Beginning next week: Tenth Circuit to hear Utah, Oklahoma marriage equality cases

As the national spotlight on marriage grows ever brighter and polling continues to show Americans moving inexorably in the direction of supporting equality for same-sex couples, appeals on two cases challenging state constitutional marriage bans will be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver this month.  On Thursday, April…

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Mississippi’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill passes state legislature

After differing versions of Mississippi’s so-called “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” passed the House and Senate, yesterday a conference committee reported out a final bill that fails to prohibit discrimination against customers based on business owners’ personal religious beliefs.  Tonight the final bill passed both houses of the Mississippi legislature and now heads to the desk of Gov….

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Diversionary Theatre kicks off rehearsals for the darkly depraved carnal love tale of ‘Thrill Me’

San Diego — Two wealthy college kids and a contract signed in blood. One obsessed with crime, the other with sex. Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story is based on the shockingly true tale of the infamous couple Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb set in 1924 Chicago.   The dangerous and titillating musical production draws…

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Illinois real estate firm becomes first in US to offer LGBT division

CHICAGO — Until now, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) couples in Illinois — (as in most U.S. States) — faced a number of historically significant challenges and hurdles, especially when it came to the sale or purchase of a home. Generally, members of the LGBT community had to rely upon a number of complicated legal instruments…

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GMCLA announces honoree lineup for third annual ‘Voice Awards’

LOS ANGELES — The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA), whose mission is to change hearts and minds through the power of music, announced an impressive lineup of honorees for the organizations 3rd annual Voice Awards to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Los Angeles, CA.  India’s Crown Prince Manvendra, the world’s…

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