by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The former first secretary of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Los Angeles has requested asylum in the United States because he says he'll be executed for being gay if he [...]

by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Gay pop singer George Michael was jailed for eight weeks in London on Sept. 14 for crashing his car into a building last July after apparently mixing pot and [...]

by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Honduran police officer Amado Rodriguez Borjas will spend 10-13 years in prison after being convicted Sept. 9 in a stabbing attack on a transgender woman in Tegucigalpa. The woman, [...]

by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Sixty-seven percent of the Irish support legalization of same-sex marriage, according to an Irish Times/Behaviour Attitudes poll released Sept. 15. But only 46 percent of those questioned support gay [...]

by Rex Wockner International News Briefs The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Sept. 14 that the city of Jerusalem must fund the LGBT community center, Jerusalem Open House, the same as it funds other social groups' [...]

by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Around 60 LGBT protesters were arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 14, apparently for demonstrating too close to government buildings. They were demanding that the government issue identity cards to [...]

by Rex Wockner International News Briefs Moscow Pride founder and leader Nikolai Alekseev has reported that he was abducted by government agents of some sort at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport Sept. 15 and held for more [...]

by Jessica Carreras Ferndale-based Lincoln High School currently leads the AIDS Walk High School Challenge with close to $1,000 raised. The school that raises the most funds will be rewarded with a free dance, hosted [...]

With the last of the primaries over, the right-wing funding machine has mobilized into high gear. One of the newest players in the 2010 campaign cycle is the Des Moines, Iowa-based conservative organization American Future [...]

by Jessica Carreras Much discussion and celebration at the Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes' 2010 Response to Hate Conference, held Sept. 16 in Lansing, centered around the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes [...]

Attorney General Mike Cox last week responded to revelations that one of his employees has a peculiar pastime: attacking openly gay University of Michigan student body president Chris Armstrong, along with other similar pro-life and [...]

by Jessica Carreras Mike Odom is an account supervisor at Marx Layne, and has been the co-director of the Motown Invitation Classic for four years, which brings over 200 LGBT and allied bowlers to the [...]

Steven William Swan, 38, passed away suddenly Sept. 17 after suffering acute chest pains. He was rushed to the hospital from his St. Clair Shores home and was pronounced dead. Swan, born Oct. 28, 1971, [...]

Susan North, 70, passed away Sept. 7 while vacationing in California. She had suffered a severe stroke just days before. North was a staunch supporter of Michigan's LGBT community, serving on committees at Affirmations, the [...]

Left, emcee Gabe Javier welcomes the crowd in Braun Court Saturday. Speakers and muscians came out to support WRAP. Photos courtesy Keith Orr ANN ARBOR - Hundreds of people danced, ate, drank, mingled and [...]

Holland is Ready, a group of community leaders working for the safety and rights of LGBT people in the Lakeshore area, will kick off its free 2010-11 film series with a documentary that was a [...]

by BTL staff Lady Gaga addresses the crowd at the #4the14k Rally in Portland, Maine. Photo: Terry Richardson National reporter Rex Wockner contributed to this report Buoyed by a federal court ruling declaring the [...]