(CNN) — The Republican National Committee has brought on a director of evangelical outreach to massage the party’s complicated relationship with religious conservatives, GOP sources told CNN on Saturday. The party organization has hired Chad Connelly, a consultant and motivational speaker who, until this weekend, was the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Connelly…
PARIS — An anti-same-sex marriage protester attempted to disrupt the final of the French Open tennis competition yesterday afternoon in Paris. The man, wearing a mask, managed to ignite a flare within a few feet of Rafael Nadal. According to MSN News the incident occurred in the seventh game of the second set with Nadal…
In a new ad campaign for marriage equality launched by Australia’s Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gay (PFLAG), a straight couple are told not the child’s gender but their sexuality. Shelley Argent, a spokeswoman for PFLAG, told News.com.au that the campaign was created to gain support from traditional families on marriage equality because LGBT…
Christopher Beck served as a U.S. Navy SEAL in some of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan and earned medals and commendations including the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. But for 20 years while Beck was fighting for his country, he was also fighting an inner battle over his…
SAN DIEGO – Mama’s Pantry, a service of Mama’s Kitchen, provides a nutritional shopping opportunity at no cost for low income men, women and children of San Diego County affected by HIV/AIDS. Mama’s Kitchen is calling on the public to participate in the third annual Independence from Hunger, an initiative to encourage individuals, businesses, schools and community groups…
DENVER, Colo. (KDVR/CNN) — A Lakewood gay couple is moving ahead with a discrimination complaint against a cake shop that refused to prepare their wedding cake. The Colorado attorney general’s office filed a formal complaint last week against Masterpiece Cakeshop on behalf of Charlie Craig and David Mullins. The complaint stems from an incident July…
Care with Pride, an innovative anti-bullying program launched in 2012 between PFLAG and Johnson & Johnson is back for 2013. This year, the Care with Pride campaign is honoring PFLAG’s founder, Jeanne Manford, who passed away in January at the age of 92. In 1972, Jeanne Manford courageously faced down bigotry and showed support for…
There is a weekend of LGBT art openings before us; something happening every night and therefore something for everyone. Here below are the details: First up, Friday, June 7 stop by AHF Pharmacy (below Martini’s above Fourth) at 6:30 p.m. and enjoy The Works of John Keasler. Keasler works in many media but began painting…
A United States District Court judge has denied San Diego LGBT Pride’s motion to dismiss charges that it violated Will Walters’ civil rights by inciting police to falsely arrest him and falsely accuse him of violating San Diego’s nudity code by wearing a leather kilt to the 2011 LGBT Pride festival. Judge Bencivengo did however…
After I walked out of Now You See Me, a caper film about four magicians who become master thieves and the FBI agents trying to stop them, I began to overthink the twist at the end. I won’t reveal it, because that would be unfair, but it made me question some of the opinions I…
