South Carolina Seeks Dismissal Of Gay Marriage Challenge
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's attorney general is asking a federal judge to toss out a challenge to the state's gay marriage ban. Attorney General Alan Wilson argues in court documents filed...
View ArticleGay Iranians Are Getting Gender Reassignment Surgery To Avoid Death
Iran's harsh stance against gays is pushing some citizens to undergo gender reassignment surgery as a means of protecting themselves. Dr. Ali Hamedani, a reporter for BBC Persian, spoke with HuffPost...
View Article'Beside Still Waters' Director Chris Powell On Featuring A Gay Character That...
The cast and creative team behind the new film "Beside Still Waters" appeared on HuffPost Live this week, with director Chris Powell explaining his approach to including a gay character in his movie....
View ArticleYoga Anyone?
"Ah, I used to think about anti-Semitism!" Dr. Ross exclaimed with a burst of energy as he read my response in his new patient questionnaire. "What do you think about?" was the big question. I was...
View ArticleWait for Me Until I Welcome: Further Reflections From an Orthodox Rabbi to...
As a religious person, I am moved by a sense of divine purpose. While we as Jews do not use the word "calling," I do feel that I work in the service of realizing God's will on Earth. As a rabbi and...
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2014 MIX Queer Experimental Film Festival Coming To NYC
One of the largest annual queer community efforts in New York City is slated to open to the public tomorrow, Nov. 11, and it's a week-long event that you don't want to miss. The MIX NYC Queer...
View ArticleWendy Williams Responds To Controversy Over Her Comments About Bruce Jenner
Wendy Williams wants you to know that she really is happy for Bruce Jenner. The daytime talk show personality stopped by HuffPost Live this week and discussed the recent controversy surrounding her...
View ArticleStudent Punched In The Face For Kissing His Boyfriend Gets The Last Word
Late last week, a stranger punched Cole Ledford in the face for kissing his boyfriend on the sidewalk. But the Ohio State University junior has a message for his attacker: "Love is louder than hate."...
View ArticleRetired Mennonite Pastor Loses Credentials After Officiating At His Gay Son's...
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A retired Mennonite pastor from Pennsylvania who lost his credentials after officiating at his gay son's wedding says he hopes the church will someday be more accepting of gays...
View ArticleWhy Transgender Students Belong at Women's Colleges
Sometimes the fear of consequences appears so great that we hold on to tradition much longer than we need to. That was surely the case more than 100 years ago when the revolutionary idea of higher...
View Article#TBT: Looking Back
"OMG that was sooooo long ago! How have these past three years gone by so fast?! Crazy!!" This is a rough approximation of how many conversations between myself and my roommate have gone this year,...
View ArticleRihanna Walks At Miyake-Mugler NYC Vogue Ball
As if we didn't already love Rihanna enough... The pop star stopped by "Porcelain: a Sanctuary of Ostentatious Extravagance," a vogue ball throw by the legendary house of Miyake-Mugler, on Saturday...
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9 Pieces Of Unfiltered Wisdom From Glamour's 2014 Women Of The Year
"You are women and you get shit done." Comedian James Corden summed up the spirit of Glamour's 2014 Women of the Year Awards in one simple sentence. Because both the women being honored at the Nov. 10...
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Isabella Santiago, Transgender Beauty Contestant, Crowned Miss International...
Miss International Queen, an annual pageant in Thailand that provides a platform for transgender women to compete for a title has declared a new winner -- and she is absolutely stunning. The event took...
View ArticleAndy Cohen On His New Book And Why He Doesn't Read Comments On Gay Websites
Bravo TV host Andy Cohen has never been one to mince words, so it comes as no surprise that he had no qualms about taking on his haters in a new interview. "The thing I've learned is just never read...
View ArticleNYC Weighs Transgender Changes To Birth Record
NEW YORK (AP) — Transgender New Yorkers on Monday called for the passage of city legislation that would eliminate a requirement that they have gender-reassignment surgery to change their designated...
View ArticleMan Declares He's Been 'Delivered' From Homosexuality At Christian Event In...
Video footage of a young man reportedly claiming to have been "delivered" from homosexuality at the Church of God in Christ’s 107th Holy Convocation in St. Louis, Missouri is making the blogosphere...
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I'm Demisexual -- Here's What That Means
Throughout the next few months, HuffPost Teen is highlighting the way teens think and feel about sex through anecdotes written for our series, "Teen Sex: It's Complicated." All of the authors are...
View ArticleCarlos Andrés Gómez Calls For All Men To #BeThatGuy And Help Stop Violence...
All men should #BeThatGuy when it comes to preventing violence against women. In his poem "When," actor and poet Carlos Andrés Gómez spells out the horrifying violence so many women are subjected to...
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NYC Porn Film Festival Announces Open Call For Submissions
What does porn look like in 2014? New York City will consider this idea next year when the new NYC Porn Film Festival opens at Secret Project Robot in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Billed as...
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