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Parents held two separate funerals for trans teen because his father wanted to deadname him
The mother said her son “would hate” to be deadnamed at his own funeral, so she took the matter to court.
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After someone made an anti-gay comment, this funeral erupted in gunfire
The brawl in the cemetery ended with multiple injuries.
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Death certificate shows Orlando gunman buried in South Florida
29-year-old Omar Mateen was buried at the Muslim Cemetery of South Florida in Hialeah Gardens near Miami.
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Orlando: Son breaks down at funeral for mother who died protecting him
“I never thought that her life would be ended right in front of my eyes,” he said.
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After Orlando: Instead of a wedding, couple will have a joint funeral
The family of Juan Ramon Guerrero were among the first to learn the tragic news, and his boyfriend’s mother was among the last.
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Colorado church under fire for stopping woman’s funeral because she was gay
A “Dignity in Death” rally was held Tuesday for a Colorado woman whose funeral was abruptly cancelled by a Lakewood, Colo., church when a minister refused to allow a picture to be shown of the deceased woman proposing to her surviving wife.
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Fla. church abruptly cancels funeral after learning deceased man was gay
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida woman says her Tampa church cancelled her son’s funeral after the pastor learned the deceased was gay and his obituary listed a surviving “husband.” Julie Atwood says she was told by New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla., that it would be “blasphemous” to hold the services at the church because her son, Julion Evans, 42, was gay…
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More than 800 mourners pay last respects to murdered gay Scotsman Stuart Walker
CUMNOCK, Ayrshire, Scotland — Following an emotional ceremony at Old Cumnock Old Parish Anglican Church in the town center, a funeral procession of around 800 friends, family and well-wishers wound their way through the town of Cumnock to the town’s cemetery, to pay their last respects to 28-year-old Stuart Walker.
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Jorge Steven López Mercado, teen slain in Puerto Rico, laid to rest
Footage from the funeral of Jorge Steven López Mercado in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, on Monday shows his grief-stricken mother remembering the moment she accepted her son as gay. According to a translation provided by the blogger Blabbeando, Myriam Mercado recalls the moment an emotionally upset Steven told her he was gay. “Aw, son … […]