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News (USA)
Video of a 2-year-old singing ‘Jolene’ goes viral & reaches Dolly Parton
“Maybe we’ll see this little one on the Grand Ole Opry stage someday!” wrote Parton.
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Life
Customer writes ‘I don’t tip f*ggots’ on receipt, says gay server needs Jesus
The young customer later claimed the anti-gay slur was just a joke.
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News (USA)
Transgender teen responds after being sued by her mom to stop transition
The mother wants to regain parental control over her daughter; the daughter says she sought emancipation because of her parents’ unstable homes.
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News (World)
Extortionists are using gay hookup apps to find blackmail victims
Extortionists are threatening to reveal information about gay men using Grindr if they don’t pay money.
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News (USA)
One Million Moms goes after ‘vile’ & ‘sacrilegious’ TV show ‘Teachers’
“The network is encouraging crude dialogue, offensive gestures at school, teachers being cruel to young children, and questioning authority.”
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News (World)
Stamp Oddity: Royal Mail postage pays tribute to David Bowie
One year after his death, the British postal service invites fans of the Thin White Duke to “Let’s Stamp.”
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News (USA)
Michele Bachmann: Gays, Muslims, BLM are working together to bring down America
The former Congresswoman claims the Women’s March on Washington was a radical Islamist plot to bring down America.
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News (USA)
Trump’s address to Congress will bump LGBTQ rights miniseries ‘When We Rise’
Faced with a choice between the struggle for LGBTQ rights or putting the president in our living rooms, ABC chose Trump.
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News (World)
Belgium and the Netherlands join forces to fight Trump’s anti-woman agenda
The two countries are backing the creation of an international fund to finance access to birth control, abortion and sex education for women.
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News (USA)
Woman in North Carolina shocked to see ‘lesbianism’ listed as medical condition
The healthcare provider does not have a non-discrimination policy protecting LGBTQ individuals.
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News (World)
Two men jailed for being gay in a country with no sodomy laws
“If there is no law that that condemns it, I don’t understand how we could have been convicted.”
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News (USA)
Kansas City gay man terrorized at home by gun-toting vandals
The vandals held a gun to his head, punched him in the face, and spray-painted slurs all over his car.
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News (USA)
It’s happening: Major LGBT march on Washington set for DC’s Pride weekend
The march will coincide with DC’s annual pride celebration and organizers hope to draw big numbers to send a message to Washington’s elite.
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News (USA)
Trump told a racist story about a pro golfer to Congressional leaders
Evidence of voter fraud according to Trump: 2 people who looked Hispanic voted, while a German citizen could not.
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News (USA)
Roxane Gay pulls book deal with publisher over Milo Yiannopoulos book deal
“I’m not interested in doing business with a publisher willing to grant him” the “privilege” of publishing a book.
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Life
Factchecker says groups funded by Betsy DeVos do not promote ‘ex-gay’ therapy
Politifact rules a claim by LGBTQ members of congress that DeVos funded ex-gay therapy groups as “mostly false.”
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News (USA)
Tim Kaine married a lesbian couple the night of Donald Trump’s inauguration
The couple, Dea Jones and Sharon McLeod, said they weren’t in a rush to “make it legal” until Donald Trump became president.
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Commentary
The Women’s March on Washington highlighted old and new racial tensions
The march was intentional in bringing various women and their voices and concerns to the organizing table, but were they successful?
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News (USA)
Mary Tyler Moore, TV icon, dead at age 80
She turned the world on with her smile, and rightfully earned the title of America’s sweetheart.
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Life
Idaho man pleads not guilty to hate crime in shocking murder of gay man
Prosecutors say he used an online personals ad to lure a 49-year-old man to a remote recreation area where he was robbed, stripped, beaten and left.