Westboro Baptist Church Leader, Phelps, is Dead
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The leader of a small Baptist church in Westboro, Kansas, who made a name for himself by traveling the country…
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Creep of the Week: Gov. Rick Snyder, More Worried About Same-Sex Parents than His State’s Fate
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— The Michigan marriage trial, officially known as DeBoer v. Snyder for plaintiff April DeBoer and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, has…
GetEQUAL Mississippi Issues Travel Alert for LGBT Travelers Planning Trips to the State
JACKSON, Ms.—Today, GetEQUAL Mississippi—a statewide grassroots social justice organization working toward the full equality of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Mississippians — issued…
St. Patrick’s Day: From One Settler to Another
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— Identity. We all have many. However, to a select few, you can only have one—to be Irish, at least if you are…
MassEquality Reacts to AWVC’s Decision Continuing to Ban LGBTs
The following statement can be attributed to Kara Coredini, Executive Director of MassEquality: We are extremely disappointed with the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council’s…
Negotiations for Gay-Inclusive St. Patrick’s Day Parade Under Way
(MORE UPDATES) But Identity Restrictions Rankle LGBT Groups By: Chuck Colbert* /TRT Reporter— The push back was strong and immediate in the local LGBT community…
Lance Bass Joins HRC in Speaking Out against Anti-Gay Mississippi Bill
WASHINGTON — Lance Bass is joining the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in speaking out against…
AJWS: Recall U.S. Ambassadors to Anti-LGBT Uganda and Nigeria
NEW YORK, NY – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization, called on U.S. Secretary of State John…
Russia Officially Implements Anti-LGBT International Adoption Ban
Harsh law only portends further expected abuses of LGBT human rights WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Russia officially implemented a law preventing international same-sex couples from adopting…
South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saga Continues
By: Chuck Colbert*/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Sure enough, gay people will be marching in the annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Even parade organizers, who…
Sochi 2014: Putin Adds Fuel to Controversy
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Russian President Vladimir Putin poured fuel on the anti-gay controversy Friday (January 17), saying gays visiting Russia for the Olympics…
Part II: The Salvation Army Fiasco, Clarified
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— Many thanks to each of you who participated in our online discussion pertaining to my last editorial regarding Salvation Army and its…
LGBT Inclusive Groups Still Seek to March in South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
By: Chuck Colbert*/ TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—When Irish eyes are smiling, the world is bright and gay, or so go lyrics of the popular song….
Utah AG: Same-Sex Marriages Don’t Count
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying that he was “unable to reach a legal…
NM County Officials Resign Over Marriage Equality
NEW MEXICO, NM—Two officials, a county clerk and her chief deputy, responsible for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples resigned their positions this morning, the…
HRC & NAACP to A+E: Apology Needed for ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star’s Racist, Homophobic Rant
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and the NAACP, the nation’s oldest and…
Pressure Builds for IKEA to Stand with LGBTQ Russians
Just One Week After Launch, Campaign Targeting IKEA for Anti-Gay Marketing Decisions Intensifies With Over 33,000 Petition Signers NEW YORK, N.Y. — Just two days after RUSA…
Creep of the Week: World Net Daily’s Les Kinsolving Spreads Hatred, the Cheney’s
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— One of the anti-gay right’s favorite arguments is that the gays are actually the intolerant ones. It’s a pretty laughable…
BREAKING: Russia to Create “Protest Zone”
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that Russian authorities “plan to set up a protest zone in the city of…
How Do We Stop Anti-LGBTQ Bullying?
By: Keegan O’Brien*— [This article was originally published in The Nation] According to a nationwide study conducted by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN),…
The End of San Francisco, Comes to Boston
By: Allison Francis— Radical queer activist and author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is currently wrapping up a tour in support of her new memoir, The End…
The Power of ‘Shared Responsibility’ in the Fight Against AIDS
By: Rebecca Haag* The AIDS epidemic is seeping back into popular culture. The Dallas Buyer’s Club, a biopic starring Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof is…