(CNN) — When Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson entered a floor debate Monday over a legislative effort to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage ban, he had no idea he’d be waking up the next morning with his name in national headlines. That’s because Atkinson, 44, publicly announced he was gay. The decision, he said, was…
(CNN) — Rhode Island moved toward becoming the 10th state in the nation and the last in New England to approve same-sex marriage after its state Senate voted Wednesday to approve a bill extending marriage rights. Senators approved the bill 26-12 Wednesday afternoon. Though the House version of the bill passed by a vote of…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Multicultural LGBT Literary Foundation is a new organization that was started in November 2012. The organization was started by Caleb Rainey and is currently in the process of being incorporated as a nonprofit. The organization’s signature program is a book club that reads one book per month and meets…
Alan Gendreau was the starting kicker at Middle Tennessee State for four years. In that time he became the all-time leading scorer in Sun Belt Conference history. He’s also gay and was embraced warmly by his team. Now, a year after graduating, he’s lacing up his cleats again in hopes for a shot at the…
(CNN) — Rhode Island is moving toward becoming the 10th state in the nation and the last in New England to approve same-sex marriage, with a vote scheduled Wednesday in the full Senate. “It’s the first item on the calendar” for the legislative body, which was to convene at 4 p.m., Senate Press Secretary Greg…
SAN DIEGO – At the Tuesday, April 23 meeting of the San Diego City Council, Council President Todd Gloria led the effort to proclaim Thursday, April 25, as “Dining Out for Life® San Diego Day” in the City of San Diego. Citing Dining Out for Life® San Diego as “a major community event” and commending…
HOUSTON – As the immigration debate in the U.S. Senate heats up, findings from the 32nd annual Kinder Institute Houston Area Survey show that support for immigration reform has grown significantly among Houstonians. Other findings in this year’s survey: Area residents overwhelmingly support expanding criminal background checks for gun sales, support for gay rights has…
(CNN) — French lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage Tuesday, despite vocal protests from some conservatives opposed to the step. The nation’s lower house approved a marriage bill, which will also give same-sex couples the right to adopt, in a 331-to-225 final vote. They cast their votes after impassioned speeches by lawmakers for and against…
In what is certainly a first for this nation-state, a group of dedicated gay activists are using the crowd funding site Indiegogo.com to raise funds to overturn the country’s anti-sodomy law. Singapore, which currently has an anti-sodomy law on the books which bans “acts of gross indecency” with another male, has made in clear in…
In a historic turn, Nevada became the first legislative body in the United States to vote to repeal a ban on same-sex marriage Monday night. The Nevada senate voted 12-9 to overturn a constitutional ban that was enacted in 2002 that permitted only opposite-sex couples to enter into marriage. The new language would permit Nevada…
