I had a friend of mine once tell me that self-care is a key to work one does in one’s life, whether the worker’s work is the kind of work that brings home the bacon so the worker could fry it up in a pan (from the words of a 1970s commercial for the perfume…
As a progressive, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! In the book of John there’s a list of beautiful traits worth aspiring to have in our lives. They’re…
SEATTLE – Seattle Mayor Ed Murray married Zachary Baker and Samuel Busch, of St. Paul, MN, this evening in Seattle. The couple was the first chosen in Visit Seattle’s Marry Me in Seattle program to receive a hosted wedding trip to the Emerald City. More than 20 local businesses donated goods and services for the…
Mr. A-Z, meet Mr. King. Fresh off the release of his fifth studio album Yes! Jason Mraz sat down with Larry King on his Emmy nominated series “Larry King Now” to counters critics who accuse him of being too positive and explains why his heart will always be in coffee shops. Plus, Jason on his…
As bullying continues to affect millions of kids nationwide, Cartoon Network is kicking off its annual Stop Bullying: Speak Up campaign with a video call-to-action encouraging people to speak up on behalf of kids who need help. With a goal of attaining the combined voice of one million user-generated videos, the network is giving people…
MALAYSIA — Malaysian religious police arrested a lesbian couple after raiding a hotel room in Johor Baru where they were staying, reports GayAsiaNews.com. The two young women had been arrested by officers of the Johor Islamic Religious Department, according to outinperth.com citing a Sinar Harian newspaper report. The newspaper reported nine officers searching the hotel…
HRC President Chad Griffin and litigator Roberta Kaplan are featured on the annual Politico 50 list out today. Griffin and Kaplan were both major players in the fight for marriage equality at the Supreme Court last year: Kaplan was Edith Windsor’s lawyer and Griffin was one of the key architects behind the case challenging Prop…
Stating that Crimea “does not need [gay] people,” the newly installed government of the illegally established breakaway region of Ukraine, has alarmed Russian LGBT activists and sent shockwaves through the region. Speaking to a public crowd Tuesday, Sergey Aksyonov, the de facto Prime Minister, added that, “If activists try to demonstrate in the region our…
According to a report in the Huffington Post the Dallas Cowboys plan to bring in Michael Sam, the first openly gay player ever to be drafted into the NFL, for a physical on Wednesday with the intention of signing him to their practice squad. Sam, who came out as gay back in February 2014 in…
Today U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman ruled to uphold Louisiana’s ban on marriage equality. Until today, no state marriage ban had survived a federal court ruling since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its historic marriage decision in United States v. Windsor last summer. In response to today’s rulings, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Legal Director…
