Today, Equality Florida, the statewide civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on lawmakers to abandon an anti-LGBT bill that will enable discrimination — with taxpayer dollars — against prospective LGBT foster and adoptive parents, and place children…
LGBT rights groups have expressed “deep disappointment” over recent comments made by Mormon Apostle L. Tom Perry disparaging LGBT families and children as “counterfeit.” Speaking at the LDS church’s Annual General Conference over the weekend Perry said, “We want our voice to be heard against all of the counterfeit and alternative lifestyles that try to…
Today, OutServe-SLDN publicly launched United We Are Strong, a campaign to unite LGBT military personnel and veterans with the civilian LGBT community in efforts to repeal and block the Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRA) and to work to enact anti-discrimination legislation in the 30 states that still do not have protections for LGBT individuals. Yesterday,…
It was supposed to be as much a day about celebration as it was one of unification: In a case being followed worldwide, Colombia’s Constitutional Court granted the partner of one couple, university professor Veronica Botero, the right to adopt the artificially inseminated children of Ana Leiderman, her spouse, in 2014. But seven months later,…
SAN DIEGO – Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins today endorsed Todd Gloria in his bid to secure her 78th Assembly District seat. Atkins is termed out in 2016. In her endorsement statement for Gloria, Atkins was also full of praise for Sarah Boot who withdrew from the race to also endorse Gloria. Atkins said, “All…
SAN DIEGO — Vixen Productions of Encinitas will host the third annual “San Diego’s Most Stylish Man” fashion and trunk show April 24 in downtown San Diego where 10 guys will strut their stuff to be coined “San Diego’s Most Stylish Man,” selected by a panel of fashion experts. The “San Diego’s Most Stylish Man”…
Today, President Obama’s Executive Order on LGBT Workplace Discrimination went into effect. This executive order prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people employed by federal contractors will have the right to be judged by the quality…
White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard announced that he will step down following a scheduled Japan State Dinner next month. Bernard made headlines in the LGBT community and beyond as the first male, and openly gay, social secretary in White House history. Bernard was featured in a profile in Vogue in February where he talked…
New York, N.Y. — In response to coverage of the conditions faced by transgender inmates in Georgia State prisons, Sir Elton John, the founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and foundation ally Michael Stipe, musician and activist, issued the following statement: “Transgender women in male prisons have an equal right to protection from violence…
With a wealth of hot celebrities in front of our eyes on a daily basis, it’s no surprise that even straight guys are admitting there’s at least one guy they would go gay for. The new episode of Steam Room Stories features Ray Tezanos and Moronai Kanekoa along with guest star Jordan Raggio. Ray reveals…
