WHEATON, Illinois (CNN) — Combing through prayer requests in a Wheaton College chapel in 2010, then-junior Benjamin Matthews decided to do something “absurdly unsafe.” He posted a letter on a public forum bulletin board near students’ post office boxes. In the letter, he came out as gay and encouraged fellow gay Christian students – some…
(CNN) — As the justices of the Supreme Court now contemplate two same-sex marriage cases, and national polls show growing support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry, a debate has broken out over whether Republican presidential candidates in 2016 will embrace the idea. Karl Rove, the former White House political adviser in the George…
From Queerty.com comes a touching video from father of three Jack Montgomery, of Washington, D.C., who wrote an open letter to Justice Antonin Scalia and his fellow Supreme justices regarding Scalia’s speculation as to the potential “deleterious” effects of kids having same-sex parents. Montgomery and his husband Kelly Vielmo adopted three siblings from D.C.’s foster…
http://youtu.be/NdlPY0n2Kfo Kwame Harris, former offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders thought that revealing his homosexuality during his professional playing days would not have been “compatible” with his NFL career. “I love football. Football provided me with some experiences and some opportunities that I wouldn’t trade for anything else,” Harris told Coy…
(CNN) — Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who rose to GOP fame in recent months, apologized Friday for appearing to equate homosexuality with the criminal acts of pedophilia and bestiality. “I love gay people. I love straight people. So this was really, I think, on my behalf, somewhat insensitive and I certainly apologize if I offended anyone,…
DUBLIN — In what the Irish government is calling a work ‘in progress,’ transgendered nationals are still banned from changing their birth certificate to reflect their new identities while those from other nations are not reports the Irish Times. “The General Registrar Office in Ireland will accept a birth certificate amended by another state where…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia can now add musicals to the growing list of state-sponsored efforts to help curb the spread of homosexuality in this largely Muslim country. The Guardian is reporting that Asmara Songsang (Abnormal Desire), written and directed by Rahman Adam, 73, aims to teach younger members of the LGBT community about the evils of their…
NEW YORK — The New York City AIDS Memorial’s Board of Directors revealed new renderings of the final design for the memorial and formally launched their capital campaign at a press conference last Wednesday evening in Manhattan. The effort to build the memorial, which started in 2011 as a grass-roots advocacy campaign led by two…
BY DR. GRANT COLFAX, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy Successful implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (the Strategy) requires ongoing collaboration among Federal, state, and local governments and key non-governmental stakeholders. As part of our ongoing efforts to support Strategy implementation, ONAP is convening community discussions across the United States. Discussions are focusing…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Supreme Court is toiling over a decision on two landmark cases involving same-sex marriage. But many companies have already decided to support them. Last week, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz publicly told off an investor who complained that the coffee giant’s support of same-sex couples was hurting profits. “It’s a free…
