Blood may be thicker than water, but it won’t help Newt Gingrich get more votes now that his sister has announced she will vote for President Obama in the next election. “He is definitely on the wrong side of history when it comes to those issues,” Candace Gingrich-Jones told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Gingrich-Jones, 45, is…
A Macy’s employee in San Antonio, Tex. was fired for refusing to allow a transgender woman in the women’s dressing room during Black Friday weekend. Now, the woman is fighting Macy’s store policy, chalking up her decision to oust the transgender woman to Christian beliefs. The Macy’s employee described the transgender woman, Natalie Johnson, as…
In wake of the international human rights campaign introduced by the Obama administration, Rick Perry has released a new ad in Iowa Tuesday that addresses the fallen ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy – a now-defunct discriminatory practice by the U.S. military to censor sexual identity. “I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian, but…
Under Obama’s leadership, the United States will prioritize gay rights as an international issue, The New York Times is reporting. The efforts will be funded by American foreign aid. The new initiative is likely to exasperate relations with countries who do not support homosexuality including Saudi Arabia. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated Obama’s…
WASHINGTON (HumanRights.gov) —Human rights are inalienable and belong to every person, no matter who that person is or whom that person loves. Since January 2009, Secretary Clinton has championed a comprehensive human rights agenda that includes the protection of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Read the related post on…
SAN DIEGO — Mayoral Candidate Bonnie Dumanis today announced the District Attorney’s Office has been honored for the fourth year in a row with a Workplace Excellence Award from the San Diego Society for Human Resource Management. Her office won the award for its proactive and innovative succession planning, allowing the government agency to reduce its…
It’s all fun and games until someone says the word “gay” – at least that’s how it seems for Michele Bachmann in this video. Going only by Elijah, the young man proudly approaches Michele Bachmann at a book signing to tell her: “My mom is gay and she doesn’t need fixing.” “What’s your name?” Bachmann…
After his appearance on Regis and Kelly, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris has apologized to his fans and the transgender population for using the word ‘tranny’ to describe his voice. A bit on the show had Ripa and Harris try sulfur hexachloride – which, unlike helium, creates a low-pitched voice. Harris…
Stage actor Alan Sues, known for his role in “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In”, died Thursday due to cardiac arrest at the age of 85. Sues passed away in his home in West Hollywood, the AP reports. “He was sitting in a recliner watching TV with his dachshund Doris who he loved in his lap,” Michael…
Although his exact date of birth has eluded this reporter and his best research skills, one thing that is certain, this week marks the birthday of civil rights legend and San Diego LGBT Weekly columnist, Nicole Murray Ramirez, also known as Empress Nicole the Great, The Queen Mother of the Americas within the Imperial Court…
