LGBT

Stories 341 - 360 | << Prev   Next >>

Gay Anti-Suicide Activist Kills Himself

Just one month after making an 'It Gets Better' video

(Newser) - A 19-year-old gay filmmaker committed suicide this week, just a month after making an "It Gets Better" video, the Huffington Post reports. In that video, Eric James Borges, who went by EricJames, told a tale of brutal homophobia. He said he'd dropped out of high school after peers...

Macy's Worker Bars Transgender Shopper From Changing Room

Says she was fired over incident

(Newser) - An employee at a Texas Macy's says she was let go after she told a transgender shopper she couldn't use the women's changing area. Natalie Johnson noticed a teen she thought was male shopping for women's clothing. When the customer headed to the women's dressing...

Lady Gaga: I Am Part of LGBT Community ('Advocate' Interview)
 Gaga: I Am 
 Part of LGBT 
 Community
'advocate' interview
Jul 6, 2011 9:11 AM CDT

Gaga: I Am Part of LGBT Community

Which part? The 'B' part

(Newser) - Lady Gaga hit back at claims that her love for the LGBT community is superficial—and then went even further, affirming that she considers herself a member of that community, in a new Advocate cover story. Which letter in the acronym does she associate with? "The b letter,"...

Starbucks Reels After Anti-Gay Incident

But the company is responding well, notes Gawker

(Newser) - Starbucks is in hot water after a customer witnessed what she calls “one of the most brazen and unapologetic displays of homophobia I have ever witnessed in my entire life” at one of its Long Island locations. Missy Alison wrote an open letter to the company, which her wife...

Catholic School Bans Rainbows at Anti-Homophobia Event
 Catholic School Bans Rainbows 
Jun 8, 2011 7:00 AM CDT

Catholic School Bans Rainbows

...at an anti-homophobia event

(Newser) - One Canadian Catholic school went a step further than banning the word gay : It banned rainbows at a recent anti-homophobia event. “We brought signs and posters with rainbows, and we were told that we can’t put them up,” the founder of St. Joseph Catholic Secondary School’s...

Why Is 'Homosexual Conduct' Still Illegal in Texas?
Why Is 'Homosexual Conduct' Still Illegal in Texas?
in case you missed it
Apr 17, 2011 10:22 AM CDT

Why Is 'Homosexual Conduct' Still Illegal in Texas?

Despite Supreme Court ruling, anti-sodomy law remains on books

(Newser) - According to the Texas state penal code, "homosexual conduct" is still a criminal offense—even though the Supreme Court deemed the state's anti-sodomy law unconstitutional eight years ago. Though the state stopped enforcing the law after the Supreme Court's decision, it's still on the books—and...

Transgender New Yorkers Sue to Alter Birth Certificates

Birth-record rule needs to change, plaintiffs say

(Newser) - Three transgender New Yorkers are suing the city in a bid to change what they call an outdated and discriminatory policy on changing birth certificates. The city requires people to undergo genital surgery and a psychiatric evaluation before the gender on birth certificates can be changed. The plaintiffs say that...

Target Lashes Lady Gaga in Gay Rights Flap

We have changed our ways, company insists

(Newser) - Target is blasting back at Lady Gaga who dumped a business deal with the discount retailer because she says the corporation didn't live up to promises to support the gay and lesbian community. "Target remains committed to the LGBT community as demonstrated by our contributions to LGBT organizations, our...

San Francisco Opens Country's First Gay Museum

Only other one like it in the world is in Germany

(Newser) - What holds sex toys, manuscripts, and Harvey Milk’s pink sunglasses? America’s first gay museum, opening today in San Francisco. The GLBT History Museum is only the second of its kind in the world; the other is in Germany, reports the Chronicle . The city should have had such a...

Harvard: Urine-Soaked Gay Books Not a Hate Crime

Just an accident resulting from ... pee on a shelf?

