LGBTQ

Michelle Obama gave the commencement address at Jackson State University in Mississippi, urging students to fight discrimination, including the anti-LGBT law recently signed in the state. Mississippi is just one of the 22 states with laws deemed discriminatory against the LGBT community, causing concern even outside America’s borders. The First Lady explained on Saturday that […]

A former Philadelphia senator, 90-year-old Harris Wofford, is set to marry a man 50 years his junior after falling in love while on vacation in Florida. Wofford lost his wife of 50 years to cancer at the age of 70 and never thought he would find love like that again. However, just five years after […]

President Obama held a Town Hall meeting in London on Friday, which about 500 young leaders attended, and the focus was on social issues. Obama took questions from the crowd, and one person asked him which social issues have had the most impact on him throughout his presidency, causing him to change his mind about […]

The Blue Man Group is the latest in a long line of entertainers and businesses to boycott North Carolina over the state’s passing of controversial anti-LGBTQ legislation, WGHP (Greensboro) is reporting. The group had been scheduled to perform in Charlotte from June 17 through the 19. In a statement released on the group’s social media […]

On Friday, NASCAR joined numerous organizations and corporations in expressing opposition to North Carolina’s “bathroom bill.” NASCAR joined PayPal, RedVentures, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, and others in expressing distaste for the new law, which isn’t just about public restrooms, but locker rooms and fitting rooms as well. Some corporations, like PayPal, have actually cancelled plans […]

Reverend Jordan Brown, the pastor behind the lawsuit against Whole Foods over a cake he says was decorated with an anti-gay slur, has deleted posts in which he described the cake and spoke of his lawsuit. That’s not all that has disappeared. The reverend has deleted his Twitter account, and even some sermons from his […]

The United Kingdom has warned members of the LGBT community about potential travel risks associated with visiting the United States, particularly North Carolina and Mississippi. The U.K.’s Foreign Office notes that LGBT travelers should be aware of all state and local laws when traveling to the United States. It was pointed out to those in […]

One North Carolina lesbian couple is launching a lawsuit against a fertility clinic where they claim to have been denied in vitro fertilization under the state’s new anti-LGBT laws. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is now suing on behalf of Kelly Trent and Beverly Newell, a couple who says that when they called to […]

Many states’ bathroom policies have come under fire lately after North Carolina passed a bill limiting transgender people from using restrooms corresponding to the gender they choose. As a result of this new law, many celebrities, including Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, and Ringo Starr of the Beetles, have taken to boycotting the […]

North Carolina’s “transgender bathroom bill” has been a hot topic for debate as of late and a married lesbian couple of the state protests that the controversial law attached consequences that are damaging to their reproductive rights. “The bill has been described as a bathroom bill, but the whole issue is just a smokescreen for […]

Target’s transgender bathroom policy has been updated, and is causing outrage among current and former customers. In a post on the retailer’s website, Target explained that they are “continuing to stand for inclusivity,” and would allow their employees and customers to use whichever bathroom or fitting room that corresponds to their gender identity. “Inclusivity is […]

A Texas pastor has sued Whole Foods, claiming the upscale grocer sold him a cake with a homophobic slur on it. As MSN reports, Pastor Jordan Brown, who is openly gay and leads a gay-friendly congregation (the Church of Open Doors) in Austin, went to an Austin Whole Foods to order a cake for a […]

Many people are upset with the HB2 “bathroom bill” passed by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, which forces people to use public bathrooms that coincide with the gender they were born with. Some say this law openly discriminates against transgender individuals, who do not identify with the sex on their birth certificate. In protest of […]

The conservative argument that states that same-sex parents create gay children is no longer valid, according to Hollywood Life. A new study has surfaced that proves that same-sex parents are as good as opposite-sex ones, and children are not affected by the sexuality of their parents. The study is a crucial one because it proves […]

In the wake of North Carolina and Mississippi’s LGBT Law, a national discussion about gay and transgender rights has been sparked. The controversy rages on as celebrities voice their views on the LGBT law in North Carolina which allows for open discrimination of LGBT individuals, including Against Me! Singer Laura Jane who called the legislation […]

Bryan Adams canceled his April 14 performance in Mississippi because the state is opposing gay rights, according to Time. The 56-year-old Canadian singer said he wouldn’t be able to perform “in good conscience” in a state where gay people are being denied their civil rights. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams cancels Miss. show over state's new […]

Mumford & Sons is performing in North Carolina tonight, on April 14, and the band will donate the profits to a local LGBT organization, reports Fortune. This is in response to North Carolina’s recent HB2 bill, otherwise referred to as the “bathroom bill”/”transgender bathroom bill,” which prohibits transgender people from using the bathroom assigned to […]

