Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Obama broadly references LGBT rights in U.N. address– Washington Blade
LGBT Russian asylum seeker hopes to find sanctuary in U.S.– Washington Blade
Senior Tory MP slams anti-LGBT Devon columnist for ‘repellent’ views– PinkNews
Inside the beautifully banal daily lives of Thailand's transgender women (NSFW)– The Huffington Post
Indonesia's Aceh province considers caning as LGBT relationship punishment– The Huffington Post
Who hasn’t signed the ENDA discharge petition?– Washington Blade
Obama to meet with anti-LGBT UN president– Gay Star News
Australia resettles LGBT asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea, where it is illegal to be LGBT– Gay Star News
South Africa’s first LGBT-inclusive mosque closed over parking violation– PinkNews
Slowly but surely, "ex-gay conversion therapy" is coming out of mental health practices– Autostraddle
A Ugandan parliamentarian's first LGBT wedding– The Huffington Post
Chelsea Manning sues pentagon for hormone therapy: 'I do not believe I will be able to survive'– The Huffington Post
HRC report: Bi youth face greater challenges than LGBT Peers -- The Advocate
10 empowering bisexual confessions highlight the benefits of finally coming out -- Identities Mic
LOCAL/REGIONAL
Philip Williams and Katherine Knott, Philadelphia LGBT beating case defendants, turn themselves in– The Huffington Post
Recap: #ELIXHERTalk: Challenging biphobia in the black LGBT community– ELIXHER
US: Democrat Mike Michaud on course to become first out governor– PinkNews
Black pastors invoke Martin Luther King, form alliance against marriage equality - VIDEO– Towleroad
Embattled anti-LGBT Archbishop forces music director to resign for marrying a man– The New Civil Rights Movement
New parenting group launched for LGBT professionals– Gay Star News
Picturesque LGBT wedding encounters a worst-case scenario– Queerty
Is San Diego the new home of LGBT advocates?– The Advocate
McAuliffe: VA is ‘going to have marriage equality’– Washington Blade
Senator Jim Ferlo helps break down those closet doors– The Huffington Post
COMMENTARY
Op-ed: Are you being served — medically?– The Advocate
Going too far -- for everyone's sake– The Huffington Post
Op-ed: How Barbara Walters saved our family– The Advocate
My bisexuality looks like: Birth of THOT--Center for Culture, Sexuality, and Spirituality
ENTERTAINMENT
‘Girls’ creator Lena Dunham producing transgender documentary– PinkNews
Fliers, crashers and soarers. Oh my!– Out Magazine
Violent response to Emma Watson's feminism speech proves how much we need feminism– SheWired
Meet television's groundbreaking intersex character– BuzzFeed LGBT
Baby boomer doc explores AIDS and homophobia during the '70s & '80s– Out Magazine
Jazz, transgender teen, co-authors book about transitioning– The Huffington Post
WATCH: YouTuber R.J. Aguiar releases 'Ask a bi guy' -- The Advocate
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