(Photo: Reverend Joseph McLoone) A Catholic priest has been accused of stealing nearly $100,000 from donations to his church to pay men on Grindr to have sex with him, reports Pink News. Reverend Joseph McLoone, who was the pastor at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was arrested on Wednesday, August 21, on felony…
(Photo: Maurice Willoughby, RIP) Maurice Willoughby, aka “Reese Him Daddie,” died shortly after he endured extensive bullying for dating a trans woman. In a statement on Wednesday, the Marsha P. Johnson Institute reported that Reese died by suicide shortly after his girlfriend left him, reports Heavy.com. The Institute’s statement reads, “Faith [his girlfriend] went…
(Photo: Gary Ray Bowles) A Florida serial killer who targeted older, gay men in a months-long killing rampage 25 years ago is set to be executed, reports the New York Post. Gary Ray Bowles, 57, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday night at Florida Day Prison in Stark. Bowles began his eight-month killing…
(Photo: Justin Olsen) A teenager has been arrested after threatening to open fire at a gay bar and a Planned Parenthood clinic. 18-year-old Justin Olsen was taken into custody after making repeated threats online, reports LGBTQ Nation. When the FBI raided Olsen’s home he shares with his father in Ohio, they seized 25 guns and…
(Photo: Gary and Meghann Wiggins) The former operators of a “gay conversion therapy” camp have been indicted on a number of charges related to alleged abuse, including human trafficking and forced labor, reports LGBTQ Nation. Gary and Meghann Wiggins are accused of forcing at least four boys at their home for troubled youth in Texas…
During a press gaggle today, Tuesday, President Donald Trump took a question from The Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson, who has long been a member of the White House press pool, though rarely called upon, reports Think Progress. Johnson asked if Trump was okay with the way his administration has made it easier to discriminate against…
(Photo: Yelena Grigoryeva, RIP) After having her name publicized on a ‘hunt-list” designed to target LGBT+ people in Russia, Yelena Grigoryeva became a victim of unjust crime upon her murder on July 21, 2019, reports gcn news. Grigoryeva was a prominent LGBT+ activist that would frequent protests on various socioeconomic issues and envisioned “a Russia…
(Photo: Elizabeth Madjarevic) A senior Croatian diplomat has been suspended and recalled to the country from Berlin for Facebook posts which have been described as “racist, xenophobic and homophobic,” reports the Independent. Alongside images of sandy beaches on the Adriatic coast, Elizabeta Madjarevic wrote in English: “Pure and authentic Europe. Just white Europeans as it used to be only 30…
(Photo: Jordan Evans) Members of the nation’s largest LGBTQ Republican organization are abandoning ship after its board opted to endorse Donald Trump for reelection in 2020, reports Metro Weekly. Thus far, at least three high-profile Log Cabin Republican members have publicly resigned in protest over a decision last week to endorse Trump, despite his administration’s…
Gallavich is back — and more shameless than ever, reports EW exclusively. When Cameron Monaghan departed Shameless in 2018 after more than eight seasons and 100 episodes, he had no intention of returning, saying he felt comfortable with the “logical conclusion” for his character, Ian Gallagher. The actor made a brief appearance in the season…
RuPaul’s Drag Race is sashaying back onto the small screen, reports The Hollywood Reporter. On the heels of a staggering 14 Emmy nominations, VH1 has renewed RuPaul‘s reality competition series for a 12th season. Additionally, the spinoff RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars has been greenlit for a fifth season. “Hey squirrel friends, are you hungry…
(Photo: Michael Cimino. Courtesy of Chaize Macklin/ Walt Disney/ 20th Century Fox Television) Love, Simon, the Disney+ series based on the beloved 2018 movie, has found its lead actor, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Up-and-coming actor Michael Cimino (Annabelle Comes Home) will lead the ensemble as Victor, a new student at Creekwood High School. Ana Ortiz…
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has banned members of the Palestinian LGBTQ community from carrying out any activities in the West Bank, reports The Jerusalem Post. The ban came after the grassroots group Al-Qaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society, (Arabic for the bow), which engages and supports Palestinians who identify as LGBTQ, was planning…
Another politician has come out as gay, reports People. “There – I said it; or rather, wrote it. Those two words took me almost four decades to utter, but as they say, ‘Better late than never,’ ” Ottowa Mayor Jim Watson wrote in an op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen that was published on Saturday. Watson, who…
The city of West Hollywood approved a proposal last week to remove President Donald Trump‘s star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, citing recent costly vandalism and recent demonstrations around the star, reports ABC News. West Hollywood’s five-member city council passed the measure unanimously, allowing it to move forward with a request to remove the…
A Fox News poll released last week showed President Trump losing head-to-head matchups against four of the top Democratic presidential primary contenders, reports The Hill. The poll found Trump with 39 percent support among registered voters in head-to-head matchups against Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). The poll found Sanders beating Trump…
Right-wing pastor and (shocker!) Trump supporter Franklin Graham appeared on Todd Starnes’ radio program yesterday, where he praised a New Jersey mayor who is fighting a state law that requires schools to teach about LGBTQ history, declaring that public schools have no right to “teach our children something that is an affront to God,” reports…
A Ligue 2 soccer match between AS Nancy Lorraine and Le Mans FC was temporarily halted Friday night after some Nancy fans began a homophobic chant, NBC Sports reported. Referee Mehdi Mokhtari stopped the match and players pleaded with fans to stop. The game was put on hold for about a minute and resumed after…
The Trump administration on Friday took one of its most aggressive steps yet to legalize anti-transgender discrimination by telling the Supreme Court that federal law allows firing workers solely for being transgender, arguing a Michigan funeral home could fire a transgender woman because she wanted to wear women’s clothing on the job, reports BuzzFeed News.…
The Log Cabin Republicans announced that they are endorsing Donald Trump because he has “met his commitments to LGBTQ Americans,” reports LGBTQ Nation. Robert Kabel and Jill Homan are the chair and vice chair of the Log Cabin Republicans, an organization for conservative LGBTQ people, and they wrote a column for the Washington Post praising…
(Photo: Olivia and Mary Trollinger) Olivia and Mary Trollinger had attended Gracewood Baptist Church in Southaven, on the outskirts of Memphis, until they were told they had been ejected from the church on Monday, August 12, reports Pink News. In a letter, Gracewood pastor Barry Baker informed the married couple that members had “voted without…
Ed Smart, father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart, has revealed that he is gay, sharing in a letter on Facebook that he is divorcing his wife and leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, reports NBC News. Smart, 64, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was thrust into the international spotlight when his daughter…
