Texas lawmakers vote this week on whether the state should officially defy the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage. Alabama and Minnesota are debating bills to undermine marriage equality. At least one presidential candidate seems to think that if elected he could veto the Supreme Court. But a new s...

Olympic freeskier Gus Kenworthy joined Conan O’Brien last night and talked about his coming out story. Kenworthy said it was difficult for him because he was in a small class of kids at school (48) and turned pro at 16, so there were challenges because he was afraid of “separation from the pack.” “I

In response to a wave of anti-transgender legislation in several states around the country, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell stands up for transgender equality and combats the misinformation and scare tactics being utilized by proponents of these discriminatory bills. Gov. Markell is the only sitting gove...

Representative Steve Simon (DFL Hopkins/St. Louis Park) says a proposed Minnesota constitutional amendment is largely about religion. He says if sexual orientation is innate as science is showing us, and not a lifestyle choice, then God created gay people. He asks how many gay people must God create...

The team of www.oikotimes.com and www.avmag.gr attend the World Outgames and Antwerp Pride 2013. On August 9th at 18:00 local time, various gay and straight people gathered outside the Russian consulate in Antwerp kissing outside the official offices of the Russian government. The WOGA 2013 are expe...

Thousands of people around the world have rallied in solidarity with anti-racism protests in the United States following the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was pinned to the ground by a white officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The officer, who has since ...

Janet Mock, a writer living in New York, tells her story of growing up transsexual in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was born male and transitioned from Charles to Janet during her freshman year of high school. Due to her adolescent transition, she was bullied, teased and taunted through the halls of h...

In this clip of the 1992 movie Charlie (Matt Damon) provokes David (Brendan Fraser) with a racist joke and a fight breaks out in the shower room. An assemblage of young Hollywood actors poised for stardom marked this tale of anti-Semitism at a 1950s prep school. Brendan Fraser stars as David Greene,...

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) took to the House floor on Friday and delivered a rip-roaring presentation against the “bigots” in North Carolina and their anti-LGBT bathroom bill HB 2. The speech was also historic and groundbreaking, according to the office of the U.S. House Communications Director, which