“Star Trek” icon George Takei is weighing into the battle for marriage equality in Alabama by launching a social media protest against the state’s halt on same-sex marriage. The Huffington Post reported that the LGBT rights activist shared a photo of himself with his husband, Brad Takei, on Instagram and Twitter calling for his followers…
New York Mets second baseman, Daniel Murphy has sparked controversy after commenting on Billy Bean, the former major league player who came out as gay after retiring. Murphy said that he would accept a gay teammate even though he disagrees with the “lifestyle.” Bean was visiting the team during a spring training session in Florida….
Today Psychology Today made the decision to stop accepting online listings from mental health practitioners who offer to “cure” LGBT people. In a letter last week to the leadership of Psychology Today, HRC requested that they stop publishing such listings, and, to build on the publication’s history of LGBT inclusion and affirmation, also post an article…
WASHINGTON – In reaction to the latest anti-LGBT rhetoric from retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, the Human Rights Campaign’s Fred Sainz issued the following statement. Carson’s history of anti-LGBT rhetoric includes comparing same-sex marriage to NAMBLA and bestiality. “The only thing that’s really been proven here is that when Ben Carson says what he really thinks, he reveals…
The Justice Department announced today that Darren Wilson, the former police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in August, will not face federal civil rights charges in connection with Brown’s death. “There is no evidence upon which prosecutors can rely to disprove Wilson’s stated subjective belief that he feared for…
In response to the “execute the gays” proposed ballot initiative, LGBT Weekly has created a Facebook page and ipetition to request that Attorney General Kamala Harris, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins and Senate President Kevin De Leon work to bring forth legislation that will address the problem of ballot measures that infringe upon the civil rights…
SAN DIEGO – San Diegans have been visiting Balboa Park for 100 years, but there are still many in the city who have yet to experience the celebrated park’s arts, science and culture. In honor of the 2015 Centennial Celebration, 17 Balboa Park institutions and more than 75 philanthropic benefactors are donating $1 million in…
In an alarming turn of events that underscores concerns about the electoral ballot process, a California initiative has been proposed that would criminalize being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. The act called the “Sodomite Suppression Act” was submitted to the California Secretary of State by Matt McLaughlin, a lawyer in Huntington Beach. The full text…
