Last week, I was getting coffee at Starbucks like I normally do, in and out, no problem. This particular day there was a line that was longer than usual; I came out to my car, just as a parking ticket was being placed on my windshield because I didn’t put a quarter in the parking…
A transgender woman suspected of practicing cosmetic surgery without a license is facing criminal charges after she injected a patient with doses of unsafe substances including a concoction of tire mender sold under the brand Fix-A-Flat, Super Glue, and mineral oil and other toxic substances. The patient was admitted to the hospital with severe illnesses….
Lady Gaga will be presented with this year’s Trevor Hero Award at the annual Trevor Live event on Dec. 4, reports MTV News. The gala is hosted and sponsored by the Trevor Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention for LGBT youth. The Trevor Project will also recognize Google Inc. with the Trevor 2020…
Brandon McInerney, an Oxnard teen who shot gay classmate Larry King after he said the boy was flirting with him, has accepted a plea deal and will spend the next 21 years in prison. “Larry had a complicated life, but he did not deserve to be murdered,” Greg King, father to Larry, told the Los…
The Parents Television Council (PTC) says Fox’s hit show ‘Glee’ crossed the line by airing the episode “The First Time” which depicts two young couples having sex for the first time. The organization says it has nothing to do with the fact that one couple is gay, rather, it’s the age of the characters that…
Army Capt. Stephen Hill says he did not intend to reveal his sexuality after asking GOP presidential candidates if the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy would ever make a comeback should the candidates become victorious in their win. Hill instead explains in an interview with the Associated Press that his debate question was…
Over the last month, animal activists have mounted concern over the separation of Buddy and Pedro, two male partner penguins at the Toronto Zoo who have been estranged for breeding. The two ‘love birds’ have had quite a past; Buddy, 21, used to have a female partner for “quite a few years” before meeting Pedro,…
A new website dubbed Marriage for a Reason was launched Monday by the Catholic church, premiering first at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) fall symposium. The site is aimed to educate Catholics and non-Catholics about the “essentials” of marriage. The frequently asked question, “Why can’t marriage be “redefined” to include two men…
QUITO, Ecuador – Fundacion Causana, an influential Ecuadorian LGBT human-rights organization and a coalition of other LGBT groups are calling on Ecuador’s minister of health to immediately close 200 so-called “ex- gay clinics” that still remain open. The organization also wants the government to investigate reported accounts of torture and abuse. Sources claim that Ecuador…
I have memories from my childhood of my mother and father getting up at the crack of dawn Thanksgiving Day to make sure the turkey got in the oven on time. Marinated with butter and herbs, it seemed to cook for hours and hours – filling the house with that classic Thanksgiving smell. Looking back,…
