http://www.lgbtqnation.com News, Opinions, Arts and Culture | The Nation's LGBTQ News Magazine Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:09:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/a-note-to-the-parents-seeking-to-devastate-their-15-year-old-daughter-and-her-18-year-old-girlfriend/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/a-note-to-the-parents-seeking-to-devastate-their-15-year-old-daughter-and-her-18-year-old-girlfriend/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:00:22 +0000 [rwatson] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97259 Here are the facts: Teens have hormones and they are being sexual in some fashion, and in a big way. According to an ABC poll in 2006, “In terms of their own activity, 63 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds say they’ve kissed romantically, rising to 73 percent of those 15 and up. Forty-four percent report sexual touching; among older teens, it’s 55 percent. Nineteen percent of all teens, and 27 percent of older teens, say they’ve had oral sex. As many have had sexual intercourse. “ Birds do it, bees do it, and there is a fifty-fifty chance your kids are doing it, too.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/a-note-to-the-parents-seeking-to-devastate-their-15-year-old-daughter-and-her-18-year-old-girlfriend/feed/ 8 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/marriage-equality-advocates-hope-to-repeal-floridas-ban-on-gay-marriage/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/marriage-equality-advocates-hope-to-repeal-floridas-ban-on-gay-marriage/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:30:09 +0000 BRENDAN FARRINGTON [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97251 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group that supports same-sex marriage in Florida said Wednesday that it isn't confident an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling will nullify the state's gay marriage ban and is starting a public opinion campaign while waiting for the court to decide.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/marriage-equality-advocates-hope-to-repeal-floridas-ban-on-gay-marriage/feed/ 8 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-gender-identity-protections-bill-clears-final-legislative-vote/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-gender-identity-protections-bill-clears-final-legislative-vote/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:26 +0000 RANDALL CHASE [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97230 DOVER, Del. -- Transgender people in Delaware are now a protected class under the state's anti-discrimination laws.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-gender-identity-protections-bill-clears-final-legislative-vote/feed/ 4 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/four-sentenced-to-prison-in-kidnapping-attack-on-gay-man-in-ky/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/four-sentenced-to-prison-in-kidnapping-attack-on-gay-man-in-ky/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:00:01 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97216 LONDON, Ky. — Four people from eastern Kentucky have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the kidnapping and attack of a gay man.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/four-sentenced-to-prison-in-kidnapping-attack-on-gay-man-in-ky/feed/ 33 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/aclu-sues-over-ind-over-gay-youth-group-license-plates/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/aclu-sues-over-ind-over-gay-youth-group-license-plates/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:50 +0000 TOM LoBIANCO [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97206 INDIANAPOLIS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, seeking the reinstatement of specialty auto license plates for a group that counsels gay and lesbian youth.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/aclu-sues-over-ind-over-gay-youth-group-license-plates/feed/ 0 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/campaign-to-raise-awareness-of-hiv-testing-draws-ire-of-dallas-lawmaker/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/campaign-to-raise-awareness-of-hiv-testing-draws-ire-of-dallas-lawmaker/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:11 +0000 BRODY LEVESQUE | LGBTQ Nation http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97193 A campaign to increase awareness of HIV infections has one Dallas city council member fuming. Vonciel Jones Hill, who once stated that “all people are created equal under God, but there are acts that God does not bless,” is angry about a billboard promoting public education about HIV.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/campaign-to-raise-awareness-of-hiv-testing-draws-ire-of-dallas-lawmaker/feed/ 24 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/defense-secretary-chuck-hagel-to-attend-pentagon-lgbt-pride-event/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/defense-secretary-chuck-hagel-to-attend-pentagon-lgbt-pride-event/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:01 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97184 WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will speak at the Pentagon's Pride event next Tuesday, June 25, honoring gay and lesbian service members.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/defense-secretary-chuck-hagel-to-attend-pentagon-lgbt-pride-event/feed/ 0 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/obama-urges-international-community-to-embrace-lgbt-equality-in-berlin-speech/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/obama-urges-international-community-to-embrace-lgbt-equality-in-berlin-speech/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:28 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97175 BERLIN -- President Obama on Wednesday urged the international community to embrace equality and to "stand up for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters."]