When Cleve Jones enters a room, history follows in his path. A personal friend of the slain gay leader Harvey Milk, Jones was portrayed by Emile Hirsch in Gus Van Sant's Oscar winning biopic "Milk" (2008).

HONG KONG (CNN) -- Italian fashion designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce told CNN they respect how all people live after the uproar over their comments about children born through in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Property values are up in Wilton Manors and commissioners may take advantage with a slight increase in property taxes.

Craig Stevens has impressive credentials.

Dean Trantalis was born and raised in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated cum laude from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. In 1979, he completed his legal studies at the Stetson University School of Law. He took his studies aboard and studied international law in London, Eastern Europe and Russia.

Ellen DeGeneres’ goal of setting a retweet record with her star-studded selfie was achieved before the Oscars telecast was even over.

For many, owning a business is a life in and of itself, but for Deidre Newton, owner of Huntington Trescott Properties, her work as a realtor intermingled with her activity in politics and LGBT activism makes her a catalyst for change. She’s a true worker for the people, and one who helps others achieve their goals through the use of her skills professionally and politically. ??

Orlando – An Orlando district judge has settled a dispute over the estate of gay icon Divine, most famous for being the muse of director John Waters.

(CNN) -- Don Pardo, the announcer whose baritone voice introduced "Saturday Night Live" hosts on NBC for decades, has died at age 96, the network announced.

As a young medical student, Dr. Gerald Pierone had ambitions to save the world from infectious disease, imagining himself traveling to Africa to treat patients, developing brand new lifesaving vaccines, and helping eradicate disease.

Call it either a case of not turning the other cheek or the rats abandoning a sinking ship, but Josh Duggar's in-laws are turning on him -- fast and publicly.

Edmund White is a prolific writer and an icon of the gay rights movement and the fight for equality for those living with HIV in America today.

Attorney Elizabeth Schwartz says, “Sometimes, when I come out to friends who knew me way back when, their reaction is ‘We always knew you were a lesbian, but we never dreamed you’d become a lawyer!’”

Actress Ellen Page has been out for just a month and is apparently already receiving anti-gay messages.

Emilio Benitez grew up in Miami and is native to Havana, Cuba. The past 27 years, Benitez has resided in Hollywood, Florida. He’s a Tulane University graduate and received his Juris Doctorate at the University of Florida.

LOS ANGELES — A former North Dakota college football player who was kicked off his team after kissing a man has been given probation for stalking billionaire David Geffen.

LOS ANGELES — A former North Dakota college football player who was kicked off his team after kissing an older man is facing a charge of stalking billionaire David Geffen.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's former governor will promote liberal causes in his home state and across the country as the new head of a Washington think tank's advocacy arm.

After being excluded from Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People issue in April, transgender actor and activist Laverne Cox found herself on the cover of this month’s magazine instead.

Oscar de la Renta, the worldly gentleman designer who shaped the wardrobe of socialites and Hollywood stars for more than four decades, has died. He was 82.

Humans of Wilton Manors is an attempt at capturing the exhaustive, diverse community of Wilton Manors.

PGN publisher Mark Segal and partner Jason Villemez picked up their marriage license the afternoon Pennsylvania legalized same-sex marriage, as Philadelphia City Hall was teeming with reporters, video cameras and well-wishers. And, last weekend, they officially married, in a setting much different than the frenzy of that historic day.

They each turned a moment of violence into a call to action. For James Brady, that moment was when he was shot and wounded by a would-be presidential assassin. For Chung Eun-yong, it was the killings of his two children during a Korean War massacre.

Suze Orman is known as a woman who makes sound financial decisions. On Monday night in Boca Raton, Orman showed her softer side.

Sylvia Wojcik was making reservations for a beach getaway in Maine when the receptionist on the other end of the line called her "ma'am." Nothing could have delighted her more.

NEW YORK - The Fire Department of New York is swearing in its first female and first openly gay chaplain.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank is the keynote speaker at the largest of Maine's events honoring the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

A gay Republican -- it’s the unicorn of the political spectrum, and Fred Karger is the leader of the mystical herd.

Danny Pintauro, now 39, is fondly remembered for his long run on the sitcom "Who's the Boss" and for starring in the Stephen King penned chiller "Cujo"(1983). Then a rising star, Pintauro was perhaps the cutest kid in Hollywood.

It's not been a great year for the Duggar family.