Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh has refused to participate in South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade because parade organizers will not permit an openly gay group of veterans to march under a separate banner that identifies them by their sexual orientation.
A student from Blackpool who claimed he was savagely beaten in an alleged homophobic attack has admitted causing the injuries himself. Richard Kennedy became an internet sensation after 182,000 people shared photos of his injuries that he had posted on
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A transgender woman in Northern California has sued the company behind the popular CrossFit workouts for refusing to let her compete in the female division of its annual fitness competitions. The lawsuit brought Thursday by Chloie
On March 3, a transgender student at a California middle school claimed he was attacked, beaten, and sexually molested by other students in a school bathroom. Only a day later the student admitted that the claimed attack never happened. The
Warren Beatty and Annette Benning’s college-age daughter is a trans man. She’s called “Stephen Ira” and is something of an activist on the far frontiers of gender. At long last Facebook has given her a gender category, but what exactly
Fans went to a gay-rights protest Monday night and a hockey game broke out. Authorities in Sochi detained a former Italian legislator protesting at the Olympic Games for homosexual and transgender rights on Monday. Police removed Vladimir Luxuria, a man
On Valentines Day Friday, two lesbian couples may have become the first legal same-sex couples in the state of Texas. Even though same-sex marriage is illegal in Texas, they took advantage of a loophole that allows transgendered Texans to legally
An openly gay Libertarian mayoral candidate in Washington, D.C., received an especially low rating from the district’s Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) because he espouses limited government and does not support taxpayer funding of the group’s special interests agenda.
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — You don’t have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant is adding a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well
MILTON, Ontario, Feb. 12 (UPI)–Avery Edison, a transgender woman held in a men’s jail for visa concerns, was moved to a women’s facility after an online protest, a Canadian official said. The general duties manager at the men’s Maplehurst Correctional
You may recall that just last week, comedy veteran Jerry Seinfeld told a BuzzFeed Brews interview that he didn’t care about ticking politically correct boxes for his web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. I like the series, and I
A UN committee has told the Catholic Church to get over its opposition to adolescents having sex and that it needs to change its teachings on abortion and homosexuality. These explosive directives came in an official report issued by the Committee
PhillyMag.com has a poll up asking readers if they think Obama was wrong to nominate Debo Adegbile, the former lawyer of cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, to head the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. Reporter Victor Fiorillo notes that “a lot
As Tony Lee of Breitbart News reported Saturday, the Girl Scouts recently promoted late-term abortion advocate and Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis as one of their “incredible women of the year.” According to the report, the official Girl Scouts Twitter
A transgender golfer is again trying to qualify for the women’s LPGA tour. Bobbi Lancaster is 63 years of age and played amateur golf when she was a man named Robert Lancaster. He then had “gender-reassignment surgery to become Bobbi Lancaster in
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON: Well, as you brilliantly articulated Ed, what they are saying is that black people and gay people don’t count. They don’t matter to the bottom line. They don’t figure in our calculations about what we think is
(AP) Pot, guns and paparazzi: New laws run gamut in USBy The Associated PressThe new year is bringing a host of new laws taking effect in January or thereabouts. A look at some state and local laws that are making
After A&E reinstated Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson on Friday, the Human Rights Campaign, which promotes gay rights, said the network gave them assurances that the Robertson family would be open to having a dialogue with blacks and the LGBT community. The group revealed they asked
Will opponents of California’s new transgender law for students K-12 have enough signatures on their petitions to get a referendum blocking the law onto a state ballot? The law, which will take effect January 1 unless the referendum qualifies, allows
(AP) Calif. schools prepare for transgender rights lawBy LISA LEFF and JULIE WATSONAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOWith a law that spells out the rights of transgender students in grades K-12 set to take effect in California, school districts are reviewing locker room
On Hugh Hewitt’s Thursday radio show, conservative commentator Mark Steyn spoke out against the groups he said were behind the hostile reactions to the remarks made by “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson made to GQ magazine about homosexuality and sin.
If you are a national reporter writing on the Girl Scouts and you call their national office in New York City, you will talk to a guy named Josh Ackley. If you are a Girl Scout wanting regular advice or
An article in the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times, asks if Washington DC is the ‘gayest place’ in America? Today, having moved here 10 months ago after six and a half years of living in Manhattan, I hardly
(AP) Senate OKs gay rights bill banning discriminationBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate has approved a bill outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. The vote reflected the nation’s rapidly evolving attitude toward gay rights nearly two decades after
