Man Says Church Members Held Him Down and Beat Him in Attempt to Expel His Homosexual Demons
A young Oklahoma man has filed a police report against members of his own church after he says they tried to beat his homosexuality out of him. 23-year-old Sean Cormie says he was circled by about 15 of his fellow congregants at the 1st Assembly Church in Blackwell, Oklahoma, who…
Watch This Charming Gay Wedding Flash Mob
The video of two grooms surprising their reception guests with a flash mob is going viral. Isaiah and Taylor Green-Jones got married in Portland, Oregon on August 4th. To celebrate their wedding, the partners set up a dance for their reception (which you can watch here). “We’d always wanted to…
10 Simple Ways to Make Your Relationship Last
The beginning of a relationship is always exciting. Two people are attracted to each other, begin to discover more about one another, and can see the relationship grow. Everything about a new relationship is novel and thrilling. Once the relationship has matured however, the difficult work begins. The phase of…
Remembering Mark Bingham, the gay hero who helped take Flight 93 back from hijackers on 9/11
On the 18th anniversary of 9/11, we remember Mark Bingham, one of the fallen heroes of the tragedy that inflicted the US on September 11, 2001. Mark Bingham was tall. He towered at 6’4″ which, with his broad physique and booming personality, made him hard to miss and quite hard…
Marvel Could Introduce Fan Favourite Gay Superhero in ‘Captain Marvel 2’
In the comics, Hulkling is dating Scarlet Witch’s son, Wiccan Marvel could be introducing a new gay character in Captain Marvel 2. Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are eagerly anticipating the arrival of out LGBTQ characters in the popular movie franchise. We already know Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie will be ‘looking…
“Ex-Gay” Conversion Therapy Leader Denounces the Practice, Comes Out: “I Was Wrong”
“Conversion therapy is not just a lie, but it’s very harmful. Because it’s false advertising.” One of the original leaders of the contemporary gay “conversion therapy” movement has denounced the harmful practice—and offered up very personal proof of why it doesn’t work. McKrae Game, who founded the South Carolina–based conversion…
How LGBTQ Wedding Planners Make Big Gay Wedding Dreams Come True
Same-sex marriage in the US has been legal for years now, but queer couples still face wedding hurdles. Meet the planners who want to change that. By the time I turned 25, I had been a member of the bridal party in three weddings — one each year, for three years…
Tumble Down the Gay Dating Rabbit Hole with New ‘Matt & Dan’ Episode Featuring Brian Jordan Alvarez
We can delightedly report that season two of Matt & Dan, the gay absurdist sketch comedy series from Matthew Wilkas and Daniel Vincent Gordh, is off to a galloping start. Episode three finds a casual first date entering uncharted waters, with Brian Jordan Alvarez showing up as a waiter to calm the…
Gamal Palmer: On Being Black, Gay, And Jewish in America
As a young boy, Gamal Palmer — Senior Vice President of Leadership Development at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles — would sit in his local synagogue, wearing a yarmulke and in mid-prayer, as people would routinely approach to ask if he was Jewish. As a black man, his…
Trump Administration: It’s Legal to Fire Employees for Being Gay
The Trump administration has filed a legal brief arguing that it is legal for employers to discriminate based on sexual orientation. The Department of Justice filed an Supreme Court amicus brief on Friday (August 23), urging the justices to reject suggestions that federal discrimination laws protect gay people. The court is set…
Teen Who Threatened to Open Fire in a Gay Bar in Ohio Has Been Arrested
25 guns and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition were seized during a raid A teenager who threatened to open fire in a gay bar and a Planned Parenthood clinic has been arrested. Justin Olsen, from Ohio, bragged online when he turned 18 about how he couldn’t ‘wait to start…
This Mayor Just Came Out as Gay at Age 58. He Says He Should Have Done it Sooner.
The mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, came out at age 58. Liberal Party Mayor Jim Watson came out as gay in a letter published in the Ottawa Citizen. “I’m gay,” the letter opens. “There – I said it; or rather, wrote it. Those two words took me almost four decades to utter, but…