Dozja is a white and black Pit Bull Terrier mix weighing 67 pounds. She is nearly 5 years old and has been spayed.

Why I'd make a great companion

Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker and special teams standout Brendon Ayanbadejo has been in the news during the past year at least as much for his staunch support of marriage equality and gay rights as for his on-field performance.

When Temmie Nora Thames had her picture taken on Saturday afternoon, it was the first time she was photographed as a woman.

Thames, 53, has never had one picture taken of herself, though she has lived most of her life as a transgender woman. So when she saw the flyers about the photo call at New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, she was one of the first people to show up at the small rented space with an expansive Keith Haring mural from mid-wall to ceiling.

(Editor's note: This article contains language that may offend. Because of the seriousness of the allegations, the coarse language and anti-gay slurs are being used in context. Please be forewarned.)

SAN DIEGO – A 26-year-old gay man is accusing two immigration guards in El Centro, Calif. of making anti-gay slurs at him, violently roughing him up while in custody, and putting in danger his health and his life.

He is pleading for immigration officials to give him a crucial medicine needed to prevent seizures and a special diet necessary to control his colitis.