5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 6

1. The Washington Post goes point-by-point on how North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's support of the anti-LGBT HB2 ultimately led to his losing reelection. McCrory conceded to Attorney General Roy Cooper on Monda...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 14

1. Long-simmering racial tensions in Philadelphia's gayborhood have reached a boil after the release of a video clip in which a club owner repeatedly utters a racial slur, leading to calls for action, including...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 18

1. "After several failed attempts to pivot into a more serious and presidential mode, Donald Trump has decided to double down on his most small, nasty and divisive instincts by turning his campaign over to some...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 9

1. Openly gay British diver Tom Daley won bronze in synchronized diving alongside his diving partner Daniel Goodfellow on Monday in Rio. Americans David Boudia and Steele Johnson took silver and China took gold...

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

1. Brazilian model Lea T will become the first transgender person to have a major roll at an Olympic opening ceremony tonight. 2. “They were beating people … mostly the trans women. A police person even step...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 4

1. A man accused of a hate crime murder in the West Village claimed to a jury that he acted in self defense and that he is bisexual. 2. “We need jobs. We need a vibrant economy. I want every trans person to ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 9

1. Three North Carolina couples filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the state's law allowing magistrates to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if they have a “sincerely held religious objection.” North ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 30

1. A Wisconsin school canceled a reading of transgender teenager Jazz Jennings' book “I Am Jazz” after the anti-LGBT Liberty Counsel threatened a lawsuit. 2. In advance of World AIDS Day tomorrow, Queerty sa...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 26

1. The North Carolina Senate approved a bill that would allow officials to refuse to officiate same-sex marriages. The bill now heads to the House. 2. An anti-same-sex marriage group in Ireland is saying tha...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 23

1. This is rich. A straight couple in Kansas has filed a motion to intervene in the case challenging the state's same-sex marriage ban using the argument that marriage equality would lead to the “taking of thei...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 9

1. “Alas, Mr. Delgaudio, it seems your letter has reached me far too late. The Homosexual Lobby has already dug their fabulously manicured claws into me, and I am afraid to report that I have been brainwashed i...