BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s president on Saturday pardoned and ordered the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison, but said that homosexuality remains illegal in this conservative southern African nation. Malawi has faced international condemnation for the conviction and harsh...

Everyone knows where the Pope stands on Gay Marriage.  What we tend to forget is that not all Catholics, nay, not all people of faith, share this stance.  In the past few weeks, there have been multiple reports of a Catholic school’s rejection of students based upon the sexual orientation of their...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Servicemembers United, the nation’s largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans, today released a newly obtained document from the National Guard Bureau showing 630 additional discharges pursuant to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law...

Sen. Jim Forrester, a Gaston County Republican, is trying once again to write a ban on same-sex marriages into the N.C. Constitution. Forrester has authored several similar bills in previous legislative sessions in an attempt to push an amendment to the state Constitution banning marriage equality measures....

It appears a long, drawn-out drama involving Dan Goldberg, a new father of twin sons born to a surrogate mother in India, is finally coming to an end. Goldberg took a recent trip to India to bring his newborn twins home, but a law requiring paternity tests from Israeli parents to prove familial ties...

Yesterday was International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia. Here are three of my favorite headlines/stories from around the world: 3. Jamaica: Gay protest at Emancipation Park Known for extreme cases of hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, Jamaica has long since...

There’s tons going on around the world to celebrate, honor, and agitate for change on this day: UnitedENDA is kicking off the National Week of Action to Move the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) forward. United ENDA is a coalition effort of nearly 400 organizations including Out and Equal,...

LOS ANGELES — A gay rights group is demanding an apology from Newsweek magazine for a recent story that the group says suggested gay actors can’t play straight characters. “An actor’s personal life should not be a factor in their believability in a role,” said Jarrett Barrios,...

BOSTON – A Roman Catholic school has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was “in discord” with church teachings, according to one of the boys’ mothers. It’s at least the second time in recent months that students have...

Lately everyone has been asking me the same two questions, questions that I am wary to answer honestly.  For to give someone the full truth about my story seems to be to give unto them the burden of a deep, private knowledge; one that I am only now beginning to grasp.  It is a knowledge of good and...