U.S. figure skating champion John Coughlin died by suicide Friday, one day after being suspended from the sport over unspecified allegations, reports CBS News. “We are stunned at the news of the death of two-time U.S. pairs champion John Coughlin,” U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement Saturday. “Our heartfelt and deepest sympathies are with…
Fans of Rent or “Rent-heads” as they’re known, are measuring this year so far waiting for Fox’s Rent Live to drop at the end of January, reports The Advocate. The Rent Live musical event brings to life Jonathan Larson’s timeless LGBTQ-themed musical on Jan. 27th on Fox. WATCH:
Democratic California Rep. Ted Lieu became the latest Democrat to attack second lady Karen Pence’s new teaching job at a private Christian school Friday, while claiming that Jesus Christ had nothing to say about homosexuality, reports The Daily Caller. After Vice President Mike Pence defended his wife’s decision to teach an art class at Immanuel Christian School…
Christian conservatives are outraged at that the cover of Parents magazine this month will feature a gay couple and their children, reports LGBTQ Nation. Shaun T. Fitness, a fitness motivational speaker, his husband Scott Blokker, and their twins, are on the cover of Parents magazine. The magazine is also running a feature piece about their many attempts to have kids…
Vice President Mike Pence defended second lady Karen Pence’s decision to take a teaching job at a school that discriminates against LGBTQ individuals and families, suggesting that the uproar over it is an attack on Christianity, reports The Huffington Post. During an interview with the Catholicism-focused Eternal World Television Network on Thursday, Pence said that…
Trump’s America. A federal judge ruled a St. Louis retirement community has the right to say a married lesbian couple could not move in there together, reports The Advocate. U.S. District Judge Jean C. Hamilton said the Fair Housing Act offers no anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation, reports the St. Louis Dispatch. Mary Walsh and…
UK Big Brother winner Cameron Cole has called for tougher laws after suffering homophobic abuse, reports Attitude. The 19-year-old housemate came out on the final series. And now, after winning the series, Cole revealed he has received a torrent of homophobic abuse – both verbal and physical – since leaving the Big Brother house. While speaking…
After 16 years of attempts, the New York State Legislature has finally passed a bill that protects transgender people from discrimination, reports The Daily Beast. In 100-40 and 42-19 votes on Tuesday morning, respectively, the State Assembly and the State Senate voted to pass the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, or GENDA, which adds gender identity as a protected class…
What happens when the most important parts of your life come into conflict? When Evangelical Christian mom Susan Cottrell’s daughter came out, she faced an impossible choice: her LGBTQ child or her non-affirming church. In this heartwarming talk, Susan explains why she chose her LGBTQ child and how she fights for progress inside the Christian…
President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani talks to CNN’s Chris Cuomo about special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. Giuliani, a former New York mayor and Trump’s attorney, said he doesn’t know if other people in the campaign, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, were working with the Kremlin…
Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, has begun teaching art part-time at a school that bans LGBTQ students, teachers, and parents. In response, The Trevor Project, a non-profit focused on suicide prevention efforts for LGBTQ youth, has sent 100 copies of John Oliver’s pro-gay bunny book, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, to…
Local performance artist Keegan is a huge fan of the Los Angeles Lakers, but when she came out as trans, the way she interacted with the game of basketball changed, reports Los Angeles Magazine. “What I used to do was go to a bar or a local spot to see if the Laker game was on…
Google has been blasted for continuing to feature an app that encourages LGBTQ people to have dangerous conversion therapy, reports New York Post. Living Hope Ministries, the creator of the app, refers to transgender and gay people as “sexually broken” individuals who can “walk out of false identities.” The Christian group claims the “gay lifestyle…
Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, started at a job this week teaching art at Immanuel Christian School in Northern Virginia. It’s not a school where everyone is welcome, reports Huffington Post. In a “parent agreement” posted online, the school says it will refuse admission to students who participate in or condone homosexual…
Broadway legend Carol Channing died Tuesday at age 97 of natural causes, reports The Advocate. The Tony Award-winning actress, who originated the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi in 1964’s Hello, Dolly! on Broadway, was beloved by the LGBTQ community for being a longtime ally. “The gay community is responsible for so much of my success, and I love them,”…
INTO, the online LGBTQ magazine owned and operated by gay dating app Grindr, terminated on Tuesday its editorial staff, effectively ending the digital outlet’s 17-month run, reports NBC News. “The company will be refocusing its efforts on video and as such, the editorial and social teams were let go this morning,” a joint statement from…
The New York State Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill to prohibit licensed mental health professionals from practicing gay conversion therapy on minors, reports Huffington Post. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is expected to sign the bill this week, which would make New York the 15th state in addition to Washington, D.C., in the U.S. to…
Trans actress Indya Moore has returned to her modelling roots with an assignment for Louis Vuitton, reports Gay Star News. Moore, who earned recognition for her role as Angel on FX drama Pose, is one of 17 celebrities to be featured in the campaign. She stars alongside the likes of Chloë Grace Moretz, Léa Seydoux, Alicia Vikander,…
Days after the American Psychological Association (APA) announced that “traditional masculinity” is “harmful” to society and can lead to homophobia and sexual harassment, razor brand Gillette released a new ad campaign touching on the same topic, reports New York Post. The Procter & Gamble-owned company is using the new ad to tackle its own slogan, “The Best…
The Paris Opera Ballet has dropped Ukrainian-born dance star Sergei Polunin from a production of Swan Lake after he posted a homophobic and sexist rant on social media, reports Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. Polunin, 29, known as “the bad boy of ballet” who was compared to legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev earlier in his career,…
The Russian republic of Chechnya has launched a new crackdown on gays in which at least two people have died and about 40 people have been detained, LGBTQ activists in Russia charged Monday, reports NBC News. The new allegations come after reports in 2017 of more than 100 gay men arrested and subjected to torture, and some…
This past Saturday, Justin Hoke, the pastor of Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church in Weed, Calif., announced that he had been ousted from his position, amid protest over a billboard the church had erected stating that: “Bruce Jenner is still a man. Homosexuality is still sin. The culture may change. The Bible does not.” Hoke wrote on…
