(CNN) — A porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal “trusts the Canadian judicial system,” his attorney said after a hearing Thursday afternoon. Luka Rocco Magnotta, faces first-degree murder and other charges in the death and dismemberment of Jun Lin, a 33-year-old Concordia University student from China. The 29-year-old Magnotta…
Seattle, WA (KCPQ) — Seattle’s gay pride parade is Sunday, but there will be no rainbow-colored flag atop the Space Needle this year. Or at least that’s what Space Needle management was saying Wednesday. The Space Needle released this statement: “As we don`t raise any flag but the American flag on a regular basis, there…
MINNEAPOLIS (CNN) — Jim Smith is a former Roman Catholic priest who left his post with the church 10 years ago. He’s an ex-priest for several reasons, he says, but one of his main concerns was the church’s stance against same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues. But Smith remains a Catholic – though he says…
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — The Ugandan government said Wednesday it will ban at least 38 nongovernmental agencies it says are promoting gay rights and recruiting children into homosexuality. “We have investigated them thoroughly and we have found their sponsors,” said Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo. “We will ask them to step aside and stop pretending to…
Brooklyn, NY (WPIX) — He claims that he was bullied to the point of blindness. That’s what Kardin Ulysse, 14, said happened to him at his school, and because it wasn’t the first time that the eighth grader has been injured at Junior High School 78 in Bergen Beach, he, his family and their lawyer…
Farmington, UT (KSTU) — About a dozen gay and lesbian parents and supporters attempted to speak to the Davis School Board about the controversial decision to yank a children’s book about lesbian mothers from bookshelves in the district. They were not put on Tuesday’s agenda and therefore, not allowed to speak, but stayed to make…
The Voice of San Diego reported Wednesday that San Diego School District teachers, as a part of their union bargaining agreement, have reached a tentative deal that will save 1,372 teacher jobs despite a shortened school year and scheduled raises. According to the news source, if a proposed statewide tax hike fails at the ballot…
Late night comedian Conan O’Brien apologized Tuesday after his so-called joke against transgender people turned decidedly sour. During the June 12 edition of the “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” show’s week in Chicago, O’Brien noted that one of the city’s nicknames is “the City of the Big Shoulders,” then quipped that that name “…was better…
Answering the submission of more than 200,000 signatures to qualify Referendum 74 and challenge the state’s bipartisan marriage law this November, Washington United for Marriage (WUM) launched an online and general fund raising push to demonstrate the wide and deep support for gay and lesbian Washingtonians to marry the person they love. Taken together, WUM…
Saturday, June 30, 6 pm, Pachanga de Frida – Only 60 Tickets Left! Each year we celebrate the birthday of Frida Kahlo, commemorating the legendary life of one of the most influential Mexican painters of the mid-twentieth century while enjoying a live salsa band, traditional Mexican dance performance, multiple art exhibits by local Latin@ artists…
