BANGKOK — The Thai LGBT community encounters great social stigma and limited job opportunities despite the country’s tourism authority actively promoting Thailand as a gay-friendly tourist destination, says a recent international report. According to GayAsiaNews.com, the ‘Being LGBT in Asia’ Thailand Country Report released Sept. 16, “highlights a contradiction between Thailand’s public face of tolerance…
With more than 4,500 hotel nights booked and with over 1,000 visitors from over 20 countries, the seventh Pink Lake International LGBT Festival (Aug. 28-31) on Lake Woerthersee in Velden, Southern Austria was a great success for the LGBT community . “The most important thing for us is that the festival guests are happy, have…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Freedom to Marry, on behalf of the Respect for Marriage Coalition, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that the Department of Justice act to ensure federal respect for the marriages of same-sex couples in Arkansas, Indiana, and Wisconsin, consistent with the approach taken…
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has announced that it will have a continuously staffed presence in Wyoming to build on the tremendous momentum for equality in the state. Working closely and collaboratively with other local and state-based advocacy groups, HRC Wyoming will work to pass enduring legal protections for LGBT people in housing,…
From XFINITY LGBT comes a feature on LGBT and LGBT-allied Showrunners and about what it’s like making inclusive television in the 21st century: The year was 1977 and even without the Internet to spread the word on controversy I knew that there was something freaking people out about with this new sitcom called “Soap.” The…
LOS ANGELES, — The Los Angeles LGBT Center, the world’s largest provider of programs and services for LGBT people, has announced that the organization has become a member of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Center CEO Lorri L. Jean will represent the organization at CGI’s Annual Meeting in New York that begins on September 21….
