New LGBT film ‘Laurence Anyways’ opens in San Diego July 5 (VIDEO)

The Media Arts Center San Diego is presenting, Laurence Anyways, a drama that charts 10 years in a relationship of a male-to-female transexual’s relationship with her lover at their new 48-seat movie theatre in North Park running from the July 5-11. Starring Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément, Laurence Anyways tells the story of an impossible…

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General Mills celebrates LGBT Pride with #LuckyToBe campaign (VIDEO)

General Mills is celebrating gay-pride month with one of its most famous breakfast cereals. The Huffington Post reports that the Minnesota food conglomerate is bringing Lucky Charms out of the closet. The “magically delicious” cereal is serving as the face of the new #LuckyToBe campaign which encourages people with Pride to Tweet and post online their reasons for…

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Bi-national same-sex couples to be treated the same as opposite-sex couples in immigration petitions

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling last week on DOMA, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has directed the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to treat immigration visa petitions of bi-national same-sex spouses the same as those of an opposite-sex spouse. Napolitano’s statement follows: “After last week’s decision by the Supreme Court holding that Section 3…

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Nineteen OutServe-SLDN chapters threaten to breakaway unless new board is installed

COMMENTARY: BY AUTUMN SANDEEN According to a former OutServe-SLDN leader, 19 chapters of OutServe-SLDN are threatening to breakaway unless the majority of the existing board is replaced. In particular they are seeking the resignation of Josh Seefried, co-chair of the current OutServe-SLDN board of directors and alleged instigator of the plan to replace Allyson Robinson….

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‘Marriage Protection Amendment’ introduced in House (VIDEO)

Late Friday Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) and 28 conservative cosponsors introduced a federal constitutional amendment in the House of Representatives, which would define marriage in the United States as the union of one man and one woman. The proposed amendment stated, “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and…

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