A gay 24-year-old emergency medical technician and Eagle Scout was killed in a tragic ambulance accident on Saturday (16 February).

Timothy McCormick, from Greenwood, Indiana, was in the ambulance when it was struck by a 21-year-old woman driver who had alcohol on her breath, WTHITV reports. 

Responding crews removed the driver and passenger in the ambulance.

Gay rights groups launched an empowerment campaign in response to the Indiana teacher who said 'gays don't have a purpose'.

Special-ed teacher Diana Medley said earlier this week that she doesn't agree with homosexuality. She was speaking on behalf of a group who wanted to host a 'traditional' prom at Indiana's Sullivan High School that wouldn't allow gay and lesbian students.

Tom Hoemig had suggested that we meet at Le Falstaff Cafe on Rue Henri Maus, not far from the Grand-Place.

We seemed to be a bit early for this cafe - it was open but we were the only two there and the heating didn’t seem to have kicked in.

‘I’ve been coming here for years’ said Hoemig. ‘We used to sit here outside for hours on a weekend, 10 to 15 people drinking and having fun. So they know me here.’

Hoemig soon tracked down one of the staff and ordered us some coffee.

Notre Dame University, one of the world’s biggest and renowned Catholic schools, has said it will start supporting and recognizing its gay students.

With more than 93% of Christian students, the college made the landmark announcement after a union of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students complained they felt they faced discrimination.

Notre Dame University, in Indiana, will start a support program for gay students, train all the members of staff in equality, and create a committee to provide advice to administrators on LGBT issues.

Voters in three US states may have just passed bills allowing gay marriage, but Republican legislators in Indiana may be still pushing forward with a constitutional amendment banning the marriages in their state.

Even though same-sex marriage is already illegal in the state, an amendment has been authored by Representative Eric Turner (R-Marion) that would ban it in the state constitution and define marriage as being between one man and one woman.

Thirty US states have passed such constitutional bans with the most recent being North Carolina in May.

Video of a toddler standing in front of an Indiana church congregation singing an anti-gay song has gone viral and now members say they are receiving death threats.

The song performed at the alter of Apostolic Truth Tabernacle in Greensburg, Indiana, included these lyrics: "The Bible’s right, somebody’s wrong. The Bible’s right, somebody’s wrong. Romans one, twenty six and twenty seven; Ain’t no homos gonna make it to Heaven."

The congregation can be heard erupting in cheers after the performance by the 3-year-old boy.

Strict new voter ID laws may leave large numbers of transgender people unable to vote in the US general election this November.

A study published by the Williams Institute suggests transgender people will run into problems when presenting identification that no longer accurately reflects their gender, appearance or both.

Elton John couldn't resist making a dig at Golden Globes foe Madonna when asked in an interview Monday (30 January) if he had any advice for the Material Girl when she performs her Super Bowl half-time show.

'Make sure you lip-synch good,' John said on ABC's Good Morning America.

The singer is not a fan of the Super Bowl half-time spectacle saying 'I've never seen a decent one.' But he later said he enjoyed when Prince and the Rolling Stones performed them.