Monday Kickstarter: Queen Elizabeth Announces Support for Gay Rights
Plus, lesbian candidate makes her run for NYC mayor official and Cyndi Lauper slams Donald Trump for anti-gay comments
I trolled the web for gay headlines all weekend so you wouldn’t have to.
NEWS
- Oregon principal says he was fired because he came out
- Rhode Island marriage-equality bill may hinge on extent of religious exemptions
- Hundreds stage kiss-in after California mall ejects affectionate gay couple
- Out lesbian Catherine C. Quinn makes her race for New York City mayor official
- Next Pope should allow priests and gays to marry, say American voters
- Gay couples could see windfalls from U.S. Supreme Court action
- NYC department of health warns gay men of “terrifying” meningitis outbreak, urges vaccination
- South Carolina lawmaker comes out after false, salacious blog post
- Gay man wrongfully imprisoned for 11 years gets $13 million pay out
- Nevada Senate committee advances bill to add gender identity to hate crime statute
- Colorado civil unions headed to House floor
- Study: Approximately 900,000 adult immigrants identify as LGBTQ
INTERNATIONAL
- New Hong Kong equal opportunities commission leader says he will protect LGBT people
- New Zealand anti-gay groups says gays shouldn’t be allowed to adopt
- Australian opposition leader says he is no longer ‘threatened’ by gay people
- Queen Elizabeth comes out in support of gay rights (thanks to Alexander Pryce Larkin for the tip!)
- Poland’s gay and trans MPs take a stand against bigotry
- Anti-gay ban may be added to Scotland’s marriage bill, warns campaigners
- LGBT groups boycott Hong Kong equality forum
- Boys in heels respond to Russia’s anti-gay “Crazy Law”
- “We hate fags” printed on Puerto Rico ATM receipt
- Two popular anti-gay slurs are ruled as hate speech in Mexico
- Canada kickstarts funding for gay-rights initiatives in Uganda
ENTERTAINMENT
- Valerie Harper, who was just diagnosed with brain cancer, and Cloris Leachman share a funny gay memory from The Mary Tyler Moore Show on The Doctors
- Mariah Carey releases music video for her Oz: The Great and Powerful single
- Publicist Howard Bragman interviews RuPaul on Gwissues
- Cyndi Lauper blasts Donald Trump for anti-gay comments and racial shit-stirring
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