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/obama-urges-international-community-to-embrace-lgbt-equality-in-berlin-speech/feed/ 16 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/murkowski-becomes-third-gop-senator-to-support-marriage-equality/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/murkowski-becomes-third-gop-senator-to-support-marriage-equality/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:19 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97161 U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Wednesday that she supports legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the third Republican Senator to support marriage equality for gays and lesbians.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/murkowski-becomes-third-gop-senator-to-support-marriage-equality/feed/ 8 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/tucson-becomes-second-arizona-city-to-allow-same-sex-civil-unions/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/tucson-becomes-second-arizona-city-to-allow-same-sex-civil-unions/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:56 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97148 TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Tucson city council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an ordinance allowing civil unions between same-sex couples.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/tucson-becomes-second-arizona-city-to-allow-same-sex-civil-unions/feed/ 31 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/olympic-diving-champion-greg-louganis-announces-engagement/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/olympic-diving-champion-greg-louganis-announces-engagement/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:30:10 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96989 Former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis announced he plans to marry this fall. People magazine says the 53-year-old Louganis will marry paralegal Johnny Chaillot.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/olympic-diving-champion-greg-louganis-announces-engagement/feed/ 22 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/former-gender-studies-professor-placed-on-fbis-ten-most-wanted-list/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/former-gender-studies-professor-placed-on-fbis-ten-most-wanted-list/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:19 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97120 LOS ANGELES -- A former professor of anthropology, history and gender studies at the University of Southern California (USC) was captured in Mexico Tuesday evening after being placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list of fugitives.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/former-gender-studies-professor-placed-on-fbis-ten-most-wanted-list/feed/ 23 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/brazil-lawmakers-ok-bill-to-allow-treatment-of-homosexuality-as-a-disorder/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/brazil-lawmakers-ok-bill-to-allow-treatment-of-homosexuality-as-a-disorder/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:33 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97109 BRASILIA, Brazil -- A Brazilian congressional human rights committee on Thursday approved legislation that would allow psychologists to treat homosexuality as a disorder or pathology.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/brazil-lawmakers-ok-bill-to-allow-treatment-of-homosexuality-as-a-disorder/feed/ 104 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-state-house-approves-transgender-protections-bill/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-state-house-approves-transgender-protections-bill/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:56 +0000 RANDALL CHASE [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97092 DOVER, Del. -- The state House has approved a Senate bill outlawing discrimination against transgender people in Delaware.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/del-state-house-approves-transgender-protections-bill/feed/ 4 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/eldest-of-19-kids-and-counting-joins-anti-gay-hate-group-frc/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/eldest-of-19-kids-and-counting-joins-anti-gay-hate-group-frc/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:30:13 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97074 Josh Duggar, the oldest of the Duggar children from TLC’s "19 Kids and Counting," is joining the Family Research Council, the anti-gay hate group headed by "traditional family" activist Tony Perkins.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/eldest-of-19-kids-and-counting-joins-anti-gay-hate-group-frc/feed/ 203 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/man-pleads-not-guilty-in-new-york-city-hate-crime-shooting/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/man-pleads-not-guilty-in-new-york-city-hate-crime-shooting/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:19 +0000 TOM HAYS [ap] http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97036 NEW YORK — A man accused of fatally shooting a gay man walking with a companion in New York City’s Greenwich Village afterward claimed that he opened fire because the victim “thought he was tough in front of his bitch,” prosecutors said in court papers Tuesday.