JOLIET, Ill (CNN) – A Joliet area priest removed from ministry over a sexual abuse allegation has been reinstated. Reverend F. Lee Ryan allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy in the 1970s. The now-52-year-old accuser said he and Ryan had a relationship for more than a year. The man confided in Ryan that…
ANKARA, Turkey – Last month, in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır a gay teenager was allegedly killed by his father and uncle because the boy was gay. According to local members of the LGBT community the powerful tribal family later sought to cover up the whole affair. The Hürriyet Daily News reported that, “R.A.,…
CNN presenter Anderson Cooper has made his first public comments about being gay since he came out last July. Speaking Monday on his new daytime show Anderson Live, he told his guest co-host Kristen Chenowith, “Everybody in my life … since I’ve been an adult and since I was a kid, I mean, I came…
Suburban Detroit lesbian moms, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse,announced their challenge in federal court to Michigan’s constitutional ban of same-sex marriage, according to the Detroit Metropolitan News, with their three children present at a news conference. The move comes as what the couple have come to see as a necessary step in their struggle to…
Dear Stampp Corbin, Thank you for taking the time to explore and address the topic of the Republican Party within the social milieu of the LGBT community; although I do not agree with your rhetorical assessment that the party itself despises, or humiliates LGBT Republicans. The party I belong to was founded on principles. On…
BY L. KOVE The Waite family has been together for 11 years. They live in Germany where they married. Thomas is an American veteran and Marko is German. DOMA prevents them from being seen as a family by the American government. Germany views them as a family. Both were working at the Department of Defense’s…
The Old Globe will team with the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego (JAHSSD) to present Allegiance: A San Diego Perspective, a museum exhibition about the Japanese American internment during World War II and how it affected San Diego County and its citizens. The exhibition, presented in conjunction with the world premiere of Allegiance…
The inaugural Giro di San Diego Gran Fondo, a two-day bike festival, will take place in Solana Beach Sept. 15 and 16. The festival, organized by GranFondo Cycling Tours aims to “bring the heart and passion of Italian cycling to San Diego.” Events will be available for all levels of riders, recreational to professional, with…
Hello everyone, I hope you have recovered from all of San Diego’s summertime soirees such as San Diego Pride or one of the big pool parties for a cause. This town has been busier than my hometown beauty salon on a half-price senior wash-and-set Wednesday! When Pride was over I had to spend the next…
In 1942, their countrymen betrayed those who pledged it. Can a musical tell their story and prevent that from happening again? An interview begins with the interviewer mispronouncing a genuine Hollywood legend’s name. “It’s Tuh-kay,” said George Takei, most famous for his role as Lt. Sulu in the original, groundbreaking NBC television series, Star Trek,…
