Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender stories of the week.

NEW YORK (AP) — News Corp. said Monday it will sell its Community Newspaper Group, which is based in New York City and publishes 11 community newspapers and websites, as well as several magazines.

(AP) Texas' lieutenant governor said Friday that the state is prepared to forfeit billions of federal dollars in public school funding in defiance of an Obama administration directive requiring schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.

The LGBT community in America has much to be thankful for in 2018. As an example, be sure you take a moment and look at the article by Chris Johnson of the Washington Blade in this week’s paper. 

Over a year ago, SFGN determined to launch a  newspaper illuminating the life and times of Wilton Manors, the emerging neighborhood epicenter of LGBT life in South Florida.  The Gazette was thus born, first as a small, stand-alone newspaper, and now as a twice-a-month journal, chronicling news and events in the gay-centric Manors. We are proud to have our rainbow flag raised permanently on the steps of city hall.

(AP) Officials in a Florida city are launching a program allowing businesses to designate themselves as safe places for gays and lesbians if they feel threatened.

A reception will be held Tuesday, Dec. 18. Eighteen nonprofit LGBT organizations will soon receive early Christmas gifts, courtesy of Our Fund, South Florida’s LGBT community foundation.

(WB) A Pennsylvania advocacy group is using the Democratic National Convention to highlight the lack of discrimination protections for the state’s LGBT residents.

In a Nov. 10 interview with a Polish newspaper, the president of Poland announced he would support a ban of ‘homosexual propaganda’ in schools and scouting organizations, Queer.pl reported.

(AP) Young people in America overwhelmingly support LGBT rights when it comes to policies on employment, health care and adoption, according to a new survey.

(WB) LGBT Catholic leaders say they are troubled over news that surfaced earlier this month that Pope Francis stated in a recently published book that gay men serving as priests “worries me” and that homosexuality has become “fashionable” in some societies.

Gay porn stars Casey Everett and Dominic Pacifico, who often star together in gay porn videos, revealed to their twitter followers on Dec. 27 they got engaged on Christmas Day.

The four-day Pride Fort Lauderdale celebration, culminating in the first ever parade down A-1A, kicks off in high fashion on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. with a glamorous runway fashion show at the Hard Rock Event Center at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. 

Pride Live, a social advocacy and community engagement organization for the LGBT community, announced a virtual fundraising event to raise funds for four LGBT organizations to celebrate its Stonewall Day.

HOUSTON (AP) — Black eyeliner rings Tyniesha Stephens' large brown eyes. Her long, dark hair is pulled back in a ponytail, and she excitedly shares pictures of herself in the blonde wig and skirts she dons when she's not in orange jail garb.

Prospective students for Trinity Academy in Wichita, Kansas better not have a gay brother or a trans mother — they may face expulsion.

(WB) Dozens of activists and advocacy groups have sharply criticized the government of Puerto Rico over its response to the murders of several LGBTQ people on the island.

The head of India’s global health fund said LGBT people will be less at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS after the legalization of gay sex, according to Reuters.

The player whose lateral produced Miami’s miracle win on Sunday is also a champion for LGBT rights. Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills was part of a last second play that propelled Miami past the New England Patriots, 34-33, Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium.

In what is perhaps the most stunning U.S. Supreme Court victory in history for LGBT people, the nation’s highest court has voted 6 to 3 that a federal law barring discrimination on the basis of “sex” also prohibits discrimination based on “sexual orientation” and “gender status.”