Still Breathing & Singing: Possible Lesbian Experience
Toni Braxton talks retirement, going lesbian and the hit song she hates By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Toni Braxton is getting deep. Real deep. “I…
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Major Transgender Victory in Maine
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In an historic first, a state high court ruled yesterday that a male-to-female transgender student who was accepted by school…
Considerable LGBT Disappointment in State of the Union Speech
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama spoke of a nation working on issues such as…
LGBT Momentum Report: Some Surprises
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— An independent think tank that studies the progress of the movement on equal rights for LGBT people released its latest…
Macklemore and Marriage Equality Steal the Show at the Grammy’s
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— Macklemore and Ryan Lewis basked in the limelight of the Grammys’s 2014 defining performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles,…
Virginia AG Won’t Defend Same-Sex Marriage Ban
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The attorney general of Virginia announced this morning that his office will no longer defend the constitutionality of the state’s…
Six Same-sex Couples Seek Freedom to Marry in FL
MIAMI, Fl.—Today, six same-sex couples and Equality Florida Institute are filing a lawsuit in Florida state court in Miami seeking the freedom to marry. The…
Sochi 2014: Putin Adds Fuel to Controversy
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Russian President Vladimir Putin poured fuel on the anti-gay controversy Friday (January 17), saying gays visiting Russia for the Olympics…
Federal Appeals Court Rules for GID
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service—A federal appeals court Friday affirmed a district judge’s order that a state prison violated the constitutional rights of a prisoner…
Oklahoma: Victory for Marriage Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In yet another stunning victory for marriage equality, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Tuesday that the state’s ban on…
Traveling to Russia? State Dept. Issues Warning
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory Saturday for citizens traveling to Russia for the Winter Olympics next month,…
Utah AG: Same-Sex Marriages Don’t Count
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying that he was “unable to reach a legal…
Justice Sotomayor Ponders Utah (Updated)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is pondering whether to grant a stay of a federal district court’s order that…
Charlie Crist: “I Was Wrong”
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In an extraordinary interview, Florida’s former Republican Governor Charlie Crist apologized last month for having supported efforts to ban on…
My 8 Minutes with Britney Spears
Pop star on (not) being a gay icon, feeling like an outsider and that ‘adorable and hilarious’ comment By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT— It’s Britney,…
Breaking: Federal Judge Strikes Utah Marriage Ban – Updated
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— A federal judge in Utah issued a decision Friday striking down that state’s ban on same-sex marriage, and same-sex couples…
NM County Officials Resign Over Marriage Equality
NEW MEXICO, NM—Two officials, a county clerk and her chief deputy, responsible for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples resigned their positions this morning, the…
Mel B Talks: Spice Girls Reunion & Loving a Woman
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT— Mel B will tell you what she wants, what she really, really wants: to get back to being Scary Spice…
Federal Agencies Issuing Post-DOMA Regulations
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— There was a flurry of activity among federal agencies this month to issue regulations concerning how they are complying with…
The National Guard: Benefits for all, Including Same-Sex Couples
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter—The National Guard released a statement today stating that it will immediately extend all of the same benefits received by opposite-sex couples…
Top Ten LGBTQ Stories of 2013: The Countdown
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Even before 2013 began, everyone knew what the big news story for 2013 would be. The U.S. Supreme Court had,…
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus’ “Haul Out the Holly”
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC)—whose mission is to create musical experiences to inspire change, build community and celebrate…
AIDS: Signs of Progress, But Worries About Cuts
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— More than 9,000 people with HIV were on a waiting list for federal assistance in buying their medications in…