You've read a list of the top LGBT political stories of 2012, the top anti-gay villains, and the best coming out moments of the year. As 2012 comes to a close, GayNow.com presents the 10 most bizarre LGBT stories of the year, which will have you laughing...or perhaps just shaking your head. [more...]
When I first heard that Hong Kong millioniare Cecil Chao was offering a $65 million dowry to any man willing to marry his lesbian daughter, I thought his ridiculous offer was based on family honor. What father—especially a homophobic, 76-year-old, Chinese old-school one—wouldn't want his daughter to have a socially-accepted marriage in a super-conservative part of the world? [more...]
From a homophobic rapping priest to gay milkmen, September, 2012 has been quite a month for strange LGBT news and entertainment stories. The Top 10 list below doesn't cover every bizarre LGBT story in the news, but it's a good start. Let's hope October is just as entertaining (sans the homophobia, of course). [more...]
In the last four months (June through late September), a wave of LGBT-related sports stories have hit the media, and just in time for the start of the U.S. football, hockey and basketball season. Are we in for a new pro-LGBT sports era, or is this unusually high number a fluke? Considering these top 10 stories from the summer and early fall, I'm willing to bet we're in for a whole new ball game. [more...]
Today marks the final day of the 2012 Values Voters Summit, a Family Research Council and American Family Association-sponsored conference held in Washington D.C. The goal of the summit, one would guess (it's not mentioned on their website) is to chase the conservative vote, but unless those “valued voters” are white, heterosexual, and male, they may have missed the mark. [more...]
If you caught a sneak preview of the new NBC sitcom “The New Normal,” this week, you probably noticed the Republican jokes. But in Mormon-filled Salt Lake City, did NBC affiliate KSL-TV cancel the series because of its gay storyline, or was the station angry that the series poked fun at Republicans, and, by association, the first Mormon presidential candidate? [more...]
On August 14, in Oklahoma's Midwest City, 29-year-old lesbian Kayla Elliott was stabbed in front of her house by her neighbor, 38-year-old Camino Nicole Maxwell, who had been taunting her with gay slurs for months. So I have to ask: why is no one talking about this? [more...]
Ready to see what people are really saying about Chick-fil-A? This past week on ABC.com, two Chick-fil-A stories (on the 'kiss-in' and the 'record-breaking' sales day) brought in over 1,200 online comments. The following 25 represent the best (and worst) of the real-life Chick-fil-A arguments. [more...]