LGBTQ

Scandal star, Kerry Washington was awarded the Vanguard Award at the 2015 GLAAD Media Awards. The award is an honor given to people whose actions and beliefs are in accordance with LGBT support. The moving speech addressed many current issues in the Hollywood infrastructure, such as gender equality, human rights, and racial diversity. The GLAAD […]

Heather Barwick, who was raised by two moms, has come out against gay marriage. The South Carolina woman was raised by her birth mother and her lesbian partner. Barwick has sparked intense controversy since stating that she no longer supports gay marriage and missed out on having a father. The daughter of the lesbian couple […]

In response to proposed legislation that some say would allow Indiana businesses to openly discriminate against gays, some Indianapolis business are displaying stickers announcing that they are “Open for Service” to all customers, The Indianapolis Star is reporting. Indiana, like other states (including Oklahoma), is considering legislation that, depending on your point of view, either […]

A Catholic school teacher openly called being gay a lifestyle choice on Facebook. What some celebrities said in response might surprise you. Patricia Jannuzzi’s anti-gay rant has since been removed, but her former student took a screen capture and posted it on Instagram with his own thoughts. That student, Greg Bennett (a guest on The […]

Transgender teen and TLC Reality TV Star Jazz Jennings has been awarded the role of spokesmodel for Clean & Clear’s new ad campaign, “See the Real Me.” She is the first transgender person to be featured in an ad by the company. As stated in the Huffington Post, the idea behind the campaign is to […]

A lesbian woman reportedly held a friend hostage for over an hour for refusing her sexual advances, and then beat and strangled her victim with no mercy. The accused, 32-year-old Jesamine Hearsum, allegedly stripped naked last year and forced herself on the woman. She was spared jail time, even though she pleaded guilty to false […]

The Attorneys General for 16 states and Washington D.C. have joined together to petition the Supreme Court to vote in favor of marriage equality when they consider same-sex marriage ban arguments this Spring. The Justices will hear arguments in April, and a response is expected in June, after which the question of same-sex marriage may […]

A Planet Fitness member noticed a transgender woman using the women’s locker room, she complained. Planet Fitness responded by cancelling the complainer’s membership, MLive is reporting. On February 28, Yvette Cormier went into the women’s locker room at a Planet Fitness location in Midland, Michigan. She says she saw “a man” in the locker room. […]

Alabama’s Chief Justice Roy Moore is still leading the resistance against marriage equality, and his newest battle tactic is to insist that two of the more liberal members of the Supreme Court shouldn’t have a say when the matter is taken up next month. Since both Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have […]

Ben Carson apologized for implying that changes in sexual orientation in prison prove homosexuality is a choice. Although the former neurosurgeon and 2016 presidential hopeful regrets the divisive nature of his comments, he still insists that there are no definitive studies showing that homosexuality is something people are born with. The American Psychological Association disagrees. […]

Chief Justice Roy Moore has a new supporter to add to the list (along with current supporters: the KKK, the American Family Association, and Rush Limbaugh): Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson. Robertson, who has, of course, been involved with his own controversies about same-sex marriage, recently spoke in support of Moore’s stance. According to WFSA, Robertson […]

Erskine College, a Christian school in South Carolina, has been under fire for announcing that LGBTQ students weren’t welcome on the campus. Now, though, officials at Erskine say this isn’t an accurate representation of their position, and that they welcome all students. Inquisitr reported yesterday on the controversy, citing a statement from Erskine College that […]

Tony Tinderholt, a Texas State Representative, has filed a complaint, saying that Judge David Wahlberg violated laws when he called the state’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. According to Tinderholt, the law requires that, before ruling on constitutionality, a judge must contact the State Attorney General’s office. In February, Wahlberg issued an order, telling county officials […]

Erskine College, a small, liberal-arts college in South Carolina, has issued a statement strongly condemning homosexuality, the Washington Post is reporting. Last year, two men’s volleyball players, Drew Davis and Juan Varona, came out as gay in a feature in Out Sports. Now, the college has issued a Statement on Human Sexuality that makes it […]

The LGBT community has found an unlikely hero in The Food Network‘s Guy Fieri. The Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives host, decked out in a tailored suit and an electric-blue shirt, facilitated the nuptials of 101 gay couples in Miami during the annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival. The mass wedding took place at The […]

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has become very much the icon of the movement to prevent same-sex marriage from becoming legal. For those who agree with him, Moore is held up as an ideal, fighting for the right to control who can marry, and for those who disagree, he is an avatar of anti-gay obstruction. […]

