President Barack Obama, today, signed and issued the following proclamation regarding World AIDS Day, 2012. “On World AIDS Day, more than 30 years after the first cases of this tragic illness were reported, we join the global community once more in standing with the millions of people who live with HIV/AIDS worldwide. We also recommit…
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement highlighting the U.S. Department of Labor’s ongoing efforts in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. “On World AIDS Day, we reflect on friends and family members we have lost since the emergence of this pandemic more than 30 years ago. And while an encouraging United…
(CNN) — The conversion therapy center being sued by gay men who paid the counselors to make them straight vowed it would continue to “assist those with unwanted same-sex attractions.” “The lawsuit is without merit, and is designed to create a chilling effect upon speech and programs that assist people in overcoming unwanted same-sex attractions,”…
Mesa, Ariz. (CNN) — Two Arizona high school students were forced to hold hands in front of their classmates as punishment this week for fighting. Now that punishment is drawing criticism. The students at Westwood High in Mesa, Ariz. were apparently given the option to hold hands instead of being suspended. “Kids were laughing at…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Supreme Court took no action Friday on a pending series of appeals over the divisive issue of same-sex marriage. The justices had a closed-door conference to consider whether to accept for review several challenges to federal and state laws restricting the ability of gay and lesbian couples to legally wed. But…
