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UMC live updates: United Methodists remove ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 2016, more than 100 United Methodist clergy came out as LGBTQ+ in a joint letter and then...
Year after 100+ SC churches left United Methodists, slimmer church changes LGBTQ+ policy
The State via Yahoo News· 1 day agoInternal differences on same-sex relations led some to walk out of the denomination. But the...
Dicks’ Gary Floyd Dead At 71
Stereogum· 54 minutes agoGary Floyd, lead singer for the hugely influential hardcore punk band Dicks, has died. Floyd’s contemporary Mike Watt broke the news on Facebook. Floyd...
United Methodist delegates vote to end bans on gay clergy, same-sex marriage
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoAfter decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the...
North Texans react to United Methodist Church vote lifting ban on LGBTQ clergy
Dallas Morning News· 1 day agoDelegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. It is the first such...
Russian publisher redacts book on gay Italian director amid LGBT crackdown
Reuters via AOL· 8 hours agoThe Russian publisher, AST, would agree to publish his critical essay on the openly gay Italian film...
Vestavia Hills reassigns elementary school principal despite parent support
Birmingham News· 16 hours agoDespite protests from a packed crowd, Vestavia Hills City Schools officials voted unanimously May 2...
Brittney Griner 'Coming Home' interview shows not just her ordeal in Russia, but her humanity
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoThe people who dislike Brittney Griner have always been a cabal of clowns and goofs. Highly...
United Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Practicing Gay Clergy
New York Times· 2 days agoThe United Methodist Church removed on Wednesday its longstanding ban on ordaining gay clergy,...
WTA Finals: Daria Kasatkina 'given guarantees' on safety for gay players
BBC News· 4 days agoDaria Kasatkina, one of the few openly gay players on the WTA Tour, says she has been “given...