A gay valedictorian had the last laugh when his high school attempted to cut off his graduation speech after he discussed his coming out journey. On June 17, Bryce Dershem was delivering a speech to his fellow classmates at…
President Biden on Friday named Jessica Stern as the State Department’s U.S. special envoy to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons, an announcement that coincides with the White House’s celebration of Pride month. Biden will introduce Stern during remarks…
A lesbian who was raped by her pastor to “heal” her of being gay has spoken out about her experience ahead of the government consultation on a conversion therapy ban. Angela Paterson is now 49 years old and living openly as…
Canada’s House of Commons on Tuesday passed a bill criminalizing LGBT conversion therapy 263 to 63, handing a win to the minority ruling Liberal party which promised to ban the practice during an unveiling of its election platform in 2019. Aimed at changing…
On Wednesday, the Stonewall Inn, the landmark New York City bar widely regarded as the birthplace of the modern-day LGBTQ rights movement, has banned Anheuser-Busch products, including popular beers like Bud Light, Stella Artois, and Michelob ULTRA, from the bar…
On Monday evening, a few hours after the Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as a gay man, Outsports, a website devoted to the intersection of sports and LGBTQ issues…
Jonathan Shelley, pastor of the Stedfast Baptist Church in Hurst, Texas, celebrated a fatal accident at the Wilton Manors, Florida Pride parade last weekend. An elderly driver accidentally drove into the parade, killing one and injuring two others…
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