Ben Carson may have re-invigorated his presidential campaign with firings and hirings but his anti-LGBT stance shows no signs of abating. During an interview with CNN Carson’s new campaign chair, retired Major Gen. Robert F. Dees, said he wanted to restrict the role of women in the military and bring back the days of “Don’t Ask,…
San Diego Police identified Joshua Adam Sisson, 30, as the man whom an officer shot to death Jan. 1 after he held a large kitchen knife to the throat of his boyfriend in Hillcrest. Someone called 911 after they heard arguing between Sisson and another man in an apartment in the 500 block of Lewis…
WASHINGTON, DC – A federal judge day dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Fourth Corner Credit Union against the Federal Reserve in hopes of providing banking services to the legal cannabis industry. In his ruling, Judge R. Brooke Jackson said Congress must provide the answer, stating, “I regard the [cannabis banking] situation as untenable and…
Santa Clara County, the most populous county in the San Francisco Bay Area region, and one of the most affluent counties in the United States has filled two full-time positions for its newly-created Office of LGBTQ Affairs. The county is only the third local government agency—and the first county in the nation—to have an office…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National LGBTQ Task Force has joined a coalition of LGBTQ, racial justice, and health equity organizations in filing an amicus brief in Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down draconian restrictions on abortion providers enacted by the State of Texas in 2013. If the restrictions are upheld, it…
2016 is not shaping up to be a good year for virulently anti-gay pastor Scott Lively as he is facing a lawsuit by LGBT advocacy group Sexual Minorities Uganda because of his anti-gay activities in that country, and he is apparently out of money. Right Wing Watch reported that Lively ended 2015 by publishing a…
LONDON — Ride share company Uber has suspended one of its London drivers for attempting to eject a lesbian couple from his car for kissing. PinkNews reported that one of the women tweeted Uber about the driver’s behavior asking the company to, “… please do advise how you would deal with this?” An Uber spokesperson…
LOS ANGELES — In the cover story for OUT magazine’s annual “Love Issue” Olympic diver Tom Daley and Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter Dustin Lance Black open up about their relationship and recent engagement. On their initial encounter, Daley recalls, “We spoke every day, nonstop. My phone would buzz, and we’d just be in constant communication, it…
The Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery will present their seventh exhibition highlighting works created in wood, sponsored by Murphy’s Fine Woodworking. Wood workers from the So Cal region will present contemporary furniture, art furniture, traditional furniture, veneering and marquetry furniture and wood turning in the exhibition. Juror: Brian Murphy WOOD, A Furniture Show VII Jan…
Transgender U.S. military sergeant and bodybuilder Shane Ortega has joined Athlete Ally as a Professional Ambassador. Ortega joins MMA Fighters Jessica Aguilar and Nicole Upshaw, National Women’s Soccer League Forward Zakiya Bywaters, Great Britain’s No. 1 male blind ski racer John Dickinson-Lilley and Canadian National Soccer Team Defender Carmelina Moscato who were also welcomed today…
