WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has re-launched its online presence with a new Web site, hrc.org, offering visitors a more personalized interaction with HRC than ever before. The new experience will allow users to more easily search for HRC content, such as coming out resources, the Buyer’s Guide and state-specific information for LGBT…
ARKANSAS – Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, has added gender identity and expression to its employment non-discrimination policy. The company’s nondiscrimination policy already included sexual orientation. Phillip Keene, a company spokesperson, confirmed the change was made several weeks ago adding, “We’ve had a strong anti-discrimination policy for a long time.” Wal-Mart scored relatively poorly…
UNITED KINGDOM – The NBA basketball player-turned-social entrepreneur John Amaechi has been awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to sport and to the voluntary sector, it was announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honors List, released earlier this week. The awards, which recognize outstanding merit and service, are published twice a year,…
IRELAND – Openly gay Irish Sen. David Norris has finally secured enough nominations to stand for president. With less than 24 hours to go to the close of nominations Sen. Norris secured a nomination with the endorsement of Dublin City Council with 30 councilors voting for his nomination, six against and 11 abstaining. This now…
Well, my doctor has grounded me from flying for a week and, to tell you the truth, I’m kinda happy about it. So, I’ll finally have a weekend in San Diego after all these months. Hooray! Marching in Spokane In the last month there have been nine gay suicides in the state of Washington. Also,…
dvd of the week The winner of the Palm D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Terrence Malick’s tone poem about love, family and the meaning of life is not widely loved. Some people hate it, but I am not one. I think it’s one of the great achievements in film of at least the…
dvr this There are three gay things about The Playboy Club that have flown under the radar: 1) The lead bunny, blonde bombshell Amber Heard, is an out lesbian. 2) A major subplot involves funneling tips to the Mattachine Society, the 1960s gay rights group. 3) Eddie Cibrian seems to be contractually obliged to take…
LAUGH OUT PROUD, San Diego’s only gay-produced comedy show for the LGBT community, returns Oct. 13, featuring Los Angeles-based standup comic and TV personality Renee Santos and a number of local comedians. The show will be at Hillcrest’s Martinis Above Fourth from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Santos, who appears on Showtime’s new stand-up comedy…
Patti Stanger, presenter of TV’s Millionaire Matchmaker has tried to defend and apologize for her offensive remarks on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live (WWHL). The Int’l. Business Times reported that Stanger sparked an initial outrage after making some discriminatory comments against gay men and Jewish men on the live show last week. When a viewer…