(Newser) - Those 36 books on LGBT topics that were damaged with urine at one of Harvard’s libraries? Not a hate crime … just an accident, university police have determined. A member of Harvard’s library personnel accidentally spilled a bottle of urine that was found on a shelf, the Harvard ...

Ricky Martin: LGBT Entertainer of the Year
 Ricky Martin: LGBT 
 Entertainer of the Year 
out 100 list
Nov 12, 2010 1:31 PM CST

Ricky Martin: LGBT Entertainer of the Year

Rachel Maddow, Chely Wright also honored

(Newser) - The Out 100 list is here, celebrating Ricky Martin—who came out in March —as entertainer of the year. More from the list:
  • Johnny Weir: The glamorous Olympic figure skater is named diva of the year.
  • Rachel Maddow: The newsmaker of the year says the tragedy of AIDS in
...

Gay Community Seething at Gold's Gym Politics

Owner's donation prompts four San Francisco sites to sever ties

(Newser) - Four gyms in the San Francisco area plan to sever ties with the Gold's Gym franchise because of the owner's hefty political contribution to a conservative group perceived as anti-gay, reports the Huffington Post . The move comes amid growing fallout in the gay community over Robert Rowling's donation of $2...

Our Foster Care System Bullies Gay Kids

Many are moved around, harassed, or even experience violence

(Newser) - Kenneth Jones should have been an easy foster kid to place: Decent grades, no criminal record, and he even liked doing chores. Just one problem: He’s gay. Mother Jones relays Kenneth’s story in a long piece exploring the problems the foster care system has: According to one study,...

Why People Are Wearing Purple Today

Oct. 20 is LGBT Spirit Day

(Newser) - People around the country are wearing purple today to show their support for the eight teenagers who recently took their lives due to gay bullying. LGBT Spirit Day was started by a Canadian teenager who wanted to show gay teens that the world wasn't against them. A message on the...

Clinton Assures Gay Teens: 'It Will Get Better'

Tomorrow will be better, she assures LGBT youth

(Newser) - Add Hillary Clinton to the list of boldface names making videos aimed at gay teens in the wake of several bullying-related suicides. “I have a message for all the young people out there who are being bullied, or who feel alone and find it hard to imagine a better...

Ken Buck: Being Gay Is 'Like Alcoholism'

What will he say next?

(Newser) - GOP Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck has already made headlines by calling birthers "dumbasses" and asking for votes based on the fact he doesn't "wear high heels ." Now, the Tea Party favorite has compared homosexuality to ... alcoholism. Asked if being gay is "'a choice," Buck...

Pentagon to Comply With DADT Ruling

But don't 'come out' just yet, observers say

(Newser) - Gay service members are—for now—free to come out of the closet, though advocacy groups don't recommend doing so just yet. The Obama administration has asked to delay the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell," but the Pentagon says it will comply immediately with the court's order...

Gates: Don't End DADT Abruptly

This is a job for Congress, not the courts, he says

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says an abrupt end to 'Dont' Ask, Don't Tell' could have "enormous consequences" for American troops. He didn't answer directly when asked by the Washington Post whether the government should appeal a worldwide injunction stopping enforcement of the policy, but said that the Pentagon should...

Saxby Chambliss Fires Staffer for Anti-Gay Post

Senator apologizes for comment posted from his office

(Newser) - Sen. Saxby Chambliss issued a formal apology yesterday for the anti-gay comments posted to a website by a member of his staff ... who savvily did so while at work in the senator's office. "I am sorry for the hurt this incident has caused," Chambliss said in a written...

Michelin-Starred Spot Sued for Serving Up Homophobia

Tight uniforms 'showed off my figure,' complains London waiter

(Newser) - Dim Sum isn't the only thing on the menu at Yauatcha, a Michelin-starred restaurant in London. Managers and customers also serve up homophobic remarks and sexual harassment, a gay ex-waiter is charging. Vincent Ma, 31, is beginning legal proceedings against the Soho hot spot. He says he was constantly subjected...

Stories 341 - 360 | << Prev   Next >>
Most Read on Newser