Gov. Jerry Brown and San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders are a part of a larger network of local and state officials who are urging the federal government to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, the San Diego Union Tribune reports. The legislation passed the Senate committee and now awaits voting by the full Senate. If…
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it would abide by a 2010 decision that would allow transgendered people to deduct medical expenses associated with gender reassignment surgery. Originally, the IRS had chalked up sex-change surgery as purely cosmetic, reported TIME. But after an acquiescence was filed earlier this month, the government agency notified the…
Barbara Grier, a major contributor to gay literature, died Thursday in her Tallahassee, Fla. home due to lung cancer at the age of 78. Known for her non-fiction chronicle about lesbian nuns that later garnered complaints from the Roman Catholic church, Grier was a revered author and gay activists, later becoming the founder of Naiad…
In an ideal world the repeal of DADT would have been enough to right the societal wrongs that had forced gays and lesbians in the military to live clandestine lives, lying about their sexuality for fear of being drummed out of the service if their true feelings were ever revealed; but that wasn’t the case…
After Brett Ratner, director of Tower Heist, uttered an offensive gay word during a press conference, he resigned from his post of producing next year’s Academy Awards. Within days of his resignation, a “furious” Eddie Murphy also resigned from hosting the show on the basis of an “[overreaction] to that ‘rehearsals are for fags’ comment,”…
David Testo, professional American soccer athlete and former MLS player, is gay and regrets not telling the public sooner. “I’m gay, I’m gay. I did not choose. It’s just part of who I am. And it has nothing to do with the talent of a soccer player. You can be both an excellent soccer player…
Joel Trambley M.D., a political columnist for San Diego LGBT Weekly, and Dr. Pat Washington are two members of the LGBT community who were appointed Tuesday as new members of the city’s Human Relations Commission. They join four others as immediate members who were approved in an 8-0 vote by the San Diego City Council…
SAN ANTONIO – A University of Texas San Antonio student, badly assaulted by two men over the Halloween weekend, has claimed that it was solely because she was gay and wants police to treat the assault as a hate crime. KENS 5, San Antonio reported that Kristen Cooper was waiting for a ride home after…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police have cancelled an annual gay rights festival, after Muslims called for it to be banned. The Seksualiti Merdeka (Sexuality Freedom) festival has been held in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, since 2008, but has suffered increasing criticism by politicians and religious leaders as it gains awareness. A senior police official…
After Kurt Hummel, played by Chris Colfer, found love last season with Blaine Anderson, in the hit show Glee, the course of true love is not set to run smooth in season three. TVLine has exclusively revealed that Glee has tapped up-and-coming theater actor Grant Gustin to play the recurring role of Sebastian, a gay…
