Tagged anti-gay

Jaha Howard

State Senate candidate under fire for Facebook posts: ‘I’m deeply sorry’

State Senate District 6 candidate Jaha Howard has apologized for the anti-gay and misogynistic views he expressed in a series of social media posts from 2011 to 2014. The apology came in a statement posted to h...

Blue Jays star suspended for gay slur against Atlanta Braves

Major League Baseball player Kevin Pillar, an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, was suspended this week after yelling a gay slur at Braves pitcher Jason Motte during a game at SunTrust Park. Pillar will ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 18

1. So much for participating in the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. A Shariah law court in a conservative part of Indonesia spent that day condemning two young gay men to public caning for...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 13

1. Dr. Raymond Crossman is president of Adler University. He is also possibly the first university president to come out as HIV-positive: a status he disclosed in an essay to Salon magazine. 2. New research ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 10

1. Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, who founded the ex-gay conversion therapy movement, died yesterday from influenza complications. 2. The Austin, Texas, nonprofit Texas Health Action has a new project: the Kind Clinic...