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May 12, 2013
Liberace's former boyfriend will miss the upcoming HBO movie because he's presently in jail

Liberace's former lover Scott Thorson talks about their relationship while he faces prison for burglary and identity theft

The man whose book is the basis for the upcoming HBO film on entertainer Liberace will not be able to watch it. His prison doesn't have the channel.

Scott Thorson, Liberace's ex-lover, has been in a Nevada jail since this past February. He is charged with buying a computer and cell phone with a credit card that wasn't his. Last Wednesday (8 May) he pleaded guilty and asked to be placed in a rehabilitation program. Punishment could range from probation to 2 to 30 years in prison.

April 23, 2013
Nevada Senate passes gay marriage

Nevada state Senate repealed a ban on gay marriage and passed a marriage equality resolution during which the impassioned debate Senator Kelvin Atkinson came out as a gay man

The Nevada state Senate passed a same-sex marriage resolution, by a vote of 12-9.

The resolution passed today (23 April) repeals the state text defining marriage as between a man and a woman, replacing it with ‘the state shall recognize marriages and issue marriage licenses, regardless of gender’.

Same-sex marriage was banned in 2002 when voters passed a constitutional amendment, Nevada Question 2.

April 11, 2013
Dave Agema says parents will have no recourse as schools turn kids gay

Republican National Committee member in Michigan ratchets up anti-gay rhetoric

Dave Agema, who serves as a Michigan Republican National Committeeman, is stepping up his anti-gay comments and continuing to ignore demands from party members that he resign.

Agema, a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives, let loose in an interview with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins.

December 21, 2012
Win two nights at a designer hotel in Paris

Gay friendly travel company Further Afield are offering a trip to the world's most romantic city

Close your eyes and picture the most romantic city in the world. Chances are that image in your head features the Eiffel Tower, shopping down the Champs Elysees and drinking fine wine, people watching in Montmatre.

They don't call France's capital gay Paris for nothing and Gay Star News is champing at the bit to go there immediately.

October 1, 2012
Paris Hilton makes out with woman in Vegas, boyfriend flips out

River Viiperi cited for misdemeanor battery after punching the woman's boyfriend

Paris Hilton, whose comments about gay men and AIDS have caused a backlash against the heiress in recent weeks, was seen heavily making out with another woman in Las Vegas early Monday (1 October).

August 30, 2012
Fox affiliate cancels radio show after interview with LGBT advocate

Incident prompts host Sean Savoy to come out publicly as gay man

During the 11 months that he had hosted his Sunday night radio show on the FOX News Radio affiliate KKFT 99.1 FM in Reno, Nevada, Sean Savoy had not mentioned that he is gay.

But he got fired anyway after having a LGBT advocate Will Kolb on as a guest to talk about marriage equality, the Chick-fil-A controversy and other LGBT topics on his August 12 show.

May 4, 2012
Vegas opens gaming bar staffed only by drag queens

Drink & Drag is set to become largest employer of drag queens in Las Vegas

Las Vegas is opening what owners claim will be the United States' first bar and gaming venue staffed solely by drag queens tomorrow (5 May).

Glamour will be taking centre stage as the bar Drink & Drag opens in the Nevada gambling capital employing over 24 full-time drag artistes.

It is set to become the largest employer of drag queens in the US.

The 22,000-square-foot venue is the brainchild of leading US nightclub Krave.

It will feature 12 bowling lanes, billiards and a 100-inch projector HD console lit by jewel-encrusted chandeliers.

April 10, 2012
Eight couples challenge Nevada's ban on gay marriage

Lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal in federal court comes after success in California

Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit in Nevada on behalf of eight same-sex couples challenging Nevada’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday (10 April) in the U.S. District Court for Nevada, argues that the state's constitutional amendment barring same-sex couples from marriage violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

April 10, 2012
Eight couples challenge Nevada's ban on gay marriage

Lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal in federal court comes after success in California

Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit in Nevada on behalf of eight same-sex couples challenging Nevada’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday (10 April) in the U.S. District Court for Nevada, argues that the state's constitutional amendment barring same-sex couples from marriage violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

February 4, 2012
Santorum not polling well in Nevada

Santorum looking beyond Nevada

As Republicans get ready to count votes in Nevada, Rick Santorum is looking ahead.

Today the Silver State is holding a caucus and it doesn't look good for the former Pennsylvania senator. According to Public Policy Polling, Gov. Mitt Romney has a large lead over his opponents. He is polling at 50 percent; former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is second at 25 percent and Rep. Ron Paul  is third with 15. Santorum rounds the field with 8 percent.