WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has announced that it is launching the first-of-its-kind Jewish Organization Equality Index (JOEI) survey. Modeled after HRC’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), JOEI is designed to measure LGBT inclusion in the programs and employment practices at Jewish non-profit organizations. JOEI is supported by a…
Jerry Gana LAGOS, Nigeria – Legislators in Nigeria are aiming to pass legislation that would criminalize marriage for same-sex couples. Couples who marry could face up to three years in jail. Under the measure, couples who marry could face up to three years in jail, and witnesses or anyone who helps couples marry could be…
Yes, this weekend I’ll celebrate yet another birthday, and no, I wasn’t here to greet Christopher Columbus. Dear Jim Winsor of SDGLN First of all, I don’t know much about the “Hillcrest Hot Messes” but I do commend them for volunteering to feed the homeless. As for me, who came from the 1960s and ‘70s…
British singer George Michael has been admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia. The 48-year-old singer has cancelled a number of appearances on his Symphonica tour while he is being treated. Michael’s publicist Connie Filippello said in a statement that he had been “diagnosed with pneumonia and he is currently receiving treatment.” The UK Independent reported…
You’ve seen them. You’ve heard about them. But if you haven’t, how could you miss them – female impersonators, drag queens and performers. Yes, performers. They are more than guys who dress in women’s clothes; they do a lot of things. I’ve got the inside scoop – up close and personal with Glitz Glam aka…
The word bistro can mean many different things depending on where you are in the world. In Paris the streets are lined with them and they are some of the city’s best restaurants. New York City offers a more stylish take with most located in neighborhoods like Soho and Chelsea. In San Diego, we add…
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: CLICK HERE TO WATCH I’m aware that attitudes in society, and even in the LGBT community, about trans women are often negative and sometimes hostile. As a trans woman, the idea of being arrested is a scary thought because I know those negative and hostile attitudes are at least as commonplace in police…
The Salvation Army aims for “doing the most good,” but gays and lesbians don’t agree and are calling for a boycott of the charity on account of the organization’s stance on gay and lesbian relationships says MSNBC, USA Today, and others are reporting. The boycott was spurred in part by Bil Browning, editor in chief…
Although both insist their split was amicable, things between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries seem to be getting ugly. In what Gather Celebrity News calls a “smear campaign” against Kris, Kim is reportedly heading to the tabloids in an attempt to out her ex-husband. Fox News reported that “stories have been carefully disseminated by the…
