Another same sex marriage ban has fallen. The federal court has ruled the South Carolina marriage ban unconstitutional citing the rights of equal protection and dues process in the Fourteenth Amendment of the constitution. The decision is based upon the precedent set forth in the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to strike down…
Uganda plans to introduce a new anti-gay law that will withstand any legal challenge, a government minister has told the BBC. It will not explicitly refer to homosexuality, but will rely on the penal code which prescribes a life sentence for “unnatural acts”, he said. Activists say the plan is more draconian than anti-gay legislation…
LONDON — The U.K. boss of HSBC has attacked gay business chiefs who stay in the closet by declaring that it is a failure of leadership for senior executives to conceal their sexuality from their employees. Andrew Clark in The Times reported that Antonio Simoes, who describes himself as “the short, bald, Portuguese, gay guy…
By every measure, Josh Kronberg-Rasner was a model employee. Bright, personable, a go-getter, Kronberg had filled, at one time or another, every position at the food service company he worked for in Casper, Wyoming from general manager to executive chef. “You name it, I’d done all of it.” The fact that he is openly gay…
Call it a wave, a shellacking or simply a very good election year for Republicans. But whatever you call it, don’t call it the year of the gay Republican. Two candidates, Carl DeMaio, who ran against Scott Peters in California’s 52nd district, and Richard Tisei, who ran against Seth Moutlon in North Boston’s normally Democratic…
As part of their ‘Southern strategy,’ the Human Rights Campaign will launch a television spot tonight in the Jackson, Mississippi market that takes aim squarely at one of the most conservative, and homophobic, regions of the country, reports Jay Reeves for the Associated Press. The goal is part of a larger strategy to address huge…
Saturday, the Los Angeles LGBT Center hosted the 45th Anniversary Vanguard Awards, honoring longtime LGBT activists George and Brad Takei who accepted the International Vanguard Award, presented by Tab Hunter; Marvel Entertainment who received the Corporate Vanguard Award, accepted by Marvel’s Vice President of Animation Development and Partnerships Courtney Lane, presented by Holland Taylor; and…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today responded to the fact that only three Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) providers will begin offering transition related health care coverage in 2015 for transgender federal employees: AETNA, Kaiser Permanente, and the Foreign Service Benefit Plan. Kaiser Permanente’s plan will significantly limit the scope of coverage. “Transgender…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a T-shirt that reads “Love Conquers Hate” in Russian. HRC’s gift was sent in recognition of Putin’s comment, “The meaning of our whole life and existence is love.” “Putin made clear that love is at the core of every single person,” said…
There will be many who will run from the Carl DeMaio defeat like roaches when the lights come on, but one fact remains, the LGBT community re-elected Congressman Scott Peters. How can our community take credit? It’s a simple math lesson. When DeMaio conceded on Sunday afternoon, the total votes counted were 183,831. Congressman Peters…
