Five years ago, on 12 June 2016, 49 people were killed and 53 others wounded in a brutal mass shooting in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Around 320 people were inside Pulse nightclub when a 29-year-old man entered the building with two guns at a…
A New Zealand politician apologized in Parliament on Thursday for voting against marriage equality in 2013. Nick Smith, 57, gave his final speech before retiring, reflecting on his 30 years in politics. A member of the center-right National Party, he was New Zealand’s longest-serving…
Is there any filmmaker whose work is as shocking and shameless as John Waters? Certainly, none who have reached his level of fame, or his unlikely impact. Though you may not know his work, you probably recognize the images from…
Courtney Steiner and Carly Levy have made history, becoming the first same-sex couple to be elected prom royalty at their high school and possibly in the entire state of Pennsylvania. The two were voted in last week at Pennridge High…
A court in Virginia this week heard evidence that a suspended Virginia Tech football player punched and stomped on a sexual partner in an attack that left the victim dead. Ismemen David Etute, 18, claims he attacked the victim after realizing…
Just days away from the 5th anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Congress has voted to make the site once home to the Orlando gay bar a national memorial. On Thursday, the Senate voted unanimously to recognize the former nightclub…
During a speech on Wednesday, State Rep. Brian Sims, a Democrat from Philadelphia, was silenced when his mic was cut after he said that the Republican delegation was “100 percent white.” Sims’ mic was cut during a debate on a proposal…
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