LGBTQ news and entertainment
Jon Gruden has resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails spanning a seven year period revealed homophobic, racist and misogynistic comments. Continue reading “Jon Gruden Resigns From Raiders After Anti-Gay, Racist Emails”
North Carolina’s Lt. Governor Mark Robinson is catching well-deserved blowback after calling the LGBTQ community “filth.” Continue reading “NC Lt. Gov. Faces Calls To Resign After Calling LGBTQ People ‘Filth’”
The man who was reportedly captured on video destroying a rainbow gay pride streetscape in Delray Beach is apparently declining a plea deal and demanding a trial by jury. I mentioned there’s video footage of the incident, right? Continue reading “Trumper Who Destroyed Rainbow Crosswalk Rejects Plea Deal, Demands Trial”
The chairman of a powerful Russian government commission has says LGBT, feminist, and “child-free” groups should be recognized as “extremist.” Continue reading “Russia May Label LGBT Advocacy Groups As ‘Extremist’”
Videos circulating on social media over the weekend appear to show a group of students shouting homophobic hate speech at other students at a high school in St. Johns County, Florida. Continue reading “Parents Shocked After Students Hurl Homophobic Slurs At Other Students”
A BYU student defaces messages of support and empathy for the LGBTQ community in a video currently making its way around social media. The incident apparently took place at the south entrance to Brigham Young University. Continue reading “BYU Student Defaces Messages Of Support For LGBTQ”
A member of a local school board in Maine has been asked to resign after posting social media remarks opposing Pride Month and calling same-sex marriage “a rape of the natural world.” Continue reading “Maine School Official Calls Same-Sex Marriage ‘Rape Of The Natural World’”
Leo and Romiro Mendez, a gay couple in Salida, California, say on July 24 they ordered food using the Burger King app for their son. But when they tried to pick up their order they were threatened by employees shouting homophobic slurs. Continue reading “Gay Dads Say Burger King Employees Chased Them From Restaurant Shouting Slurs”
An anti-LGBTQ web designer in Colorado who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples has lost again in their lawsuit intended to challenge the state’s anti-discrimination law. Continue reading “Anti-LGBTQ Web Designer Loses Again In Challenge To Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Law”
New anti-LGBTQ legislation proposed in Ghana has been described as “one of the most draconian and sweeping anti-gay laws proposed around the world.” A draft of the legislation proposes up to 10 years in prison for LGBTQ+ people in the West African nation. Continue reading “Lawmakers In Ghana Propose 10 Year Prison Sentences For LGBTQ People & Allies”