Today's top LGBT news headlines. For more news updated throughout the day, visit www.glaad.org.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
VIDEO: Marriott kicks off #LoveTravels campaign, showcases LGBT community - Towleroad
UN calls for an end to forced sterilization of trans and intersex people - PinkNews
Republican pundit Meghan McCain joins GLAAD board of directors - Gay Star News
African Commission on human rights passes LGBT resolution - The Advocate
Bayer sued over refusal to pay out survivor benefits to gay widower - Gay Star News
PHOTOS: The eclectic pride of Brussels - The Advocate
StoryCorps takes on its first LGBT project - Frontiers LA
LOCAL/REGIONAL
California Assembly passes bill to respect trans people's gender on death certificates - The Advocate
California Baptist Church changes views on being gay after pastor's son comes out - The Huffington Post
Idaho governor requests 11-judge panel to hear appeal against marriage equality - PinkNews
VIDEO: Gay couple kicked out of Mississippi restaurant on "What Would You Do?" - Towleroad
Bozeman, Montana unanimously passes LGBT non-discrimination ordinance - Towleroad
COMMENTARY
16 heartbreaking confessions about coming out - BuzzFeed
The gay rights fight of the '70s is chronicled in an amazing compilation of vintage TV clips - Queerty
Reconciling Jewish, queer identities - The Advocate
Black America, stop hatin' on Black transwomen - TransGriot
ENTERTAINMENT
"JUST GENDER" documentary explores what it really means to be transgender - The Huffington Post
Artist explores Holocaust from transgender perspective - Queerty
Actor fired for throwing out heckler who was shouting "f****t" - Gay Star News
Webcomic "Becoming Me" shows what it's like to a young trans woman around town - Autostraddle
Lambda Literary Awards handed out for best LGBT books - Towleroad
PHOTOS: Courtney Love & Conchita Wurst at Life Ball 2014 - Out
Jonah Hill yells homophobic slur at photographer complimenting his outfit - Queerty
SPORTS
Changing the tide for gay surfers - Out
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