NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Many of the U.S.’s most gay-friendly neighborhoods are in some of the country’s most expensive real estate markets. But there are also plenty of more affordable options for same-sex couples, according to real estate website Trulia. Trulia identified zip codes with the heaviest concentrations of gay men and women by examining…
(CNN) — The former Rutgers University student convicted of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate was released from jail Tuesday after serving his sentence, a jail official said. Dharun Ravi, 20, was found guilty in May of invasion of privacy, witness tampering, hindering apprehension and bias intimidation. He left the Middlesex County Jail in…
When the White House called for a compelling video that spotlights everyday, unsung heroes in the LGBT community who are creating positive change in the lives of fellow Americans – the San Diego-based Military Acceptance Project answered. Their video, entitled Just Like You (http://www.whitehouse.gov/lgbtvideochallenge) was selected as one of only six semi-finalists in this historic…
(CNN) — It was a fond memory that spurred filmmaker Jonathan Lisecki to what may become one of his most successful projects to date. His film “Gayby” tells the tale of a woman and her gay best friend who decide to make a child, the old-fashioned way. “I had the idea because there was a…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Gay rights activist Kevin Cathcart remembers keenly the day President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. There sat Obama, who for years had frustrated many in the gay community by not supporting same-sex marriage, telling ABC’s Robin Roberts that conversations with his daughters and friends led him to change his…
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (CNN) — I wonder if black people would be still in the fields picking cotton today if the 13th Amendment — the one abolishing slavery — was placed on the ballot back in 1865. I wonder if Hillary Clinton would be at home baking cookies instead of serving as secretary of state…
(CNN) — On Father’s Day our daughter’s papa was at the beach. Not just any beach but that New York Mecca for wealthy, sun-tanned gay party boys called Fire Island. Luna, our daughter, was with her two mommies adoringly decorating a ceramic plate to celebrate their day. “I Love Papa and Daddy,” she painted on…
Rosedale, NY (WPIX) — Despite winning his school’s speech writing competition, a Queens fifth grader was told by the principal that he won’t be allowed to perform it for his classmates because of the topic — same sex marriage. “I was a little bummed out because I thought my speech, my original speech was really…
(CNN) — A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal left Germany on Monday and was headed back to Canada, government officials said. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, was aboard a Canadian military plane in police custody, Rob Nicholson, Canada’s minister of justice, and Vic Toews, minister of public safety,…
Mitt Romney has some explaining to do following a report from the Boston Globe that reveals the former Massachusetts governor failed to publish anti-bullying materials on the merit that they contained the words ‘bisexual’ and ‘transgender’. At the time of distribution, then-Governor Romney said he had delayed the publication’s release due to the need for…
