Studies show increased religious support for same sex marriage among a variety of religious groups in the recent decade. Some 42 percent of Muslims support freedom to marry, but only 28 percent of Mormons and evangelical Christians favor same-sex marriage rights. About 84 percent of Buddhists, 77 percent of American Jews, and more than 68 […]

Among states considering “religious protection” laws, Indiana stepped up into the line of fire, and drew heavy fire. Utah seems to have worked around many of the challenges faced by Indiana, Arkansas, and others by also passing explicit protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals alongside the “religious protection” law that the Church […]

A former president of a notorious religious college apologizes for calling for gays to be stoned to death many years ago. In 2015, a California lawyer creates a ballot initiative he calls the “Sodomite Suppression Act” and proposes a bullet in the head for gays. Hate speech may not change much from decade to decade, […]

Thousands of parishioners at City Church in San Francisco can now open their hearts to their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community members with full fellowship in the evangelical church. While it has always been open to the LGBTQ community, the church’s official policy in the past required celibacy of gay members to […]

A lawyer whose firm has filed a friend of the court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of ending marriage discrimination notes that marriage equality is not a threat to any religious liberties. The courts are addressing civil marriage for same-sex couples, and it will have no impact on how religions prepare sermons, […]

As acceptance and openness develops in society, some corporations understand the principle of respect and dignity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, even if their customers are not always as tolerant. Transgender issues are in the news more recently, as individuals who had lived in silence find the courage to speak out. Recent studies […]

As society opens to more tolerance and understanding toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, people are talking more about issues that have been shrouded in silence until recently. Transgender individuals are currently forbidden to serve in all branches of the U.S. military. An estimated 15,500 transgender people serve in silence despite the formal […]

California Republicans voted overwhelmingly to grant a charter to the state chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, a conservative advocacy group that supports gay rights. The 861-293 outcome surprised some, satisfied others, and annoyed the right wing of the most conservative GOP loyalists. In Washington, the national chapter of Log Cabin Republicans won one and […]

A life coach in New York City brings his personal experiences with coming out to helping his clients understand life changes and putting themselves in harmony with their beliefs. A gay man who has overcome an eating disorder observes that gay men deal with anorexia and bulimia at higher rates than men in general, and […]

A blogger asks friends and strangers alike: “Please do not ask non-straight people when they first knew they were gay or bisexual.” It seems that many straight people consider those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) as “different.” Since many people think of gay individuals as somehow aberrant or out of the […]