Doris Gay Taylor | Free | theparisnews.com – Paris News – Paris News

Doris Gay Taylor, 79, of Paris, passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Brentwood Terrace Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center.Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled graveside services for 2 p.m. on...

Seekonk High School’s New Gay-Straight Alliance Club Aims to Promote Inclusion and Acceptance Within...

For immediate releaseSeekonk High School’s Gay-Straight Alliance shared a heart mural as part of their “Share the Love” campaign in February. (Photo courtesy Seekonk Public Schools) SEEKONK — Superintendent Rich Drolet and...

Brian Gay hoping third time at the Masters is the charm – usatoday.com

By Steve DiMeglio | April 5, 2021 11:00 am Follow @Steve_DiMeglio Brian Gay unfortunately was heading toward a crossroads. In his...

Queer cartoons made me gay – The Michigan Daily

How do you describe something that you feel within yourself but are scared to look at? This feeling that you can poke and prod while understanding that examination would lead to...

A Georgia church, kicked out of the SBC for allowing gay members, wants to...

KENNESAW, Ga. – Two weeks after being kicked out of the Southern Baptist Convention, Towne View Baptist Church celebrated its 32nd anniversary by formally accepting members the SBC said they should...

Gay actors fear coming out will kill their careers, says Kate Winslet – The...

Gay actors in Hollywood hide their sexuality amid a climate of “fear” that they will not be cast in straight roles, according to the Oscar winner Kate Winslet.The Titanic star knows...

Virginia becomes 12th state to ban gay/trans panic defense – NBC News

Virginia has become the 12th state to ban the use of the “gay/trans panic” defense.Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill Wednesday against the defense, which has allowed those accused of homicide...

Gay Jewish philanthropist Al Baum dies – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest circulation LGBT...

Alvin H. Baum Jr., a gay man whose philanthropic efforts benefited the LGBTQ and Jewish communities for decades, died March 28. He was 90. Mr. Baum, widely known as Al, passed...

How Will We Remember Gay Bars? – The Cut

Photo: Rick Colls/Shutterstock When I remember queer nights and gay bars now, there’s a filter on this...

Pasadena’s Only Gay Bar Boulevard Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Raise $50,000 – Eater LA

With dive bars just allowed to come back online after nearly a year of not being allowed to operate in a meaningful way, gay bars are trying to garner support and...

Paul Feinman, First Openly Gay Judge on N.Y. High Court, Dies at 61 –...

Judge Paul G. Feinman, the first openly gay jurist to serve on New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, died on Wednesday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 61.The...

Paul Feinman, first openly gay judge on NY’s high court, dies at 61 –...

Merrick native Paul G. Feinman, the first openly gay judge on New York's highest court and a generous legal mentor to scores of young lawyers, died Wednesday after a yearslong battle...

Catholic women’s groups protest Vatican’s gay union stance – Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — Five Catholic women’s organizations in German-speaking areas have released an open letter calling for the Vatican to reverse its position that priests cannot bless same-sex unions.The letter to...

5 takeaways from Ross Gay on ‘The Book of Delights’: Everybody Reads 2021 –...

One summer day in 2016, the poet and essayist Ross Gay decided, in his words, “that it might feel nice, even useful to write a daily essay about something delightful.”He began...

Gay marriage was first legalized in one nation 20 years ago; which countries recognize...

Twenty years ago, just after the stroke of midnight on April 1, the mayor of Amsterdam married four couples in City Hall as the Netherlands became the first country in the...

Lawsuit: PPA leaders fired staffer who posted about being gay on social media –...

An ex-employee is suing the Philadelphia Parking Authority in federal court, saying he was dismissed after...

Gay Students Sue Education Department Over Religious Colleges – Inside Higher Ed

Thirty-three current and former students at Christian colleges that receive federal funds have sued the Education Department, saying that a religious exemption given to religious colleges is unconstitutional, The Washington Post...

