Today, the White House released further amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity. Essentially the amendments added the words “gender identity” to the appropriate sentences of the Executive Orders. The Orders ensure that federal employees – who are already protected on the basis…
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today in a White House ceremony, President Obama signed a sweeping executive order protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers from job discrimination. The order, profoundly consequential in its own right, dramatically underscores President Obama’s own LGBT legacy of achievement, unmatched in history: three landmark pieces of legislation; 90 significant policy or…
America is built on the fundamental promise that if you work hard, and play by the rules, you can get ahead. But today, millions of Americans in most states in the country go to work every day fearing that they could lose their jobs simply because of who they are or who they love. No…
Transgender activist and LGBT Weekly columnist, Autumn Sandeen, was interviewed about the first ever Trans Pride march and barbeque. Sandeen compared the struggle of transgender people with that of gays and lesbians. “More people know us, more trans people are out, more people know somebody who’s transgender. We’re having the same experience as gays and…
In his continuing efforts to provide equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, President Obama is scheduled to issue an Executive Order to protect LGBT employees of federal contractors and the federal government from employment discrimination. The order is expected to cover both sexual orientation and gender identity. LGBT Weekly publisher, Stampp Corbin,…
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a historic ruling affirming the January 2014 decision from U.S. District Judge Terence Kern in Bishop v. Smith that Oklahoma’s constitutional amendment barring marriage for same-sex couples violates the U.S. Constitution. The 2-1 decision was authored by Judge Carlos Lucero, who was joined by Judge…
Joep Lange, a former president of the International AIDS Society, was among those killed in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down Thursday over eastern Ukraine. According to the Washington Post the identities of the victims have not been officially confirmed by the airline. But Lange’s office in Amsterdam confirmed in a statement that…
Thursday, Monroe County Circuit Judge Luis Garcia, appointed by Republican Governor Jeb Bush, ruled against Florida’s constitutional amendment banning marriage equality, making the Sunshine State the latest to see such a ban struck down in court since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its historic marriage rulings last June. In Huntsman v. Heavilin, attorneys with the…
Many HIV/AIDS researchers and advocates travelling to the 2014 International Aids Conference are believed to have perished in the downing of Malaysia Flight MH17 by a reputed missile. The flight was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. While there are reports naming specific passengers, at this point no passenger has been confirmed by a credible…
San Diego will be graced at this year’s San Diego Pride with not only one Aussie, but two. Famed Australian DJ tyDi will grace the Pride stage, and brings with him a slew of accolades including being voted as Australia’s No.1 DJ for two years now; pretty impressive for a guy who started DJing only…
