LGBTQ Nation

An Iowa state lawmaker said Thursday that he wants to be “vigilant” and keep state agencies from writing rules that extend new benefits to gay couples. [caption id="attachment_7810" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Bartz"][/caption]His latest target: camping rules in the state park system. State Sen. Merlin Bartz, R-Grafton,... [ Read more → ]

Lithuania's first gay pride parade can go ahead as planned on Saturday, an appeals court has ruled. Earlier this week, a lower court outlawed the parade after the chief prosecutor argued that anti-gay groups could cause violence. As in many other former Soviet republics, gay... [ Read more → ]

A Christian leader and prominent neuro-psychiatrist who co-founded the notoriously anti-gay Family Research Council with evangelist James Dobson, took a ten-day European vacation with a callboy he met through RentBoy.com. [ Read more → ]

Country music singer Richell Rene “Chely” Wright has come out. In an interview with People magazine, the “Shut Up and Drive” singer revealed her sexual orientation, and said she had previously resisted [...] [ Read more → ]

Dr. Arnold Klein -- Michael Jackson's long-time best friend and physician -- has told TMZ he did not betray Jackson by claiming Jackson had a homosexual affair with Klein's office manager, Jason Pfeiffer. [ Read more → ]

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are urging Congress to hold off on repealing the ban on openly gay service members until the Defense Department wraps up its yearlong review of how to implement a change.... [ Read more → ]

Homosexuality is no longer a sexual deviation on par with child molestation that needs to be cured -- at least in the eyes of the California Assembly. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the lower house adopted a measure Monday to strike a line of... [ Read more → ]

The Illinois state House on Friday unanimously approved a bill to prevent homophobic and transphobic bullying. The measure covers bullying specifically targeted at students because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, among other categories. It was introduced just eight weeks ago, and previously passed... [ Read more → ]

Riverdale High School, the stomping grounds of comic books' favorite teens is opening its doors to an openly gay student - a first in the 69-year history of Archie comics. "We're trying to reflect society and we're just trying to show Riverdale is a diverse... [ Read more → ]

Two teenagers charged in an attack on a gay classmate in eastern Kentucky have been released from jail. [caption id="attachment_7717" align="alignleft" width="235" caption="Sams (left) and Schwab"][/caption] The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that 18-year-old Ashley N. Sams and 18-year-old Corrine M. Schwab were released Wednesday after posting... [ Read more → ]

Six U.S. military veterans chained themselves to the White House fence Tuesday afternoon in protest of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that prohibits gays and lesbians from opening serving in the U.S. military. [caption id="attachment_7722" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photo courtesy: Get Equal (getequal.org)"][/caption] Participants, who... [ Read more → ]

Bleckley County High School senior Derrick Martin made history Saturday when he arrived at his high school prom on the arm of another boy. He was the first in his hometown of Cochran — and perhaps in Georgia — to ask permission to take a... [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_7694" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Knapp"][/caption] Jennifer Knapp, the former Christian music singer, whose last album "Way I Am" was released in 2001, has come out as a lesbian. According to CNN: After selling about a million records and winning at Christian music's prestigious Dove Awards... [ Read more → ]

Hundreds of thousands of students from every state and at least 7,400 middle and high schools participated in GLSEN's 15th annual Day of Silence on Friday to bring attention to anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) name-calling, bullying and harassment. The Day of Silence illustrates... [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_7679" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kagan"][/caption] Leading gay rights group are accusing Republicans of trying to rile up their conservative base by launching a whisper campaign against potential Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan -- suggesting the current Solicitor General is a closeted lesbian, reports the Huffington... [ Read more → ]

President Obama mandated Thursday that hospitals extend ... [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_7668" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="McMillen"][/caption] Constance McMillen did not get to attend her high school prom after her Mississippi high school canceled it rather than allow her to bring her girlfriend. But she will be an honored guest at an even bigger celebration: she has... [ Read more → ]

A challenge to California's gay marriage ban failed on Monday to qualify for the 2010 ballot, leaving gay activists mulling a 2012 push and hoping a federal court will overturn the measure before then. Los Angeles-based Love Honor Cherish carried out a volunteer-driven signature-gathering effort... [ Read more → ]

Former 'N Sync member Lance Bass will join celebrity chef Cat Cora and members of Green Day are among those helping to pay for a gay-friendly prom in Mississippi after a lesbian teen was duped into attending a "fake prom" earlier this month. According to... [ Read more → ]

The long awaited U.S. release of "I Love You Phillip Morris" has been delayed again -- this time indefinitely. [caption id="attachment_7649" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="McGregor and Carrey in "I Love You Phillip Morris""][/caption] A post on Jim Carrey's official website has revealed that the April 30... [ Read more → ]