Man Who Murdered Gay American Scott Johnson in 1988 Is Sentenced Again
Scott White had famously declared himself “Guilty! Guilty! Guilty” of the 1988 murder at a pretrial hearing last year.
JUNE 9, 2023
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'The Obituary of Tunde Johnson' Fights the Cycle of Police Brutality
Director Ali LeRoi and writer Stanley Kalu discuss the drama about a Black gay teen who is forced to relive his death at the hands of law enforcement.
AUGUST 29, 2020
Jury Gives ‘Blackest of Hearts’ Life Sentence for Murder of Marriage Equality Activist
Jorge Diaz-Johnston was strangled, his body left in a trash can and then taken to a local landfill with the weekly garbage collection.
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Kate McKinnon Reprises Classic Alien Sketch in Emotional SNL Farewell
McKinnon, who effectively changed queer sketches on the long-running show, stepped into Colleen Rafferty's loose underwear one last time.
MAY 22, 2022
130 Reps Present Strike Against DOMA
130 members of Congress filed a joint amicus brief supportive of a lesbian couple challenging DOMA in court.
JULY 10, 2012
Florida Murder Trial Begins of Marriage Equality Pioneer Whose Body Was Found in a Landfill
The strangled body of Jorge Diaz-Johnson was found a few days after he vanished dumped among trash.
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Tennessee CEO Fired After Mocking Teen Boy Who Wore Dress to Prom
Sam Johnson, former CEO of VisuWell, can be seen telling the teen "you look like an idiot" in the viral video.
APRIL 28, 2021
What's Next for Bill Cosby?
The former TV star -- accused of drugging and raping mulitiple women -- is far from off the hook.
JUNE 17, 2017
Man Indicted in Murder of LGBTQ+ Activist Jorge Diaz-Johnston
Diaz-Johnston's strangled body was found in a landfill back in January.
APRIL 15, 2022
Alice Walker: Antigay Actress as Color Purple's Celie Is 'Betrayal'
An actress who'd made homophobic comments was fired from the role in a production of the story's musical version earlier this year.
OCTOBER 14, 2019
D.C. Gay Man Says Neighbors Beat Him, Used Antigay Slurs
Antonio Zephir says the neighbors have harassed him previously, and he is seeking a restraining order.
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Watching the 'Armageddon' of the House GOP and Speaker Johnson
Only House Republican extremists survive by playing games with the role of speaker — Johnson is doomed — and more disastrous, triggering a government shutdown and refusing war aid, creating a doomsday scenario ahead for the GOP.
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Former College Wrestler Convicted of HIV 'Exposure' Freed From Jail
After being unjustly sentenced to 30 years, Michael Johnson walked out of prison today a free man.
JULY 9, 2019
Kaitlyn Hunt Is Not the First to Complicate 'Justice'
The former high school cheerleader's pending felony charges for a consensual relationship with a teammate have made LGBT Americans wonder about age-of-consent laws and selective prosecution.
JUNE 13, 2013
Seattle Might Rename One of Their Schools After Marsha P. Johnson
A resolution was passed by the Seattle School Board to revamp its policies and curriculum so LGBTQ+ youth and identity are affirmed citywide.
JUNE 30, 2020
Meet the West Virginian Middle School Student Challenging a Trans Sports Ban in Federal Court
"We just want to be accepted, and she just wants to be a kid. It shouldn’t be that hard to be a kid,” the girl's mom said.
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Op-ed: Dating App Racism Is Not 'Just a Preference'
The not-so-curious case of Michael Johnson illuminates the way racial 'preferences' on dating apps conspire with a biased criminal justice system to criminalize HIV-positive gay black men.
JULY 29, 2015