January 27, 2014
Doomed? Indiana Marriage Amendment Changed
Filed by Bil Browning | January 27, 2014 | 7:00 PM |As temperatures stayed below freezing and the Indianapolis city government shut down for the day due to extreme temperatures, the Indiana Republican Speaker of the House forced legislators to vote on the rights of gay, lesbian and bisexual Hoosiers.Read More
Europe's Last Sodomy Ban Bites the Dust
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 5:30 PM |Lawmakers in the tiny Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus voted today to repeal the country's colonial-era sodomy ban, the last such law that remained in Europe.Read More
Angry Mob Ransacks LGBT Group HQ in Ivory Coast
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 4:30 PM |The headquarters of the most prominent LGBT organization in the west African nation of Ivory Coast was attacked by an angry mob on Saturday.Read More
Yet Another Study Validates Same-Sex Parenting
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 4:00 PM |A new study from the Australian government has confirmed what the academic and scientific communities already know: children of same-sex couples do just as well as those of opposite-sex couples.Read More
Gay Ohio College Student Murdered During Online Hookup
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 2:30 PM |Funeral services will be held this week for a 22-year-old Ohio gay man who was allegedly murdered last month after responding to an online hookup ad.Read More
Two More States Introduce 'Right to Discriminate' Bills
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 1:00 PM |Lawmakers in two GOP-controlled states are following Arizona's lead and attempting to create a special right to discriminate against LGBT people on the basis of religion.Read More
Jason Collins to Sit With FLOTUS at State of the Union
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 11:30 AM |NBA player Jason Collins, who was the first male athlete playing in an American team sport to come out as gay, will sit with First Lady Michelle Obama at tomorrow's State of the Union Address.Read More
Let These Swedish Marines Brighten Up Your Monday
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 10:00 AM |This video of Swedish marines dancing and lip-synching to "Greased Lightning" is sure to bring a smile to your face.Read More
Help Kill Indiana's Marriage Amendment by 1pm Today
Filed by Bil Browning | January 27, 2014 | 9:30 AM |You can make a difference today and help kill Indiana's proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions, but you have to do it by 1pm Eastern time.Read More
Sochi Mayor: No Queers Living Here
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 9:00 AM |So the two gay clubs in the city of Sochi must just be imaginary, right?Read More
WATCH: 33 Couples Wed at Grammys to 'Same Love'
Filed by John M. Becker | January 27, 2014 | 7:30 AM |Last night at the Grammys, Queen Latifah married 33 couples, including same-sex couples, in a moving ceremony during a performance of marriage equality anthem "Same Love."Read More
