CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Some 80,000 petitions have been delivered to the Union-Scioto School District calling for a change in bullying policy after last month’s brutal beating of a teen. The 15-year-old teenager was severely beaten in his high school class room for being gay. The attack occurred at Union-Scioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, and…
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…
The Clean Syringe Exchange Program received its 1.5 millionth dirty needle in 2011, having broken the one million mark in 2010. The program started in 2002 as an attempt to stem increases in infections from HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. Two discreet mobile units in downtown San Diego and North Park allow drug addicts twice a…
The San Diego LGBT Community Center is participating in Our Greater San Diego Vision, an effort being billed as an “unprecedented” plan for the future of the greater San Diego region. Center officials are asking for input from the community. “We’d like you to participate as well,” read a statement in The Center’s weekly e-newsletter….
obituary Retired school teacher and health care worker Diane Marie Cavanaugh of San Diego was born in Oklahoma City. She was the daughter of Albert and Dena Peschl, and had one brother, Jimmie Peschl. Cavanaugh graduated from the University of Oklahoma. Shortly thereafter, she met her future husband, Charles Cavanaugh in 1953. Their first son,…
