Sally Kern, the House representative for Oklahoma is not apologizing for her speech given to a group of about 50 Republicans. An anonymous person leaked her comments onto YouTube where Kern talks intently about how homosexuality is destroying the nation.
Many are outraged with Kerns, but also with the fact that she is defending her statements by […]
Prosecutors in the trial of former news anchor, Alycia Lane are coming under attack from the NYC division of the Gay Officers Action League after her charges have been downgraded from assault to a misdemeanor.
Lane, was confronted by cops in Manhattan after being disorderly, she then hit a female officer in the face while making […]
The Pride Foundation of Seattle has announced the largest ever endowment given to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender causes by one of the first Microsoft Corp. employees, Ric Weiland.
After a long battle with depression, Weiland committed suicide in 2006. On Sunday Weiland’s estate announced that they had established a fund at the Pride Foundation that […]
15-year-old, Lawrence King was shot in the head by a classmate who had a falling out with the victim stemming from his sexual orientation.
Classmates at the E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, CA stated that King announced that he was gay and often wore women’s clothing, shoes, and makeup to school.
The suspect, whose identity is […]
Democratic assemblyman, Mark Leno announced today that he plans on introducing a bill to establish a California state holiday on May 22, the day civil rights pioneer Harvey Milk was born.
The proposed ‘Harvey Milk Day’ is being supported by the states largest LGBT civil rights organization, Equality California in hopes that the day will help provide a […]
The conservative, anti-gay marriage group Florida4Marriage, is being met with opposition today. The group is trying to obtain the required 611,109 signatures to get the “Marriage Protection Amendment” on the Florida Ballot by February 1st.
The Fairness of All Families Coalition is using today’s Florida primary as a chance to educate voters about the constitutional amendment that would ban […]
The Kansas based Westboro Baptist Church announced that they will picket the stateside memorial service for actor Heath Ledger because of his award nominated portrayal of a gay man in Brokeback Mountian.
Westboro Baptist, which is best known for picketing the funerals of U.S. soldiers who were killed in Iraq, stated that by playing Ennis del Mar in […]
In a state where just four years ago, its constitution was rewritten to ban gay marriage, Utah’s new mayor, Ralph Becker made sure his first official action was to create a citywide registry of domestic partners which includes same-sex couples.
The registry was a campaign promise made by Becker designed to aid employers who are undecided […]
New Jersey today passed legislation to strengthen the state’s hate crimes and anti-school bullying laws. The bill has two sections which add gender identity or expression to the existing law and cracks down on bullying in schools.
All new police officers are now required to attend two hours of training on hate crimes and offers anti-hate […]
With the year coming to a close, NNN Rewind polled Logo readers to find out what they felt were the most important news stories of 2007.
Topping the list were the upcoming presidential election, ENDA and gay unions as issues that most affected the LGBT community this year.
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