Democratic leaders in New Jersey will seek to reintroduce same-sex marriage laws into state law after declaring it a civil rights issue and naming it a top priority for its new session Tuesday. The last attempt to pass gay marriage in the state resulted in a contentious loss in the Senate by a 14-20 vote….
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, activist, writer and Dancing With The Stars contestant Chaz Bono said he will aim for a functioning penis after considering options ranging from phalloplasty to metoidioplasty. The transgender star will pay his own way to gender reassignment surgery, he told the magazine. “I could get a phalloplasty, which…
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…
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…
A New Zealand tampon company is apologizing for an offensive television ad that depicts a transgender female competing with another woman in what the company alludes to natural differences between the two. Libra is removing the ads after equality groups say the commercials “ridicule” transgender women. The ad features a blonde woman and what appears…
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…
David Dean Smith, 51, held on bond at Kent County Jail for admitting he tried to infect over 3,000 people with the HIV virus. // Photo Credit: MSNBC A Michigan man is facing charges of intentionally trying to infect over 3,000 men and women with the HIV virus, MSNBC is reporting. The allegations against David…
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…
