Gay/Lesbian News

After an ADL report says Beck may foment violence, Salon's Alexander Zaitchik visits racist Web sites to see if their denizens are listening.

New York's top court ruled Thursday that gay couples legally married elsewhere are entitled to some government benefits, boosting stalled legislative efforts to legalize same-sex marriage.

A Federal court has ruled the refugee board must review the case of Bethany Smith, who is seeking refugee status in Canada.

Today, November 20th marks the eleventh Transgender Day of Remembrance, a solemn time to think back and honor our transgender brothers and sisters who were murdered for being who they are.

“Tonight, two stories, one about an immature boy, and the other about a man, I’ll let you decide which is which.” Thus, Jon Stewart opened Gay Watch, a segment dedicated to two stories regarding LGBT issues. One story focused on a guy who decided to tell his lesbian boss that her homosexuality was an abomination, and was subsequently fired. The other story was of a boy who has decided not to say the Pledge of Allegiance until all people in the country are granted equal rights. At the end of the clip, Stewart brings out pro-wrestler Mick Foley

As New Jersey Democratic lawmakers wrangle over whether to attempt to pass a law to legalize gay marriage, a new poll finds that the state's citizens narrowly favor the measure, though getting it passed isn't a top priority for most.

The Miss California USA pageant director who became embroiled in a war of words with former title holder Carrie Prejean has donated 30-seconds of free ad time to the state's largest gay rights group.

The federal agency that oversees benefits for government employees "shall cease at once its interference with the jurisdiction of this tribunal," Judge Alex Kozinski said in response to the Office of Personnel Management's rejection of his earlier ruling in the case.

Some argued that it's good business policy and simply the right thing to do. Others invoked religion and contended that the rules would give a stamp of approval to sexual deviants who might prey on children.

New York's top court on Thursday rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to same-sex couples legally married elsewhere and now living in New York.

Mayor Giuliani has gone into denial mode over a story in the New York Daily News , as reported here on LGR , that he was running for Senate... (Regarding issues in a Senatorial run) The fact that Giuliani is now three times married, and a Catholic, would also be brought to bear, especially if he were to continue to espouse social conservative views on marriage.

It is not official yet, but Rudy “Noun, Verb, and 9/11″ Giuliani appears poised to not challenge New York Governor David Paterson for the governorship next year, but rather to aim to take on Senator Kirsten Gilibrand in the upcoming senatorial race. While a run for the Senate might be a good jumping off point to go after the Presidency, Giuliani would face the same electability issues in a Senatorial campaign that he would face in a Gubernatorial campaign. (As a note, Senator Gillibrand is a strong advocate of LGBT rights.)

Accusations of supporting polygamy have forced President Barack Obama 's nominee for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ask that her name be withdrawn from a statement that was, at least on the surface, written to support same-sex marriage..“Committed, loving households in which there is more than one conjugal partner” and “queer couples who decide to jointly create and raise a child with another queer person or couple, in two households” appear to be among the statements which have tripped up Chai Feldblum, who has been an ardent supporter of LGBT rights, including marriage rights.

New York State’s highest court rejected unanimously a challenge by opponents of same-sex marriage to policies that recognize such unions performed in other states.

In their majority ruling, four of the seven members of the court said they were making their decision on narrow grounds involving the specifics of each case, and not settling the broader question of whether same-sex marriages performed in other states should be recognized. Judge Eugene F. Pigott Jr., writing for the majority, expressed “hope that the Legislature will address this controversy.”

But in a concurring decision, three of the justices, said that the court should have addressed the wider issue because New York law already allows for the recognition of marriages that are considered legal elsewhere.

The ruling leaves open the possibility there could be future challenges on the issue in New York.

Vigils are being planned across the nation for this Sunday, November 22 to honor slain teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado who was brutally murdered for being gay.

Flip's Wine Bar and Trattoria has found itself in a new battle after its owner Gail Vines a member of the Oklahoma City School Board voted twice to fire an openly gay teacher.

Mary Cheney, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter, had her second child this morning at Sibley Hospital in Washington, DC.

Sarah Lynne Cheney was born at 8:17 a.m., weighing 6lbs., 14 oz. Her parents are Mary and her partner of 18 years, Heather Poe. The couple’s first child, Samuel David Cheney, was born in May 2007.

A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old man found decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday.

This is how Bishop Harry Jackson spent his summer vacation: He hustled back and forth across the District rallying his faithful flock who oppose gay marriage. He leaned into microphones over at the Board of Elections and Ethics, quoting biblical verse, decrying those who would trumpet marriage between man and man, woman and woman.

He continued his protests when the leaves began to fall and the early darkness crawled across the sky. He heard amen this and amen that from the pulpit of his Beltsville church. They sent him out to spread their version of the Gospel, and off he went, hopscotching across the country. Sometimes crowds would gather around him like geese, in Denver, in Los Angeles, sometimes 10,000 at a time. He spoke to swelling groups of people who felt the same way he did about same-sex marriage: No, no, no.