LGBTQ

The massacre at the LGBT nightclub in Orlando called Pulse happened in the early hours of Sunday, June 12. This massacre left 49 members of the Orlando LGBT community dead and another 53 injured. Naturally, the Orlando massacre has left the world with a lot of questions. Why did this happen? How did this happen? […]

On Monday, CNN’s Anderson Cooper broke down in tears while delivering a seven-minute tribute to the 49 people who died in the shooting massacre at Orlando’s Pulse night club on Sunday, the Daily News reports. Cooper began the segment by saying that he decided not to mention or display the shooter’s name, choosing instead to […]

Under a new “gender neutral” ruling, boys can wear skirts and girls can wear the pants at schools in the United Kingdom. As the debate continues in the U.S. involving bathrooms and transgender people, 88 schools in the United Kingdom, including 40 primary schools, have welcomed a new rule allowing students to wear whatever they […]

The Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, in the wee hours of Sunday morning has been declared the worst mass shooting in American history. It took place in a venue that especially caters to LGBT clientele and also during the month of June, which is traditionally Gay Pride month in the United States to commemorate […]

In March of 2016, Florida Senator Marco Rubio suspended his campaign when he lost the primary to Donald Trump for his own state. The Inquisitr reported on this and how he hadn’t even bothered to try and get the support of the people in Florida, which was perhaps the main reason he lost. Since then, […]

Major cities and monuments across North America are illuminated in rainbow colors tonight. In wake of the Orlando mass nightclub shootings, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday, June 12, that all flags will be flown at half-staff and that City Hall will be lit up in rainbow colors at sunset. NYC […]

The Toronto Unity Mosque, or the El-Tawhid Juma Circle, has opened its doors to the LGBT community and people of other faiths during its annual Peace Iftar, a meal eaten at the end of the day’s Ramadan fast, on June 19. According to a report from CBC, the Unity Mosque aims to be a space […]

From this morning’s horrific Orlando nightclub shooting to the legendary Stonewall Riots that sparked a revolution in LGBTQ rights and activism in America nearly a half century ago, there is an unfortunate history of violent attacks against the LGBTQ community in what is typically their safest enclave – the gay nightclub. The fact that these […]

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says the Orlando shooting was not the inspiration for his tweet, which has been the subject of much shock and horror this morning. His official Twitter account released a post that appeared, to many, to be a condemnation, not of the shooter, but of the victims. In an official statement, […]

Orange is the New Black star and transgender activist Laverne Cox is opening up about something very basic, yet something to which most people might not even give a second thought: the U.S. Census. For generations, the Census has kept a running tally of the gender, race, and ages of American citizens, but Cox says […]

In what could be the first case of a person in Oregon and even the United States being classified as nonbinary, or not female or male, an Army veteran is grateful to be free from male and female gender classifications. Jamie Shupe, 52, was born as a male, but later began transitioning to a female […]

Lawyers for a transgender Georgia man filed an appeal this week after a judge refused his request to legally change his name, saying his choice of name would be “too masculine” and potentially even dangerous, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting. Twenty-four-year-old Rowan Feldhaus of Grovetown, Georgia, is biologically female and was born Rebecca Elizabeth. However, […]

Supergirl actor Jeremy Jordan is raising money to help save his gay teen cousin, Sarah, from a so-called “pray the gay away” camp, WFAA (Dallas) is reporting. Jordan’s 17-year-old cousin, identified only as “Sarah,” is gay. That hasn’t sat well with her parents — they sent her to a Christian residential boarding facility, one that […]

Supergirl star Jeremy Jordan started the “Save Sarah” campaign to “free” his gay teen cousin from a Christian “pray away the gay” camp. Sarah was sent to the Christian boarding school for a year by her parents after the 17-year-old lesbian wanted to take her girlfriend to prom. Jeremy Jordan started a GoFundMe page to […]

An Airbnb host was banned from the popular rental site after denying service to a transgender woman citing concerns for her 13-year-old son, according to the Daily Mail. Transgender woman Shadi Petosky said she attempted to rent a room in Minneapolis from the host but was denied after disclosing that she was trans. The host […]

Gay rights in the Central American nation of Honduras took a hit earlier this week when Rene Martinez, one of the country’s most visible LGBT community members, was found murdered. Desde @redgaylatino condenamos asesinato del activista gay hondureño René Martínez https://t.co/HyLRvVo2jl #Justicia pic.twitter.com/GSGimLfZ8o — Esteban Paulon (@epaulonlgbt) June 5, 2016 Rene disappeared from the streets […]

