Weeks after the suicide of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer in western New York, school officials, police and lawmakers are grappling with ways to prevent the kind of schoolyard bullying being blamed for his death.
The openly gay teen’s parents Tim and Tracy Rodemeyer are calling for changes in how New York schools handle the kind of chronic harassment that drove their son […]
The gay sports bar Boxers wants to open a branch in Hell’s Kitchen — and some neighbors are putting up their dukes in protest, saying it’s too close to a school and playground.
Owners of the popular Chelsea hangout on West 20th Street want to open Boxers HK in a building at 776 10th Ave. — […]
An Indiana man says a blood donation center rejected him as a donor because he appears to be
gay–even though he isn’t.
Aaron Pace, 22, recently visited Bio-Blood Components Inc., in Gary, which pays up to $40 for blood and plasma donations. But during the interview process, he said, he was told he couldn’t give blood because […]
AIDS claimed a string of celebrity victims in its early days, from Rock Hudson to Freddie Mercury, but fellow stars have played a major role in fighting the killer disease over the years since.
Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor were among leading figures who used their celebrity from the start to raise awareness and funds for […]
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 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 […]
Former Gov. Jim McGreevey, who abruptly resigned in 2004 after declaring himself “a gay American” and admitting an extramarital affair with a male staffer, has had his pursuit of the Episcopal priesthood put on hold indefinitely.
The New York Post reported Monday that the church has deferred his bid to join the clergy.
The church, which accepts […]
Apple appears to have pulled the antigay Exodus International iPhone app from the App Store, although the company has not yet released a statement on the move.
Change.org, home of a petition against the app started by Truth Wins Out, reported on the apparent change late Tuesday.
“Apple has been under fire for more than a week […]
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