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/man-pleads-not-guilty-in-new-york-city-hate-crime-shooting/feed/ 62 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/ny-college-debates-whether-to-display-rainbow-flag-alongside-national-banners/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/ny-college-debates-whether-to-display-rainbow-flag-alongside-national-banners/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:03 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97057 LONG ISLAND CITY -- A debate over display of the rainbow "pride" flag has broken out at a Long Island City college. ]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/ny-college-debates-whether-to-display-rainbow-flag-alongside-national-banners/feed/ 22 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/transgender-city-council-candidate-could-become-a-first-in-nyc/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/transgender-city-council-candidate-could-become-a-first-in-nyc/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30:38 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97028 NEW YORK -- If Mel Wymore wins a New York City council seat in the upcoming election, he would be the first openly transgender person elected to public office in America's biggest city and one of only a handful ever in the U.S.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/transgender-city-council-candidate-could-become-a-first-in-nyc/feed/ 4 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/hud-same-sex-couples-often-face-discrimination-in-housing-rentals/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/hud-same-sex-couples-often-face-discrimination-in-housing-rentals/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:56 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97015 WASHINGTON – Same-sex couples experience unequal treatment more often than heterosexual couples when responding to internet ads for rental units, and findings show that gay male couples experience more discrimination than lesbian couples, according to a groundbreaking study released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/hud-same-sex-couples-often-face-discrimination-in-housing-rentals/feed/ 16 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/attorney-judge-in-fla-teen-sex-trial-should-step-down/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/attorney-judge-in-fla-teen-sex-trial-should-step-down/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:00:52 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=97002 VERO BEACH, Fla. -- The attorney for a young Florida woman who was charged with a felony for having sexual contact with her 14-year-old girlfriend has filed a motion asking the judge to remove himself from the case.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/attorney-judge-in-fla-teen-sex-trial-should-step-down/feed/ 8 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/grand-forks-first-in-n-d-to-add-protections-for-lgbt-city-workers/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/grand-forks-first-in-n-d-to-add-protections-for-lgbt-city-workers/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:55 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96993 GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Grand Forks has become the first city in North Dakota to protect city employees and city job applicants from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/grand-forks-first-in-n-d-to-add-protections-for-lgbt-city-workers/feed/ 3 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/russia-to-ban-adoption-by-same-sex-couples/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/russia-to-ban-adoption-by-same-sex-couples/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:30 +0000 Associated Press http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96983 MOSCOW -- Russia is on its way to formally prohibiting all adoption by same-sex couples and also banning the adoption of Russian children by single people or unmarried couples from countries that allow same-sex marriage.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/russia-to-ban-adoption-by-same-sex-couples/feed/ 42 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/nyc-health-officials-warn-of-meningitis-risks-ahead-of-gay-pride-weekend/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/nyc-health-officials-warn-of-meningitis-risks-ahead-of-gay-pride-weekend/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:30:21 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96972 NEW YORK -- New York City officials have issued a warning given ahead of the upcoming gay pride weekend, advising visitors to consult their physicians about receiving a meningitis vaccination.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/nyc-health-officials-warn-of-meningitis-risks-ahead-of-gay-pride-weekend/feed/ 1 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/baltimore-mayor-officiates-group-wedding-ceremony-at-pride-festival/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/baltimore-mayor-officiates-group-wedding-ceremony-at-pride-festival/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:30:27 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96956 BALTIMORE -- Twenty same-sex couples were married Sunday in a mass wedding ceremony at the annual Baltimore pride festival. ]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/baltimore-mayor-officiates-group-wedding-ceremony-at-pride-festival/feed/ 2 http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/equality-illinois-plans-500k-fight-back-for-marriage-campaign/ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/equality-illinois-plans-500k-fight-back-for-marriage-campaign/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:03 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.lgbtqnation.com/?p=96945 CHICAGO — Equality Illinois, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, said Monday it plans to launch a $500,000 effort to promote same-sex marriage ahead of the 2014 election.]]> http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/06/equality-illinois-plans-500k-fight-back-for-marriage-campaign/feed/ 2