The nation’s position on same-sex marriage is still changing, with increasing support, according to recent polls. The Human Rights Campaign’s latest poll shows the highest level of support America has ever seen for marriage equality, and a Public Policy Polling report shows that, in at least one Southern state, people are ready to admit they […]

Oprah Winfrey’s former chef, Art Smith, threw a massive free gay wedding on Miami Beach this weekend for 101 couples, in order to celebrate the lifting of the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The mass wedding itself was officiated over by chef Guy Fieri while the massive gold cake was made by Duff Goldman, star […]

The newborn baby of a Michigan couple has been refused as a patient by a pediatrician, because the baby’s parents are lesbians, according to the couple. Jami and Krista Contreras discovered that the pediatrician they were hoping for refused to take their baby on as a patient, simply because the baby’s parents are lesbians. Dr. […]

Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday has the internet buzzing after guest Rob Bell told Oprah that Christian churches are “moments away” from accepting same-sex marriage. On her own site, Facebook pages affiliated with her network and shows, and Christian blogs and news sites, Oprah is getting heated feedback from Christians who say the church will […]

Bri Golec, a 22-year-old transgender woman, was allegedly fatally stabbed by her father Kevin Golec, 52, this weekend in Akron, Ohio. The man has been charged with murder and felony domestic violence for the attack on his transgender daughter, according to local Ohio news site Cleaveland. When Bri’s father called 911 he told the operator […]

The same federal judge who initially overturned the same-sex marriage ban in Alabama is now ordering Alabama justices to begin performing same-sex marriages, despite contrary orders from Chief Justice Roy Moore. Moore has battled against marriage equality in his state, maintaining that the federal judge’s ruling did not apply to justices in the state, and […]

Chief Justice Roy Moore has ordered that Alabama’s gay marriage licenses should not be issued by probate judges, and when one minister offered to give a same-sex wedding ceremony, she was arrested. In a related report by the Inquisitr, some gay marriage licenses have been issued despite the order to stop. Some probate judges believe […]

Alabama’s Chief Justice Roy Moore has been resisting a Federal order to begin allowing same-sex marriage in his state. Moore has ordered justices in the state not to perform marriages for same-sex couples, and has sworn that the ruling on marriage equality doesn’t apply to him, or the justices who report to him. Now, Moore’s […]

Alabama has become the next state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite an attempt by Alabama’s Chief Justice Roy Moore to block the movement by issuing an order to refuse same-sex couples licenses. According to the Washington Post, Chief Justice Roy Moore issued a letter late Sunday that advised probate judges to follow […]

In Alabama, gay marriage licenses are being refused in both Pike and Covington county since two south Alabama judges have stood up against a recent U.S. District Court ruling that declared Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. In a related report by the Inquisitr, recent polls find that most Americans believe wedding businesses should be […]

Belinda Jenner is unofficially the new transgender name that Bruce Jenner will be adopting once Keeping Up With The Kardashians hits the TV screens once again. Some reports note the similarity to ex-wife Linda Thompson and wonder if perhaps it’s not the best choice for a new name. In a related report by the Inquisitr, […]

A proposed law in Florida would make it a crime for a transgendered person to use any sex-segregated bathroom in a public place other than the one that matches the gender assigned to them at birth, Al Jazeera is reporting. Florida’s Single-Sex Public Facilities Bill, introduced by Republican representative Frank Artiles, would punish a transgendered […]

A Christian baker who, on the grounds of her beliefs, refused to sell a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding, may be required to pay as much as $75k per complainant – or, in this case, for the two people denied service, $150k. It has taken more than two years to near a conclusion of […]

A panel of lawmakers in Virginia has voted to keep the state’s same-sex marriage ban on the books and in their state constitution, at least for now. Though same-sex marriages have been going on in Virginia since October, the panel concluded that to remove the item before the Supreme Court’s decision in April would be […]

Ben Carson, who is a possible candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, is speaking out about same-sex marriage, and the recent rulings in favor of marriage equality. Carson says that judges who rule in favor of allowing same-sex marriage to occur are “not carrying out their duties in an appropriate way” and that Congress […]

Same-sex marriage bans are being overturned left and right, with the most recent in Alabama. Now, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear these marriage cases, and the Justice Department is urging the court to rule in favor of ‘marriage for all.’ In response, a Republican representative in Oklahoma has a different idea. If forbidding […]

President Obama has become the first president in history to refer to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues in a State of the Union address. As a result, the gay community is praising him for his game-changing comments, reported the Washington Times. “President Obama’s public recognition of transgender people in his State of the Union address […]

