The family of Marco McMillian, a gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi who was murdered, on Friday (10 May) asked the US Justice Department to look into the case.

The family spoke out after an autopsy was released showing that McMillian had died of asphyxiation and had also been burned and beaten.

Lawrence Reed, 22, was charged in the death of McMillian.

Marco McMillian was a trailblazer, and the pride of the Mississippi Delta.

In 2004 when he was still in his 20s Ebony magazine hailed him as on the nation’s 30 leaders under the age of 30. And in his 30s the Mississippi Business Journal hailed him as one of the ‘Top 40 Leaders under 40’.

But at age 34 McMillian’s life was mysteriously cut short.

The family of Marco McMillian, a gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, is sharing some of the details they have learned about his murder.

McMillian's body was found last week near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta. A 22-year-old man named Lawrence Reed had crashed McMillian's car in a separate location a day before the body was found. He has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

McMillian, 34, was running for mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi.

The doctors of an HIV infected  baby have announced they have cured the child.

As reported by the New York Times, the infant was born in rural Mississippi (a southern US state). Antiretroviral drugs were administered approximately 30 hours after birth. This type of procedure is uncommon with newborns, but could  turn into standard procedure if the case is confirmed.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder of a gay mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week.

The Associated Press reported that Coahoma County Sheriff’s department stated in a news release that Lawrence Reed of Shelby was charged in the death of Marco McMillian, a 34 year-old gay candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi.

McMillian’s bid received press attention as he may have been the first openly gay man to be a viable candidate for public office in Mississippi.

Marco McMillian, an openly gay man who was running for mayor of Clarksville, Mississippi, was reportedly found dead by a levee off of a highway.

The body of the 34-year-old candidate was discovered Wednesday (27 February) morning, according to The Clarksdale Press Register.

The next episode of the drama Drop Dead Diva sheds light on a little-known US law that makes it illegal for a man to donate sperm if he's had sex with another man during the past five years.

Airing on Sunday (19 August), the episode tells the story of a gay man, played by Tyler Jacob Moore, who is arrested for donating sperm.

Lance Bass is really proud of the LGBT youth in his home state of Mississippi.

But the one-time member of the boy band 'N Sync believes things could still be better for the youngsters growing up in a state where he could never imagine coming out as gay while he was growing up there.

US actress Chloe Sevigny says she was terrified playing a transgender killer in gritty new television drama Hit & Miss.

The Oscar nominated star plays transgender hitman Mia in the Sky Atlantic show by Shameless creator Paul Abbot.

The 37-year-old told Sky News she was 'terrified' about the role, which requires her to wear a prosthetic penis.

'I cried every day when they put it on,' she said in an interview with Culture magazine.

'You know, I'm ample-chested and I have this on. I felt very exposed.

Southaven, Mississippi's third largest city, has a gay mayor. Greg Davis was forced to come out this past week after receipts showed he asked the city to pay for multiple expenses, including a purchase at a gay adult store.