News + Politics
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Northwestern professor accused of enlisting online acquaintance to murder his boyfriend
Wyndham Lathem and Andrew Warren allegedly planned murder-suicide sex fantasy after meeting in an online chatroom
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Report: White House preparing to tell Pentagon to ban transgender military service
Military experts and LGBTQ advocates say president's concerns about cost of transgender troops are overblown
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Forum: Is President Trump a Racist?
Our panelists weigh in on Trump's response to Charlottesville, whether or not he holds racist views, and the symbols of the Confederacy.
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Block Party: The 17th Street Festival is Saturday!
The annual 17th Street Festival is one of the city's best street celebrations
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Task Force to honor Gloria Estefan at Miami gala in October
The National LGBTQ Task Force will honor singer, international superstar and producer Gloria Estefan at its annual task force gala in Miami on Saturday, Oct....
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Waiter fired after telling gay couple that they shouldn’t share dessert
A waiter at a local restaurant has been fired after he told a gay couple that they should not split an ice cream sundae, saying...
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Trump administration sued over withdrawal of Title IX transgender guidance
Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to release any information related to their decision earlier...
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Donald Trump throws support behind anti-gay Arizona U.S. Senate challenger
President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Ward, who’s challenging Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in a Republican primary in 2018,...
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New Republican Party spokeswoman has history of opposing LGBTQ rights
When Kayleigh McEnany was first named Republican National Committee spokeswoman two weeks ago, LGBTQ advocates pointed to her promotion as evidence that Donald Trump and...
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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for transgender woman’s murder
The man convicted of killing transgender woman Keyonna Blakeney in a Rockville hotel room last year has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. On...
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Trump Agriculture Department nominee said gay marriage could lead to pedophilia
Yet another Trump administration official’s anti-LGBTQ views are under the glare of the spotlight after Donald Trump selected Sam Clovis to be the next chief...
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Jimmy John’s shop in Asheville wrote gay slur on sandwich wrapper
An Asheville, N.C. man says he was taken aback after realizing that an employee at his favorite local sandwich shop wrote a derogatory anti-gay slur...
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Lesbian couple files federal lawsuit after employer denies health care coverage
A lesbian couple from California has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against one of the women’s former employer and its health insurer for refusing to...
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Fired employee: Being conservative at Google is “like being gay in the 1950s”
—James Damore, the Google employee who was recently fired for writing a memo in which he decried the company’s equal employment opportunity policies, particularly with...
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Frederick School Board sued over pro-transgender policies
Lawyers representing a 15-year-old Maryland girl and her mother have sued the Frederick County (Md.) School Board over a policy that allows transgender students to...
