by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS Buenos Aires' Comunidad Homosexual Argentina filed suit June 14 to overturn a national ban on blood donation by gays, calling it discriminatory. The group lodged its claim in the Buenos [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS The Brazilian LGBT Association (ABGLT) met with Defense Minister Nelson Jobim on June 14 to lobby him on gay and HIV issues. ABGLT President Toni Reis said Jobim committed to [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS France's National Assembly voted 293-222 against legalizing same-sex marriage June 14. President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling Union for a People's Movement party opposed the measure. In January, France's Constitutional Court upheld [...]

by Rex Wockner INTERNATIONAL NEWS LGBT people plan to protest at the Russian Embassy in London on July 1. They will demand that Russia's voting rights at the Council of Europe be revoked. Despite a [...]

By Jeremy Martin Wednesday night the Holland City Council voted 5-4 against drafting an amendment that would have included the terms "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the city's code of ordinances. The language would [...]

By Jeremy Martin SAUGATUCK- On Monday night, following two months of deliberation, the seven member Saugatuck school board voted 5-2 against adding a video titled "Coming Out: What Every Teen (Gay or Straight) Needs to [...]

By Jim Sullivan GRAND RAPIDS- With a new location, the 23rd annual West Michigan Pride festival attracted more attendees and vendors than ever before. Last year roughly 6,000 attended, said organizer Linda Stuba. But this [...]

By Tara Cavanaugh FERNDALE- Ferndale Police are investigating a hate crime that occurred around 1 a.m. on June 13. Ferndale Police Sergeant Patrick Jones said on June 13, two men were in a house on [...]

By Tara Cavanaugh John Di Donato is retired in name only. "I didn't retire to sit and die," said the 66-year-old former teacher who officially retired in 2003. "I retired to have the time to [...]

The Michigan Department of Corrections reversed its earlier decision and allowed Officer James Sims to wear his uniform while attending the gay pride events on Saturday, June 18 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Sims was denied [...]

A Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that a man who attacked another man for unwanted sexual advances was rightly denied the use of "gay panic" as a defense strategy. In the case People of [...]

By Eric Rader Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, resigned last week from Congress after he admitted to sending racy electronic messages to various women who were not his wife. It was probably inevitable in this age [...]

By Dana Rudolph Schools receiving federal funds must provide equal access to school resources for all student groups, including gay-straight alliances, said Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in a "Dear Colleague" letter to educators on [...]

By Rex Wockner Gays, LGBT groups and elected officials sued Tennessee in state court June 13 over a new law that prohibits cities, counties and school districts from having laws or policies that protect LGBT [...]

By Tara Cavanaugh More than three dozen students from area high schools lobbied lawmakers in Lansing to pass an anti-bullying bill that would protect all students. Michigan is one of six states without any anti-bullying [...]

LANSING- On Wednesday, students lobbied lawmakers to pass anti-bullying legislation that protects all students, including LGBTs. Michigan is one of only six states without any anti-bullying law. Before the teens met with their elected officials, [...]

By Rex Wockner New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seated, signs a bill legalizing same-sex marriage at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Friday, June 24, 2011. AP Photo by Mike Groll. New York state [...]

By Jeremy Martin HOLLAND- A group calling itself "Until Love Is =" has been making a social networking stir in West Michigan. Armed with a Facebook following of more than 2,400 people, the group founded [...]

Lady Gaga is one of the biggest superstars in the world. But speaking to her only briefly during this rare interview, she evades her larger-than-life image with affable charm, self-deprecating humor (take that, so-called penis) [...]

by Rex Wockner Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, broke up the second gay pride parade on June 25 and arrested the participants, who took this cell-phone photo in their jail cell. Photo courtesy of Nikolai [...]

FERNDALE- Affirmations community center has chosen a new exective director. Dave Garcia will take over the post as executive director on Aug. 15. Affirmations' community-based search committee, consisting of Metro Detroit area LGBT and allied [...]