http://www.lgbtqnation.com News, Opinions, Arts and Culture | The Nation's LGBTQ News Magazine Thu, 23 May 2013 20:19:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/attorney-implies-suspects-child-sexual-abuse-was-a-factor-nyc-killing/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/attorney-implies-suspects-child-sexual-abuse-was-a-factor-nyc-killing/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:05 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93505 NEW YORK -- The attorney for the man accused in the murder of a gay man in New York's Greenwich Village on Saturday says his client is not guilty, and implied that his anti-gay bias is the result of being sexually abused as a child.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/attorney-implies-suspects-child-sexual-abuse-was-a-factor-nyc-killing/feed/ 17 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/californians-gay-rights-advocates-worldwide-remember-harvey-milk-2/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/californians-gay-rights-advocates-worldwide-remember-harvey-milk-2/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:55 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93412 Today is “Harvey Milk Day,” a day of honor for the slain gay rights activist, which is officially recognized by the State of California and celebrated worldwide.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/californians-gay-rights-advocates-worldwide-remember-harvey-milk-2/feed/ 23 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/nevada-governor-signs-transgender-hate-crimes-bill/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/nevada-governor-signs-transgender-hate-crimes-bill/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 07:00:52 +0000 Staff and Wire Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93380 CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Crimes that target transgender person because of their sexual identity now carry an extra penalty in Nevada.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/nevada-governor-signs-transgender-hate-crimes-bill/feed/ 12 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/leahy-backs-off-on-offering-amendment-to-immigration-bill-for-gay-couples/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/leahy-backs-off-on-offering-amendment-to-immigration-bill-for-gay-couples/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 23:19:16 +0000 DAVID ESPO [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93356 WASHINGTON -- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says he will not offer -- for now -- an amendment to an immigration bill allowing gay Americans to seek green cards for their spouses.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/leahy-backs-off-on-offering-amendment-to-immigration-bill-for-gay-couples/feed/ 21 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/anti-gay-marriage-activist-commits-suicide-on-alter-at-notre-dame-cathedral/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/anti-gay-marriage-activist-commits-suicide-on-alter-at-notre-dame-cathedral/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30:16 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93349 PARIS -- A far-right anti-gay marriage activist on Tuesday committed suicide at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, just three days after French President Francois Hollande signed into law a measure authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/anti-gay-marriage-activist-commits-suicide-on-alter-at-notre-dame-cathedral/feed/ 148 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/nypd-reports-two-more-possible-anti-gay-attacks-in-new-york/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/nypd-reports-two-more-possible-anti-gay-attacks-in-new-york/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:00 +0000 Staff and Wire Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93311 NEW YORK — New York City police say there have been two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks, following the killing of a gay man taunted with homophobic slurs.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/nypd-reports-two-more-possible-anti-gay-attacks-in-new-york/feed/ 9 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/obama-delivers-lgbt-inclusive-commencement-at-all-male-college/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/obama-delivers-lgbt-inclusive-commencement-at-all-male-college/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:05 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93266 ATLANTA -- President Barack Obama on Sunday delivered an LGBT-inclusive commencement address at Morehouse College, a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/obama-delivers-lgbt-inclusive-commencement-at-all-male-college/feed/ 28 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/white-house-to-honor-ten-openly-lgbt-public-officials-on-harvey-milk-day/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/white-house-to-honor-ten-openly-lgbt-public-officials-on-harvey-milk-day/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:15 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93250 WASHINGTON -- The White House has released a list of ten openly LGBT public officials it will honor Wednesday as “Harvey Milk Champions of Change.” ]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/white-house-to-honor-ten-openly-lgbt-public-officials-on-harvey-milk-day/feed/ 5 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/no-resolution-yet-on-inclusion-of-lgbt-partners-in-immigration-bill/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/no-resolution-yet-on-inclusion-of-lgbt-partners-in-immigration-bill/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 03:00:40 +0000 Staff and Wire Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93190 WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/no-resolution-yet-on-inclusion-of-lgbt-partners-in-immigration-bill/feed/ 5 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/highest-presidential-honor-to-be-awarded-posthumously-to-sally-ride/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/highest-presidential-honor-to-be-awarded-posthumously-to-sally-ride/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:40 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93184 WASHINGTON -- The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will bestow a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to astronaut Dr. Sally Ride.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/highest-presidential-honor-to-be-awarded-posthumously-to-sally-ride/feed/ 8 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/a-boy-named-issak/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/a-boy-named-issak/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 02:00:24 +0000 [iwolfe] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93173 My name is Issak. I am a high school senior at Red Lion Area High School in Pennsylvania. As a student who happens to be transgender, my life isn’t all that different from other students in my class, except that I came out the summer before my junior year and have been going by my male name ever since. I try hard to make good grades, work at a part –time job, and have a wonderfully supportive family and an awesome girlfriend...]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/a-boy-named-issak/feed/ 11 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/va-gop-nomimates-trio-of-anti-lgbt-candidates-for-state-leadership/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/va-gop-nomimates-trio-of-anti-lgbt-candidates-for-state-leadership/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:58 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93106 RICHMOND, Va. -- Delegates at Virginia's GOP Convention on Saturday nominated a trio of candidates with a long history of marginalizing and demonizing LGBT people in hopes they will become their state's next leaders.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/va-gop-nomimates-trio-of-anti-lgbt-candidates-for-state-leadership/feed/ 24 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/governor-pressures-ill-house-to-act-on-marriage-bill-before-session-ends/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/governor-pressures-ill-house-to-act-on-marriage-bill-before-session-ends/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:34 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93088 CHICAGO -- Gov. Pat Quinn says Illinois has a chance to make history before the end of the legislative session, and is pressuring House lawmakers to act on the issue of marriage equality.