A Rutgers University freshman jumped to his death last week, just days after his college roommate broadcast live images on the internet of him having a sexual encounter with another man.

Seth Walsh, a California teen who spent the last 9 days on life support after attempting suicide over relentless bullying because he was gay, died today. He was 13 years old. Seth’s family took him off life support this afternoon, reports KGET-TV. A memorial service honoring Seth will be held on Friday, October 1, at […]

Another teenage victim of anti-gay bullying has committed suicide. Asher Brown came home from school last Thursday while his parents were at work. He shot himself in the head after enduring what his mother and stepfather say was constant harassment from four other students at Hamilton Middle School in Houston. He used his stepfather’s 9mm […]

Students at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon, MI, say administrators have denied the homecoming king throne from its rightful winner — a transgender senior. Classmates believe the crown belongs to Oak Reed, 17, who was born as Oakleigh Marie but who now goes as Oakleigh Marshall (or “Oak” for short). According to students, the […]

The pastor of an Atlanta mega-church who once described homosexuality as a “spiritual abortion,” was cheered by a congregation of 10,000 on Sunday while he fights accusations of sexually abusing four teenage boys in his ministry. “I am not the man that has been portrayed on television,” said Pastor Eddie Long, leader of the New […]

Over 300 supporters of same-sex marriage gathered in Manhattan’s Foley Square on Sunday to rally and march across the Brooklyn Bridge on the 7th NYC Wedding March. A colorful crowd trekked over the Brooklyn Bridge armed with rainbow flags during the Seventh Marriage Equality Wedding March. [NY Daily News] “The love, families and relationships of […]

A California boy remains in critical condition and on life support after he attempted to hang himself last week in what friends and neighbors describe as another case of anti-gay bullying.

A support group for gay and lesbian teenagers is suing the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles over their refusal to to issue a specialty license plate for the group. The Indiana Youth Group helps children in the gay, lesbian and transgender community. Volunteers travel throughout the state providing support for the often-troubled teens. The Indianapolis-based […]

Ten U.S. states signed onto a legal brief Friday in opposition to same-sex marriage, claiming a federal court “exceeded its judicial authority” when it ruled that California’s Proposition 8 — the 2008 voter-approved ban on gay marriage — was “unconstitutional.” The amicus brief sent Friday to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said that […]

A federal judge on Friday ordered the reinstatement of a decorated Air Force Reserve flight nurse who was discharged from the military under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that bans openly gay service members. In a judgment hailed by gay rights advocates, U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton said Major Margaret Witt was “constitutionally” […]

The Obama administration objected this week to immediately ending the military’s ban on openly gay service members, saying that an injunction to stop the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy might harm military readiness in a time of war. In a filing with a federal court in California, the Justice Department on Thursday said that the […]

Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it, according to a new study released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Researchers at the CDC studied 8,153 men who have sex with men in 21 U.S. […]

A court ruling declaring Florida’s ban against gay adoption unconstitutional was upheld Wednesday in a decision by the Third District Court of Appeals in Miami, affirming the controversial adoption of two foster children by a gay Miami couple. The Miami Herald reports: The unanimous 3-0 decision deals a critical blow to Florida’s 33-year-old law banning […]

Dan Savage, the internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice columnist, has a message for gay teens struggling with their sexuality, discrimination and school bullying: “It gets better.” The Seattle-based activist and author of Savage Love, launched a YouTube channel his week to encourage teens who are struggling with how others react to their sexual orientation. […]

Closing arguments concluded Tuesday in the case of a lesbian who wants to be reinstated to the Air Force Reserve in Washington state. Former Major Margaret Witt testified on Monday in a trial at the U.S. Courthouse in Tacoma, challenging her discharge from the Air Force Reserve in 2004 under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” […]

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked efforts to authorize repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay service members, voting unanimously against advancing the Defense Authorization Bill — legislation that included the provision. The massive, $726 billion defense policy bill would have overturned the 1993 law, known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” only after a Pentagon […]

A majority of Americans support gay marriage, according to an Associated Press poll released this week. In the poll, 52 percent of Americans said yes when asked: “Should the federal government give legal recognition to marriages between couples of the same-sex, or not?” That’s an increase of six percentage points from when the question was […]

A new New York State law permits unmarried partners — including gay couples — to jointly adopt a child. Governor David Paterson announced Sunday that he signed the adoption bill, which was effective immediately. The law also substitutes the gender-neutral term “married couple” in the adoption statute for “husband and wife.” According to sponsors, that […]

Archbishop John Nienstedt of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, announced Monday that every Catholic in the state will be mailed a DVD defending marriage as between one man and one woman. It’s the latest effort to “rally the troops” around the Church’s position on the same-sex marriage just six weeks before […]

Pop star Lady Gaga has made a somber plea to U.S. senators to repeal the law barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. In a video released Friday, Lady Gaga calls on the Senate to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, as well as her fans to get calling their […]