LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A former Catholic high school teacher filed a lawsuit Wednesday against his old school, alleging that they discriminated against him for being a gay. Lonnie Billard maintained that Charlotte Catholic High School fired him not long after he said he would be getting married to a man…
by Micah J. Fleck Chief Justice of Alabama Roy Moore has been removed from his duties after defying the Supreme Court’s recent marriage ruling and refusing to legally officiate gay marriages. According to the Associated Press: The nine-member Alabama Court of the Judiciary suspended Moore without pay for the remainder of his term. While the…
by Jonah Bennett Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has taken heat for naming a ship after Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official who had a penchant for young men with substance abuse problems. Mabus strenuously defended Milk and other Obama administration-favored figures as American heroes, mostly because, during his very brief time in…
By Blake Neff In a moment of supreme irony, progressives on social media are sharply criticizing former “Star Trek” actor George Takei for disapproving of the decision to make the character “Sulu” gay in the upcoming “Star Trek” movie. Takei played “Hikaru Sulu” in the original “Star Trek” television series. He came out as gay in…
Kevin Daley ChristianMingle.com, an online platform for single Christians seeking relationships, must accommodate gay users, a California judge ruled. Two gay men in California brought a lawsuit against ChristianMingle’s parent company Spark Network, which also administers CatholicMingle.com, AdventistSinglesConnection.com, BlackSingles.com, and a mobile application CROSSPATHS. They alleged the site’s failure to accommodate gay users violated the Unruh…
By Blake Neff Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was a club regular who also used the gay dating app Jack’d, it emerged late Monday. Kevin West, another regular at Pulse, told the Los Angeles Times that Mateen frequently messaged him on Jack’d for about a year leading up to Sunday’s attack, in which the terrorist killed 49 people…
By Casey Harper The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a grandma florist being sued for refusing to service a gay wedding. The court decided Wednesday it would hear the case of Barronelle Stutzman, who is being sued by a same-sex couple. Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers, had done floral arrangements for gay…
FDA Failed Gay Americans With Changes to Blood Donation Regulations BY SARAH GOMPPER The queer community has made incredible strides in the past few years. As the New Year approaches, LGBT Americans, single and legally married, are looking back on 2015 with #Pride. This week, exactly five years since Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was overturned,…
To the girl who wrote in our school paper that freedom of speech ends where touchy subjects begin and the hall councilor who told me my politics make me a bad lesbian, Let me explain. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I know how it feels to be unable to express yourself freely; to…
by Sarah Gompper The case Charlie Craig and David Mullins v. Masterpiece Cakeshop was decided by the Colorado Court of Appeals on August 13th in favor of Craig and Mullins. As previously reported, the couple was denied service for their same-sex wedding in 2012 by Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop. Colorado state law says…