The gay community is outraged after a McDonald’s security guard told two men to stop kissing at the McDonald’s branch in Leicester, UK. According to reports, when the security guard saw Matthew Dummigan, giving his male friend a “peck on the lips,” he approached him and told him to stop as it was making people […]

Transgender couple Nick and Bianca Bowser opened up about their family in a recent interview with ABC News. One of the big topics of discussion during the interview, which aired on20/20 Friday night, was the couple’s two boys. For instance, the transgender couple discussed how they would gradually explain themselves and their family to their […]

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments for same-sex marriage, and the Justice Department is expressing an opinion in the matter. After previously refusing to hear arguments in same-sex marriage cases, the Supreme Court has reversed, and will hear cases in an upcoming session. Eric Holder declared this week that the Justice Department will […]

A Denver bakery has been slapped with a religious discrimination complaint after refusing to bake a cake with an obscene, anti-gay message on it. Denver’s Azucar Bakery is a “pro-LGBTQ” bakery, according to Out Front. But regardless, they seem to have no shortage of customers who want cakes with religious themes, says owner Marjorie Silva. […]

The LGBT Youth North West group, a taxpayer-funded gay rights organization in Britain, has big plans for the future of education in the U.K., and one of those plans is to open the county’s first gay school in Manchester. The group intends to cater for children aged 13 and older who have been bullied for […]

For most people who know about Japan, especially fans of anime and traditional video games, the country is considered to be at the forefront pertaining to forward-thinking. As a result, many who consider visiting Japan as one of the tasks on their bucket list do so because of the country’s forward stance on animation, video […]

It’s a well-known fact that the Duggar family weren’t at all pleased to have pictures of same-sex couples kissing on their official and very popular Facebook page at the back end of last year, and they were promptly removed. In the latest report from Radar Online, published today, just last week Texas couple Tandra Barnfield […]

A Denver, Colorado, area woman was denied a funeral at a church in suburban Lakewood because the woman was gay, the Denver Post is reporting. Vanessa Collier died at the age of 33 on December 29 after the gun she was cleaning went off. She left behind a wife and two children. Her funeral was […]

Tired of being rejected by county clerks throughout Florida who are refusing to perform same-sex marriages because of their religious beliefs, some Florida gay couples are finding relief in, of all places, churches, the Fort Meyers News-Press is reporting. At the All Faiths Unitarian Congregation in Fort Myers, Reverend Margaret Beard is offering gay weddings […]

Ellen DeGeneres may be a proud lesbian, and one who openly promotes homosexuality on her TV show, but her message doesn’t resonate with everyone, especially the more conservative among Americans. One such example is well-known Christian author Larry Tomczak, who wrote about the subject in a Christian Post op-ed, entitled “Are You Aware of the […]

As transgender issues move deeper and deeper into mainstream America’s attention, there is still fierce debate about the status of the minority in discrimination laws. That’s because some companies are pushing back against transgender rights with lawsuits intended to solidify their own right as employers to turn away transgender people as employees. One such lawsuit […]

As same-sex marriage gains more acceptance, both legally and culturally, iconic jeweler Tiffany & Co. is getting on board with the idea with a new ad campaign featuring a same-sex couple, Elle is reporting. “Will you promise to never stop completing my sentences or singing off-key, which I’m afraid you do often? And will you […]

Atlanta Fire Department Chief Kelvin Cochran has been dismissed over a dispute about a self-published, religious-oriented book that was perceived as anti gay. On Tuesday, city officials gave Cochran the opportunity to step down voluntarily, which he declined. Cochran was let go on the day he returned for a 30-day suspension prompted by the controversy. […]

Surrogate mom claims a millionaire gay couple who owns a surrogacy agency tore her life apart and called her “trailer trash.” Megan Hoffner, of California, was a surrogate for millionaire British businessmen Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow’s agency in the United Kingdom, which has a branch in Los Angeles. Hoffner claims the gay couple who starred […]

Leelah Alcorn, born Joshua Alcorn, committed suicide on Sunday, December 28. The 17-year-old left a suicide note on her Tumblr page, set to be published in the event of her death. In the note, she claims that she suffered from depression and blames her parents’ lack of support and understanding of her gender identity. Now, […]

Transgender teen Leelah Alcorn killed herself by jumping in front of a semi during the early hours on Sunday morning in Warren County, along highway I-71. The 17-year-old Ohio teen left a suicide note blaming her Christian parents for her death. Leelah was upset that her parents would not allow her to get the gender […]

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, as Grandma used to say, and a gay couple demonstrated that by responding to a vandal who scratched an impolite graffiti on their door not with rage or a call to the police, but with a politely-worded note that [hopefully] took the vandal down a […]