News + Politics
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Walmart fires employee who called Orlando shooting “community service”
Walmart took swift action after an employee praised massacre in LGBT nightclub
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Gunmen killed five in a Mexico gay bar three weeks before Orlando shootings
Mexican authorities and local media reportedly downplayed the shooting
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GOP congressman defends reading Bible verse about putting gays to death
U.S. Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.) is standing by his decision to read an anti-gay Bible verse during a closed meeting of the House Republican caucus...
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President Obama: Orlando was terrorism, but also “an attack on the LGBT community”
"We can't wipe away hatred and evil from every heart in the world," Obama said. "But we can stop some tragedies."
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Wilson Cruz: Orlando shooting was a “direct attack on LGBT Latinos”
Cruz slammed coverage of the shootings for ignoring that it was Latin night at Pulse nightclub
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Jamaican Attorney General: US embassy flying Pride flag after Orlando is “disrespectful”
US Embassy honored those killed in Orlando by flying Pride flag at half-mast
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Tragedy in Orlando: A Special Report on the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
It was the largest mass shooting in American history. And it was aimed squarely at the LGBT community
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Pride Amid Mourning: Capital Pride refuses to bow to fear
An anti-LGBT attack in Orlando cast a shadow over last weekend's Capital Pride Festival. It did not, however, break people's spirits.
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Orlando: In Memoriam
Remembering the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shootings
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Opinion: An Attack on All of Us
Born from anger and hate, the Orlando shooting was an attack on every LGBT person
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LGBT organizations respond to Orlando attacks
LGBT organizations responded to the horrific events in Orlando swiftly and with a unified voice of authority, calling for action in combating the hate aimed...
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Scene Scroll: Dignity Washington’s Vigil for Orlando on Dupont Circle
A Scene Scroll of 22 photographs from Wednesday's Dupont Circle vigil for the victims of the Orlando shooting.
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Utah Lt. Gov. apologizes for past homophobia in wake of Orlando shootings: “My heart has changed”
Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox told a vigil for the Orlando victims that he "humbly apologized" for his past treatment of gay people
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U.S. House blocks vote on LGBT nondiscrimination amendment
The U.S. House Committee on Rules has once again put the brakes on allowing a pro-LGBT amendment to be voted upon and attached to a...
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Anti-gay group using Orlando attack to drum up support for Target boycott
How low can they go? Apparently, not low enough, when it comes to the American Family Association (AFA). No longer content to simply bash LGBT...
