LGBTQ news and entertainment
Surveillance video caught a man tearing down a Pride flag from a candy shop in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Owners of the shop say it’s the 4th time the store has been targeted in recent years. Continue reading “Man Caught Tearing Down Pride Flag: “Call 1-800-Who-Cares, No Gay People””
An appeals court in California ruled a Kern County baker violated the rights of a gay couple when she refused on religious grounds to sell a cake for their wedding. The couple asked to purchase a pre-designed, generic 3-tier cake without any “gay” references or adornment. But the bakery refused to sell to them. #FAFO Continue reading “Appeals Court: CA Bakery Discriminated Against Same-Sex Wedding”
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) has signed into law H.B. 8, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, that will ban teachers from acknowledging LGBTQ identities except to forcibly out students to their parents. Continue reading “Ohio Gov. Signs ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Into Law”
In case it wasn’t clear enough how Texas GOPers feel about the LGBTQ community, the 2024 Republican party platform declares in black and white that “homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle” and no protections should be granted to the gays. Continue reading “2024 Texas GOP Platform: No “Special Status” For “Abnormal Homosexuals””
The Tennessee legislature has approved Senate Bill 596, which will allow any officiants – including government officials – to decline to perform weddings between LGBTQ or interracial couples. Continue reading “Tennessee Approves Bill Allowing Any Anyone To Refuse To Officiate Same-Sex Weddings”
How hideous is this? After getting into a back-and-forth online with an LGBTQ activist, Bubba Pollock, 34, decided to travel nearly two hours and sneak into a palliative care facility to take an intimidating selfie with the activist’s father, who was being treated for late-stage cancer. Pollock has now pleaded guilty to criminal harassment for taking the bedside photo with LGBTQ activist/ally Britt Leroux’s father in June 2023. Continue reading “Man Pleads Guilty To Harassment After Taking Hospital Selfie With LGBTQ Activist’s Dying Father”
Can you believe this? House Republicans are opposing a new rule that requires child welfare agencies to place LGBTQ children in homes that are “free of hostility, mistreatment, or abuse” based on the child’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression. Continue reading “House Republicans Oppose Protections For LGBTQ Foster Kids”
O’Shea Sibley (photo: Kemar Jewel)
Police have reportedly identified a suspect in the stabbing death of 28-year-old O’Shae Sibley, a professional dancer, who was killed Saturday night for dancing while fueling his car at a gas station in Brooklyn. Continue reading “Police Have Identified Suspect In Fatal Stabbing Of Young Dancer”
A professional dancer, identified as 28-year-old O’Shae Sibley, was stabbed to death late Saturday night during an altercation at a gas station in Brooklyn. The assailant reportedly told the victim and his friends that the young man’s dancing while gassing up his car offended him due to his religion. Surveillance footage captured the fatal incident that police are now investigating as a hate crime. Continue reading “28-Year-Old Dancer Stabbed To Death At Brooklyn Gas Station”