Phoenix Suns president and CEO Rick Welts revealed to the public that he is gay in a story posted on The New York Times’ website Sunday, saying he wants to break down one of the last significant social barriers in sports. Welts’ declaration is the latest development on a subject has gained attention in the [...]
CNN anchor Don Lemon has come out. In a new book, “Transparent,” Lemon talks about his life and his sexuality, and he revealed that he is gay in an interview with the New York Times. In a tweet on Sunday night, Lemon, who has anchored in a variety of roles for CNN, linked to the [...]
As gay rights advocates intensify their campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, the bulk of their money is coming from an unexpected source: a group of conservative financiers and wealthy donors to the Republican Party, most of whom are known for bankrolling right-leaning candidates and causes. Their behind-the-scenes financial support — about $1 [...]
Coral Ridge Ministries of Fort Lauderdale is blasting the Navy’s policy of training chaplains about their ability to perform same-sex marriages in states that allow them. “The Pentagon is already pushing hard to reverse God’s moral law as it trains the troops to accept open homosexuality,” said Jerry Newcombe, co-host of Coral Ridge Hour, a [...]
The nation’s first full-service gay resort opened its doors April 11 in Fort Lauderdale, and so far, bookings are better than expected at the Royal Palms Resort & Spa, thanks to Facebook offers, said hotelier Richard Gray. Occupancy this past weekend ran about 80 percent at the 62-room resort, the first in the United States [...]
In a win for local gay rights, Palm Beach County government has agreed to give unmarried employees the same medical leave to care for domestic partners that the federal government gives married workers. The change allows unmarried employees with registered domestic partners to take up to 12 weeks a year of unpaid leave to care [...]
Shelton has now formally apologized over Twitter, sending out a series of messages about the incident: Hey y’all allow me to seriously apologize for the misunderstanding with the whole re-write on the Shania song last night… It honestly wasn’t even meant that way… I now know that their are people out there waiting to jump [...]
Just as Kurt and Karofsky finally make amends, someone else is wreaking havoc at McKinley High. This time, it’s not a homophobic high school football player, but anti-gay culture critic Dan Gainor who blasted this week’s Glee episode and its groundbreaking storylines about gay teens. Despite his commentary on ABCNews.com that the real America has [...]
Gay and supportive alumni of Wheaton College have formed a new organization following a recent chapel series at the flagship evangelical school on “Sexuality and Wholeness.” More than 400 signatories have signed an open letter to students at the Christian college in suburban Chicago to present an alternative message to one from a chapel speaker [...]
As several states have moved tomake it harder for same-sex families to adopt children or become foster parents, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would make such discrimination illegal across the country. The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would “ban discrimination in adoption or foster care placement based on the sexual [...]