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    June 14, 2018
    North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate during a rally Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, at the Ramada in Bismarck. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
    GOP Senate hopeful Kevin Cramer sought, received support of extreme anti-gay group, CNN reports
    North Dakota GOP Senate candidate Kevin Cramer sought and received the support of a conservative anti-LGBT group that links homosexuality to...
    news/government-and-politicsJune 14, 2018 - 5:09pm
    May 22, 2018
    Jon Lindgren. David Samson / The Forum
    Lindgren: Did the Pope say God made gays gay?
    In an extraordinary disclosure, a gay man said the Pope told him God made him Gay. As another link tells us, we do not know for certain the Pope...
    opinion/columnsMay 22, 2018 - 7:30pm
    February 26, 2018
    Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports
    Employers can't discriminate based on sexual orientation, court says
    Discriminating against someone on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited under federal civil rights law, a federal appeals court ruled...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 26, 2018 - 5:56pm
    January 5, 2018
    Rural Minnesota Catholic parish dismisses musicians over gay marriages
    TAYLORS FALLS, Minn.—For weeks now, a Catholic parish in the rural St. Croix River Valley north of the Twin Cities has been praying through turmoil, brought by a trio of startling dismissals. On one hand, even many of the most distressed don't want any of the 400 or so parishioners...
    newsJanuary 5, 2018 - 9:22pm
    December 19, 2017
    Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) looks on during the second half against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
    Blazers G Damian Lillard reportedly target of anti-gay slurs from Timberwolves fans
    Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard was the target of two anti-gay slurs allegedly shouted by a pair of fans following a game against...
    sportsDecember 19, 2017 - 5:43pm
    December 18, 2017
    The Sanctuary Bar & Bistro is open in Kragnes Township under the ownership of Shawn Weber, left, and Shane Friesz. David Samson / The Forum
    Fargo-Moorhead area's first gay bar since 2011 opens in town of less than 300 people
    KRAGNES TOWNSHIP, Minn.—Shane Friesz left North Dakota in his 20s to "go be gay" somewhere more progressive. The native of New Salem, N.D.,...
    business/restaurants-and-barsDecember 18, 2017 - 2:04pm
    May 3, 2017
    John Zawadski
    U.S. gay man sues funeral home for not cremating husband's body
    NEW YORK - An elderly man is suing a Mississippi funeral home he claims refused to cremate his husband's body in a landmark case that campaigners...
    newsMay 3, 2017 - 1:39pm
    April 5, 2017
    FILE PHOTO: Recording artist Barry Manilow performs during his "One Last Time! Tour" at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California April 14, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
    Barry Manilow comes out, reveals secret marriage to business partner
    LOS ANGELES - Barry Manilow has finally lowered his guard on his personal life and revealed that he is gay. In an interview with People, the...
    entertainmentApril 5, 2017 - 1:46pm
    July 17, 2016
    An LGBT supportive decal is seen in a window at the Fargo Rape and Abuse Crisis Center. Dave Wallis / The Forum
    Survey finds some LGBT victims in ND feel unwelcome at crisis centers
    FARGO — An online survey found that nearly 30 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who sought help at a rape and domestic...
    newsJuly 17, 2016 - 4:21pm
    July 7, 2016
    Participants walk in the F-M Pride parade Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, as it moves down Broadway in Fargo. Forum News Service file photo
    Prairie Pride hopes to raise LGBT community hopes, lives in western ND
    DICKINSON, N.D. -- When Emily Pierce moved to western North Dakota three and half years ago, she noticed that it was missing a visible group...
    news/government-and-politicsJuly 7, 2016 - 8:23pm
    June 21, 2016
    More than 10,000 items in the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter collection of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender materials will be donated to the University of Minnesota. The collection includes books, magazines, erotica, phallic symbols, matchbooks from gay bars, videos and much more. Tretter is pictured in his St. Paul apartment with part of his collection in a Dec. 2000 file photo. (Pioneer Press archives)
    Twin Cities' first Gay Pride parade, in 1972, was more protest than fest
    MINNEAPOLIS -- This year's Twin Cities Pride Festival parade on Sunday may be a celebration for the GLBT community, but the first gay pride parade...
    newsJune 21, 2016 - 3:30pm
    June 12, 2016
    Joe Larson is the new pastor of St. Mark's Church in north Fargo.David Samson / The Forum
    After 30-year wait to fulfill true calling, ND's first married, gay ELCA pastor leads Fargo church
    FARGO — Joe Larson heard the call early. It came to him as a youth growing up in Dassel, Minn., a small town west of Minneapolis. Members...
    newsJune 12, 2016 - 9:55am
    April 27, 2016
    St. Mark's Lutheran Church of Fargo posted a photo of this anniversary cake to its Facebook page in January 2015. A Fargo sign company declined to design a logo for St. Mark's, a gay-friendly church, after finding out church officials wanted it to include a rainbow. play button
    Firm with rainbow logo won't design rainbow logo for gay-friendly Fargo church
    FARGO – A Fargo company says it declined to do business with a gay-friendly church because the church asked the company to design a logo that...
    newsApril 27, 2016 - 6:20am
    March 12, 2016
    Sheriff's deputy sues apartment owner for discrimination; says he was evicted for being gay
    OLIVIA, Minn. - Renville County Sheriff's Sgt. Sam Olson says he was evicted from his Bird Island apartment because he is gay.
    newsMarch 12, 2016 - 6:00am
    October 3, 2015
    Vatican dismisses gay priest after highly public coming out
    VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Saturday dismissed a gay priest from his Holy See job on the eve of a major Church meeting for a highly public coming out that challenged the Roman Catholic teaching that homosexual acts are a sin.
    newsOctober 3, 2015 - 10:47am
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