Hate crime or neighborhood feud? Everything we know so far about Jonathan Joss's killing
In the midst of a feud with his suspected killer, Joss dealt with the loss of his house and pets, financial hardships, and substance abuse.
June 6, 2025
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Jalisco, DTLA's Gay Latinx Bar, Crowdfunds to 'Stay Alive' in Pandemic
The New Jalisco Bar is in danger of closure.
February 8, 2021
A bakery almost went out of business for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, but locals stepped up
Bakery on Maple in Connecticut was at risk of closing permanently until the local community showed up in droves to support the LGBTQ-inclusive business.
January 9, 2024
LGBTQ+ education nonprofit GLSEN lays off 60% of staff in major relaunch
“Our opposition has endless money; they get to try things, fail, and keep going [while] organizations like GLSEN are forced to make impossible choices,” executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers told The Advocate.
February 7, 2025
Couple Sentenced After Scamming Over $400k Mostly From Gay Men
The thieving team scammed numerous people, the majority of them gay men, through the use of dating apps.
January 3, 2023
OutServe-SLDN's Allyson Robinson on Her Reported Ouster
Allyson Robinson says she will be stepping down as executive director of the LGBT military advocacy group "of her own accord," but will continue to lead "in the near term."
June 24, 2013
Out Politicians to Hold a Virtual Town Hall on Pandemic's LGBTQ Impact
They will call for a national effort to document and address the crisis's impact on LGBTQ Americans.
April 28, 2020
Facing Crime Against Humanity, Scott Lively Begs for Cash
The extremist's export of hate to Uganda has cost him a lot of money — and may bankrupt his ministry.
January 5, 2016
California Bans Insurance Discrimination Against Trans Patients
With a clarifying directive, California becomes the third state (plus Washington, D.C.) to expressly prohibit discrimination against transgender people in health insurance coverage.
April 10, 2013
Judge Throws Out Portions of Gay Couple’s Fertility Clinic Lawsuit
The two tech execs had wanted two baby boys, but filed suit after a baby girl was born.
November 17, 2022
Antigay Bakers Set Crowdfunding Record
The owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, ordered to pay damages for denying service to a lesbian couple, have raised a record amount online.
July 17, 2015
Meet the Creator of SOULE, a New Digital Mag for Black LGBTQ+ Folks
The outlet was inspired by the Harlem Renaissance.
September 2, 2020
Rock Hudson 'gay confession' recording made by wife featured in new book 'The Fixer'
The recording was made surreptitiously by his wife, Phyllis Gates, according to the book by Josh Young and Manfred Westphal.
May 28, 2024
'Orange Is the New Black' Actors Say They Weren't Fairly Compensated
Several cast members of the early streaming hit have revealed their struggles with low wages and residuals.
July 13, 2023
Widower sues Long Island cemetery for denying husband’s burial in family plot, citing anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination
Mark Goldberg is fighting to lay his husband, David, who died in September, to rest at the Jewish cemetery.
February 20, 2025
Anglican tensions continue as two U.S. bishops are consecrated in Kenya
Two American priests were consecrated Thursday as Anglican bishops in Nairobi, Kenya--the latest in a string of conservative priests who are defecting to African churches in a dispute over gay clergy.
August 31, 2007
Op-ed: Why I Got Arrested for Fair Immigration Reform
A bill to help millions of people, including LGBTs, realize their American dream is still stalled in Congress.
September 18, 2013