Abraham Lincoln Was Gay! | BOOK RIOT – Book Riot

Kelly departs for maternity leave a few days early, so Hey YA gives an early welcome to its new interim co-host, Book Riot’s own Tirzah Price! Tirzah and Hannah already...

How one gay southern Baptist found himself drawn to the Catholic Church – America...

“Victory in Jesus” was the Southern gospel hymn my parents sang to me as a lullaby. The lyrics make explicit the scriptural connection between our baptism and the crucifixion, envisioning baptism...

Jonathan Bennett Says Anti-Gay Bullying Gave Him Ulcers In Emotional Throwback Post – HuffPost

Jonathan Bennett may be a sought-after actor, a television host and a dashing groom-to-be these days, but he hasn’t forgotten his roots.  The actor honored World Theater Day (March 27) by sharing a...

Julius’ Bar, site of historic gay ‘sip-in,’ threatened by pandemic – NBC News

Much of Julius’ remains unchanged from that era, including the long wooden bar with a century’s worth of “scratchitti” carved into it. Jacob Ruppert Brewery beer barrels serve as tables and...

Telling my husband I was gay was the first step to a new and...

First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. Illustration by Rachel Wada “I...

Vatican’s gay blessing ban stokes fear among African LGBT Catholics – National Catholic Reporter

JOHANNESBURG — The Vatican's recent decree banning Catholic priests from blessing same-sex marriages has stoked fear among the LGBT community in countries across Africa, where gay people are routinely discriminated...

Gay priests: Breaking the silence – CBS News

The setting, with its soaring cathedral ceiling and sacraments, is typical of any Catholic service, but the similarities stopped with this sermon: "Because if there's anything that an LGBTQ person will...

Roxane Gay, Kiese Laymon Connect Virtually in Tolles Lecture – Hamilton College News

In the first virtual Tolles lecture on March 25, bestselling authors Roxane Gay and Kiese Laymon offered a conversation brimming with honesty and camaraderie for an otherwise isolated, at-home audience. From...

Confessions of a gay Catholic – Observer Online

I don’t have a problem with calling myself Catholic. I go to Mass often (weekly before the pandemic hit). When I’m there, I say the Nicene Creed and mean every word...

1 Confessions of a gay Catholic – Observer Online

I don’t have a problem with calling myself Catholic. I go to Mass often (weekly before the pandemic hit). When I’m there, I say the Nicene Creed and mean every word...

10 of the Best Gay Comic Books – Book Riot

Looking for some of the best gay comic books? We gotcha covered! Gay comic books come in all shapes and sizes, from multi-volume extravaganzas to graphic novels you can read in...

Uzbekistan: Gay Men Face Abuse, Prison – Human Rights Watch

(Berlin) – Men in Uzbekistan who engage in consensual same-sex sexual conduct face arbitrary...

North Korea’s ‘only openly gay defector’ finds love – BBC News

From time to time Seoncheol would come to dinner, and on one particular evening Jang, concerned that it had got late, persuaded Seoncheol to stay over. A few hours later, Jang...

I’m a Straight Woman Who Married a Gay Man – Slate

To get advice from Prudie, submit your questions anonymously here. (Questions may be lightly edited for publication.) Join the live chat every Monday at noon (and submit your comments) here, or...

Opinion: Pope is wrong about gay couples – Bangor Daily News

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Patrick T. Reardon is a former...

Man charged in Grindr attack planned to kidnap, kill other gay men, DOJ says...

A southwest Louisiana man was charged with federal hate crime and kidnapping charges Thursday by prosecutors who said he tried to kill and dismember one of three men he abducted after...

Local community reacts to Vatican’s ban on blessing gay unions – The Daily Gazette

On Monday, by way of a document released by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Catholic Church argued that it won’t bless same-sex unions...

Louisiana Man Indicted for Attempted Murder of a Gay Man and Plot to Kidnap...

A Louisiana man was indicted and charged today in federal court in the Western District of Louisiana on six counts, including hate crime, kidnapping, firearm and obstruction charges.Chance Seneca, 19, of...