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/governor-pressures-ill-house-to-act-on-marriage-bill-before-session-ends/feed/ 5 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/details-emerge-in-case-against-teen-accused-of-lewd-behavior-with-girlfriend/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/details-emerge-in-case-against-teen-accused-of-lewd-behavior-with-girlfriend/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:48 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=93040 SEBASTIAN, Fla. — New details emerged Monday in the arrest of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior accused of "lewd and lascivious behavior" with her 14-year-old girlfriend, after the Indian River County Sheriff’s Department released a copy of the arrest affidavit.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/details-emerge-in-case-against-teen-accused-of-lewd-behavior-with-girlfriend/feed/ 44 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/glaad-president-herndon-graddick-resigns-just-1-year-after-taking-office/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/glaad-president-herndon-graddick-resigns-just-1-year-after-taking-office/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:21 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92876 NEW YORK – GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, on Friday announced the resignation of President Herndon Graddick.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/glaad-president-herndon-graddick-resigns-just-1-year-after-taking-office/feed/ 4 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/texas-judge-enforces-morality-clause-to-split-up-lesbian-couple/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/texas-judge-enforces-morality-clause-to-split-up-lesbian-couple/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:18 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92869 McKINNEY, Texas -- A Texas judge has invoked a "morality clause" in a lesbian mother's divorce from her husband, requiring that the woman's current partner of three years vacate their home "in the interest and welfare" of the divorced couple's children.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/texas-judge-enforces-morality-clause-to-split-up-lesbian-couple/feed/ 143 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/frances-constitutional-authority-rejects-challenge-to-marriage-equality-law/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/frances-constitutional-authority-rejects-challenge-to-marriage-equality-law/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:37 +0000 Staff and Wire Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92781 PARIS -- France's constitutional council, the country's highest constitutional authority, on Friday rejected a challenge by conservative lawmakers to the country's new marriage equality law, saying the law is constitutional.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/frances-constitutional-authority-rejects-challenge-to-marriage-equality-law/feed/ 0 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/pa-school-still-refuses-to-announce-transgender-grad-by-his-chosen-name/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/pa-school-still-refuses-to-announce-transgender-grad-by-his-chosen-name/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:30:47 +0000 Staff and Wire Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92765 RED LION, Pa. -- A transgender student in central Pennsylvania is continuing his fight to be announced by his male name at graduation next month.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/pa-school-still-refuses-to-announce-transgender-grad-by-his-chosen-name/feed/ 28 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/intl-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-observed-around-the-globe/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/intl-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-observed-around-the-globe/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 07:00:37 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92747 LGBT rights advocates observed the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (or IDAHO) in more than 100 countries around the world Friday, commemorating the May 17, 1990 decision by the World Health Organization that decategorized homosexuality as a mental disorder.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/intl-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-observed-around-the-globe/feed/ 3 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/catholic-school-transgender-student-must-wear-girls-graduation-gown/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/catholic-school-transgender-student-must-wear-girls-graduation-gown/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:24 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92632 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A transgender student at a Catholic high school in Albuquerque, N.M., says he is has been told he must wear female student gown at his graduation procession, or not walk at all.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/catholic-school-transgender-student-must-wear-girls-graduation-gown/feed/ 130 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/lgbt-ally-chris-kluwe-says-hes-joining-the-oakland-raiders/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/lgbt-ally-chris-kluwe-says-hes-joining-the-oakland-raiders/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 16:30:33 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92665 Outspoken LGBT ally, marriage equality supporter, and former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe says he will be signing with the Oakland Raiders, according to a report by Fox Sports.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/lgbt-ally-chris-kluwe-says-hes-joining-the-oakland-raiders/feed/ 11 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/texas-house-votes-to-allow-university-groups-to-ignore-non-discrimination-policies/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/texas-house-votes-to-allow-university-groups-to-ignore-non-discrimination-policies/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:53 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92646 AUSTIN -- The Texas state House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill to allow student organizations at any of the state’s public universities to discriminate in their membership practices.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/texas-house-votes-to-allow-university-groups-to-ignore-non-discrimination-policies/feed/ 9 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/poll-mich-voters-support-repealing-states-ban-on-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/poll-mich-voters-support-repealing-states-ban-on-same-sex-marriage/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:30:12 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92617 LANSING, Mich. -- A new poll finds that a majority of Michigan voters support repealing the state's ban on same-sex marriage, and replacing it with an amendment to allow gay couples the freedom to marry.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/poll-mich-voters-support-repealing-states-ban-on-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 18 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/south-korean-filmmaker-announces-plans-to-marry-his-partner-of-nine-years/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/south-korean-filmmaker-announces-plans-to-marry-his-partner-of-nine-years/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 21:00:58 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92585 SEOUL, South Korea -- An openly gay filmmaker in South Korea on Wednesday said he plans to campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in the conservative nation, while announcing plans to marry his partner of nine years.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/south-korean-filmmaker-announces-plans-to-marry-his-partner-of-nine-years/feed/ 6 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/poll-finds-significant-shift-in-virginia-in-support-of-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/05/poll-finds-significant-shift-in-virginia-in-support-of-same-sex-marriage/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 19:30:07 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=92573 A new poll finds that a majority of voters in Virgina now support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, reflecting a significant shift in public opinion over the last two years.]]> 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