Pope says Church can’t be ‘museum’, must be open to change

Pope Francis talks with cardinals as he leads the synod on the family in the Synod hall at the Vatican, October 5, 2015. Reuters/Max Rossi

Alaska Air Offers Airfare Discounts For Gay People

Obama: I’ll Commemorate Sunday as ‘International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia’

School staff bullies lesbian student with anti-gay slurs, calls her ‘it’: lawsuit

Destin Holmes does not want any more LGBT students to go through what she did.   SPLCenter via YouTube

Destin Holmes hopes her allegations of rampant homophobia in the Moss Point, Miss. school district will help bring an end to the harassment. She says the daily torment from teachers and students hurt her grades and left her hopeless.

Boy Scouts to accept openly gay youth starting New Year’s Day

Boy Scouts from the Chief Seattle Council carry U.S. flags as they prepare to march in the Gay Pride Parade in downtown Seattle. The Boy Scouts of America, in the most contentious change of membership policy in a 103-year history, will accept openly gay youths in Scout units starting on New Year’s Day 2014.                Elaine Thompson/AP

From Jan. 1, 2014, the Boy Scouts of America will no longer bar gay youth. While some churches have dropped the Scouts because of the new policy, the majority of the organization’s members and sponsors are staying. A new conservative alternative Trail Life USA will also launch in January.

Apple Approves Gay Social App for Ages 12 and Up

A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue in New York June 24, 2010.                          (Photo: Reuters/Eric Thayer)

Utah to Appeal Gay Marriage Ruling to US Supreme Court

Ruth Hackford-Peer (L) and Kim Hackford-Peer sign their marriage certificate after getting married as Reverend Curtis Price (C) watches at the Salt Lake County office building in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 20, 2013. A federal judge struck down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional on Friday, handing a major victory to gay rights activists in a conservative state where the Mormon church wields considerable influence. (Photo: Reuters/Jim Urquhart)

as Final Holdout Counties Distribute Licenses

New Mexico Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Christmas lights cause furor in Rome after rainbow colors used for anti-homophobia message

The lights were chosen by the local council as a stand against homophobia, following the recent suicide of a gay teenager in the Eternal City.

Mile-long rainbow-flag themed Christmas lights that were planned as an anti-homophobic message following the suicide of a gay teen are causing a divide in Rome.

Gay rights protest in St Petersburg ends in clashes, arrests

Police detain an anti-gay protester who took part in a gathering to prevent gay rights activists from staging a protest in St. Petersburg October 12, 2013. REUTERS-Alexander Demianchuk