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Another major gay and lesbian vacation organizer, Concierge Travel, has announced plans for a group sailing on Royal Caribbean’s much-ballyhooed, five-month-old Allure of the Seas.
The Houston-based travel company says it will host a gay group on the 5,400-passenger vessel — one the world’s two largest cruise ships — from Jan. 3-8, 2012. The ship will […]

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, called for disciplinary action after Atlanta Braves Pitching Coach Roger McDowell issued an apology regarding allegations that he directed anti-gay slurs at a group of male fans and made violent threats before the Braves […]

A school board in Clovis, New Mexico, voted to ban all extra-curricular clubs from meeting during school hours after a gay-straight alliance applied to become a club.
School officials call it coincidental that the alliance applied while school policies were being reviewed, but representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico say they are […]

Growing up in the Midwest during the 1960s, Howard Bragman was fairly convinced he was an alien.
“I was fat and Jewish and gay in Flint, Mich.,” he says, “and that makes you a bit of a Martian because there’s not a lot of peers, there’s not a lot of role models to really look to.”
Today, […]

The debate over gay marriage isn’t just raging in city halls and capitol buildings, it’s also heating up in stores and on advertisements as companies grapple with how to reach an increasingly diverse and divided population.
Ikea recently came under fire from Italian politicians for their Italian add featuring two men walking away from the camera holding hands […]

A lesbian former cadet who left West Point saying she couldn’t live a lie was rejected for re-admission Wednesday because of the lingering military ban on gays and said she is giving up on her dream of graduating from the academy.
Katherine Miller said in a statement that she plans to graduate from Yale University, which […]

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) this week launched a drive to “Tune Out Trump” following Donald Trump’s decision to use an anti-marriage equality platform as part of his potential presidential nomination bid.
GLAAD points to comments by Trump that were made during various interviews including an appearance on Fox News. They include: “I’m not […]

Proponents of California’s gay marriage ban on Monday said a judge who struck down the law was biased because he is in a same-sex relationship himself, and that his ruling should be thrown out.

Former U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker last year ruled that California’s same-sex marriage ban, known as Proposition 8, was unconstitutional. The case is […]