5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 24

1. Politico takes a look at the Equality Act and the Democrats new strategy on LGBT rights. 2. "Yeah, well, I disagree with him on that, don't I? Everybody deserves fair treatment — equal treatment — in the ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 13

1. Pentagon officials are finalizing a plan to lift the ban on transgender individuals in the military. An announcement is expected this week and the services would have six months to assess the impact of the c...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 3

1. “It’s simple: Too many Republican leaders, regardless of their views on the constitutionality of the same sex marriage decision, did not come across as happy for gay Americans. The millions who cheered the r...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 1

1. A gay couple in Seattle say they were attacked by a group yelling homophobic slurs while attending a Pride event on Sunday. 2. “By allowing high-status men to hoard wives at the expense of lower-status me...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, June 2

1. Just hours after Caitlyn Jenner made her debut on the cover of Vanity Fair, ESPN announced they would be awarding her the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at this year's ESPYs show on July 15. The network gave the ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 1

1. “If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no.” Indiana pizza shop believed to be the first to take advantage of the state's new “religious freedom” law....

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 13

1. The Alabama House approved a bill allowing judges and ministers to refuse to perform marriages that they don't want to. I wonder what kind of marriages they're talking about? 2. ThinkProgress on how marri...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 5

1. LGBTs and allies, among other celebrities, react to the death of Joan Rivers. 2. “Groundbreaking leaders often don’t come up with the innovative idea so much as recognize when the time is right and demons...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, August 5

1. ThinkProgress predicts a rough ride for marriage equality advocates tomorrow as the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals hears several marriage equality cases coming out of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 8

1. “It is possible to be a faithful Christian who loves God and loves the scriptures and at the same time to believe that the handful of verses on same-sex intimacy are like the hundreds of passages accepting a...