From Media Matters For America comes their latest post on PolitiFact giving a “false” rating to the conservative media myth that ENDA discriminates against Christian businesses: Conservative media outlets have repeatedly asserted that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) – federal legislation that would ban employment discrimination against LGBT workers – discriminates against Christian businesses, but…
WASHINGTON – Just 50 days from the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), announces its first contribution to the Russia Freedom Fund (www.russiafreedomfund.org) in the amount of $100,000. The announcement is featured in a video holiday card to the Russian LGBT community, compiling support and solidarity for their cause across…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign and the NAACP, have sent a letter to A+E President and Chief Executive Officer Nancy Dubuc, calling on her to disavow the racist and homophobic comments made by Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson. In a recent GQ interview, Robertson said that African Americans were happier during the era of…
NEW DELHI — At a time when queer rights are being debated vociferously in the media, Shaleen Rakesh, a poet based in New Delhi, India is set to release his first collection of queer poetry The Lion and the Antler in January 2014. Rakesh lives with the memory of creation and destruction, as forces he has…
Media Matters for America’s latest post reveals Fox News Radio reporter Todd Starnes has defended homophobic remarks made by a star of the A&E reality show Duck Dynasty, blasting “intolerant, anti-Christian,” and “Anti-Straight” “haters” for deigning to criticize the comments. In an interview with GQ, Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson called homosexuality a sin, comparing it to bestiality and equating gay people…
EXUSMED™, a corporation offering affordable remote primary health care solutions for both patients and providers announced today that information technology (IT) expert David Chua has joined the company as Director of Systems Design & Optimization and Roman Burtyk, former Cobham Sensor Systems Vice President of Engineering, has been appointed Director of Program Management. Chua has more…
WASHINGTON – In a recent interview with GQ magazine, the star of A&E’s hit Duck Dynasty called homosexuality a sin, and equated it with promiscuity and bestiality. In the remarks, for the magazine’s January 2014 issue, Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson says sin “Start[s] with homosexual behavior and just morph[s] out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego LGBT Pride has announced it is simplifying festival ticket pricing and increasing access to the annual two-day celebration attended by tens of thousands in Balboa Park. Instead of different prices for early bird tickets, one-day tickets, two-day tickets, and tickets for select groups such as seniors, students, and military, tickets…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego-based nonprofit Community Housing Works (CHW) has announced its newest North Park development to be located at the intersection of Texas Street and Howard Avenue. The mixed-income development is proposed to include 118 market-rate multifamily homes and 76 affordable apartments for seniors. In partnership with the San Diego LGBT Community Center…
Local school boards and communities this week continued their progress towards implementing the School Success and Opportunity Act, which Governor Brown signed earlier this year. The new law, AB1266, restates existing anti-discrimination law to ensure that all students, including transgender students, have the opportunity to fully participate and succeed in schools. Kane Tajnai, a student…
