Experts say many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender seniors fear discrimination, disrespect or worse by health care workers and residents of elder housing facilities — ultimately leading many back into the closet after years of being open. That anxiety takes on new significance as the first of the 77 million baby boomers turns 65 this [...]
The North Carolina Family Policy Council’s use of a violent image to promote the state’s proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage has ignited controversy among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates. The photograph, which can be found on page 13 of the winter 2012 issue of the organization’s Family North Carolina publication, shows a [...]
A lawsuit by a Jewish U.C. Berkeley student claiming university officials did little to prevent the harassment of Jewish students during a protest event organized by Muslim student groups has been dismissed by a judge who noted that, while schools are allowed to crack down on offensive student speech, they have no legal obligation to [...]
As more evidence surfaces that Ron Paul knew about the racist and homophobic messages of the 1980s and 90s newsletters he published, a former senior aide to the congressman has come forward with a lengthy statement attempting to absolve Paul of racism while detailing shocking incidents involving Paul and gay supporters. Eric Dondero writes on [...]
“The Salvation Army refused to help us,” Mr. Browning recalls, “unless we broke up and then left the ‘sinful homosexual lifestyle’ behind. We slept on the street, and they didn’t help when we declined to break up at their insistence.” Mr. Browning’s boyfriend was wearing a “Silence = Death” AIDS pin on his jacket, which [...]
A Tennessee private school’s decision to ban any mention of homosexuality among its student body is raising more than a few eyebrows among parents. Tennessee’s WREG News has an extensive report on the new ban at Rossville Christian Academy. A letter which was sent home to parents reportedly reads as follows: “A staff member or [...]
Cardinal Francis George, the Archbishop of Chicago, this week told a Chicago news station that he agreed with a local Roman Catholic church’s objections to the city’s recently-adjusted Gay Pride Parade route passing by its doors and warned that the parade could “morph into the Ku Klux Klan.” George made the comment Sunday on Fox [...]
A Navy tradition caught up with the repeal of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule on Wednesday when two women sailors became the first to share the coveted “first kiss” on the pier after one of them returned from 80 days at sea. The crowd screamed and waved flags around them. For the [...]
The NBA might currently be without an openly gay player, but according to one top basketball honcho, it’s going to happen soon. In an interview with TMZ, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he expects the NBA to welcome an openly gay player within the next three to five years. “I think there’ll be guys [...]
Mitt Romney had an uncomfortable exchange over same-sex marriage with a gay veteran having breakfast in New Hampshire. At an event that was meant to highlight the endorsement of Romney by Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas, veteran Bob Garon of Ebson, N.H., asked the presidential candidate, who stopped by his breakfast table, whether he supports the [...]