(Photo: Bouhdid Belhedi) Bombarded with death threats, the head of Tunisia’s first LGBTQ online radio station has refused to stop his efforts to promote “tolerance” in a country where homosexuality is illegal, reports the Israeli newspaper HaAretz. Bouhdid Belhedi, the Read more
Police have announced that two men were arrested for a quadruple homicide that claimed the lives of a lesbian couple and their two kids in upstate New York, reports LGBTQ Nation. Justin C. Mann, 24, and James White, 38, Read more
An employee at the Santa Barbara News-Press deliberately changed a writer’s byline to ‘Paul Gayzalez’ instead of Paul Gonzalez. The employee also changed his title to ‘News-Press Faggoat,’ reports Gay Star News. Gonzalez wrote a story on Monday (25 December) about Read more
Starting in January, Illinois will bar a rare criminal defense allowing the use of a victim’s sexual orientation as justification for violent crime, a ban gay rights advocates say they will attempt to replicate in about half a dozen states Read more
(Photo: Jeremiah Myers (L), Shanise Myers, RIP) Police have identified the 5-year-old girl, 11-year-old boy and same-sex couple found dead in an upstate New York apartment in a killing described by the police chief as “savagery,” ABC News reports. The slain children were Read more
Figure Skating Icon to Perform Autobiographical One-Man Show as Fundraiser for the Foundation for The AIDS Monument, Sat., Jan. 6. Event Will Be Hosted by Olympian Greg Louganis The City of West Hollywood co-sponsors the Foundation for The National AIDS Read more
(Photo: Mike Parrow, via twitter) A professional wrestler based in Orlando, Florida, has spoken publicly about his sexuality for the first time, in an interview with Gay Star News. Mike Parrow, 34, says he finally decided to come out to Read more
Drag performer Manila Luzon, best known for her appearance on season 3 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, got married on December 24, reports LGBTQ Nation. Manila married Mic J Rez at the Silver Bell Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, the same Read more
Almost seven years after a video of Zach Wahls defending his lesbian mothers went viral, the LGBT activist has announced his plans to run in the 2018 election for Iowa Senate, reports NewNowNext. “Remember that young man from Iowa who spoke to Read more
Clothing Donations Needed – Items will be Accepted at West Hollywood City Hall from Tue., Jan. 2 to Wed., Jan. 31 The City of West Hollywood will host its sixth annual clothing drive for the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Youth Read more
(Photo: Kim Jong-Hyun) A Korean boyband star who faced a barrage of vicious tweets and social media messages for his support of “sexual minorities” – including lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people, died in a suspected suicide today, reports Mirror. Read more
(Photo: Gabriel Fernandez, RIP) A jury in Southern California has recommended the death penalty to a man who was convicted of killing an 8-year-old Palmdale boy for being gay. Isauro Aguirre was found guilty of first degree murder in the Read more
Masturbation should be strictly banned because it can turn young people into homosexuals and criminals, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes, according to a leaked guidebook issued to members, reports Newsweek. The 1981 guidebook, released this week Read more
In response to the Trump Administration’s mandate to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to not use the words diversity, entitlement, evidence-based, fetus, science-based, transgender, and vulnerable, the Los Angeles LGBT Center issued the following statement: “The Trump Administration’s Read more
The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including “fetus” and “transgender” — in official documents being prepared for next year’s budget, reports The Washington Read more
Mattachine, a ten-episode serialized show available free on iTunes January 4, 2018, follows the true story of the secret Mattachine organization that catalyzed the American LGBTQ rights movement in 1950. From a spark of inspiration in 1920s Chicago, through secret Read more
“The sexist cousin, the homophobic grandfather, the aunt who refers to Brazil nuts as ‘n-word toes’ and then laughs about it. Then there’s the dad who tosses around ‘that’s so gay’ like he’s a dumb high school kid in 2005 Read more
LUZIA is celebrating PRIDE under the Big Top by partnering with the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (LAGLCC). Enjoy this tribute to art and diversity with a very special performance at Dodger Stadium on Dec. 15 at Read more
“It’s no secret that certain segments of the gay community hold high, near-oppressive standards of what counts as sexually attractive,” writes Jack hobbs at Vice. “Countless gay men have struggled to see themselves within it as a result. Studies show Read more
Netflix is reviving the reality makeover series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy — in which five gay men help a “clueless” straight man make his life a little more fabulous, reports TVLine. Bobby Berk will serve as the show’s Read more
