The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday they may consider a resolution that would allow gay adult leaders to participate in individual units. A spokesman says that although the proposal will be reviewed, there is no expectation of the ban to be lifted in the imminent future, reports The Huffington Post. The resolution was initiated…
Click to download the Nicky Awards nomination form for this year’s awards show to be hosted August 26, 2012 in San Diego, Calif. The Nicky Awards is one of the West Coast’s oldest LGBT community awards.
Opponents of same-sex marriage in the state of Washington successfully filed more than 200,000 signatures Wednesday to place the legislation on hold by instating a referendum on November’s ballot. Preserve Marriage Washington submitted its required signatures just one day before the monumental law was due to begin in the state. “The current definition of marriage…
The LGBT community in Poland and Latvia gathered Sunday to voice their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people following a demand for equal rights in Eastern European societies. The Pride parades were supported by the U.S. government and other Western countries who have voiced support for LGBT equality in an effort to convert…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — President Barack Obama touched on his recent announcement of support for same-sex marriage, saying at a New York City fundraising event Monday that he believes marriage equality “strengthens families.” “I want everyone treated fairly in this country. We have never gone wrong when we’ve extended rights and responsibilities…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — After President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, a group organizing a fundraiser on his behalf suddenly had to find a bigger venue. The event, featuring the pop singer Pink, is one of two LGBT-organized fundraisers Obama is expected to attend on the West Coast on Wednesday….
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — The divisive issue of same-sex marriage in California may become another landmark case taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appeals court judges refused Tuesday to revisit an earlier ruling. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied a request to re-examine the…
Volunteers are needed at San Diego Democrats for Equality June 5 to get Democratic voters to the polls. The Registrar of Voters is predicting a light turnout, which makes every vote even more critical. If you can help with precinct walking, poll watching, distributing door hangers or making reminder calls to voters, sign up at…
SENECA, Kan. (CNN) – When a Christian pastor in North Carolina told his congregation on Mother’s Day that the way “to get rid of all the lesbians and queers” was to put them behind an electric fence and wait for them to die out because they couldn’t reproduce, hundreds of people demonstrated against him. But…
Suspected murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta was arrested in Berlin, Germany after a global manhunt for the alleged cannibal and necrophiliac. The gay porn actor was wanted for dismembering a Chinese student in Montreal. “We have the information. We’re verifying [the details] right now,” a spokeswoman told The Huffington Post. Magnotta was placed on Interpol’s list…
