NBC NewsBeto O'Rourke Warren, Buttigieg reject O'Rourke threat to tax anti-LGBTQ churchesNBC News - Quinn Gawronski"I’m not sure he understood the implications of what he was saying,” Pete Buttigieg said of Beto O’Rourke. Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of Bend,
NBC NewsCalifornia 'Homecoming of Change': Nonbinary teen crowned homecoming queenNBC News - Courtney BrogleAfter running for homecoming king three times, a nonbinary California teen was crowned homecoming queen during his senior year. A nonbinary senior in a conservative California school district walked away
NBC NewsHealth A National Coming Out Day — for parentsNBC News - Liam KnoxNational Parents Coming Out Day on Oct 12 is trying to say, "this is not just a fight for the queer community. This is a fight for their families and their allies,” an advocate said. Janet Duke couldn’t
NBC NewsLatino News Gay Salvadoran finds freedom and hardship in AmericaNBC News - ReutersLuis Rodriguez crossed into America in May 2018. Over a year later, his asylum claim hasn't been approved. He says it was impossible to stay in El Salvador. A year to the day after crossing the U.S.-Mexico
NBC NewsConversion Therapy This National Coming Out Day, it's time to put an end to LGBTQ conversion therapyNBC News - Luis ManchenoNo one should have to go through the same abuse I experienced, and that’s why it shocks me that conversion therapy is still legal in the majority of the U.S. My parents learned I was gay when I was 18.
NBC NewsElizabeth Warren Warren was asked about faith and gay marriage. Her response went viral.NBC News - Dartunorro ClarkThe moment comes as Warren's support in national and state polling has been trending upward. It apparently wasn’t something she planned for, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s quip in response to a question faith
NBC NewsGwinnett County Georgia school official comes out as gay on #NationalComingOutDayNBC News - Tim FitzsimonsEverton Blair, a member of the Board of Education in Gwinnett County, wants to be a role model to his students. On Election Day 2018, Everton Blair defeated a veteran incumbent for a seat on the Gwinnett
NBC NewsInstagram National Coming Out Day: 2019's top LGBTQ coming out storiesNBC News - Gwen AvilesFrom singer-songwriter Sam Smith revealing they are nonbinary to Lil Nas X coming out as gay, 2019 saw a long list of noteworthy revelations. Founded in 1988 by psychologist Robert Eichberg and activist
NBC NewsLGBTQ+ Discrimination, bullying, HIV: Candidates address LGBTQ issues at presidential forumNBC News - Tim FitzsimonsThe CNN LGBTQ town hall featured wide agreement among candidates on passing the Equality Act, ending the transgender military ban and expanding LGBTQ health care. Nine Democratic presidential candidates
NBC NewsLGBTQ+ Democratic presidential hopefuls to tackle LGBTQ issues at televised forumNBC News - ReutersAhead of the forum, Warren and Buttigieg released detailed plans to secure equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Nine U.S. Democratic presidential candidates will appear at
NBC NewsGuatemala Migrant caravans: Finally feeling safe, she longs for her wife and sonNBC News - ReutersMarveny Suchite, a 25-year-old from Guatemala, told U.S. asylum officers that flyers had been posted threatening her life because she's a lesbian. BERKELEY, Calif. - Marveny Suchite lives with her American
NBC NewsLGBTQ+ Central figures in Supreme Court LGBTQ discrimination cases speak outNBC News - Tim FitzsimonsGerald Bostock, Melissa Zarda and the ACLU’s Chase Strangio reflect on their historic day in court. A day after the highest court in the United States heard the case he had been battling for six years,
NBC NewsCalifornia California OKs prescription-free PrEP for HIV preventionNBC News - The Associated PressThe bill was co-authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who has publicly disclosed that he takes PrEP as an HIV-prevention strategy. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pharmacists in California will be
NBC NewsEllen DeGeneres Show Ellen DeGeneres and George W. Bush's Cowboys meet-up reveals the cost of acceptanceNBC News - Marcie BiancoFor those of us within the LGBT community and other minority communities, the request to “be kind” is a demand for silence. Politics isn’t a friendly game for those of us who exist at the margins. And,
NBC NewsTitle VII Supreme Court appears divided over LGBTQ job discriminationNBC News - Pete WilliamsThe controlling vote could turn out to be Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, who seemed receptive to the plaintiffs' arguments. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared to be closely divided after
