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Jeremy Kinser | Yesterday 19:21
Anderson Cooper won $50,000 for the Trevor Project, the LGBT teen suicide prevention organization, when he competed on Jeopardy Friday night. The CNN anchor matched his knowledge against against New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and NBC White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell during the game show's Power Players week. Watch Cooper compete on Jeopardy and discussing winning below.
Jeremy Kinser | Yesterday 16:12
Dara McDowell, a candidate for mayor of Covington, Kentucky and an ex-gay mother of eight, whose platform including fighting the "homosexual agenda," has dropped out of the race May 15, reports website Back2Stonewall.
Jeremy Kinser | Yesterday 14:09
To celebrate President Obama's support of marriage equality, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel posed the question "have you ever had a gay experience" to pedestrians outside his Hollywood studio. Watch answers to the question below.
Jeremy Kinser | Yesterday 13:47
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.
Jeremy Kinser | Yesterday 12:28
Jake Shears, the out frontman for the dance quintet Scissor Sisters, says his band is indebted to the music of Donna Summer, which he says was the soundtrack of the gay liberation movement, during an interview with Britain's Channel 4 news. "We owe a ton to Donna Summer, as do so many others," Shears says of the late recording artist whose hits such as "Hot Stuff" and "I Feel Love" helped define the era following the Stonewall riots.
Casper Andreas | Yesterday 11:06
The director of the new movie Going Down in LA-LA Land, which premiered this weekend in Hollywood, talks about the difficulty of casting a leading man in a gay role.
Jeremy Kinser | Yesterday 9:40
Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man has released a video in which he tries to distance himself from virulently antigay lyrics that appeared in some of his earlier songs, saying his opinion of LGBT has evolved.
Melanie Nathan | Yesterday 9:28
What was taken from the home of lesbian artist Zanele Muholi was taken from all of us, says activist Melanie Nathan.
Neal Broverman | 5/18 17:56
Jami Smith | 5/18 17:07
Gaysayer reads LGBT-related tweets, picks the most hilarious, and then sends them your way.
Neal Broverman | 5/18 16:30
Neal Broverman | 5/18 16:02
An assistant principal refused to allow students to wear anything with a rainbow on it, saying the image implied sex.
Cecilia Chung | 5/18 15:47
A board member of Just Detention International explains why the long-awaited new rules will save lives.
Jeremy Kinser | 5/18 14:35
The top 10 entertainment highlights on our gaydar this week: Dustin Lance Black tells a personal story, Joan Crawford is back in the saddle, Beth Ditto makes some noise, and more.
Lucas Grindley | 5/18 13:29
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."
Lucas Grindley | 5/18 12:50
An honest moment from a TV news show is being shared online, spiking traffic to LGBT websites, and activists say it could be the game changer needed to bring marriage equality to Australia. Finance Minister Penny Wong, a lesbian who is known for her direct answers, appeared alongside treasurer Joe Hockey on Q&A. An audience member asked Hockey why he opposes same-sex marriage. He said it's because he's a parent and wants the "very best" for them.
Jeremy Kinser | 5/18 12:21
Carly Rae Jepsen, whose video for her infectious single "Call Me Maybe" ends with the singer losing the boy of her dreams to another guy, says she's always been at ease with gay people, during an interview with Time magazine.
Tim Lee | 5/18 12:10
Lucas Grindley | 5/18 12:01
A lesbian who was supposed to get one of the Kalamazoo YWCA's annual "Women of Achievement" awards got slighted Thursday, and now LGBT rights leaders want to know what happened.
Lucas Grindley | 5/18 11:18
It's not yet legal to get married in Maryland, but an appeals court ruled today that same-sex couples can already get divorced. Maryland's Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that any Marylander legally wed in another state can get divorced in their home state. The case centers on Jessica Port and Virginia Cowan, who were married in California in 2008 during the brief period when it was legal. Two years later they sought a divorce in their home state of Maryland and were denied. |
