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Chloe Grace Moretz might be just 18 years old, but this young woman has wisdom far beyond her years. The actress, who will be next appearing in "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising," opened up about discrimination and explained what it was like growing up with two gay brothers. The youngest of four says that it was extremely sad watching her brothers face discrimination growing up and that she hopes she can use her position to bring awareness to the issues still very much present in our society. Read More »
President Obama is in Kenya and is loving it! MStars News has been keeping up with the POTUS as he made his journey to Kenya making history becoming the first U.S. president to travel to the East African nation, and we must say, the president has some nice dance moves! Read More »
While we celebrated a huge step in equal rights with the recent Supreme Court ruling for marriage equality, gay rights had a long battle to get to this point. One story is about to have a big-screen adaptation in theaters in the form of Freeheld starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as a lesbian couple. Diagnosed with breast cancer, Detective Laurel Hester (Moore) fought for her pension to be left to her domestic partner (Page) if she died. Steve Carrell and Michael Shannon also star. Watch a trailer for this movie below! Read More »
After years of being known as one of the most famous symbols of gay and LGBT pride and rights, the Stonewall Inn has officially been made a landmark. Located in New York City, the Stonewall Inn was the site of the renowned Stonewall Riots, which took place back in 1969 when being homosexual was basically an illegal act. And now, just about 46 years later, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has announced its status in not only the LGBT community, but also New York's history. Read More »
"Teen Mom 2" star Kailyn Lowry has been known to stand up for what she believes in and has never had a problem speaking her mind on her MTV show. This was even more evident after the reality star blasted a follower on Twitter for disparaging gay people. Read More »
The "19 Kids & Counting" family the Duggars have been in a storm of controversy ever since they decided to delete photos of same-sex couples kissing on their Facebook page. Then matriarch Michelle Duggar asked Fayetteville, Arkansas, residents in a robocall to vote to repeal a law that grants equal housing to transgender people. This led to a petition to cancel the TLC series, but now there's a counter-petition to keep it on the air. Michelle posted a link on her Facebook page to the ipetitions.com appeal that says, "The Duggar Family is under attack from anti-marriage advocates for standing for traditional marriage. We commend The Duggar Family for their brave stand in defending marriage as ordained by God between one man and one woman. No individual's sexual behavior and chosen lifestyle has the right to redefine marriage. "Sign our petition today to let TLC know that you support the Duggars' stand for traditional marriage." The pro-Duggars petition has garnered more than 49,000 signatures, but it doesn't come close to the anti-Duggars petition, which has more than 156,000 supporters. As "MStars News" reported, the change.org petition started when LGBT activist Jim Wissick of San Jose, California, was fed up with the TLC family's constant efforts to undermine the LGBT community. Read More »
Total Recall actor Colin Farrell is speaking out about gay rights and supporting his brother. The 38-year-old star is fighting for gay rights in Ireland, which is where he is from, because the cause is close to his heart. Read More »
It has been years since Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling revealed that fan favorite character and headmaster of Hogwarts Albus Dumbledore was gay, and it has been a revelation that shocked the literary world. While a lot of fans embraced the writer's decision to make one of her leading character gay, some still can't get over it. Read More »
The football star has just been drafted to the St. Louis Ram's, making history as the first openly gay athlete to be draft. While Michael may have just added the gay community as his fan base, it looks like he doesn't have a fan in basketball player Marshall Henderson. The former Ole' Miss basketball player is spewing some venom Sam's way after ESPN aired a clip of Sam and his boyfriend sharing a kiss to congratulate finding out that he was drafted. Read More »
Joe's Grandpa Frank gets branded with an equality sign tattoo in this YouTube video to show his support for his gay grandson. He tells the tattoo artist that Joe came out to him first and he's getting the tattoo to show his support. He jokes that the pain of the tattoo is nothing compared to the pain that Joe has to endure when he first came out. Read More »
