I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences at the loss of your son this week. I cannot imagine the pain the tragedy has created in your family, as well as with your friends and flock. Suicide is a painful situation for any family that experiences it: whether it is created by mental illness, drug…
ACCRINGTON, England – A transgender primary school teacher – who was subject of a ‘shock’ story about her transition in British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail – has been found dead. Some commentators are claiming the death was a suicide, although this has not yet been verified. Gay Star News reported that the death of…
Out by Laura Preble Kindle edition, 1st edition, 266 pages In a society where “perpendiculars,” opposite-sex couples, are forbidden, persecuted, freakish…Chris Bryant, a preacher’s son, finds himself in love…with a girl. Chris has always been faithful to his Anglicant religion – even though he’s never felt like everyone else, never felt…parallel. And then it happens:…
LA GRANDE, Ore. (CNN/KPTV) — A La Grande teenager passed away at OHSU Sunday afternoon, after he was taken off life support earlier in the week. The family of Jadin Bell, 15, spent the last two weeks in the hospital after hanging himself because he was bullied for being gay. Bell was on life support…
People complained that free blacks were given short shrift in Lincoln; that the Canadians had more involvement in the escape from Iran that was depicted in Argo; that Alfred wasn’t as cartoonish as he was shown in Hitchcock and torture was over-emphasized in Zero Dark Thirty. But so far, there hasn’t been too much buzz…
The evening I’m writing this column is an evening after a day spent fishing at Lake Cuyamaca. I haven’t been fishing in more than three years. The last time I went fishing was March 2009, which was the month before I went to Greeley, Colo. to cover the Angie Zapata hate crime murder trial. Before…
(CNN) – A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction on California’s ban on “conversion” therapy — a method some say can help turn a gay person straight. The first of its kind in the United States, the state ban was intended to prevent young people under 18 from undergoing the controversial treatment. It would…
Equality California and its Board of Directors announced today that John O’Connor, a seasoned nonprofit executive with deep ties in the LGBT community, will serve as the new executive director of Equality California and Equality California Institute. O’Connor will begin his tenure Dec. 3. “I am honored to lead Equality California forward as the statewide…
The Department of Defense (DOD) announced Oct. 3 that three soldiers were killed supporting “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan. The three soldiers were identified as Sgt. Thomas J. Butler IV, 25, of Wilmington, N.C.; Sgt. Jeremy F. Hardison, 23, of Maysville, N.C. and Sgt. Donna R. Johnson, 29, of Raeford, N.C. The announcement stated, “They died Oct.1,…
(CNN) – The family of a Rutgers University freshman who committed suicide after his roommate secretly used a webcam to stream his sexual encounter has decided not to sue the university or the man who set up the camera. Joseph and Jane Clementi had filed court documents reserving the right to sue after their son…
