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News (USA)
Dominicans see LGBT rights advancing thanks to gay US diplomat
A cultural shift is happening, helped by the presence of U.S. Ambassador James “Wally” Brewster, the first openly gay top diplomat the United States has posted to a Latin American country.
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News (USA)
Judge awards Tennessee lawyers $2 million for marriage equality case
U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger ruled that the results the lawyers got in the case were “superb and far-reaching” and that they should be entitled to costs and fees.
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News (USA)
This frat boy hurled antigay slurs at his Uber driver. Now, he’s the star of a viral video.
Excerpt: “Yeah, f**k you, Arthur, you little faggot f**k. Minimum wage faggot!”
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News (USA)
Veto of Georgia’s antigay bill means ‘open season on people of faith’
Passionate responses to Nathan Deal’s veto: Praise from the left, threats of payback from the right.
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News (World)
Study explains why so many male tortoises are having sex with one another
When female tortoises aren’t around, these guys aren’t so picky.
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News (USA)
Audience members flee Margaret Cho show after she jokes about sexual abuse
After jokes about rape, white people, and gays, she told the fleeing audience: “You’ll never get a cent of the money back that you paid.”
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News (USA)
Trump: ‘I said insulting things about women before I knew I’d be running for office’
“Are the rules different for celebrities? Are celebrities allowed to insult women?”
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News (USA)
Pat Robertson: ‘NFL players will never get same-sex marriage’
“These guys are supposed to be tough warriors… What is going on with those people?”
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News (USA)
Walking Dead star told Georgia gov: ‘Don’t sign that antigay bill’
“Fingers are crossed,” Norman Reedus said, just days before Governor Nathan Deal announced he’d veto the bill.
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News (USA)
‘This is what trans looks like, Governor McCrory’
In the aftermath of North Carolina’s antigay bill, one transgender man writes an impassioned plea for acceptance.
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News (USA)
BREAKING: Georgia Governor will veto religious discrimination bill
Numerous corporations and celebrities have denounced the bill and threatened to leave the state or abandon planned projects if the bill became law.
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News (USA)
Tennessee Freemasons vote to keep out gay members
It is one of two chapters in the nation that refuse to allow gay men to join the fraternal organization.
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News (USA)
New discriminatory North Carolina law is headed to court
The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and Equality North Carolina filed a challenge to the law overnight in U.S. District Court.
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News (USA)
James Franco: ‘I’m gay — I just don’t have sex with men’
He claims he’s a homosexual “up to the point of intercourse.”
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Commentary
Easter is about liberating those at the margins of society
Jesus’ death on the cross and the lynching of African-Americans are synonymous experiences.
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News (World)
Virulent anti-gay remarks test Indonesia’s moderate image
Gays are a contagion, declares the banner in bold red and black lettering that hangs on the sidewalk of a bustling neighborhood in Indonesia’s capital.
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News (USA)
ACLU accuses Kentucky prison of illegal anti-gay mail ban
A policy at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex prohibits prisoners from receiving items that “promote homosexuality.”
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News (USA)
Delaware prohibits limits on transgender health coverage
Insurance companies in Delaware will be prohibited from limiting health care coverage for transgender individuals.
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News (USA)
Kentucky House passes bill for new gay/straight marriage license forms
The proposal is a response to Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who spent five days in jail last year for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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News (USA)
Man indicted on charge of pouring boiling water on gay men
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the indictment of 48-year-old Martin Blackwell on Friday.