World : Top Stories from LGBTQ Nation for 08/13/2014‏

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 08/13/2014 edition: Sun Devils’ Chip Sarafin: First active Div. I football player to come out as gay Same-sex couples in 7 Miss. counties record out-of-state marriage licenses Appeals court rules transgender man can continue pursuing divorce Fla. county wants to withhold tax dollars from being used to fight marriage rulings DOJ smacks down Nat’l Organization for Marriage request for attorney’s fees Columnist: Disney is ‘indoctrinating’ children with ‘pro-gay agenda’ 27 men arrested in Lebanon for alleged ‘unnatural sex’ and ‘public indecency’ Appeals court won’t grant stay of Va. same-sex marriage ruling - Without intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, same-sex couples could begin marrying in Virginia next week Perkins: Christian businesses should donate LGBT profits to ex-gay ministries Murder suspect is victim’s former partner in business and life Gay coach who came out in blog post will keep job at S.D. Catholic high school Miss. same-sex couples to record out-of-state marriage licenses Minn. GOP lawmaker fends off challenge brought over vote for gay marriage Wife of anti-gay Texas Values president left him for another woman - 'Revelation could help explain Jonathan Saenz’ seemingly abrupt transformation from socially conservative lobbyist to homophobic firebrand' N.J. court recognizes non-biological parents’ rights in same-sex custody case A gay dad’s requiem for Robin Williams, the icon of the modern father Attorney: Manning not being provided approved hormone therapy Calif. man sues doctor for listing homosexuality as a ‘chronic condition’ Nat’l Organization for Marriage claims boycott has slowed Starbucks’ growth The power of witness Report: Marriage equality would add $53 million, new jobs to Mich. economy Billings, Mont., rejects LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance - Mayor casts deciding vote against measure Israel OK’s gay Jews to immigrate with non-Jewish same-sex spouses Uganda president not keen on rushing anti-gay law Hate group: Archie destroying America’s youth by promoting homosexuality Sun Devils’ Chip Sarafin: First active Div. I football player to come out as gay Aug 13, 2014 04:00 pm TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State senior offensive lineman Edward "Chip" Sarafin has told a local magazine he is gay, making him the first active Division I football player to come out. Sarafin told Phoenix-based Compete, a magazine for gay sports, that he revealed his sexual orientation to his teammates nonchalantly last spring. Read in browser »   Same-sex couples in 7 Miss. counties record out-of-state marriage licenses Aug 13, 2014 03:00 pm JACKSON, Miss. -- In a move that's more symbolic than substantial, same-sex couples in seven Mississippi counties were allowed to file out-of-state marriage licenses into chancery court land records Wednesday, while couples were barred from filing documents in one coastal county. Couples say filing the papers does not overturn Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage... Read in browser »   Appeals court rules transgender man can continue pursuing divorce Aug 13, 2014 02:30 pm PHOENIX -- A transgender man in Arizona who gave birth to three children after beginning his transition from female to male can continue to pursue a divorce, a state appeals court said Wednesday, reversing a judge who refused to end the marriage. A three-judge panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that Thomas Beatie's marriage to Nancy Beatie in Hawaii in ... Read in browser »   Fla. county wants to withhold tax dollars from being used to fight marriage rulings Aug 13, 2014 02:00 pm FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Broward County, Fla., Commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution supporting same-sex marriage, and are asking the county attorney to research ways to withhold taxpayer funding from the state that would be used in the appeals process. WSVN-TV reports that the commissioners voted unanimously to oppose Florida’s same-sex marriage ban... Read in browser »   DOJ smacks down Nat’l Organization for Marriage request for attorney’s fees Aug 13, 2014 01:00 pm WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a blistering response to a motion by the National Organization for Marriage demanding nearly $700,000 attorneys' fees for their lawsuit over the release of confidential tax documents. In June, a federal court ordered the U.S. government to pay $50,000 to the NOM after the group claimed that confidential donor ... Read in browser »   Columnist: Disney is ‘indoctrinating’ children with ‘pro-gay agenda’ Aug 13, 2014 11:30 am A conservative columnist for the Tampa Tribune criticized the Walt Disney