World : Top Stories from LGBTQ Nation for 08/17/2014‏

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 08/17/2014 edition: Russian anti-gay extremist sentenced to five years in penal colony Ugandan gays who fled persecution still feel danger in neighboring Kenya WNBA players Brittney Griner, Glory Johnson engaged Facebook donates to campaign of Utah AG who opposes marriage equality Judge schedules hearing on Houston LGBT ordinance, no vote in November Roberts sets Monday deadline for response in Va. marriage stay request Damon L. Jacobs: The Calm in the PrEP Storm S.C. businesses roll out the red carpet for ‘Big Gay’ wedding celebration Russian anti-gay extremist sentenced to five years in penal colony Aug 17, 2014 11:30 am MOSCOW -- The leader of the Russian anti-gay vigilante group “Occupy Pedophilia,” who is alleged to have lured LGBT youth to abusive encounters through fake social media profiles, was sentenced Friday to five years in a Russian penal colony. Maxim Sergeyevich Martsinkevich was convicted of inciting and fomenting cases of extremism by posting videos on the “Vkontakte” (VK.com) ... Read in browser »   Ugandan gays who fled persecution still feel danger in neighboring Kenya Aug 17, 2014 10:00 am NAIROBI, Kenya -- When a Ugandan court overturned the country's Anti-Homosexuality Act this month, rights activists worldwide claimed a victory. But not gay Ugandans who fled persecution to live in a refugee camp in neighboring Kenya. "The reaction shocked me. I went there. I thought it would be a celebration, but ... nothing," said Brizan Ogollan, founder of an aid organization... Read in browser »   WNBA players Brittney Griner, Glory Johnson engaged Aug 15, 2014 05:00 pm PHOENIX -- Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has proposed to the Tulsa Shock's Glory Johnson and posted it on social media. Griner showed a photo of her on one knee with a ring in her hand in front of Johnson on her Instagram account. In the post, Griner wrote: "Last Night was a Night to Remember(,) I became the happiest person on this earth! ... Read in browser »   Facebook donates to campaign of Utah AG who opposes marriage equality Aug 15, 2014 03:00 pm F acebook has donated $10,000 to the campaign of Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, According to disclosures filed with the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s office. Q Salt Lake reports Facebook made the donation on May 13, 2014. Reyes is leading the fight against a federal court ruling striking down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban... Read in browser »   Judge schedules hearing on Houston LGBT ordinance, no vote in November Aug 15, 2014 02:30 pm HOUSTON -- A judge in Houston has scheduled a hearing for next January in a challenge over the city's LGBT-inclusive equal rights ordinance, squashing opponents' efforts to put the measure on the ballot in November in hopes voters would repeal the law. State District Judge Robert Schaffer on Friday ruled that the ordinance should not be enforced prior to the trial... Read in browser »   Roberts sets Monday deadline for response in Va. marriage stay request Aug 15, 2014 10:30 am WASHINGTON -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has set deadline of Monday at 5 p.m. EDT for attorneys representing two same-sex couples to respond to a request to stay a federal appeals court ruling striking down Virginia's same-sex marriage ban. Attorneys representing a county clerk in northern Virginia on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to ... Read in browser »   Damon L. Jacobs: The Calm in the PrEP Storm Aug 15, 2014 09:00 am In 1977, I ran for senior class president, hoping against hope that my penchant for wearing platform shoes and fellating men in my spare time might somehow get overlooked by my high school classmates in Bossier City, Louisiana. I lost that faith when my campaign signs throughout the school hallways were vandalized. As the student body arrived that morning we were greeted with the word “FAG” scrawled across the posters in red spray paint... Read in browser »   S.C. businesses roll out the red carpet for ‘Big Gay’ wedding celebration Aug 15, 2014 09:00 am CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Gay rights advocates hope the buzz surrounding a "Big, Gay 'I Do'" wedding celebration in Charleston will show how much money South Carolina's businesses are losing to the state's ban on same-sex marriage. With federal courts overturning similar bans in other states, advocates in a city that's already one of the nation's top wedding locales decided to... Read in browser »   Recent Articles: Campus Pride lists Top 50 most LGBT-friendly colleges, universities Oregon Medicaid to extend coverage to gender dysphoria treatments Gay Games athletes heartened by Cleveland welcome N.Y. farm fined $13,000 for refusing to host lesbian couple’s wedding Legal handbook for LGBT Floridians available for free download LGBTQ NATION