NEW YORK – With Valentine’s Day just a month away, many LGBT couples will celebrate their love by forming a legal union. A City Hall wedding has always had a certain element of grit and hipness, but can it be fabulous? At Duane Street Hotel in Downtown New York, that answer is a resounding yes,…
NEW YORK – The Human Rights Campaign and the HRC Greater New York Steering Committee today announced United States Attorney General Eric Holder will headline the annual Greater New York Gala on February 8, 2014 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. “The LGBT community could not ask for a more courageous Attorney General…
NEW YORK, – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken out about a new anti-homosexuality law in Nigeria, saying he feared it may fuel prejudice and violence, as he voiced the strong hope that the constitutionality of the legislation can be reviewed. The Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, signed into law earlier this month, introduces a wide range…
Dr. Umar A. Johnson, a certified school psychologist and recognized authority on the connection between learning disabilities among black youth and educational achievement, was uninvited by the Portland Public School Authority (PPSA) after his views on homosexuality were discovered in a series of disturbing YouTube videos. The PPSA District chief equity and diversity officer, Lolenzo Poe admits…
