Gay/Lesbian News

Jillian Michaels may be regretting all those times that she told parents that they could just take the time to worry about themselves and not worry about the kids.

A new poll is indicating that a majority of Black Marylanders would vote to uphold the state's same-sex marriage law should a referendum be placed upon the ballot this upcoming November.

Following are excerpts from some of the letters Judge Glenn Berman received as he considered the sentence for Dharun Ravi, who was convicted in March of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and other charges for using his webcam to see roommate Tyler Clementi kissing another man.

Several recent stories have highlighted the fact that gender and even sex are so much more complex than the simple male/female that is ubiquitous in many cultures.

On 30 May in Dallas, shareholders for ExxonMobil will gather and vote on a resolution to include sexual orientation and gender identity in their equal employment opportunity policy.

Scores of Maine churches are planning on putting their money into restricting the rights of their fellow people and, thus, ignore those who need food, shelter and clothing.

"We need to make sure we reflect in our collecting the changes we see in the community," said Bill Martin, head of the Valentine Richmond History Center.

For all the small daily dramas of the 2012 campaign, there's a risk-averse dynamic playing out: Neither candidate has been making bold new policy proposals or displaying a free-wheeling personal style.

Gay comic Julian Clary has likened the arguments over same-sex marriages to the suffragette struggle in the early 20th century, it has been reported.

Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten says she doesn't believe that 'there's anything radical about allowing students to name a club.' Students would be able to call anti-homophobic clubs "gay-straight alliances" under changes to proposed legislation that previously allowed principals to veto the name, Ontario's Education Minister Laurel Broten ... (more)

Over at Nate Silver's Five Thirty Eight blog they like to do a lot of meta-thinking about, well, polling, and while they do see a shift among Blacks regarding the issue of same-sex marriage, they are cautious about it.

Protestors are expected to appear before the Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, North Carolina on Sunday to protest the hate-filled sermons of Pastor Charles Worley.

Life for Stevie Crecelius took a turn for the interesting the day he was admitted to the hospital for a kidney stone only to get some rather interesting news.

One of the most conservative newspapers in the country recently posted an op-ed endorsing marriage equality and encouraging Republicans to support the issue as well, saying, "gay marriage is actually a very conservative value." The Washington Times guest editorial column, written by Catherine Poe, includes a memo by Jan R. van Lohuizen - President ... (more)

The Democratic Party will hold its national convention in Charlotte this September.

MAIDEN Catawba County officials have backed down after initially denying a request from marchers who want to use county facilities this weekend to stage a protest against a Maiden preacher’s anti-gay sermon.

Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Father's Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to November's ballot question asking voters to legalize same-sex marriages.

The Abbey Food & Bar, known as the best Gay Bar in the World, having won the title two year's in a row from MTV's Logo, announced today all bachelorette parties have been banned from taking place within its doors.

Job prospects are not looking good if you make your living doing pseudotherapy to try and change a person’s sexual orientation. Earlier this month psychiatrist Dr. Robert Spitzer renounced his study suggesting that therapy to change sexual orientation works with some individuals who are “highly motivated.” He went on to apologize to the gay community and anyone who “wasted time and energy undergoing some form of reparative therapy.” I blogged about his apology and the NY Times also wrote about it along with numerous other media outlets. His apology garnered so much interest because Dr. Spitzer was a major player in writing the diagnostic manual of mental disorders and he successfully persuaded the committee to drop homosexuality from that manual.