World : Top Stories from LGBTQ Nation for 05/25/2014‏

Updates from LGBTQ Nation The Nation's Most Followed Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer News Source Own a business, or provide a service? Get listed in our Business / Service Directory. In the 05/25/2014 edition: Pride around the world: Scenes from the International Carnaval of Maspalomas ‘My religious identity is as important to me as my sexual identity’ Gay band director fired by Catholic school for planning to marry partner Read These Lips Seventh Mississippi town passes resolution recognizing LGBT citizens Mario and Luigi’s Big Announcement ‘I want people to know that there’s not one type of love…’ Fox News ‘expert’ suggests ‘homosexual impulses’ played a role in Calif. massacre U.S. House hopeful says gays secretly plotting ‘to recruit and sodomize children’ Battle against same-sex marriage in Indiana unlikely to disappear soon New book links U.S. conservatives and African ‘Kill the Gays’ laws Pride around the world: Scenes from the International Carnaval of Maspalomas May 25, 2014 08:00 pm Scenes from LGBT Pride at the International Carnaval of Maspalomas on the Spanish Canary island of Gran Canaria on Saturday, May 24, 2014. Read in browser »   ‘My religious identity is as important to me as my sexual identity’ May 25, 2014 06:00 pm John Russell Stanger is the first openly gay Presbyterian minister ordained in Texas. And his path toward being ordained began very, well, gay... Read in browser »   Gay band director fired by Catholic school for planning to marry partner May 25, 2014 04:30 pm MACON, Ga. -- An openly gay band director at a Macon, Ga., Catholic school has been fired after announcing plans to marry his partner later this year, and students and parents are protesting the firing to the school's board of trustees. Read in browser »   Read These Lips May 25, 2014 04:00 pm A KISS is nothing. On the sidewalks, in the park, I see one every few minutes, a real kiss, lip to lip. It barely registers. It’s as unremarkable as a car horn in traffic, as an umbrella in rain... Read in browser »   Seventh Mississippi town passes resolution recognizing LGBT citizens May 25, 2014 03:30 pm WAVELAND, Miss. -- The city council in Waveland City Council has passed an anti-discrimination resolution recognizing the "dignity and worth of all city residents" -- including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Read in browser »   Mario and Luigi’s Big Announcement May 25, 2014 03:00 pm You've known them for so long, but there's something you may not have realized about this duo, and Ellen has the scoop. Read in browser »   ‘I want people to know that there’s not one type of love…’ May 25, 2014 02:30 pm Kids these days... Tyunique Nelson was struggling with parts of her life. Through her struggles she found some peace with Alex, a new person she met at school. Read in browser »   Fox News ‘expert’ suggests ‘homosexual impulses’ played a role in Calif. massacre May 25, 2014 01:30 pm A Fox News contributor on Saturday suggested that 22-year-old Elliot Rodger (pictured), who killed six people and wounded 13 others in an Isla Vista, Calif., massacre on Friday, may have been triggered because he could not cope with his “homosexual impulses.” Read in browser »   U.S. House hopeful says gays secretly plotting ‘to recruit and sodomize children’ May 25, 2014 12:00 pm One of two Georgia Republicans who will face off in a run-off election in July for the GOP nomination in the 10th Congressional District is minister and talk-radio host Jody Hice, who believes that gay people have “a secret plot to recruit and sodomize children.' Read in browser »   Battle against same-sex marriage in Indiana unlikely to disappear soon May 25, 2014 10:00 am INDIANAPOLIS -- Same-sex marriage is an issue that never seems to die in Indiana politics. The most recent battle is being played out inside the Republican Party, as delegates to the party's upcoming convention ponder whether the GOP platform should support defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. Read in browser »   New book links U.S. conservatives and African ‘Kill the Gays’ laws May 25, 2014 07:00 am One of the original researchers to expose the ties between U.S. right-wing evangelicals and anti-LGBTQ laws in Uganda and other parts of Africa has released releasing a new book that shows U.S. activists exactly how to stop Americans like Scott Lively and Rick Warren from pushing their hateful beliefs abroad. Read in browser »   Recent Articles: Report: Marriage equality could add $92 million to Pa. economy over 3 years Group blasts Utah governor for calling gay marriage the foundation of ‘anarchy’ - Gov. Herbert 'is uneducated ... on current scientific positions in regard to human sexuality' Voters in Pocatello, Id., reject effort to overturn ban on LGBT discrimination With an eye on the right side of history, judges nix same-sex marriage bans Teachers criticize Catholic school contracts that regulate their private lives