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American Idol runner-up and Mississippi native La’Porsha Renae has made headlines for referring to homosexuality as a “lifestyle” that she “doesn’t agree” with. During an April 8 conference call with reporters, the 22-year-old singer, who lost to Trent Harmon on the final season of “Idol,” was asked for her thoughts on Mississippi’s controversial House Bill […]

Hollywood ex Sheree Fletcher wants to set the record straight on her marriage to Will Smith. Literally. She’s responded via her Facebook page to comments…

Hollywood ex Sheree Fletcher wants to set the record straight on her marriage to Will Smith. Literally. She’s responded via her Facebook page to comments made by Alexis Arquette, the transgender sister of actors Rosanna, David and Patricia Arquette. In the video, Fletcher says that she and Alexis have never met and that she had […]

Alexis Arquette, the transgender member of the acting Arquette family that includes recent Oscar winner Patricia, as well as David and Rosanna, posted on her Facebook page today that the Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are both gay and should be outed. Her Facebook post reads: (Warning: explicit language and sexual references) When Jada […]

While tolerance and acceptance of transgender people is slowly emerging in modern times. the last century was much less understanding. For transgender pioneer Lucy Hicks Anderson, those attitudes led her to jail after it was discovered that she was biologically male. Born Tobias Lawson in Waddy, Kentucky in 1886, Anderson began identifying as a girl at a young […]

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Kayden Coleman, a 29-year-old transgender man who had been taking testosterone shots for years thought he had gotten out of shape and that it was time for him to hit the nearest gym. But he was wrong; what he had gotten…was pregnant. Coleman had lived life as a man for nearly 10 years, and was […]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky county clerk has appealed a judge’s decision to put her in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Attorneys for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis officially appealed the ruling on Sunday. The three page motion does not include arguments as to why Davis should be released […]

Ohio resident Jennifer Cramblett and her partner got a surprise when their baby was born after they used a sperm donor to get pregnant. Their daughter, Payton, was biracial. Instead of the donor sperm they wanted, which they requested come from a blonde, blue-eyed donor to match their own looks, was instead from a Black […]

Bye, Felicia. Well, in this case, it’s Bye, Glory as WNBA star Brittney Griner got some good news today in her divorce battle. The two WNBA players married earlier this year, just days after a fight that led to a suspension for Griner. Though the marriage lasted just a month, Johnson, who is now pregnant […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ESPY Awards, highlighted by Caitlyn Jenner‘s acceptance of a trophy for bravery, proved a ratings champion. The telecast, which moved from its traditional ESPN cable home to a bigger stage with broadcast sibling ABC, drew 7.75 million viewers last Wednesday to rank as the most-watched ESPY ceremony ever, more than […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs on Wednesday night while urging acceptance for others who are transgender. She received a standing ovation from some of the sporting world’s biggest stars after her 10-minute speech during the annual awards honoring the year’s top athletes and moments. “This […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday, ordering a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service. Carter said he is creating a working group that will review the policies […]