Salt Lake City mayor Jackie Biskupski joined a growing list of elected officials who have banned official city travel to states with anti-LGBT laws: Mississippi and North Carolina. Jackie became Utah’s first openly gay city mayor in November 2015 when she beat out incumbent Ralph Becker, who was also a Democrat. In 2009, Ralph himself […]

Canadian rock star Bryan Adams has taken a stand against discrimination and the denial of human rights in the state of Mississippi. Adams, who is currently on a world tour, has cancelled a planned show at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi in protest of legislation enacted in Mississippi last week. Adams is outraged that […]

The anti-LGBT bills in Mississippi and North Carolina are showing early results, but not necessarily the results lawmakers had expected. Bruce Springsteen cancelled a concert in Greensboro, NC, that should have taken place on Sunday, April 10, to protest HB2, the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act. Four groups have cancelled conventions in North Carolina, […]

The Simpsons have often centered their episodes around gay, lesbian, and transgender issues. But last Sunday, the animated sitcom took its support of the LGBTQ community to a whole new level, as a major male character came out as gay, according to USA Today. Such a move had been anticipated for a long time, as […]

Lilly Wachowski, previously known as Andy Wachowski, and best known as The Matrix series co-director, has made her first public appearance this week after coming out as transgender, according to Metro. Lilly Wachowski makes first appearance as transgender with wonderfully sarcastic thank you. https://t.co/6ojxNPmsIb pic.twitter.com/V4NWo53tiy — someecards (@someecards) April 5, 2016 Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed […]

NBA Hall-of-Famer and former Most Valuable Player Charles Barkley has said in a recent interview that he is urging the National Basketball Association (NBA) to move the All-Star Game next year away from Charlotte due an “anti-LGBT law” that the state has recently passed. Barkley, 53, says that he wants the NBA to make the […]

LGBT fans are angry at the latest The Vampire Diaries episode, and want to see one of the main characters become a lesbian. The character mostly in question is Bonnie, as it seems the most realistic. On Friday, fans were ready for an explosive episode of The Vampire Diaries. Ian Somerhalder, who plays Damon Salvatore, […]

A bill which can best be called controversial for targeting LGBT people was enacted last week in North Carolina, as previously reported by the Inquisitr, and the Internet has been up in arms. Prompting a hashtag movement, tourism boycotts and at least one lawsuit, the protest against the anti-LGBT House Bill 2 has largely been […]

PepsiCo head Indra Nooyi personally handed North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory a letter, pressuring him to repeal a law that the CEO considers discriminatory against the LGBT community. PepsiCo is the latest company to rally against the law, which effectively strips local governments of the ability to create discrimination rules for LGBT people, leaving North […]

Mississippi’s ban on same-sex adoption has been overturned by a federal judge, paving the way for same-sex couples in the state to move forward with pending adoptions and prohibiting the state’s adoption and social services agencies from standing in their way, MSN is reporting. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan ruled in favor of […]

Indiana Senate Bill 35 has gone viral over social media, earning the nickname the “pay to pee” bill. Senate Bill 35 was developed by Senator Jim Tomes, according to Indiana Talks, and is meant to protect students in school from having transgender people use restrooms that do not match their birth sex. In addition, transgender […]

New York police detectives are searching for a man who allegedly assaulted a transgender woman at the historic Stonewall Inn, the site of the beginning of the Gay Rights Movement in the U.S., on Monday, the New York Times is reporting. The woman told investigators that she was drinking at the bar around 11:30 p.m. […]

Early Monday morning, a federal lawsuit against the North Carolina governor and other state officials was filed in order to challenge a recent and controversial law passed in North Carolina, which restricts transgender persons from using the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity. It goes a step further by actively preventing cities from passing any […]

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory recently passed a law that requires transgender individuals to use public restrooms that coincide with the gender on their birth certificate. This has sparked a massive outcry from transgender individuals who simply want to be recognized as their true gender identity. One transgender man has made himself internet-famous for a […]

Georgia is set to pass a controversial law, described by supporters as a religious freedom law but described by opponents as being anti-gay, that, if passed, will likely cost The Peach State some business, and possibly a chance at hosting a Super Bowl. As CBS Sports reports, the controversial House Bill 757 needs only the […]

Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page, along with her best friend Ian Daniel, co-host the Viceland series Gaycation. The project is dedicated to exploring LGBTQ cultures and experiences all around the world. The Juno star first publicly came out of the closet on February 14, 2014, during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s “Time to Thrive” […]

