As of Jan. 6, County Clerks across Florida have a legal obligation to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples – or risk expensive litigation, including liability for damages and attorney fees. In refusing to extend a stay that expires on Jan 5th, the US Supreme Court smacked down the last ditch effort by Attorney General…
Yang Teng, 30, won a historic court ruling this week when The Haidian District Court in China ruled that the six electroshock therapy treatments given Teng to cure him of his homosexuality were ruled illegal. The court has ordered the Xinyu Piaxiang clinic, which claimed it could “cure” Teng of his homosexuality and where he…
Sir Elton John has today tied the knot with his civil partner David Furnish, reports Pink News. The veteran singer entered into a civil partnership with Furnish in 2005, and the pair are fathers to sons Zachary and Elijah. After regulations came in last week governing the conversion of civil partnerships to marriages, the pair made…
http://youtu.be/NccyqI4L2EE Coming to TLC this January is a show that follows married Utah Mormon men who are attracted to the same sex despite being married to women. “My Husband’s Not Gay,” will follow couples Jeff and Tanya, Pret and Megan, Curtis and Tera, and a 35-year-old bachelor named Tom, according to The Wrap. Quotes from…
Today, the United States Supreme Court denied the State of Florida’s motion for a stay of an August federal court ruling that overturned the state’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. The order means the stay expires at the end of the day Jan. 5. Same-sex couples will be free to marry in Florida once…
Ansel Elgort, the “Fault In Our Stars” heartthrob, 20, has cleared up persistent rumors about his private life through Twitter. He also added: OK, so now we know…!
A pastor belonging to the anti-gay Praise Cathedral Church of God in Indiana has been arrested for sexually harassing a man at a lake, reports Pink News. According to the victim, Pastor Gaylard Williams approached him while he sat in his car, squeezed his genitals and asked him for oral sex. He said he only…
LOS ANGELES — LGBT Americans face greater social and economic disparities in the South, Midwest, and Mountain states, according to a new Williams Institute report sponsored by Credit Suisse, a longtime partner of the Williams Institute. The report reviews social climate, demographic, economic and health indicators, and highlights disparities between the 21 states that currently…
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder announced yesterday that the Department of Justice will no longer assert that “Title VII’s prohibition against discrimination based on sex does not encompass gender identity per se (including transgender discrimination).” Holder wrote that the “best reading of Title VII’s prohibition of sex discrimination is that it encompasses discrimination based…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Hologram USA has announced its partnership with the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts to produce a full scale, long running hologram show featuring Liberace. While most recent hologram projects have been short one time appearances, this will be the first to use Hologram USA’s patented technology to present…
