5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 24

1. Opening arguments began Tuesday in the case against a New York man accused of a hate crime for the 2013 murder of a gay man in the West Village.

2. National LGBT organizations are set on Wednesday to file a complaint seeking to shut down a Virginia-based “ex-gay” group.

3. “I understand that a lot of people use religion as a reason to be against gay people, but there was no ‘Thou Shall Not Be Gay.'” Ronda Rousey has not time for Manny Pacquiao.

4. The insiders weigh in on what it’s like to work in Hollywood when you’re not a straight, white man.

5. VIDEO OF THE DAY: Jessica Williams from “The Daily Show” sits down with James David Manning, the Harlem pastor who thinks President Obama released “homo demons” and is the second coming of Adolf Hitler.