Website launched to 'out' Catholic priests

A website was launched today to 'out' gay Catholic priests who are socially 'out' but professionally closeted, or who are having heterosexual affairs. The website was launched as a response to the Archdiocese of...

Purdue librarian's anti-gay economics lands him in hot water

Anti-gay blog postings cause furor at Purdue University:  Scholar and political science librarian sets off storm of protest "The issue is not Dr. Chapman’s views of homosexuality, bigoted and...

Evangelicalism is shifting toward GLBT acceptance

There is no disputing the trend:  Christian evangelicalism in America is tilting more and more toward a bias in favor of acceptance of gays and gay rights. To optimists,  this is a sign of progress....

Andrew Sullivan disturbed by Catholic Church re gays in DC

Andrew Sullivan,  gay activist, gay marriage activist,    scholar,  political pundit,  Catholic,  author of Virtually Normal:  An Argument about Homosexuality,   one of the...

Gay blog reported to FBI for terrorist threats

When  a gay blogger from New York City posted a criticism of a well-known Christian opponent of gay rights,  some of his readers expressed their empathy and anger.  But in the wake of the Fort Hood...

Some Mormons see split coming over endorsement of gay rights

Some members of the Mormon Church are seeing the recent endorsement of the gay rights bill in Salt Lake City,  Utah  -  hailed by many Mormons and by the gay community as a milestone in progress...

House Education & Labor Committee to vote on ENDA

The House Education and Labor Committee will vote on ENDA on November 18, 2009:  From the Campaign for Human Rights,  Washington,  DC(* Read Now Public's Rhonda Mangus' feature story on ENDA Act...

Worldfocus: State of Gay Marriage in Greece

Special Correspondent Lynn Sherr and producer Megan Thompson examine the state of gay marriage in Greece. "Homosexuality dates back thousands of years in Ancient Greece, where same-sex relationships were well...

R.I. Governor Vetoes Gay funeral bill

A bill concerning gay funeral rights which was passed by Rhode Island's state legislature this past October was vetoed yesterday by that state's governor.  Carcieri has been known to make many anti-gay rights...

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. "...