Pro-LGBT Congresswoman gunned down in Arizona shooting; federal judge fatally...
TUCSON, Ariz. -- U. S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) is in critical condition after undergoing surgery after suffering a single gunshot wound to the head while appearing at a public event...
View ArticleGay intern credited with helping to save Giffords’ life following Arizona...
A gay intern, who had been working for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) for only five days, is credited with helping to save the Congresswoman's life after she took a gunshot wound to the head while...
View ArticleGunman in AZ shooting held without bail; Giffords’ condition critical; gay...
The suspect in the attempted assassination of a U. S. Congresswoman, which left her and 14 others gravely injured and six dead, appeared in federal court on Monday. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a member of...
View ArticleWhy I find Sarah Palin’s response to Arizona shootings’ aftermath...
It is not often that I find it necessary to set aside my press credentials and lend an opinion to public discourse on any given subject that I report on. However, that said, I need to comment not as an...
View ArticleIntern credited with saving Giffords to attend ‘State of the Union’
Daniel Hernandez Jr., the openly gay congressional intern who rushed to the aid of his boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, when a shooting rampage erupted around them in Tucson, Ariz., two weeks ago, has...
View ArticleLGBT History Month profile: Hero in Tucson shootings, Daniel Hernandez
University of Arizona student and congressional intern Daniel Hernandez Jr. garnered national recognition when he saved the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. President Obama acknowledged him...
View ArticleOur pick for LGBT Person of the Year: Daniel Hernandez Jr.
Daniel Hernandez, an openly gay 21-year-old University of Arizona student, was just five days into his new job as an intern for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) when, during a routine "meet &...
View ArticleGiffords to resign from Congress to focus on recovery from Tucson shooting -...
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in a massacre that left six others dead one year ago, has announced that she will resign from Congress this...
View ArticleOpenly gay Arizona state legislator announces run for Gabrielle Giffords’...
TUCSON, Ariz. -- An openly gay Arizona state lawmaker announced Tuesday that he will enter the race to fill the congressional seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who resigned last...
View ArticleArizona business executive fired for video criticizing Chick-fil-A
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A Tucson businessman was fired from his job on Thursday after posting a video online of himself in a Chick-fil-A drive-thru the day prior, in which he voiced his opposition to the...
View ArticleCartoonist fired, student newspaper apologizes for anti-gay cartoon -...
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Daily Wildcat, the student-run daily newspaper at the University of Arizona, has issued an apology and fired the cartoonist after publishing an editorial cartoon that...
View ArticleTucson becomes second Arizona city to allow same-sex civil unions
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Tucson city council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an ordinance allowing civil unions between same-sex couples.
View ArticleFormer intern who helped save Giffords hit with nasty, anti-gay recall campaign
Daniel Hernandez Jr., the former intern credited with helping to save Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life when she was shot in 2011 and now an elected member of a Tucson-area school board, is facing a nasty...
View ArticleU.S. Congressman to ask feds to investigate anti-gay flyer as a hate crime
TUCSON, Ariz. — A U.S. congressman is calling on Arizona and federal authorities to investigate a pair of controversial fliers attacking a school board member as a possible hate crime.
View ArticleUniversity of Arizona seeks to boost transgender studies program
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The University of Arizona is creating four tenured professor positions to expand its transgender studies courses.
View ArticleTucson pizzeria reserves right to refuse service to Ariz. lawmakers
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A local pizzeria in Tucson, Ariz., has a message for state lawmakers who, on Thursday, approved legislation that allows business owners to assert their religious beliefs by refusing...
View ArticleWoman to advice columnist: ‘My gay son embarrasses me at church’
"He won’t listen to reason, and he will not stop being gay."
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