A California theater fired one of its actors after he threw out a heckler for shouting anti-gay epithets at the cast. In a recent article in Gay Star News, The Repertory East Playhouse in Newhall fired actor John Lacy, who played the role of Big Daddy in its production of Tennessee Williams’ "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," after he jumped off the stage and confronted an audience member who was making noise and yelling "faggot" during emotionally tense scenes.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ A same-sex couple in Anchorage says their home was targeted with acts of vandalism including a soup-like substance on their mailbox and obscene signs left on their car.

(CNN) -- Twin brothers David and Jason Benham have lost their opportunity to host their own HGTV show.

After a petition from LGBT group All Out got the attention of Google, the search engine giant revealed this week that it will remove the slur definitions of "gay" from its popular translate software, ABC News reports.

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It was announced Wednesday night that Kanye West and his tour DJ are parting ways and no longer working together, sparking the DJ to take to Twitter and say the rapper's "fans are low key gay," Gawker reports.

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday gave a Kentucky county clerk room to continue denying marriage licenses to gays and lesbians while she takes her religious objections case to a higher court.

Richmond, California's Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles, the city's first openly lesbian councilwoman, has faced constant hate speech since she was elected to her position four years ago in 2010, reports Towleroad. And it's coming from both the public and her fellow council members.

Louisiana police are currently investigating racist and anti-gay fliers, which call for the death of gay people in order to eradicate HIV and AIDS, from the Ku Klux Klan, local CBS-affiliate news station WWLTV reports.

Most of my legal career has been spent defending the first amendment, and the rights of citizens to express themselves in many ways and forms.

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SHANGHAI (AP) — Patrick Reed hasn't received this much attention since he pressed his finger to his lips in Scotland to quiet the Ryder Cup crowd. This time it was his own mouth that got the 24-year-old American into trouble when he berated himself with swearing and a gay slur.

A queer Apple customer was shocked to find a homophobic slur printed on his receipt after a recent visit to a Portland, Oregon, Apple store.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Spokane minister has been acquitted of a hate crime charge after convincing a jury he was acting in defense of his home when he allegedly used a gay slur while throwing out his estranged son and another man.

(CNN) -- If you sue Taylor Swift, just remember her lyrics might be used against you.

You may not know who Nash Grier is, but 8.7 million people follow him on the social media video app Vine, which allows users to post six-second looped clips. 

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Two transgender women say they were ordered to take off their makeup, jewelry and wigs at West Virginal Division of Motor Vehicles offices or they would not get new driver’s license photos.

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — A University of Connecticut student faces criminal charges over a confrontation with a campus food court manager who wouldn't let him buy macaroni and cheese with bacon and jalapeno peppers.

A British dad arrested for his July 14 anti-gay rant on Facebook says he's not homophobic -- he was just having a bad day.