Troye Sivan has had a tremendous influence on LGBT people ever since he publicly came out as gay in a YouTube video back in 2013. And now it appears that the singer also helps his fans to publicly come out during his concerts, according to MTV News. The 20-year-old singer openly expresses his sexuality in […]

Elliot Morales, a man who identifies his sexual orientation as bisexual, has been convicted for killing Mark Carson in 2013 during a scuffle on a New York City street in an event which is now being ruled a hate crime. The Associated Press reports that Morales believes that since he is bisexual, also belonging to […]

Lilly Wachowski was living between a rock and a hard place, when she made the decision to live her life as a transgender woman. If the Wachowski name sounds familiar, that’s because, together with her brother (who now lives as Lana), she was a part of the Wachowski Brothers team, responsible for writing and directing […]

In a victory for LGBT groups, eight justices of the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed an Alabama court’s refusal to recognize a lesbian adoption. According to USA Today, a partner biologically gave birth to three children — a 13-year-old and a set of 11-year-old twins. The other partner formally adopted the kids in Georgia, where […]

The Supreme Court slammed Alabama’s ruling in a lesbian adoption case. In a major victory for gay rights, the court ruled that an adoption procedure completed in one state will have to be honored across state lines, and states cannot arbitrarily deny the rights accorded through the process. The Supreme Court threw out an Alabama […]

New York City is set to become the latest major city to sign into law a bill that would allow transgender individuals to use the bathroom or locker room that corresponds to their gender identity, rather than their biological sex at birth, in all city-owned facilities, the Associated Press is reporting. New York City Mayor […]

Buffalo is the most anti-gay city in America – at least, as far as the number of homophobic tweets coming from the city is concerned. As Canada Journal reports, apartment-hunting website Abodo dug into Twitter posts originating from within the U.S. between June 2014 and December 2015 and singled out certain keywords — words suggesting […]

Since publicly coming out as a lesbian in 2014, actress Ellen Page has become an LGBT activist. The Juno actress has even started her own documentary series, Gaycation, which she hosts along with her best friend and fellow activist, Ian Daniel. The series takes Page and Daniel around the world to explore LGBT communities throughout […]

Buffalo might be the most anti-gay city in the United States. According to the sheer volume of homophobic tweets originating from the region, the city might be one of the most hostile regions for people with same-gender preference. According to an unofficial study that examined the origin of homophobic social media messages, Buffalo is the […]

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled yesterday against a collection of petitions requesting that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage be upheld over the new federal law, according to a report from NBC News. The decision dismisses petitions from the Alabama Policy Institute (a non-profit conservative think-tank), the Alabama Citizens Action Program (an “interdenominational ministry” claiming […]

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard on Tuesday vetoed a so-called “Bathroom Bill” that would have forced students in all South Dakota public schools to use the bathroom and locker room corresponding to the gender assigned to them at birth, rather than their sexual identity. As Slate reports, the bathroom bill had easily sailed through Mount […]

A lack of upscale and safe venues for the LGBTQ community in South Bend, Indiana, has spawned the creation of the Guerilla Gay Bar movement. The now monthly event began in December of 2012, and has been occurring ever since. The Guerrilla Gay Bar movement started with a mere 40 people in attendance, according to […]

The nominees for the 2016 GLAAD Media Awards have been announced, and among those nominated are Caitlyn Jenner, Jazz Jennings, Miley Cyrus, and Adam Lambert. Jenner, who transitioned to a woman last year, is being nominated for her reality show I Am Cait, and her 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer. Jennings, a 14-year-old who identifies […]

The First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), a recent anti-LGBT bill, passed the Georgia state senate by a vote of 38-14, according to the New Civil Rights Movement. FADA, also known as HB 757, is intended to protect those who for reasons of religious belief and conscience, might be forced to act in a way that […]

Kentucky may soon create two separate marriage license forms. If the state senate passed the proposed bill, one marriage license form will be handed to gay couples and another form will be presented to traditional brides and grooms to sign. The current Kentucky marriage license form was created after the U.S. Supreme court legalized gay […]

Manny Pacquiao has been under heavy fire following a statement he said early in the week saying that gay people are “worse than animals.” The backlash against him has been quick and heavy even now. A day after his anti-gay comments went its rounds across all media, Nike dropped him from his endorsement deal. “We […]

A man tried to change clothes in the women’s locker room – twice – at a Seattle swimming pool, and protested that what he was doing was perfectly legal because he is transgender, KREM (Spokane) is reporting. The incident happened last week, but is only now gaining attention in the media. Last Monday during afternoon […]