7 min ago | EDGE
Anti-Gay Event Offers Free Chick-fil-A
Cornerstone Baptist Temple in Dayton, Ohio took an ad out in their local paper offering $25 Chick-fil-A gift cards to married straight couples that attended an event honoring what the church called "Biblical marriage." In a statement to The Huffington Post, Chick-fil-A said the event was not sponsored by Chick-fil-A or any of its Dayton ... (more)
7 min ago | EDGE
Political Leaders, Equality Advocates Decry Va Gop Nominees
Two Democratic legislators and the head of a nonprofit organization advocating for LGBT rights in Virginia held a press call Tuesday to condemn the anti-LGBT records and rhetoric used by the GOP's statewide candidates, specifically Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, candidate for governor, and lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson.
4 hrs ago | The Lebanon Daily News
No, Michael Douglas, 'playing gay' doesn't take courage
This film image released by HBO shows Michael Douglas, left, as Liberace, and Matt Damon, as Scott Thorson in a scene from "Behind the Candalabra," premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO.
4 hrs ago | lezgetreal.com | Sei
Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes On The Rise In New York City
5 hrs ago | lezgetreal.com | Sei
Peace Corps To Allow Same-Sex Couples To Volunteer
5 hrs ago | lezgetreal.com | Sei
Boy Scouts of America Repeals Ban On Gay Scouts
5 hrs ago | www.nytimes.com | Gay And Proud
US Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Youths as Members
GRAPEVINE, Tex. - The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its longstanding policy of forbidding openly gay youths to participate in its activities, a landmark step its chief executive called "compassionate, caring and kind." The decision, which followed years of resistance and wrenching internal debate, was widely seen as a milestone for the Boy Scouts, a symbol of traditional America. More than 1,400 volunteer leaders from across the country voted, with more than 60 percent approving a measure that said no youth may be denied membership “on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone.”
6 hrs ago | EDGE
Accused Mark Carson Killer Indicted, Attorney Says "He Didn't Murder Anybody"
A Manhattan Criminal Court Grand Jury indicted Elliot Morales, accused of shooting and killing a gay man in the West Village last weekend for a hate crime murder.
7 hrs ago | EDGE
Are College Aid Forms Becoming More Gay Friendly?
College financial aid forms will be more fair and inclusive to LGBT and other nontraditional families starting Jan.
7 hrs ago | EDGE
The Importance of Being Inverted: Gay Days at Amusement Parks, Part 2
In his first installment, Tony Phillips explored Gay Days at Disney World and Disneyland and also brought EDGE readers up to date with the latest happenings at Universal Orlando.
8 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Texas judge: Lesbian couple can't cohabitate
A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.
8 hrs ago | Queerty
Linda Harvey Thinks Gay Employees Should Be Fired
In case you were wondering, if you're gay, you're a really lousy employee. Or at least that what Mission America's Linda Harvey believes.
8 hrs ago | abcnews.go.com | Gay And Proud
Reynolds: We Knew Liberace Was Gay
In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances.
8 hrs ago | techcrunch.com | Gay And Proud
A Hypocritical Silence On Gay Immigrants' Rights
The biggest names in technology have normally been unflinching champions for the rights of same-sex couples. Yet, they were conspicuously silent this week as the Senate rejected the right for American same-sex couples to petition for visas for their foreign-born partners.
8 hrs ago | www.newyorker.com | Gay And Proud
What Was Behind Georgia's Anti-Gay Rally?
It was a gathering of clergymen worthy of a religious festival: a line of dozens of bearded priests in black robes, with heavy silver crosses hanging on their chests.
9 hrs ago | Reuters
Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing
An intimate love story between two young women received rave reviews from critics at the Cannes film festival despite explicit lesbian sex scenes that could limit the film's distribution.
9 hrs ago | CBS Local
Man Arrested In Alleged Anti-Gay Attack In The East Village
Gornell Roman turned himself in at a police precinct Tuesday night in the Bronx, CBS 2 reported.
10 hrs ago | WBOC-TV Salisbury
Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally
A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence.
10 hrs ago | New Hampshire Public Radio -
Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , listens to testimony during a hearing on the immigration bill on April 22.