LGBT Issues

Bigoted Oregon Bakers Refuse To Pay Damages To Gay Couple

Bigoted Oregon Bakers Refuse To Pay Damages To Gay Couple

The owners of an Oregon baker are refusing to pay a gay couple the $135,000 in damages, despite the fact that they have raised over $500,000 dollars. You might recall the story of Melissa and Aaron Klein, the owners of the Gresham, Oregon bakery called “Sweet Cakes” that made national headlines in 2013 after turning away Rachel […]

Great News – Kentucky Clerk Changes Political Parties, Becomes A Republican (Video)

Great News – Kentucky Clerk Changes Political Parties, Becomes A Republican (Video)

Embattled Rowan Country Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has switched political parties, becoming a Republican. Davis was in the national spotlight after defying a federal court order requiring that she issue marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. The situation kicked off a nationwide controversy regarding same-sex marriage and states rights. […]

Kristen Stewart of Twilight Fame Takes On Kim Davis Controversy

Kristen Stewart of Twilight Fame Takes On Kim Davis Controversy

Marlow Thomas of The Daily Beast sat down for an interview with acclaimed actress Kristin Stewart of “Twilight” fame to “discuss her new sci-fi film ‘Equals,’ Kim Davis, and the importance of giving in to emotion.” After talking a bit about the movie and about relationships, Thomas asked Stewart about Kim Davis: I wanted to […]

Supreme Court Puts Their Foot Down, Ruling Against Same-Sex Marriage Objector

Supreme Court Puts Their Foot Down, Ruling Against Same-Sex Marriage Objector

“After months of hearing from conservatives and fundamentalists about how they were going to secede, leave the country, or burn themselves in effigy over same-sex marriage1,” the day arrived on June 26, 2015 when the United States Supreme Court rendered a 5-4 ruling that same-sex marriage would be the law of the land nationwide. A […]

White House Hires First Openly Transgender Official

White House Hires First Openly Transgender Official

The White House announced on Tuesday that it has hired its first openly transgender staff member. Appointed as an outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the Office of Personnel, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is the first openly transgender to officially serve in the White House, according to transgender advocates. NBC News reports that “Freedman-Gurspan previously […]