Co. for allegedly pushing a “pro-gay agenda,” asserting that the company is using its programming to “indoctrinate” children about “gay lifestyles and gay marriage.” In his August 12 column, Douglas MacKinnon – a former aide to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush – charged that Disney ... Read in browser »   27 men arrested in Lebanon for alleged ‘unnatural sex’ and ‘public indecency’ Aug 13, 2014 10:30 am BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Police in Beirut have arrested 27 men for allegedly engaging in “gay sex” during a raid on a Beirut bathhouse on Saturday. According to Colonel Tony Haddad of Hbeish police station, the 27 unnamed men, including the owner and employees, have been in police custody since police raided Agha Hammam in the area of Hamra-Concord, Beirut. Read in browser »   Appeals court won’t grant stay of Va. same-sex marriage ruling - Without intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, same-sex couples could begin marrying in Virginia next week Aug 13, 2014 09:15 am RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to delay its ruling striking down Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban, which means that same-sex couples could begin marrying in the state as early as next week. The state would also need to start recognizing marriages from out of state by next Wednesday, assuming the U.S. Supreme Court does not intervene. Read in browser »   Perkins: Christian businesses should donate LGBT profits to ex-gay ministries Aug 13, 2014 08:00 am For conservatives, non-discrimination laws are another nail in the coffin of religious freedom. On Monday’s “Washington Watch,” host Tony Perkins lamented how increasingly difficult it is for Christian business owners to actively discriminate against and refuse service to LGBT people or same-sex couples based on their “religious views on sexuality.” Read in browser »   Murder suspect is victim’s former partner in business and life Aug 13, 2014 07:30 am ARDEN HILLS, Minn. -- A Boston Scientific executive was shot and killed at a gas station in a Minneapolis suburb, and authorities were seeking a business partner of his. Kelly Phillips, 48, worked for the medical device company in its Arden Hills, Minnesota, office. The gas station where the shooting happened is about two blocks away. Read in browser »   Gay coach who came out in blog post will keep job at S.D. Catholic high school Aug 13, 2014 07:00 am DELL RAPIDS, S.D. -- A volleyball coach at St. Mary High School in Dell Rapids who has publicly announced he's gay says he's being allowed to keep his job. Nate Alfson announced he was gay last week on the website Outsports.com, and later said he was concerned about his future with the private Catholic school. He is believed to be the first openly gay... Read in browser »   Miss. same-sex couples to record out-of-state marriage licenses Aug 13, 2014 06:00 am HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Advocates for same-sex couples say couples in eight Mississippi counties will record their out-of-state marriage licenses Wednesday at their local Chancery Court offices. Organized by the Campaign for Southern Equality, the statewide day of action for marriage equality will involve couples recording their licenses in Amite, Desoto, Hancock, ... Read in browser »   Minn. GOP lawmaker fends off challenge brought over vote for gay marriage Aug 12, 2014 07:20 pm MINNEAPOLIS -- State Rep. Jenifer Loon, the second-ranking Republican in the Minnesota House, has survived a primary challenge brought on by her vote in favor of same-sex marriage. Loon's onetime campaign manager, Sheila Kihne, decided to run after Loon voted last year to legalize gay marriage. Kihne called the vote a flip-flop for Loon. Read in browser »   Wife of anti-gay Texas Values president left him for another woman - 'Revelation could help explain Jonathan Saenz’ seemingly abrupt transformation from socially conservative lobbyist to homophobic firebrand' Aug 12, 2014 06:00 pm Just months before becoming president of the anti-gay group Texas Values, Jonathan Saenz' wife left him for another woman, according to divorce records filed in Hays County, Texas. The revelation could help explain Saenz’s seemingly abrupt transformation from socially conservative lobbyist to homophobic firebrand. Read in browser »   N.J. court recognizes non-biological parents’ rights in same-sex custody case Aug 12, 2014 04:00 pm An appellate court in New Jersey has ruled that a parent with no biological or legal ties to a child may still be entitled to custodial rights as a "psychological Parent." The decision comes in the case of a lesbian couple who jointly raised the biological child of one of the woman from the age of 18 months. For more than seven years, the couple equally shared in parenting.. Read