Gay

While out walking J.J. yesterday evening a pick up came flying down our side street and came a little too close to J.J. and myself.

A proposed Casey's gas station on Maguire between Market and Gay streets is concerning to neighbors in the 300 blocks of Market and Gay.

There are plenty of people who are singing the praises of the Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage. And we mean literally singing.

Debbie Harry says a lengthy association with downtown New York City's alternative lifestyle community led to Blondie's recent refusal to perform at the Winter Olympics in Russia.

Michael Sam, an All-American defensive end at the University of Missouri, announced that he was gay, setting him up to be the first openly homosexual player in the NFL.

Elton John is once again taking on Russia and what he calls its "inhumane" anti-gay laws. After sternly criticizing state officials during a December concert in Moscow, the singer-songwriter has now written a more detailed condemnation, which he's posted on his website.

The sports world was turned on it's collective ear yesterday, and the general news and social media today, regarding Jason Collins "coming out" as a gay man in a new Sports Illustrated issue. Make that a "black, gay man," as if that makes it any more newsworthy. A man in the sports spotlight announces he's gay, and this is what the nation is talking about?

Jason Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran, who spent this past season with the Washington Wizards and Boston Celtics, has announced he is gay. He is the first-ever active pro athlete in US sports to come out of the closet.