Earlier this week, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became the first Prime Minister to raise the LGBT Pride flag on Parliament Hill in honor of Canada’s first-ever Pride Month, and Toronto’s upcoming annual Pride Parade. According to a report from CBC, PM Trudeau remarked that the raising of the Pride flag was recognizing “a lot […]

Trey Pearson is a Christian music rock star, and now he is a gay Christian music rock star after coming out in a letter to his fans. Pearson kept the secret that he was gay while serving as the lead singer of a successful popular Christian band, Everyday Sunday. He kept the secret while growing […]

Disney’s Pixar has dominated the animated film industry for so long that it has no other competition but itself. Now, the company might be pushing the envelope further by reportedly depicting a lesbian couple in the Finding Nemo sequel, Finding Dory. The trailer tipped fans about the relationship between the two women in the upcoming […]

Clearly, the reason for conservative anger against the transgender issue nationwide is perhaps because it’s something they’ve never had to reckon with before, lashing back feelings that have been forced on them, triggering religious leaders to stage a united attack on the community from pulpits across America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuUk_j84qQg Social media can be blamed for bringing […]

Some members of the Roloff family of Little People, Big World are letting their thoughts be known about homosexuality — in particular, gay marriage. Audrey Roloff got the ball rolling by posting on Twitter and sharing a blog post about “true Christian marriage.” Now, Molly Roloff, the only daughter of Matt and Amy Roloff, has […]

Organizers of the massive 20th annual Gay Pride parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, said 2 million people were expected to attend the event on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to celebrate with dancing and dressing up for the parade. Twenty million people reside in the city. Hundreds of thousands turn […]

Fleet Week NYC has kicked off in the Big Apple, and hoards of sailors are in New York City to celebrate and honor the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. The annual festival serves another equally important purpose: Fleet Week NYC’s gay events schedule for the 2016 celebration of sea services promotes equality and diversity […]

A transgender activist died after being shot in Pakistan. However, her friends say the hospital staff did not provide prompt care but instead spent too much time worrying about whether to place the transgender woman in the male or female ward. Due to the gender identity issue, the hospital allegedly waited an hour to treat […]

The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus was subjected to what they perceived as homophobic treatment during their rendition of the national anthem before Saturday’s Padres game, and the reactions displayed since then by both the Chorus themselves and the social media public have been explosive. GaySD : .Padres ​to host “Pride Night” 9/1 benefitting _sdgmc […]

The Christian school Trinity Academy in Kansas has just come under fire for an agreement that it is asking all students and their parents to sign before they can be admitted. Called a “Statement of Understanding,” it is pretty similar to what other Christian school documents dictate with one pretty major exception. Aside from asking […]

Back in March 2015, Courtney Wilson and Taylor Guerrero were arrested after refusing to stop showing affection to each other in a grocery store in Honolulu, Hawaii. The two women, who hail from Los Angeles, alleged in their suit that Officer Bobby Harrison spotted them walking through the aisles of the Foodland store on Oahu’s […]

With the U.S. abuzz about restroom access, another entity has opted for inclusiveness. According to a Public Relations Manager for Hersheypark, transgender guests to the theme park may use the restroom that matches their gender identity without fear of reprisal. With this statement, Hersheypark joins Target, and a number of smaller businesses, in choosing to […]

The Obama Administration has effectively banned any transgender discrimination. Under Obamacare, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will extend all health programs irrespective of the gender identity. All discrimination stemming from gender identity will have to cease, signaled Barack Obama through a new rule that bans discrimination against transgender people. In fact, all […]

Being transgender will no longer be equated with mental illness in Denmark, according to government officials who say they will remove the “stigmatizing” label. Danish politicians said that they had “run out of patience” with waiting for the World Health Organization (WHO) to take the same steps, in the meantime leaving transgender people globally classified […]

Salt Lake City, Utah, seems like an unlikely place to host one of the country’s only streets named after Harvey Milk, but then again, it also seemed unlikely to elect one of the country’s first openly gay mayors. Religious demographics and stereotypes, as the state capital illustrates, can be deceiving. I love seeing our out […]

This week, along with the controversial enforcement of the bathroom bill in local governments, a North Carolina school board voted to allow students to carry pepper spray or mace with them in order to defend themselves in case a student is assaulted in a bathroom. The Inquisitr wrote about the issue where pepper spray and/or […]

