World : Top Stories from LGBTQ Nation for 06/08/2014‏

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 06/08/2014 edition: Neil Patrick Harris wins Best Actor Tony Award for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ Quinn, Emanuel attend Illinois same-sex marriage celebration Salt Lake City LGBT pride participants energized by bright future Transgender woman held captive two years, claims she was kept as sex slave Cleveland man charged in fatal shooting of transgender woman Michael Sam: No issues fitting in with St. Louis Rams - 'They respect me as a human being' Brian and Toby: A same-sex couple’s wedding story Neil Patrick Harris wins Best Actor Tony Award for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ Jun 08, 2014 07:55 pm NEW YORK — After years of helping hand out Tony Awards to others, Neil Patrick Harris finally has one of his own. The Emmy Award-winning "How I Met Your Mother" star won his first Tony on Sunday for playing a German male transsexual rock singer in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," a tale of obsession, glam rock and a botched sex-change operation. Read in browser »   Quinn, Emanuel attend Illinois same-sex marriage celebration Jun 08, 2014 03:30 pm A swanky brunch paying tribute Sunday to those who helped pass Illinois' new same-sex marriage law wasn't free from election-year politics as organizers deemed Gov. Pat Quinn "the most pro-gay governor in the history of Illinois" and knocked his Republican re-election challenger. Read in browser »   Salt Lake City LGBT pride participants energized by bright future Jun 08, 2014 03:00 pm SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City's gay pride parade has been going for decades, but never have participants and attendees had so much to celebrate and such a bright future to look forward to. A federal judge struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban in December, leading more than 1,000 gay and lesbian couples to marry. Read in browser »   Transgender woman held captive two years, claims she was kept as sex slave Jun 08, 2014 02:00 pm NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana — Authorities say that a transgender woman was held as a slave in rural, northwestern Louisiana for two years in what local authorities describe as the most “severe and disturbing” case of human trafficking ever investigated in the area. Read in browser »   Cleveland man charged in fatal shooting of transgender woman Jun 08, 2014 11:30 am CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Police have charged a Cleveland man with murder in connection with the fatal December shooting of a 22-year-old transgender woman. Delshawn Carroll, 19, was charged with one count of aggravated murder for shooting and killing Brittany Stergis Dec. 6 as she sat in her car outside public housing. Read in browser »   Michael Sam: No issues fitting in with St. Louis Rams - 'They respect me as a human being' Jun 08, 2014 11:00 am Michael Sam is confident he'll be judged on performance. The first openly gay player drafted in the NFL said Friday there have been no issues fitting in with his St. Louis Rams teammates, no awkward moments in the locker room and that he was accepted right away. "They respect me as a human being," he said. Read in browser »   Brian and Toby: A same-sex couple’s wedding story Jun 08, 2014 09:00 am NEW YORK — From their first date, it took Brian Rubin and Toby Sowers only days to fall in love and barely seven months to get engaged. Then the pace of their love story slowed. They spent 20 more months planning their wedding, a three-day flurry of celebrations and ceremonies in New York City. There […] Read in browser »   Recent Articles: Puerto Rico governor nominates openly gay attorney to Supreme Court One man in custody, another on the run in Seattle homicide of two gay men Texas GOP approves platform endorsing ‘reparative therapy’ for gays Former cop sues London police claiming years of anti-gay harassment County executive: 146 same-sex couples married in Milwaukee Bron : LGBTQ NATION