Rosedale, NY (WPIX) — Despite winning his school’s speech writing competition, a Queens fifth grader was told by the principal that he won’t be allowed to perform it for his classmates because of the topic — same sex marriage. “I was a little bummed out because I thought my speech, my original speech was really…
(CNN) — A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal left Germany on Monday and was headed back to Canada, government officials said. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, was aboard a Canadian military plane in police custody, Rob Nicholson, Canada’s minister of justice, and Vic Toews, minister of public safety,…
Mitt Romney has some explaining to do following a report from the Boston Globe that reveals the former Massachusetts governor failed to publish anti-bullying materials on the merit that they contained the words ‘bisexual’ and ‘transgender’. At the time of distribution, then-Governor Romney said he had delayed the publication’s release due to the need for…
SAN DIEGO – My Sister’s Closet, the nation’s largest designer consignment resale store, hosts “Giving Back is the New Black” – a charitable afternoon of fun and fashion taking place at My Sister’s Closet’s flagship San Diego location (8610 Genesee Avenue) on Saturday, June 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. The highlight of the afternoon…
The French Ministry of Health will no longer forbid the acceptance of blood and plasma donations from gay men, who have been thought to be higher risks for infecting the blood supply with the HIV virus. According to the English-language French newspaper, The Connexion, France will issue a similar policy to that of England, Wales…
An ‘old school’ Italian father and his son have reason to celebrate following a surprise ‘Born This Way’ tattoo that was permanently etched on the father’s wrist in support of his son’s coming out. The two, whose names have not been identified, describe the story on their YouTube channel: So: my brother came out that…
A transgender man and his partner are headed to the alter after he proposed marriage to his partner at the LGBT Pride reception held at the White House Friday. Scout – whose legal name stands as the one word – had planned to propose to his wife-to-be Liz Margolies at the White House despite his…
Wednesday night, Jan. 24, 2007 at approximately 7:50 p.m., while most residents of the quiet hamlet of Dallas Township in northeast Pennsylvania were settling down for another wintry evening, Bryan Kocis was having his neck slit open in the privacy of his own home. The perpetrator would go on to stab Bryan’s body 28 times…
Everyone has heard the real estate terms, short sale and foreclosure. Often people confuse the two types of transactions, even though they are very different. Whatever your understanding is of short sales and foreclosures, it is important to know the following basic concepts for both of them. Short sale A short sale is a transaction…
Last month, JCPenney was the focus of homophobic outrage and calls for a boycott after it featured a lesbian couple in its Mother’s Day catalog. Also when JCPenney brought on Ellen DeGeneres earlier this year as a spokesperson, the so-called One Million Moms (OMM) — a group of the homophobic American Family Association — condemned…
