San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

A straight Londoner asked for a refund after seeing "men kissing," at a New Year's Eve event, insisting that when he bought the tickets it wasn't clear the party would include LGBT people.

Cuba is currently considering a new constitution and the verbiage that defines marriage has been removed from the draft after the public outcry. 

Ben Hunte has become BBC's first correspondent for the community and he says it's "a dream come true."

Originally from BBC Africa, Hunte also hosts What's New a children's program on that network. 

His new position will begin in January. 

"I'm delighted... and I am looking forward to finding and telling stories from the LGBT community," he said. 

Currently, at The San Diego History Center, the exhibit  LGBTQ+San Diego: Stories of Struggles and Triumphs, is providing a rare glimpse into the city's queer past, but even they may have given pause to display something as provocative as a glory hole. 

A private school teacher in Lound, Suffolk is making a little extra money as a drag queen, and some parents had concerns about it according to New Now Next. 

Andrew Livingstone, 39, also goes under the stage name Miss Tish Ewe with the tagline “The bitch with the itch.”

A Canadian nightclub, open to everyone, denied entry to a young man waiting outside who reportedly used homophobic language, so he took to social media to rant about it. 

A straight pride flag that was raised in a small Canadian village was taken down after citizens complained about it this past Sunday. 

This week marked the 20th commemoration of the torture, lynching and ultimate death of Matthew Shepard. The 21-year-old was tied to a barbed wire fence and left to die on a cold Wyoming night. 

Nicole Murray-Ramirez, Queen Mother I of the Americas, has released a special message on this day of remembrance.

 Warning: This story contains a recount of a brutal, fatal homophobic attack on a teenager. 

In what may be one of the most horrific attacks against a member of the LGBT community to be caught on video has gone viral on social media.

A man in Edinburgh, Scotland was surprised by what greeted him and his nephew in a public restroom last Wednesday; a 12-man orgy. 

The encounter took place at a place called The Mound when the man, only identified as a "grocer," walked into the bathroom with his six-year-old nephew and saw a man “crouched down at another’s groin” while the others masturbated.