San Francisco police resume manhunt for shooter in gay pride slaying

The man arrested on suspicion of opening fire on a crowd attending a San Francisco gay pride event Saturday night is no longer believed to be the gunman responsible for murdering 19-year-old Stephen Powell and injuring two others.

Iceland’s gay prime minister marries longtime partner

Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir has married her long-term partner, her office said on Monday, making her the world's first national leader with a same-sex spouse.

Shooting at San Francisco gay pride event leaves 1 dead, 2 injured

One man was fatally injured and two other people wounded in a shooting in San Francisco's Castro District late Saturday night during the "Pink Saturday" gay pride events.

Judge OKs anti-gay evangelist to distribute bibles at Minnesota pride event

Anti-gay evangelist Brian Johnson roamed a Minneapolis park passing out bibles during Saturday's Twin Cities Pride Festival after a federal judge ruled Friday that organizers could not ban him from the event to express his views against homosexuality.

Obama hosts White House pride reception

President Obama hosted a reception at the White House to honor LGBT Pride Month, and vowed to push ahead with his gay rights agenda, assuring the audience that he remains committed to repealing DOMA and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

Mike Huckabee on gay marriage: ‘Ick’

In a New Yorker magazine profile, , assessing his chances in the 2012 Presidential race, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee expounded upon his opposition to gay marriage with this well considered prose: "We can get into the ick factor..."

’8: The Mormon Proposition’ — In theaters, film focuses on Mormon efforts to pass Prop 8

[tweetmeme] The controversial film “8: The Mormon Proposition,” which harshly criticizes the Mormon Church for campaigning in favor or California’s ban on same-sex marriage, opened in select theaters Friday. Focused on the 2008 passage of [...]

Memphis church bans gay softballers, says it won’t condone their ‘deviant’ lifestyle

[tweetmeme] A softball coach in Memphis says she has been banned from a local church softball league because she is gay. Jana Jacobson said officials from Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, TN, disqualified her team [...]

Court hears closing arguments in landmark case challenging Prop 8 ban on gay marriage

[fbshare] [tweetmeme] Closing arguments were presented in court today in the landmark trial challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the final opportunity for attorneys on both sides to influence a federal judge in deciding the [...]

Pelosi: no vote on ENDA this year until Congress repeals ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

There will be no vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) until Congress completes legislative action on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” according to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). [caption id="attachment_8298" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Pelosi"][/caption] [tweetmeme]During [...]