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Constance Gets Duped

After all was said and done in the case of Constance McMillen, the lesbian student who requested to take her girlfriend to her school prom, resulting in the prom being cancelled, now it turns out she was directed to a fake prom, and not the prom parents had put together to make up for the […]

Catholic Priests Just Can’t Get Enough

How many claims of sexual abuse within the Catholic church would you imagine have occurred since the year 1950? I can tell you that just last year, the number of claims reported in the US was around 400. So how many, according to a survey commissioned by the bishops, would you say have been claimed

An Evening In The Garden

On Saturday, April 24th from 6-9PM there will be a Fundraiser for the benefitting the San Francisco AIDS Foundation via the AIDS Lifecycle. "An Evening In The Garden" will be held at Gazebo Gardens at 3024 Van Ness Avenue, with hors d’oeuvres provided courtesy of Grand Occasions, wine courtesy of Englemann Cellars & LoMac Winery,

Church Goes After Retired Minister

A Presbyterian church in Northern California is going after a retired minister for marrying gay couples during the time of legal gay marriage in California. They’ve gone after her before for the same thing, but since those incidents were at a time when same sex marriage wasn’t legal, they backed off. As for the fact

Prom Court Case Heard Today

The court case brought by the ACLU against the Mississippi school district which cancelled the school prom rather than have Constance McMillen attend in a tuxedo with her girlfriend was heard Monday. While school officials tried to deflect blame by saying they considered cancelling the prom before McMillen’s request, for other reasons, and then blamed

We Can Do It! Campaign Launches

The website Open Artist Movement has launched a new campaign titled We Can Do It! The photo campaign aims to build solidarity and personal strength through positive messaging. The goal is to bring to life modern iconic individuals, by depicting them as powerful and not victims in support of the global LGBT movement worldwide.  

VIDEO: Will Phillips Accepts GLAAD Award

I’ve written about 10 year old Will Phillips before…explaining that I’m not much for heroes, but this boy is a hero of mine. He refused to say the Pledge Of Allegiance in school until LGBT Americans have equal rights. He garnered national attention for that brave move and now GLAAD has bestowed an award on