SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation today addressing the growing epidemic of smartphone theft in California. SB 962, authored by Senator Mark Leno and sponsored by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, requires all smartphones sold in California to come pre-equipped with theft-deterring technological solutions to render the devices useless if stolen. The…
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WASHINGTON –– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, today released a new report that exposes one of the most influential groups in America promoting and coordinating the exportation of anti-LGBT bigotry, ideology, and legislation abroad: The World Congress of Families. Labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and active in several nations across five…
The BBC is to air Britain’s first transgender sitcom series. The series, entitles Boy Meets Girl is a comedy created by Elliott Kerrigan and co-written by Simon Carlyle and will air on BBC Two. According to the British Comedy Guide, the show has been commissioned to a full series following a screening of a pilot…
WASHINGTON —The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) received a notable award Sunday from the Metro Birmingham NAACP chapter. The honor acknowledges HRC’s commitment to advancing equality for all Alabamians. The All in for Justice and Equality Award is bestowed upon advocates, community leaders, and organizations aggressively pushing for equality. “HRC Alabama gladly accepts this honor which highlights…
In his review, Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth and the Politics of Stigma by columnist Mark Joseph Stern of Slate Magazine, he dissects some of the painful (and often surprising) realities that fat gay men face in what he calls “the cruelly stratified” pecking order of gay male existence. In fact, he probably sums it…
In its heyday, bathhouses were as common in major cities as discos. It was the 1970s and the sexual liberation movement was at its zenith. Gay men, who were still socially ostracized, had fewer options for hooking up. Sure, cruising parks and truck stops offered a modicum of relief, but were risky and often accompanied…
