In a war of words in the struggle to "demolish transphobia," 20-year-old Stephen Ira Beatty has blasted "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Chaz Bono, calling the transgender son of Cher a "a misogynist who does not represent us."

Beatty describes himself in his blog as "a gay trans man for whom both identities are important." He is also the son of Hollywood actors Annette Bening and Warren Beatty. Born Kathlyn, he is the oldest of the couple's four children.

Shane Stevens is an openly gay hit country songwriter, pop recording artist and reality TV star, making his debut on tonight's (Nov. 18) season two premiere of the Sundance Channel's 'Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.'

You may want to let that sink in for a while -- especially the first part of his credentials. Because while pop music and reality TV have had their share of "out" gay men, the Nashville-based songwriters who fit the category ("out" being the operative word) -- and have earned a No. 1 country single -- pretty much just equals Shane alone.

Chely Wright has said her mother rejected her after she came out gay.

The 41-year-old Wright made her comments during an appearance Tuesday on HLN's The Joy Behar Show.

LGBT musical artist Ellis will appear at CSPS Hall, 1103 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.

Today, Anderson Cooper’s new daytime talk show, Anderson, will focus on transgender children - children whose gender behavior, expression, or identity does not comport with their biological gender - and their families.  The episode will feature Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, a developmental psychologist and one of the nation’s leading experts on parenting of transgender and gender-nonconforming children. Dr. Ehrensaft’s appearance coincides with the release of her new book, Gender Made, Gender Born.  Ehrensaft serves on the Board of Gender Spectrum (genderspectrum.org), a national organization offering educational, training and advocacy services to promote acceptance for transgender and gender-nonconforming children.

Lily Tomlin will be performing live at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moine on November 18, and her numerous characters will again take to the stage to entertain and interact with the audience on topics both timeless and timely.

Lily Tomlin can, without hyperbole, be called one of America's most accomplished comediennes.  She has performed on stage, television, and film—in both comic and dramatic roles—and has released four comedy albums.  Probably her best-known film role was playing Violet in Nine to Five, alongside Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda.  But with all of the characters she has played in a career that stretches back to the 1960, it is notable how some of the very first characters she created have stood the test of time. 

It appears that Brett Ratner regrets the fact that he used the word fag while being caught on tape, and then he kind of had to resign from his position as the producer of the Oscars. He now appears set to work with GLAAD about discussing this whole thing.

Former teammates praise midfielder's decision to come out live on air

When Jeff Clarke read the news, he turned to his wife and told her how proud he was of David Testo.

Then he texted Testo the same message.

On Thursday, Testo, a former Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact midfielder, revealed to CBC's Frenchlanguage station Radio-Canada that he is gay.

Last winter on the set of the show's massive post-Super Bowl episode, "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy told EW that he wanted the gay teenage relationship between Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Blaine (Darren Criss) to be just as complicated as any of the show's heterosexual romances.

During a major address on HIV/AIDS at the National Institutes of Health today, Hillary Clinton named Ellen DeGeneres a Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness, according to a release from the White House: