May 23 2012 4:28 PM ET
Out Rapper Y-Love: It Got Better
Rapper Y-Love came out earlier this month to Out. What did Orthodox Jews say around the Shabbat table?
May 23 2012 3:44 PM ET
Lesbian, Former Worley Church Goer Speaks Out
A lesbian who has attended multiple sermons at Rev. Charles Worley's church in North Carolina since the 1980s said that the antigay pastor's violent words are typical of his views. "I recall, as a younger person, listening to those kind of comments on an occasion or two," she told journalist David Pakman. She added, "I'm saddened but I'm not surprised." After coming out, the woman said stopped attending services, but still has family members who frequent the Providence Road Baptist Church.
May 23 2012 12:32 PM ET
Ill. Senators Fear Antibullying Bill is Too Gay
Illinois legislators rejected an antibullying bill after conservatives expressed fears that the proposed law was too "pro-homosexual." The initiative, which would have held school administrators more accountable for handling bullying incidents and preventing harassment, fell one vote short of passing in the state Senate on Tuesday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
May 22 2012 6:57 PM ET
Surprised? Antigay Pastor Was a Homophobe In 1978, Too
Decades before antigay pastor Charles Worley said lesbians and "queers and the homosexuals" should be rounded up, placed in camps surrounded by electric fences and left to die "so the won't reproduce," the pastor described other violently homophobic acts against gay people during a sermon.
May 22 2012 4:07 PM ET
How Are You Celebrating Harvey Milk Day?
Eighty-two years ago today, a legend of gay rights and politics was born. Harvey Milk became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. His short time in office during the 1970s was groundbreaking, and inspiring to his peers and the many people who came after him. All across California and around the world, people celebrate the life of the late gay political icon.
May 21 2012 10:06 PM ET
Law Protecting Trans Employees Went Into Effect Monday
May 21 2012 6:35 PM ET
N.C. Pastor Calls for Concentration Camps for 'Queers'
Pastor Charles Worley of Maiden, N.C.'s Providence Road Baptist Church recently told his congregation that lesbians and "queers" should be rounded up, placed in camps with electrified fencing, and left to die.
May 19 2012 3:47 PM ET
Former Priest Convicted to Trying To Hire Hit Man To Kill Boy Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault
John Fiala, a former Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy at gunpoint, has been convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill the boy, reports Dallas News.
May 18 2012 10:02 PM ET
D.C. Marine Murder a Hate Crime, Prosecutor Claims
May 18 2012 3:29 PM ET
Male Student Suspended for Wearing a Skirt
Boys cannot wear skirts, according to one Maryland high school that reportedly suspended a student for doing just that. NBC4 News in Washington, D.C. reports that Calvert High School punished Warren Evans, who is bisexual, after he showed up wearing high heels, a mini skirt and a long black wig. "I feel annoyed that they would go out of their way to make it a problem," Evans told the station, "just for me wearing a skirt."
