WASHINGTON — Janet Napolitano announced Friday that she was stepping down as secretary of Homeland Security. Napolitano, a former Arizona governor has been in the role for more than four years will leave in September to become president of the University of California system. According to a report in the New York Times Napolitano had…
WASHINGTON – Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin released the results of a bipartisan poll in Jackson today looking at Mississippians’ positions on LGBT issues. The poll shows 58 percent of Mississippians under 30 support marriage equality. Support also is strong for workplace non-discrimination protections that would protect LGBT employees, with 64 percent of Mississippi…
SINGAPORE — For Gary Lim, 44, and Kenneth Chee, 37, in a relationship for 15 years, the High Court ruling in April which upheld the constitutional ban on same-sex sexual relations – known now simply as 377A – was an affront to their legal identity. The court famously wrote: “It is clear that Parliament saw…
SAN DIEGO – Today, Congresswoman Susan Davis released the following statement on San Diego Pride: “Full of Pride this weekend! All San Diegans, regardless of sexual orientation, can be proud of how far our country has come. In just the last three years we all have worked together to gain more equality in our military…
