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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that a two-year budget agreement with the Trump administration must include equal spending increases for defense and nondefense spending, plus additional money for a program to strengthen healthcare for military veterans. “We all agree on the need to address the debt limit, but we also must reach an agreement on spending priorities based upon the principle of parity as soon as possible,” the top Democrat in the House...

A gay teenager’s heartbreaking letter written to his parents explaining why he had to leave home after they refused to accept him as their gay son. Kent Mendez, 19, shared a copy of his letter – written in both English and Spanish – on Twitter Monday. The letter has been retweeted over 15,000 times and has received an outpouring of sympathy and love. “There hasn’t been a day where I haven’t cried or struggled to find the energy to get out of...

In Armistead Maupin’s series Tales of the City, he chronicles the lives of a community of unique individuals living in San Francisco during the late 1970s. One of the stand-out characters in Maupin’s work is Michael Tolliver who discovers that his parents have joined Save Our Children, the anti-gay activist group started by Anita Bryant. This realization led Tolliver to write a very long and poetic, if not profound, letter to his parents where he not only comes out...

'We cannot wait to spend the rest of our lives loving you, protecting you, and doing whatever we need to make you happy' Beautiful letters penned by two gay dads to the son that has changed their lives have picked up thousands of likes online. Arejay Encinas and Mauricio Camargo are based in Tuscon, Arizona. They began their journey to parenthood soon after marrying in February 2015. However, it did not prove easy. The first foster agency they signed up to suddenly...

Remember when you were young, and had to get parental clearance to sleep over at your friend's house? Thanks to modern technology, that's all been made much easier. For instance, when Mason Barclay wanted to sleep over at his best friend's house, he simply sent a text. Knowing his friend's mom forbid her daughter from having opposite sex sleepovers, he wrote: "Hey Mrs Shelton! "This is Mason Brian Barclay, I am one of Houston’s new best friends. If she had people over on Friday,...

An Irish Christian mother has written an emotional letter to the DUP’s Jim Wells about her two gay sons. The letter was written to the adamant homophobe by Elaine Somers. She thanks her mother for advice which she cherishes and says Jesus taught her that her gay sons are precious. Writing to the Health Minister, Somers refers to the fact that Wells cut ties to the National Trust over an installation including rainbow badges. Somers also says that Wells can’t say he has...

An open letter to straight people who need to learn some respect Gay bars are not just for LGBTI people, we all know this, but it is a sanctuary for them. We all know that feeling when we see a drunk straight girl angry she’s not getting any attention or when a straight guy reacts badly to getting hit on. So a gay guy has absolutely nailed how the straights should act when they’re in a gay space, and it essentially comes...

This is not a drill! Sense8 will air again in 2018. Fans still reeling from the cancellation of Netflix’s Sense8 are rejoicing at the news of a 2-hour finale in the works. Created by sisters Lilly and Lana Wachowski – the directors behind the Matrix trilogy – Sense8 was axed after only two seasons earlier this month. Sense8 is about eight complete strangers who are scattered across the globe but find themselves mentally, emotionally and spiritually connected. Lana posted a letter on Facebook...

Endorsed by 47 Democrats and three Republicans. In response to growing reports about Chechnya's gay concentration camp, 50 members of Congress have signed a letter encouraging Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to speak publicly about the issue, and pressure the Russian government to investigate and stop the violence. The "bi-partisan" letter was endorsed by 47 Democrats and three Republicans: Carlos Curbelo, Charles Dent and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, PinkNews reports. Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta first shared the news earlier this month...

Christopher Turner is husband of author Armistead Maupin. He says he can no longer overlook his step-mom’s beliefs on same-sex marriage A letter by San Francisco-based photographer Christopher Turner, the husband of acclaimed author Armistead Maupin, is going viral on Facebook. Within it, Turner takes his stepmom to task on her beliefs and attitudes around LGBTI rights and same-sex marriage. We’re re-printing it below: ‘You’re on the wrong side of history’ ‘I recently discovered that my step mother who prides herself on being a...

'If you don’t observe my non-birthday, it means you hate science' All-American Boy singer Steve Grand birthday is today. But the hunky singer is flying across the world to avoid it. Grand turns 27 but in a tongue-in-cheek social media post, the openly-gay performer claims he isn’t. https://www.instagram.com/p/BRCpagKFxpC/?taken-by=stevegrandmusic Steve writes: Attention All: My birthday … is canceled. I will remain 26 years old after Feb 28. No need to wish me “Happy Birthday” tomorrow as I will take off from LA at 10 pm (the...

This letter is guaranteed to tug on your heartstrings Gay love has existed in all forms for all of time, and this is one beautiful real life story from World War 2. American soldier Brian Keith sent a letter to Dave, a fellow soldier he met and fell in love with in 1943 while stationed in North Africa. It was penned on the occasion of their anniversary. The letter was reprinted in September 961 by ONE Magazine, a groundbreaking gay magazine first published...

Dear President Elect Trump, First off, congratulations on winning the 2016 Presidential Election. Your campaign has changed history and will be a chapter in history books in the future. I am an openly gay high school basketball coach and social studies teacher from Yonkers, NY. Over the last 18 months I have followed your campaign closely and often protested its tone. The rhetoric has made so many communities feel less then supported. The LGBTQ community, African-Americans, Latinos, Women and Muslims have...

This grandad wrote a moving letter after his daughter kicked her son out for being gay. The obviously proud ‘pa was disappointed in his child’s actions, and vowed to look after her son if she couldn’t. He called her out for being the “shame in the family”, and choosing to be hurtful and narrow-minded. He then goes on to mimic her actions and disown her for disowning her own son. The original letter appeared on the FCKH8 Facebook page after Chad sent...