The Great Gay Holiday: A celebration of Halloween's LGBTQ influence

THE WORLD'S MOST FOLLOWED LGBTQ NEWS SOURCE Top Headlines for Monday Oct 31, 2016 The Great Gay Holiday: A celebration of Halloween's LGBTQ influence Long before Pride Month and National Coming Out Day, Halloween was the unofficial annual holiday of the LGBTQ community. Chicago school cancels Christian haunted house depicting Pulse massacre "The Room: A Journey to Hell" was described as featuring "life or death" choices between "sin and salvation." Generous Boy George will pay for Pete Burns’ funeral expenses The Dead or Alive singer died penniless, but a fellow 80's legend is coming to the rescue. Remembering the gay man who saved 17 million lives The WWII hero saved millions of lives before being chemically castrated for being gay. He killed himself two years later. Study confirms children of gay and lesbian parents are well-adjusted The study is believed to be the first to follow children adopted by lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents from early to middle childhood. Under pressure, HRC revokes endorsement of repeatedly racist Sen. Mark Kirk Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin called it an "unprecedented step -- a first in our 36-year history." North Carolina high school crowns first transgender homecoming queen “This is a military-based town so it’s not always the most welcoming for trans people, but that hasn’t stopped me from being myself.” Spiegel’s catalog features first transgender cover model Transgender model Arisce Wanzer is one of the rising stars featured in the Oxygen series "Strut." Watch: This Christian grandma sings a touching ode to the rainbow flag Sherri Gray first made headlines when a song she wrote for her niece's wedding, "(What If We Are) Just Like You?" went viral in 2013. 5 things to know about the first transgender rights Supreme Court case "The outcome of this case is likely to shape the future of that movement in ways that will resonate for a very long time."

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