Kristy McNichol, 49, announced Friday she is a lesbian, and has decided to come out on the merits of helping children and youth who are struggling with bullying on account of their sexuality. McNichol is well-known for her Emmy Award-winning role on the 70s Show Family as Buddy Lawrence. She also starred in Empty Nest…
Not one but two gay women are competing to win the Miss California USA beauty pageant. Beauty queens Mollie Thomas, 19, and Jenelle Hutcherson, 26, are two openly gay candidates who are hoping to score this year’s title of Miss California USA. Hutcherson says she was invited by the Miss California pageant committee to compete…
Brandi Glanville, made famous for her role on the hit reality show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has denied that she and freshly-divorced Demi Moore had a lesbian affair. The reports of the rumored relationship made headlines after The National Enquirer alleged the two women had a fling in March 2009 at Moore and…
A new experimental vaccine shows promise in helping to protect some mammals against contracting the HIV virus, an auto-immune deficiency disease that often leads to AIDS. Scientists have used the vaccine on monkeys with a level of success, and hope to eventually develop the vaccine for human use, ABC News is reporting. The study published…
An Israeli man and his partner are celebrating the birth of their child after he delivered at Sheba Medical Center Thursday evening. Yuval Topper, 24, a transgender man, reportedly stunned medical personnel when he walked into the facility appearing in every way a man, ready to give birth, Israeli newspaper Y Net is reporting. Topper…
Former Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero calls the legalization of gay marriage his proudest achievement since his eight years of service in office. “If I consider the degree of recognition and gratitude I have received, then I think [it would be] the gay marriage law,” Zapatero said according to Spanish newspaper Diario de…
A gay-inspired nativity scene at a Claremont church outside of Los Angeles was vandalized by criminals over the weekend. Authorities are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Claremont United Methodist Church has displayed unusual nativity scenes thereby known to create controversial presentations, and this year, the nativity scene featured a Christmas gathering along with…
Miss Independent pop singer Kelly Clarkson announced Thursday that she endorses republican hopeful Ron Paul for president, despite the recent press Paul has garnered for anti-gay and racist comments arising from newsletters published in his name between 1980 and 1990. “I love Ron Paul,” Clarkson posted. “I liked him a lot during the last republican…
The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) says that breast implants are a life and death matter for transgender people who need the operation to function in their new identity. In their study, the group found that transgender people who are denied the operation are more likely to commit suicide than…
A transgender woman and her girlfriend is shown beating down a subway rider for shouting out “that’s a man” as the two friends were headed into the train. Huffington Post is reporting the video has made its rounds throughout LGBT circles after the disparaging remarks went viral on YouTube. The video’s author writes: “Morning after…
