Members and allies of the transgender community held a vigil in Trafalgar Square, London Saturday afternoon, in memory of Leelah Alcorn, the transgender teen who took her own life last week, reports Pink News. In her heartbreaking suicide note Leelah Alcorn noted a life of pain and rejection, including by her Christian parents who refused to…
When Josh Alcorn voiced a desire to live as a girl, the Ohio teenager’s parents said they wouldn’t stand for that. “We don’t support that, religiously,” Alcorn’s mother told CNN on Wednesday, her voice breaking. “But we told him that we loved him unconditionally. We loved him no matter what. I loved my son. People…
A New York mother is causing a stir after her response to her young son’s classmate’s birthday party invitation was sent to a radio station after the two dads to a seven-year-old girl were sent a brutally homophobic R.S.V.P from the boy’s dad. The New York-based couple then decided to invite their local radio station…
BROOKLYN, NY — LGBTQ organization, Everyone is Gay has released The Gayest Compilation Ever Made: Volume II. The album features artists like Ingrid Michaelson and Greg Laswell (performing “Everybody Loves”), Greg Holden(“Boys in the Street”), Justin Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack (“Everything That Hurts”), Jenny Owen Youngs, Mal Blum, Allison Weiss, and more. Everyone is…
http://youtu.be/UA3nZwdCfYI Urging families to protect themselves from sexual indoctrination, Randy Thomasson of SaveCalifornia.org is encouraging families to keep their children home from school on and around Harvey Milk Day – May 22 – when schools beef up their educational materials to talk about the accomplishments of the slain gay rights activist and politician. The day of special…
Jeanne Manford, the founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and an all-around pioneering straight ally in the LGBT rights movement, has died at the age of 92. Manford died at her home in Daly City, Calif. after a series of health problems. Manford became active in LGBT rights when in…
