Tag: lgbt community

Is there anything hotter than two Army men getting married? Capt. Daniel Hall, 30, and Capt. Vinny Franchino, 26, both Apache helicopter pilots, were the first active-duty, same-sex couple to say "I do" at West Point last weekend, the New York Times reported. The couple met in 2009 at a time when the military essentially barred the LGBT community from being out due to former President Bill Clinton’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. According to Capt. Hall, It’s really frustrating when two people...

Concerned Christian Citizens complained the library of “affirming homosexuality as positive and urging our children to advocate for its acceptability.” A public library in Texas has been denounced by a Christian group for a display it says was “promoting the LGBTQ lifestyle.” When the Temple Public Library ran an Pride month display in June 2017, it generated little fanfare—until two months later, when the right-wing group Concerned Christian Citizens (CCC) complained it “crossed a line.” “They put up a celebratory promotional display...

Authorities have yet to recover bodies but say ‘we believe he is responsible for the deaths of other men who have yet to be identified’ Police in Toronto have arrested and charged a man with the murder of two gay men. Selim Esen, 43, and Andrew Kinsman, 49, disappeared last April and June respectively. Friends and family feared the worst as their disappearances were totally out of character. Police, at the time, said they were not making a connection between the disappearances....

Progress keeps trucking along In a 4-1 vote on Tuesday (9 January), the city leaders of Paducah, Kentucky voted to pass an anti-discrimination law. Paducah became the ninth city in the state to pass what’s known as a fairness ordinance. It consists of explicit laws banning discrimination of LGBT people for housing and public services. It’s the first town in western Kentucky to pass a fairness ordinance. The town, settled in 1821, currently boasts a population a little over 25,000. Other Kentucky towns...

19-year-old British Born Zack Leader came out as gay. Leader is a gravity bike racer, someone who rides pedal-less bikes down hills, from Lincolnshire, and he’s very good at the sport. While continuing on as a student at the University of Lincoln, Leader has won the British Evolution Cup Championships in both 2016 and 2017. But, his latest accomplishment to date is coming out as gay. https://www.instagram.com/p/BdY2D-zgTnq/ As Outsports reports, Leader posted on social media, like Facebook and Instagram, the news in a...

President Trump and his administration just voted against a United Nations ban on the death penalty for being gay, making the United States of America (it’s hard to think this is actually really happening) just one of 13 other countries in the world to oppose such a historic vote. A few other notable countries who voted against the ban were China, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. The resolution wasn’t sought to ban the death penalty entirely, but instead to keep...

Philadelphia is continuing its efforts to hold public conversations about diversity and inclusivity in the gay community after several club owners and community leaders displayed racism in the past few years. In that vein, The AARP hosted an event last night in collaboration with SAGE and the City of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs in order to discuss cross-cultural challenges that the LGBTQ community constantly deal with. "The City of Philadelphia is here to help our diverse population," said Amber Hikes,...

Their recent hit "Secret Love Song" has become an anthem for the LGBTQ community, and now Little Mix has another reason for us to wholeheartedly love them as a gay couple got engaged at one of their concerts this past weekend! The beautiful moment went down at their London gig over the weekend, after they dedicated the track to the LGBT community. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb8G8-7lz1O/ Band member Jade Thirwall captioned the video with "My Heart", a man is seen looking gleeful as ever as...

Researchers have found that crimes against the LGBT community have doubled since the introduction of an “anti-gay propaganda” law in Russia. The law, which came into action five years ago, has seen a sharp spike in violent attacks across the country, reports Reuters. 200 out of the 250 crimes studied are acts of murder, according to the Centre for Independent Social Research. The number of sentences for offences against LGBT people may have increased to 65 in 2015 from 18 in 2010,...

The one thing most critics of new gay movie Beach Rats commented upon this summer was the explicit sex scenes. The film – directed by Eliza Hittman – sees British actor Harris Dickinson in the role of Brooklyn teen Frankie; a closeted guy who roams webcam chatrooms looking for sex as he comes to terms with his sexuality. The scenes certainly don’t hold back, and the actor has already spoken about being comfortable enough with his body and sexuality to film...

A school health teacher has been suspended for teaching that gay and transgender people exist. The teacher at Cambridge high school in Cambridge, New York was suspended this week after complaints from parents, according to the Post-Star. The row erupted over handouts on sexuality and gender that were given out to students aged 12 to 16 during health class in the New York school. The handouts were provided by the Pride Centre of the Capital Region , a New York based LGBT...

Conor McGregor recently came under fire calling an another MMA fighter a faggot. People were not happy with the use of the slur. McGregor has now apologized in a taped segment on the Irish TV Show, "The Late Late Show". He explained the situation saying he was trying to console a fellow fighter after a loss and said his words got away from him. He continued, "I witnessed him lose a fight in a potential career-defining or a career-ending fight in a...

"People actually fought hate with peace, which is exactly what should be going on." When an anti-gay protester interrupted a celebration of the LGBT community at the University of Maine last week, the students involved chose to counteract the hate with a message of love. More than 100 students were gathered for a Coming Out Week event, which was meant to promote LGBT inclusion and acceptance on the campus, when a man carrying a sign with a Bible verse began to...

Organizers claimed 80% of Goa's LGBTI community was still in the closet Goa, the Indian coastal town and popular tourist destination is about to host its first pride parade. Organizers hope the Goa Rainbow Pride Walk 2017 will help to raise awareness about LGBTI issues. ‘It is happening for the first time in Goa. We want to create awareness about the rights of the LGBT community,’ organizer Alexander Fernandes told the Indian Express. ‘There are several wrong notions about the community, which need...