in browser »   A gay dad’s requiem for Robin Williams, the icon of the modern father Aug 12, 2014 03:30 pm There was a deeper profound loss in the news for me in learning of Robin Williams' death, something very personal, and it took a night of sleep for me to fully get a sense as to what it is. I am a dad. It is the part of my being with which I identify first and most strongly. As I awoke this morning, the first morning of a Robin Williams-less world, I felt a loss in the definition of what it is to be a dad... Read in browser »   Attorney: Manning not being provided approved hormone therapy Aug 12, 2014 01:00 pm KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning isn't receiving medical treatment for her gender identity condition as previously approved by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the American Civil Liberties Union and Manning's attorney said Tuesday. The ACLU and Manning's civilian attorney, David E. Coombs, on Tuesday notified ... Read in browser »   Calif. man sues doctor for listing homosexuality as a ‘chronic condition’ Aug 12, 2014 12:30 pm LOS ANGELES -- A California man las filed a lawsuit against his doctor and a Southern California healthcare network, saying they ignored his request to remove a notation from his medial records describing "homosexual behavior" as a "chronic problem." KNBC-TV reports that Matthew Moore, 46, who is openly gay, said he was shocked to see his sexual orientation ... Read in browser »   Nat’l Organization for Marriage claims boycott has slowed Starbucks’ growth Aug 12, 2014 12:00 pm The National Organization For Marriage’s two year boycott of global coffee giant Starbucks “has been an abject (and laughable) failure,” reports Jeremy Hooper at Good As You. The pro-equality company maintains 21,000 stores in over 65 countries, and is thriving. NOM, on the other hand, has lost just about every thing it has attempted in the 2+ years... Read in browser »   The power of witness Aug 12, 2014 12:00 pm I could tell you about the years that I have spent in prayerful study and discernment learning the facts about homosexuality. I could give you psychological, biological, theological, and biblical arguments to support my decisions and actions. I could do those things. But I won’t. Many times, a powerful testimony is all the proof we need to accept that someone has, in fact, encountered the risen Christ. So my purpose here is not to give arguments, it’s to give testimony... Read in browser »   Report: Marriage equality would add $53 million, new jobs to Mich. economy Aug 12, 2014 08:00 am Extending marriage to same-sex couples in Michigan would generate an estimated $53.2 million in spending to the state’s economy and generate over 500 new jobs over three years, according to a new study. Researchers at the Williams Institute, an independent think tank at UCLA’s School of Law, estimates that — based on 2010 U.S. Census data... Read in browser »   Billings, Mont., rejects LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance - Mayor casts deciding vote against measure Aug 12, 2014 07:30 am BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Billings City Council has rejected an ordinance to ban discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. The Billings Gazette reports the council’s decision came early Tuesday, with Mayor Tom Hanel casting the deciding vote. Read in browser »   Israel OK’s gay Jews to immigrate with non-Jewish same-sex spouses Aug 12, 2014 07:30 am JERUSALEM -- Israel says it will now allow Jews to immigrate to Israel with their non-Jewish same-sex spouses. In a directive publicized Tuesday, Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Saar told immigration authorities not to differentiate between married gay and straight couples. Israeli law grants citizenship to Jews and close non-Jewish relatives who move to Israel. Read in browser »   Uganda president not keen on rushing anti-gay law Aug 12, 2014 07:00 am KAMPALA, Uganda -- President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is urging parliamentarians not to rush to reintroduce a controversial anti-gay law that was invalidated earlier this month, saying the measure is not a priority and could hurt the country's economic development. Museveni, who held a meeting Monday with lawmakers from his party, urged parliamentarians ... Read in browser »   Hate group: Archie destroying America’s youth by promoting homosexuality Aug 12, 2014 06:00 am Tim Wildmon and Ed Vitagliano of the anti-gay “hate group” American Family Association are upset about the direction of Archie Comics, and spoke with Religious Right pundit Larry Tomczak on Monday’s edition of “Today’s Issues” about how Archie is corrupting young people with messages promoting “the occult and homosexuality.” Read in browser »   Source : LGBTQ NATION