Top 10 International LGBT Stories of 2018

No. 10: Kim Davis-backed Romania marriage referendum fails A referendum on whether to define marriage as between a man and a woman in the Romanian constitution’s definition of family failed in October because ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 7

1. Australian parliament gave the official OK to marriage equality, legalizing it and then breaking into song for good measure. 2. The gay man who was refused a marriage license by Kentucky court clerk Kim D...

5 LGBT things to know today, Nov. 10

1. “Transparent” star Jeffrey Tambor is the latest Hollywood actor to be accused of sexual harassment. Tambor's transgender former assistant, Van Barnes (who appeared in “I Am Cait”), made the allegations on he...
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5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 11

1. To celebrate National Coming Out Day, The Advocate has compiled this slide show of famous folks who’ve stepped out of the closet so far in 2017, including “Twilight” starlet Kristen Stewart; legendary croone...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 4

1. Kim Davis made national headlines after she refused to give a same-sex couple a marriage license based on her religious beliefs. Though the couple did eventually obtain the license, a three-judge appeals cou...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 19

1. The Kim Davis court fight is officially over, as a U.S. District Court has dismissed three lawsuits against the Kentucky court clerk saying that changes in the law since last year make them essentially irrel...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 15

1. Apple CEO Tim Cook says he spoke to out CNN anchor “multiple times” before he came out, and here's why. 2. “I’m constantly surprised by what a non-issue this has become.” Roll Call on post-gay politics an...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 12

1. Kim Davis will attend President Obama's State of the Union address tonight as a guest of the Family Research Council, while Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in last summer's U.S. Supreme Court case overtu...