(CNN) — A Mississippi man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal hate crime charge in connection with a group of young men and teenagers that carried out racial attacks against African-Americans in 2011. Joseph Dominick, 21, from Brandon, entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Mississippi, to one count of conspiracy to…
CNN — Charlie Sheen has mostly stayed away from controversy recently, but he managed to get one last doozy in for 2012. The Los Angeles Times reports that the “Anger Management” star has apologized for a homophobic slur he recently made. According to the publication Sheen was emceeing the opening of a bar at a…
Mexico has become the first country in North America to lift the ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, according to the Medical Daily. Instead, the new regulations will ask prospective donors to recount their sexual history rather than their sexual orientation. Men who have sex with men (MSM) will be eligible to…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Calls of concern and support over President Obama’s possible pick to be the next secretary of defense are piling up as former colleagues and special interest organizations take aim at and defend the independent-thinking former senator. Chuck Hagel is believed to be the president‘s preferred candidate to run the Pentagon, but an…
(CNN) – A Cameroon appeals court upheld a sentence against a man convicted of homosexuality for texting his male friend to say, “I’m very much in love with you.” Roger Mbede, a university student, was arrested in March last year after the man who received the message tipped off authorities, Human Rights Watch said. A…
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (CNN) – A group of fans who support Russian soccer giant Zenit St Petersburg has unveiled a manifesto urging the club not to sign black or gay players. The Landscrona group posted the “Selection 12 manifesto” on its website Monday, prompting the club to issue its own statement to CNN emphasizing its…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The White House said President Barack Obama supports reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons — a position he took in the 2008 campaign but failed to press during his first term. “It does remain a commitment of his,” presidential spokesman Jay Carney told reporters as the nation reeled from a…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sustained a concussion after becoming dehydrated and fainting, a State Department official said. Clinton had been suffering from a stomach virus at the time, according to a statement on Saturday from Philippe Reines, deputy assistant secretary of state. She is being monitored by doctors and is…
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement highlighting the U.S. Department of Labor’s ongoing efforts in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. “On World AIDS Day, we reflect on friends and family members we have lost since the emergence of this pandemic more than 30 years ago. And while an encouraging United…
(CNN) — The conversion therapy center being sued by gay men who paid the counselors to make them straight vowed it would continue to “assist those with unwanted same-sex attractions.” “The lawsuit is without merit, and is designed to create a chilling effect upon speech and programs that assist people in overcoming unwanted same-sex attractions,”…
