BY STEVE LEE It has been publicly announced that a majority has been reached within the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to endorse a charter amendment to rename San Francisco International Airport as Harvey Milk San Francisco International Airport. The amendment needs only six supervisors for it to become a charter amendment which will then…
http://youtu.be/JUbypkydE68 Repeating a message he’s been telling the media for years, actor Rupert Everett talks to BBC’s Hardtalk and says that he would not advise any gay actor to come out of the closet because they will be discriminated against in Hollywood. The interviewer, however, points out openly gay actor Matt Bomer and suggests that…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the HRC Greater New York Steering Committee have announced that Whoopi Goldberg will receive the 2013 HRC Ally for Equality Award at the annual Greater New York Gala dinner Feb. 2 at the Waldorf Astoria. “We are proud to honor Whoopi Goldberg with the Ally for Equality Award for…
http://youtu.be/yqpjQ1z-Vqo Jodie Foster, honored for the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement in film at the 70th Annual Golden Globes, surprised many as she publicly addressed that she is a lesbian. She said that she did her coming out to friends a long time ago , acknowledged she had a female partner when she…
(CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday decrying the French president’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage and adoptions. They converged near the Eiffel Tower, chanting and waving flags, posters and balloons. “I do not personally agree with gay marriage as I am a Christian and believe what…
A survey by Lifeway Research has shown that the percentage of Americans who believe homosexuality is a sin has decreased significantly in a year. Lifeway Research published on its Web site that their November 2012 survey of adults in the United States found 37 percent affirm a belief that homosexual behavior is a sin – a statistically…
When she takes the stage Saturday in pursuit of the Miss California USA crown, Kylan Arianna Wenzel will be the first transgender woman to compete in a Miss Universe Organization pageant since officials disqualified 23-year-old Miss Canada Jenna Talackova last year after learning she was transgender. Following the Miss Universe Organization’s announcement of their rule…
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana entered an order granting the joint motion of the United States and the city of New Orleans to enter the consent decree regarding the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). This order is a critical milestone in reforming the long-troubled NOPD and is an…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — By Friday Hobby Lobby would have racked up $14.3 million dollars in fines from the IRS for bucking Obamacare. The company is facing $1.3 million dollars a day in fines for each day they choose not to comply with a piece of the health care law that was set to trigger for…
(CNN) — Mark Krolikowski has shoulder-length brown hair. He likes to wear multiple earrings and French manicure his nails. Students call him Mr. K. Krolikowski, 59, taught for 32 years at St. Francis Preparatory School, a 140-year-old Catholic institution in Queens, New York. Until August. That’s when the school laid him off. He alleges that…
