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Police shoot unarmed gay Black man 10 times when he called 911 for help
“I’m just still trying to figure out where he felt the threat at, to feel the need to shoot,” Yolanda Brown said as her brother fights for his life in the hospital.
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Trump’s favorite gay toadie mocked for ignorant statement about federal jobs
“I am always impressed by your eagerness to have people laugh at you.”
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Virginia banned the gay/trans panic defense on the Transgender Day of Visibility
It’s the 12th state to ban defendants from arguing they “panicked” when they found out their victim was LGBTQ.
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Ban on so-called gay & trans “panic” defenses will become law in Virginia
Historic trans lawmaker Danica Roem & the mother of Matthew Shepard helped make Virginia the 12th state to ban the so-called defense.
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Virginia is nearing a ban on gay & trans “panic” defenses in criminal trials
Author Danica Roem credited Judy Shepard, the mother of the late Matthew Shepard, for spurring the legislation forward with her testimony.
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Child kidnapper Lisa Miller is behind bars after escaping the law for a decade
Miller made national headlines when the Christian “ex-lesbian” took her and her ex-partner’s daughter to a religious community in Nicaragua after she lost custody.
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Is your home state LGBTQ friendly? See how your state measures up.
A lot of people may assume their state is friendly, but in reality, 25 states — half of the 50 United States — are rated in the lowest category.
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“Presidential flipper” who flipped off Donald Trump won an election & oversees his golf club
The cyclist was fired after she flipped Donald Trump off in a viral picture. She’s putting more bike lanes in around his golf club now.
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Virginia moves forward on bill to decriminalize HIV transmission
Virginia could be the first state in the South to decriminalize HIV transmission.
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Lawmaker Mark Levine makes a historic run to be Virginia’s first gay Lt. Governor
If he wins, the 54-year-old candidate will make history by becoming the first out gay person and the first Jewish person ever to hold an office chosen by a statewide election.