NBC NewsEllen Degeneres Ellen DeGeneres defends sitting next to George W. Bush at NFL gameNBC News - Drew Weisholtz"When I say be kind to one another, I don’t mean only the people that think the same way you do," the talk show host said. Ellen DeGeneres is speaking out after controversy erupted when she was spotted
NBC NewsBatwoman Out actor Ruby Rose makes TV history in The CW's 'Batwoman'NBC News - Gwen AvilesThe lesbian and gender-fluid actor was front and center as the first LGBTQ superhero to lead a network TV show. Ruby Rose made television history Sunday with the premiere of The CW’s highly anticipated
NBC NewsNews Supreme Court to decide whether employers can legally fire workers because they're LGBTQNBC News - Pete WilliamsLower federal courts are divided on whether existing federal civil rights law bars employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation. WASHINGTON — After working for more than a decade as
NBC NewsU.S. Senate Trans activist Samantha Boucher to manage U.S. Senate campaignNBC News - Julie ComptonBoucher, 24, will head Democratic candidate Kimberly Graham’s Senate campaign in Iowa ahead of the June primaries. Samantha Boucher is on her way — both to Iowa for the 2020 U.S. Senate race there and
NBC NewsFaith Mormon leader: Be kind to gays, but don't forget God's lawsNBC News - The Associated PressChurch leader Dallin Oaks spoke of the faith's continued doctrinal rejection of gay marriage despite widespread societal acceptance. A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints laid
NBC NewsMexico Julián Castro meets in Mexico with asylum-seekers, focusing on LGBTQ, disabledNBC News - Suzanne Gamboa"There are thousands of migrants who are suffering because of Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy — I want to speak out particularly for the most vulnerable." Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro
NBC NewsNews Supreme Court to take up gay rights, DACA, religious freedom in new termNBC News - Pete WilliamsThe high court will also consider gun rights and could take up a case involving the future of the Electoral College. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle gay rights, protection for young immigrants
NBC NewsSocial Work 'Laughed out of interviews': Trans workers discuss job discriminationNBC News - Julie MoreauTrans employees share their job discrimination stories ahead of oral arguments in three LGBTQ workplace discrimination cases before the Supreme Court. Aveda Adara, a 41-year-old transgender woman, said
NBC NewsLGBTQ+ LGBTQ Syrian refugees forced to choose between their families and identityNBC News - Ammar Cheikh Omar“It broke my heart that my parents were the ones I was most afraid of,” said Fuad al-Essa. GAZIANTEP, Turkey — A Syrian father of a gay man says he hopes his son will burn in hell. A woman says her once-loving
NBC NewsWorld News Japanese MP floats idea of revising constitution to allow gay marriageNBC News - ReutersA survey last year showed nearly 80 percent of Japanese in their 20s to 50s favored legalizing same-sex marriage. A conservative ally of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for discussion on revising
NBC NewsGilead Sciences FDA approves Gilead's next-generation HIV PrEP pill, DescovyNBC News - Tim FitzsimonsGilead now controls the U.S. HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis market with two separate drugs: Truvada and Descovy, a smaller and safer pill. Gilead Sciences, the drug giant behind the blockbuster HIV prevention
NBC NewsViral 'Representation matters': Photo of black gay couple kissing goes viralNBC News - Gwen Aviles"We want all people to know that no matter your size, color or religion, be yourself and live authentically, and you will find love." Just a few days ago, Tyler Hightower had only 40 Twitter followers.
NBC NewsLGBTQ+ 'Demisexual,' 'biromantic': LGBTQ youth adopting wide array of labelsNBC News - Thomas IlalaoleLGBTQ youth used more than 100 different terms to describe their sexual orientation in a survey conducted by The Trevor Project. "Bisexual polyamorous," "greyromantic demisexual," "biromantic homosexual"
NBC NewsKaren Bass Democratic donor Ed Buck indicted in drug overdose deaths of two menNBC News - Andrew BlanksteinThe federal indictment adds a second alleged victim to an earlier charge that Buck distributed meth that resulted in death. LOS ANGELES — Ed Buck, the wealthy Democratic political donor and LGBTQ activist
