Gay/Lesbian News

Cincinnati's first openly gay city council member is among elected or appointed officials being honored by the White House in a program named for slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk.

Monday, June 3, is Blogging for LGBT Families Day. The event is held each year at the start of June, between Mother's Day and Father's Day, in order to honor both equally. To participate, blog at your own blog on a topic related to LGBT families on or before June 3, 2013. Then visit www.mombian.com to submit the link to your entry. Mombian will showcase the full list of participants on June 3.

A close ally of Toronto mayor Rob Ford said Wednesday that Ford has followed legal advice in remaining silent about a purported video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine.

John Veasey was a feared hitman in the Philadelphia mafia who became a government witness after being shot in the head. "60 Minutes" correspondent Byron Pitts reports on Veasey's former life of crime -- during which he was also a Boy Scout leader -- and his present life living under another identity.

Yesterday in a letter to senate leadership, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman expressed his support for the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act and called for its passage. With this public letter, AG Schneiderman adds his voice to the thousands of New Yorkers who have pushed for years to see the bill passed.

Today Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected into public office in California, would have celebrated his 83rd birthday. We celebrate Harvey Milk Day, which was signed into law in 2009, by honoring his legacy and continue to keep hope alive.

One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups.

An Omaha gay-rights group is seeking the return of some $1,800 donated to a woman convicted of lying about being attacked by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs into her skin.

The Czech president says he will no longer block a university professorship for a gay rights activist who had been critical of him.

Former Representative Anthony Weiner has thrown his hat into the Mayoral race for New York City.

Christopher Bryant, editor of gay and lesbian online magazine Polari , was walking home from his birthday celebrations with partner Damon Truluck in Bromley, London when they were confronted by a group of six men on Saturday night.

Councilman Eric Garcetti, who jammed with pop star Moby and fashioned himself as a voice for a new generation of city leaders, has opened a growing lead in the race for Los Angeles mayor with the pool of uncounted... When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside ... (more)

The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.

US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night lauded the influence of Judaism on the United States, specifically mentioning the efforts of Jews on gay rights issues, according a report on the Politico website.

The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on allowing openly gay boys to don the Boy Scouts uniform.

Democratic Party Chair of Virginia Charniele Herring, state Sen. Adam Ebbin and gay-rights advocate James Parrish held a teleconference Tuesday afternoon lambasting the "dangerous and hateful attacks on gay and lesbian Virginians that Republican candidates Ken Cuccinelli and E.W. Jackson have made a centerpiece of their careers." Herring asked why ... (more)

Sergey Chernov / SPT Two demonstrators at last week's Rainbow Flashmob, which was shut down by City Hall 13 minutes after it began.

Plastic figurines depicting a female couple and a male couple are displayed for sale in Paris, France, April 27, shortly after same-sex marriage was legalized there.

The Bay Area will remember Harvey Milk, shown here with Mayor George Moscone, center, and Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver at the January 1978 Imperial Court Coronation, with a variety of events starting this weekend From book readings to movie screenings, the Bay Area is marking the annual Harvey Milk Day with a variety of events this year.