Philip Spooner, an 86 year old World War II veteran who fought for equality on Omaha Beach, speaks out about equality for gays & lesbians.  A father of four sons, one of them gay, says “My wife and I did not raise four sons with the idea that three of them would have certain rights and that [...]

The Vatican is making it easier for homophobic Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism in an effort to advance their efforts against gays and God’s love.  The Saint Petersburg Times reports: The decision, reached in secret by a small cadre of Vatican officials, was sure to add to the problems of the 77-million-strong Anglican Communion [...]

Robert Mormando is a confessed Gambino family gunman who pleaded guilty to taking part in the murder of a bagel store owner is gay.  He made the announcement at his sentencing hearing in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence.  The New York Times reports: The unusual admission was made in a 10th-floor courtroom of Federal District [...]

The High School that Ceara Sturgis, a 17 year old lesbian, attends in Mississippi has rejected her senior portrait for the yearbook.  Instead of the typical garb worn by females, she opted to be photographed in a tuxedo. Veronica Rodriguez describes her daughter, 17-year-old Ceara Sturgis, as “a perfect child”: a straight-A student, a goalie on [...]

The White House will today announce that it’s filling the key Pentagon slot for the implementation — or repeal — of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which bars open gays and lesbians from serving in the military according to Ben Smith of Politico. The appointment of retired Marine General Clifford Stanley as Under Secretary of Defense [...]

In a country where homosexuality is already illegal, the MP,  David Bahati, wants to create an offense of “aggravated homosexuality” punishable by death.   Those having gay sex with the disabled, persons under 18 years and when the accused is HIV+ would be subject to the death penalty if passed.  BBC News reports: There are estimated to [...]

An Arizona child’s story of transition from boy to girl is documented in Channel 4′s series Bodyshock.  Josie was originally diagnosed as transgender at the age of six having always known that she was a girl. Her mother Venessia, 42, said: “As a toddler she wrapped up her army figures and rocked them like a [...]

The spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) must be dyslexic if he believes that someone is born christian but not Gay.  For that matter does someone choose to be Jewish or Muslim?  The Ray Story reports: You were born a Christian, not born gay. Religion is not a choice. Or so the spokesman for [...]

Since 2003, the National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) has been held on October 15th.  While Latinos make up 15 percent of the population, this group accounts for 18 percent of new HIV cases. In support of NLAAD, Univision and Kaiser Family Foundation have launched the second phase of the “Soy…” (I am…) campaign featuring the personal [...]

A federal judge in San Francisco said that a trial was needed to resolve legal and factual disputes over the voter approved ban on same-sex marriage that passed in California last year.   The constitutional challenge will go to trial in January unless there is an appeal reports the Los Angeles Times. A federal judge refused [...]