LGBT rights

The first same-sex couple on a Bachelor show has been met with both love and criticism.

"He hit me two times in the head and then hit my face against the mirror. And then [he hit me] a couple more times to my face," said the victim of the attack, caught on classmate's phones.

"If you buy the argument of Hands On Originals, they can do anything they want in the name of religion," said Ed Dove of the Lexington Human Rights Commission.

Bowles appeared on "America's Most Wanted" multiple times and made the FBI's Most Wanted List just days before being brought in for questioning.

The Trump administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court on Friday arguing that employers should be allowed to discriminate against, or even fire, their lesbian, gay and bisexual employees simply due to their sexual orientation.

Judi Brown is suing a Circle K convenience store in Bolingbrook, Illinois, claiming she was subjected to slurs and invasive questions about her anatomy.

Monsignor Joseph McLoone joined St. Joseph Catholic Church outside Philadelphia in 2011, after his predecessor was charged with concealing parish priests' child sex abuse accusations.

Maurice "Reese Him Daddie" Willoughby was the subject of a viral video when he defended his relationship after being bullied for dating a trans woman.

"Bachelor in Paradise's inclusion of Demi Burnett's coming out story and her journey to accepting her queer identity is groundbreaking for the series." GLAAD said in a statement.

"I'm retweeting in hopes that a few people who haven't considered the importance of this before now will."

While others want Demi Burnett and Kristian Haggerty to leave the show, others can't wait to celebrate their relationship.

In a sit-down with the National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund, Booker said he hoped soon his brother's child "and other great trans leaders in the youth community" had a voice in the White House.

Omar clarified that "pretending that this act somehow balances or mitigates Israel violating the dignity and rights of Palestinians—or undermines cases for defending Palestinian rights—is deplorable."

Pastor Barry Baker of Gracewood Baptist Church told the couple their "unbiblical lifestyle" was against "God's original design."

"This is not an easy conversation for a lot of people who have, frankly, been brung up in a certain way and are struggling to get on to the right side of history," the openly gay presidential candidate told CNN.

"We are excited to pass and enact the Inclusive Curriculum Law in 2019 [in] the 50th anniversary year of the Stonewall Riots," said Brian C. Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois.

Paxton Singer, a former youth pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Aurora, asked the teen for naked photos, inquired about his sexual habits and requested the two spend the weekend together.

A Times reporter claims Epstein told him "criminalizing sex with teenage girls was a cultural aberration and that at times in history it was perfectly acceptable."

The 78-year-old Oscar-winner was recently fired from the Broadway-bound play "Tea at Five," reportedly for lashing out at crew members.

"President Trump has followed through on many of his commitments to the United States, including taking bold actions that benefit the LGBTQ community," the Log Cabin Republicans wrote in an op-ed.

In a now-deleted Facebook post, Smart came out, and said that he was divorcing his wife; he said coming out was a "huge relief"

In Dubai, the punishment for being gay is up to 10 years in prison.

Councilmembers had been considering whether or not to allow the National Straight Pride Coalition to hold their parade elsewhere after the permit for Graceada Park was denied.

A pair of male emperor penguins have taken it upon themselves to care for an egg laid by a female with no interest in hatching it.

Layleen is believed to be the tenth black trans woman to die from instances of alleged violence or neglect in 2019 alone.

Welch College "believes that attempting to alter one's bodily identity constitutes a rejection of God's design for humanity," said university president Matt Pinson.

Researchers were able to pinpoint dating-app users' locations, "at one end of the office versus the other."

YouTuber Soph was reportedly removed from the site after telling gay people they should "feel free to excommunicate yourself from the gene pool and commit suicide by super bacteria."

"Don't play games with me, kid," the former vice president told a young conservative who baited him with a question about gender at the Iowa State Fair.

"@MagnumIceCream your advert comparing the potential to be killed if you're gay to the guilty pleasure of eating a Magnum is disgusting, racist and homophobic. Please withdraw it immediately."