Gay bar raid investigation results in suspension of Sergeant

The Fort Worth Police Department has issued a statement that  a sergeant and two officers have been suspended in connection with police clash at the Rainbow Lounge on June 28.  The announcement comes...

Huffington Post takes Obama to task on Gays

Huffington Post Journalist Nathaniel Frank takes President Obama to task on gay rights,  and asks him if he has forgotten the lessons of the campaign trail. The piece must be read in its entirety to get the...

Gay in Venezuela: A dangerous mix

"GLBTI persons suffer strong rejection in Venezuela, because of dogma, social prejudice and mistaken medical or psychiatric diagnoses," said Edgar Carrasco, who directed the survey. "And the worst of," he added,...

Ruling in Texas gay bar raid: No 'excessive force'

The Texas liquor board has cleared its agents of excessive force charges after issuing a 74 page report on the June  raiding of the gay bar,  the Rainbow Lounge,  which led to summer protests and...

Gay rights leaders blame Ads, Obama for loss in Maine

While Conservatives celebrated Maine voters' repeal of a law that would allow gay couples to marry, gay rights leaders blame television ads and President Obama for the Gay marriage loss in the state of Maine. "...

Referendum 71 in WA: Businesses and people, pro and con

" A continuation and an addendum update of this Now Public story  by NP author Rhonda J Mangus on Referendum 71 in the state of Washington:Referendum 71 in the state of Washington is designed to protect...

'Focus on the Family' calls GLSEN 'Orwellian'

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network will be sponsoring an "Ally Week",  aimed at discouraging bullying of gays in public schools,  and hoping to encourage straight students to become the...

London: Gay hate crimes have risen 18%

London police report a rise in hate crimes,  and view this as a sign that people are reporting them,  whereas in the past ,  they would have remained silent.  "The number of homophobic hate...

Lesbian student battles over tuxedo

Having written a  Now Public Media piece on an all male college which has prohibited cross-dressing,  here,   and after having an astute NP member pose the question if women might ever be asked...

UK Gay man, celebrating new job, murdered by 2 girls

A gay man in London was out celebrating his new job when he was verbally assaulted by 2 young women who hurled homophobic remarks at him.  He was then kicked to unconsciousness and died in the hospital...

HRC building vandalized after Obama speech 10/10

After President Obama's speech to gay advocacy groups on Saturday night ,  the Human Rights Campaign Headquarters was vandalized by a group of gays claiming that "The Queer revolution has been co-opted by the...

2 Va Ministers protest gay marriage discrimination

Two Unitarian ministers in Virginia will no longer sign marriage licenses for heterosexual couples in protest of discrimination against gay marriage.The Unitarian Universalist Church ( the one in which this author...

White House : Equality Marchers 'left-wing Internet fringe'?

Marchers need to 'take off their pajamas' and get real?A CNBC correspondent says the Obama White House viewed Sunday's Equality marchers as 'left wing internet fringe' members  who reveal no real Democratic...

Gays: 'We will not back down'

Vowing not to back down from urging Obama to follow up on his campaign promises to gays,  many gay activists view Sunday's March for Equality as just the beginning.   They want President Barack Obama to...