Michigan Senate poised to consider three extreme anti-LGBT adoption bills

Today, the Human Rights Campaign, urged the Michigan Senate to defeat a package of extreme anti-LGBT adoption bills and called on Gov. Rick Snyder to veto them if they reach his desk. HB 4188, HB 4189, and HB 4190 would enshrine special discrimination rights into Michigan law by allowing adoption agencies contracted by the state…

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Anti-LGBT ballot initiative spokesperson is convicted serial rapist

Anti-LGBT activist Acra Lee Turner claims to be a man of the cloth, but also admits to sexually assaulting multiple women, including an 80-year-old who was beaten so badly that she was almost unrecognizable, according to media reports. A video released this week by anti-equality activists in Eureka Springs, Arkansas prominently features the convicted rapist…

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Little Rock passes non-discrimination protections for city employees

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— Today, the Little Rock City Board of Directors passed an ordinance creating non-discrimination protections for city employees, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political opinions or affiliation. Also, any vendor with whom the city does business will…

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UC San Diego Health System and Scripps Health partner to improve hospice care, training and research in San Diego

SAN DIEGO – UC San Diego Health System and Scripps Health are partnering to provide improved continuity of patient care, fellowship training and research in hospice and palliative medicine. Under a new five-year agreement, Scripps will work with UC San Diego to provide outpatient and inpatient hospice care for UC San Diego patients, allowing UC…

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Save the date: April 30 is ninth annual ‘Dining Out for Life San Diego’

San Diego’s ninth annual Dining Out For Life® event, which allows everyone to help raise funds for the San Diego LGBT Community Center’s HIV/AIDS programs by simply dining out for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner at participating restaurants, takes place Thursday, April 30. More than 75 participating San Diego restaurants, bars, coffee shops and ice cream…

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Gay Chicago man is finalist in PETA’s ‘Sexiest Vegan Next Door’ contest

CHICAGO — It’s time for PETA to name this year’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door—and 27-year-old gay Chicago resident Shane Devins might just take home the title. He beat out hundreds of other entrants from across the U.S. to become one of 10 male contestants to advance to the final round. Visitors to PETA.org can now…

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