• Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 10:11am By Tim McElreavy
    U.S. Army Private Bethany Smith fled to Canada after her fellow soldiers discovered that she was a lesbian. Pte. Smith was seen by other soldiers holding hands with another woman at a mall near the base in Fort Campbell, KY. After that, according to...
  • Monday, July 27, 2009 - 11:56am By Tim McElreavy
    He might have dedicated his 1982 hit "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" to them, but it appears that the Hare Krishna ended up making him cry. George O'Dowd, better known as singer Boy George, attempted to become a Hare Krishna in the late...
  • Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 7:29pm By John Pettitt
    The murder of a sailor at the Camp Pendleton Marine base near San Diego, CA, is increasingly looking like a hate crime. A local TV station is reporting that the sailor, August Provost of Houston, Texas, was killed during an argument with...
  • Monday, May 25, 2009 - 2:56pm By John Pettitt
    In a move that can only add pressure on the Obama administration to repeal the military "don't ask don't tell" policy the State Department plans to give benefits to same gender partners of US diplomats. Secretary of State Hillary...
  • Friday, May 22, 2009 - 10:40am By Tim McElreavy
    Tis the season for Pride, and this year that includes Baghdad, even if it will only be a small affair at the U.S. Embassy. The first-ever U.S. Embassy Gay Pride Theme Party will be held on Friday, May 29, at Baghdaddy's, the embassy employees' pub....
  • Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 10:36pm By Tim McElreavy
    Ten thousand U.S. soldiers have been discharged from the military over the past 10 years under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, reports Kelvin Lynch in the SF Gay & Lesbian Examiner. The Associated Press reports that 11 more soldiers were...