A North Carolina school board has decided to allow students to carry pepper spray, mace, razors, and other “purely defensive” items, according to a report from the Salisbury Post. The discussion of whether to allow such defensive weapons on campus is a continuation of a debate from April. According to board chairman Josh Wagner, arguments […]

A national debate over transgender rights is raging on, and now Planned Parenthood is weighing in. Some Planned Parenthood offices across the country are promoting prescriptions for hormone therapy and other services for transgender people. Planned Parenthood’s services are aimed at “transgender people and people at various places on the spectrum of gender identity and […]

FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace interviewed the governor of North Caroline Pat McCrory over the transgender bathroom law, wondering why the state was so determined to enforce it, despite the fact that businesses were refusing to do business there because of it. Certainly the boycott of businesses such as Deutsche Bank and PayPal were […]

While Jazz Jennings has been taking a hiatus from her TLC series, I Am Jazz, the transgender teen has still been keeping busy. Beyond her school activities, Jazz reveals she has been working on a new book, this one a memoir that the I Am Jazz star hopes will speak to straight and cisgender individuals, […]

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended and faces possible removal from the bench. On Friday, the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission said the judge violated judicial ethics and “abused authority” in his opposition to gay marriage. Even though a federal court decided same-sex marriage was legal in Alabama last year, Justice Moore ordered probate […]

An Icelandic man now gets to be both mother and father to a newborn baby after Henrý Steinn, a transgender man, gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Steinn, 19, found out he was pregnant during the early stages of his gender transition. He was reportedly already living as a man and was about two […]

James Franco has made quite a stir by saying he is “a little gay,” according to Pink News. And the director of his recent movie, Justin Kelly, took it upon himself to defend the 38-year-old actor. The director of adult drama King Cobra said in his interview with Daily Beast that James Franco is “wildly […]

According to a CNN report, the Justice Department has weighed in on North Carolina’s controversial anti-transgender “bathroom bill,” officially known as HB2, and the news isn’t good for the state. The legislation, which was signed into law at the end of March, forced transgender citizens to use the public bathroom that matched the gender shown […]

In June, Toronto will celebrate 35 years of pride parades. And the big news? Instead of only having a week of Pride events, this year there will be a full month of activities to mark the very first Pride Month in Toronto. This morning, it was announced in a press release at the Oasis Aqualounge […]

A 16-year-old student at Foothill High School in Palo Cedro, California, is speaking out about a situation that she claims is “blatant discrimination.” Hayley Lack says that she and her girlfriend were nominated as candidates for prom royalty as a couple. The pair were nominated alongside two other heterosexual couples but was informed by school […]

Since Target’s bathroom policy, allowing all customers to use the facilities that match their identity, became a public issue, a petition has collected over a million signatures promising to boycott the store. Now, another petition has begun with the opposite intention. The motive is to thank Target for creating an inclusive environment where transgender and […]

LGBT protections in America have come under attack again today, as the Republican-controlled House Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment by Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK), by a vote of 33-29, which would roll back protections against anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace for federal contractors, according to a report from Pink News. The protections were […]

The town of Oxford, Alabama, has passed a bill that requires transgender individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender assigned at birth or face six months in jail, CNN is reporting. Although the Alabama town’s law doesn’t mention it by name, the move was made in response to retailer Target’s recent announcement […]

Over 900,000 people in a Christian activist group have pledged to boycott Target after implementing its recent transgender-friendly bathroom policy, according to ABC News. The American Family Association (AFA), which was founded on biblical principles, took to their website to create a petition against the massive retail chain’s new inclusive policy. While some view this […]

North Carolina has had the eyes of the nation on it since this time last year, and the heat over the transgender bathroom and locker room laws hasn’t let up since. North Carolina’s music scene has been the focus of the backlash against a law that many LGBT members say is discrimination against transgender men […]

When the Pride flag on the campus of the University of British Columbia was burned last February, the school called it an “act of hate.” A parade to support transgender people, planned to take place a few days later as part of UBC’s OUTweek, was cancelled out of security concerns. But after a police investigation, […]

On Monday, the Colorado Supreme Court took a stand for LGBT rights when it declined to hear the case of a Denver baker who refused to make a same-sex wedding cake, citing his religious beliefs. Jack Phillips owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver, Colorado, and in 2012 the baker refused to make a wedding […]

There has already been a growing number of musicians, bands, and celebrities who have voiced their opposition to North Carolina’s HB2 law, and now singers Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas are also on that list. The two musical heartthrobs were going to be stopping by Charlotte and Raleigh on June 30 and July 2 for […]