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Terrorist Attack on Vienna Pride Parade Thwarted

Three young people sympathetic to the so-called Islamic State were arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack a Vienna Pride celebration.

ISIS Executioner Who Threw Gay Men Off Roofs Is Arrested

Abu Omer, a.k.a. "White Beard," had been in hiding after the collapse of the Islamic State's control of Mosul.

Radical Islam in your backyard

The quality of life enjoyed by gays and lesbians living in Western Europe has been threatened by an increase in radical Islamic immigrants. Is the United States next?

Liberals, Conservatives Alike Praise High Court's Religious Accommodations Ruling

The court set a new standard for consideration of religious accommodations in the workplace but did not rule on the merits in the case of a man who refused to work Sundays because of his Christian beliefs.

Murder and hypocrisy

Democracy will not flourish in the Middle East until Islamic governments stop murdering their gay citizens--and we need to halt antigay violence at home before we can condemn it abroad

Donald Trump Wants to Test Muslim Immigrants on Gay Equality

His new "extreme vetting" would add an ideological test to his already proposed religious test.

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U.N. Reports: ISIS Has Executed 30 LGBT People

For the first time ever, the United Nations Security Council held a meeting regarding LGBT issues.

This Time, ISIS Beheads 'Gay' Men in Iraq

Islamic State militants have reportedly murdered two more men for the 'crime' of being gay in an unnamed town in Iraq's Nineveh province.

Surviving Fall, 'Gay' Man Then Stoned to Death by ISIS

The latest gruesome antigay atrocity in Syria comes, again, at the merciless hands of the Islamic State, just weeks after two others were stoned to death for allegedly being gay.

ISIS Tries 'Explaining' Recent Antigay Atrocities

The self-proclaimed Islamic State militant group has published a grisly series of photos depicting the executions of allegedly gay men who died after being thrown from rooftops and stoned by waiting mobs on the ground.

Did Cleric Preach 'Death to Gays' at Orlando-Area Mosque?

"Death is the sentence," Farrokh Sekaleshfar said at the time, but now disowns the Pulse shootings.

Inside Germany's LGBTQ-Inclusive Mosque

A student shares his story of acceptance and deradicalization.

REPORTS: ISIS Executes Nine More 'Gay' Men

The radical Islamist group has reportedly thrown another nine men accused of being gay from the top of the tallest building in Mosul, Iraq.

This Will Get You Angry: Islamic State Boasts About Orlando Massacre

Describing the murdered and wounded patrons as "followers of Lot," a spokesman hailed Omar Mateen and his bloody "incursion." 

Another 'Gay' Man Stoned to Death by ISIS

Gruesome photos have emerged of an allegedly gay man being murdered by terrorists in Islamic State-controlled territory.

Surprise: ISIS Is Also Antigay

A propaganda video hoping to recruit new fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria warns about the dangers of gay teachers in 'infidel' schools.

New Orleans gay bars feel impact of Bourbon Street terror attack

The driver of the truck who plowed into New Year's Day revelers had pledged support to the so-called Islamic State, the same group the Pulse nightclub shooter had claimed was his inspiration.

Oklahoma Lawmaker Goes on Antigay Tirade

The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a national political organization that works to elect openly LGBT people, has posted a video on YouTube revealing an antigay rant made by Oklahoma representative Sally Kern. Representing the state's 84th district, Kern criticized gay people for indoctrinating children, lamented the growing number of gay politicians, and said gays will "destroy this nation." The gay community, she says, poses a "bigger threat, even more so than terrorists or Islam," to the United States. The video, called "I'm Listening," was posted on March 7 and has been viewed more than 295,000 times.

An Explainer on Sharia Law and Why It Shouldn't Be Used to Punish Gays

Draconian laws like those in Brunei are based on a misapplication of Sharia, which isn't really a legal code, Islamic scholars and activists say.

Officials: Shooter Had Twice Been Investigated for Terrorist Sympathies

Omar Mateen had a history with the FBI, officials confirmed.