Monthly Archives: November 2013

New Jersey waitress Dayna Morales was expecting a tip after serving a party of four on Wednesday, but instead, she found a hurtful handwritten note. “I’m sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle and … Continue reading →

Darren Black Bear hasn’t thought too much about his upcoming nuptials. Maybe khaki pants, and he doesn’t mind if guests show up in Halloween costumes even though the wedding will be a rare sight: He and his partner are getting … Continue reading →

The Yesh Atid Party in Israel introduced legislation to allow same-sex couples equal rights to straight couples. The legislation aims to avoid the religious constrictions placed on marriage for straight couples, as well as to provide benefits to same-sex couples. … Continue reading →

Gov. Neil Abercrombie today signed the marriage equality bill into law this morning, describing the law as part of Hawaii’s “legacy of aloha.” At a signing ceremony at the Hawai’i Convention Center’s Liliu Theater, the governor told dozens of invited … Continue reading →

Four Idaho couples are suing the state in federal court to challenge laws banning same-sex marriage and denying recognition to same-sex couples who married in other states. Sue Latta and Traci Ehlers, Lori and Sharene Watsen, Shelia Robertson and Andrea … Continue reading →

A 13-year-old boy was suspended from a school in Kansas on Wednesday for refusing to take off his Vera Bradley handbag. Skyler Davis, an eighth grade (year 9) student at Anderson County Senior-Junior School, told KCTV he had been wearing … Continue reading →

News broke early Monday that six-term congressman and the Democrats’ 2014 candidate for governor, Mike Michaud, is gay. The story dominated the news cycle, but the revelation is expected to have little effect on the gubernatorial race. Michaud became only … Continue reading →

In anticipation of a Parliamentary debate on same-sex marriage planned for next month, hundreds of people in Hanoi, Vietnam, came together on the morning of Oct. 27 to watch a staged same-sex wedding between two couples. According to Voice of … Continue reading →