Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Gays in Crimea now subject to Russia's homophobic law - Towleroad
Kenya might as well be Uganda for many LGBT refugees - BuzzFeed
South Africa: Minister of justice launches new program to help stop anti-gay violence - PinkNews
Lambda Literary Foundation honors four prominent LGBT writers - The Advocate
Education department: federal law protects transgender students from discrimination - BuzzFeed
Mormon leaders accidentally tell gay students they don't exist, then backtrack, then backtrack again - Queerty
LGBT organizations release intimate partner violence community action toolkits - National Center for Transgender Equality
United Methodist Church extends benefits to LGB spouses and partners - PinkNews
Israeli Justice Minister to promote inheritance law for LGB partners - GayAsiaNews
LOCAL/REGIONAL
North Carolina's new marriage equality lawsuit could turn "everything on its head" - The Huffington Post
Kentucky shop removes "no gays" window sticker, replaces it with anti-gay sign - PinkNews
Man receives $450k settlement from New York over "gay entrapment" arrest - PinkNews
Boy Scouts reject leadership application from gay scout outed on Facebook - PinkNews
Maryland lawmaker seeks referendum on trans equality bill - Washington Blade
Idaho's first out gay candidate says his conservative views are "stigmata" for some voters - BuzzFeed
COMMENTARY
Janet Mock turns the tables, asks interviewer Alicia Menendez what it's like to be cis - Autostraddle
Remembering the Admiral Duncan nail bomb attack 15 years on - PinkNews
Op-ed: My two dads - The Advocate
What about NBA's homophobe owner? - The Huffington Post
My dead gay brother helped me win the right to marry - Gay Star News
NYC Pride and LA Pride erase bisexuals - ELIXHER
For all the girls I loved before I knew I could - The Huffington Post
Your gaydar is broken: Gender expression does not dictate sexuality - The Huffington Post
ENTERTAINMENT
Les Miserables actor Eddie Redmayne set to play transgender woman in new film - PinkNews
Laverne Cox to executive produce documentary on trans youth for MTV and Logo this fall - BuzzFeed
Ellen DeGeneres joins boycott of Dorchester Collection hotel chain over Brunei's anti-gay penal code - The Huffington Post
Rush Limbaugh randomly attacks Don Lemon for being gay - The Huffington Post
When she was still closeted, Ellen Page admits: "I felt awkward around gay people" - Gay Star News
Ellen DeGeneres praises Good Morning America's Robin Roberts for joining her in being out - Gay Star News
SPORTS
Jaiyah Saelua, first out trans person to play in a world cup qualifier, featured in "Next Goal Wins" - The Huffington Post
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