WASHINGTON – In less than 48 hours, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has staked out a perilous position on the issue of marriage equality. After telling a group of Republicans yesterday that he is “in favor of the concept” of a Federal Marriage Amendment, in a new interview released today, the presumptive 2016 GOP presidential candidate seemed…
Today, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), launched Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment (ACT). ACT is an ambitious $200 million initiative to double the total number of children receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) across ten priority African countries over the next two years. This investment…
Target has announced it signed onto an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit supporting two cases challenging state bans on same-sex marriage. The cases, Baskin v. Bogan of Indiana, and Wolf v. Walker of Wisconsin, are on appeal to the Seventh Circuit after federal district courts in those states struck down…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), released a video ad featuring Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Colbie Caillat for the group’s Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the video, Caillat states, “Whether you are LGBT or straight, you should be able to marry the person you love… We have to raise our voice together and…
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will hear arguments on six court cases challenging four states’ bans on marriage equality. Over the last year, federal judges in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee have ruled that these states’ laws and constitutional amendments that exclude same-sex couples from marriage violate the U.S. Constitution. In…
LOS ANGELES – Due to popular demand, The Hollywood Museum has announced that Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in Hollywood – an entertaining and informative retrospective of LGBT images in film and television throughout the decades – has been extended to Sept. 28. Launched in June in honor of LGBT Heritage Month, this exclusive exhibition…
SACRAMENTO — California’s two university systems could receive an additional $100 million this year under a proposal by Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Democrats. California State University and University of California systems would receive $50 million each, the same amount they would have received under a budgeting formula that was contingent on the…
Oakland- the East Bay’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) Pride festival is celebrating its fifth year Sunday, Aug. 31, and expanding the festival with a Pride parade down Broadway. Spring boarding off of 2013’s success where more than 30,000 people attended, Oakland Pride is happy to announce the largest celebration yet. The newly…
Today, the Scott Peters for Congress campaign released a video showing Carl DeMaio addressing a local Tea Party audience. DeMaio tells the crowd that the Tea Party is “the conscience of the accountable-government movement.” He openly mocks the mere notion of bipartisan cooperation. He admits he’ll owe the Tea Party “everything.” “The video makes this…
Today, Broward Circuit Judge Dale Cohen struck down Florida’s marriage ban, affirming that the denial of marriage equality to same-sex couples in Florida is unconstitutional. The judge’s ruling applies to recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages, as well as overturning Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage – Broward County only. This marks the third time in the…
