In a pretty major move, the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints just announced it would back some very specific anti-discrimination legal protections for gays and lesbians. » 1/27/15 3:30pm Tuesday 3:30pm

Ellen DeGeneres told a loudmouth religious right anti-gay zealot to have a seat and oh what a glorious seat it was. » 1/14/15 11:30pm 1/14/15 11:30pm

Today the Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood & Tissue Safety & Availability (I hope they shortened that for the letterhead) voted to relax the current federal policies on gay men donating blood. » 11/13/14 7:10pm 11/13/14 7:10pm

Half a million assholes flooded the streets of Paris and Bordeaux this weekend in protest of scientific reproductive assistance for gay families who wish to have children. » 10/06/14 3:00pm 10/06/14 3:00pm

A California high school recently banned the sale of Chick-fil-A due to their stance on gay rights and marriage equality. » 9/14/14 8:39pm 9/14/14 8:39pm

Panic! At the Disco found a great way to respond to a hate group that targeted them for protest this weekend. » 7/21/14 10:00am 7/21/14 10:00am

Since 1983, the FDA has banned gay and bisexual men from donating blood. It's a ridiculous, outdated and stigmatizing practice; today, the National Gay Blood Drive hopes to draw attention to the fact that such a shitty policy still exists and to call for change. » 7/11/14 2:10pm 7/11/14 2:10pm

On Friday, an Alabama appeals court struck down a law banning consensual oral and anal sex between unmarried persons. All over the state, people celebrated by continuing to mind their own goddamn sex-business in the privacy of their own homes. » 6/17/14 2:40pm 6/17/14 2:40pm

Attorney General Eric Holder came down hard on the Boy Scouts' ban on gay troop leaders, declaring their policy promotes "the worst kind of stereotypes" about the LGBT community. » 6/11/14 12:40pm 6/11/14 12:40pm

Today in news that made me cry quietly at my desk, the Idaho State Veterans cemetery has refused to allow a Navy veteran to be buried beside the love of her life because of the state's ban on same-sex marriage — which is sad and stupid and endlessly infuriating. In response, a fellow veteran has offered up his plot so… » 5/01/14 4:10pm 5/01/14 4:10pm

A South Carolina college cancelled a satirical play called "How to Be a Lesbian" because it was accused of being gay "indoctrination." » 4/11/14 9:40am 4/11/14 9:40am

Today in news that will shock no one: according to a leading online pornslinger Pornhub, states that lead the country in watching dudes get it on also lead the country in enacting anti-gay policies. Hating gays is perhaps the gayest thing a person can do. » 3/13/14 7:45pm 3/13/14 7:45pm

After years of legal wrangling, a Texas school district has coughed up a $77,500 settlement to a former student, who was allegedly outed to her mother by a pair of softball coaches. » 3/10/14 5:20pm 3/10/14 5:20pm

Despite the perception that religion and LGBT intolerance go hand in hand, a national survey by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) shows that statistically, the reality doesn't match up to the perception. » 2/28/14 1:15pm 2/28/14 1:15pm

Break out the rainbow celebration chaps: a Federal Judge has ruled that Texas's voter-driven gay marriage ban is unconstitutional. Yee-haw! » 2/26/14 4:10pm 2/26/14 4:10pm

Like you and everyone else who is sane, Anderson Cooper is done with all these dumb anti-gay "religious freedom" bills that are cropping up in a couple of states. Like, seriously fucking done with them. » 2/25/14 9:00pm 2/25/14 9:00pm

Three Republican lawmakers are having a desperate change of heart regarding a bill that would make it legal for businesses to discriminate against gay patrons. » 2/25/14 9:40am 2/25/14 9:40am

Ever watched a very angry person spew hateful shit about gays and thought, gee, that guy is going to give himself a heart attack one of these days? Turns out some scientists were thinking the same thing! » 2/21/14 4:48pm 2/21/14 4:48pm

The Arizona House and Senate have passed legislation that lets businesses refuse services to gay people on religious grounds. » 2/20/14 10:30pm 2/20/14 10:30pm