AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott today announced a special session at the Texas State Capitol with an agenda that includes passing a so-called anti-trans “bathroom bill” which openly targets and discriminates against transgender Texans for living their lives according to their gender identity. The so-called “bathroom bill” has already received negative attention as…
An Egyptian hospital turned off a British gay man’s life support May 30 and are refusing to send his body home, reports Gay Star News. Adrian Nicholas King, 39, had been on vacation in Cairo, Egypt when he suffered kidney failure and fell into a coma. Elaine Gilbert, King’s mother, told Gay Star News there…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. –The Senate Public Safety Committee today passed a bill authored by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Alameda District Attorney Nancy O’Malley that would help reduce the number of untested sexual assault evidence kits throughout California. AB 41 will for first time require law enforcement agencies to report to the California…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Social network company Hornet today announced a new billboard campaign aimed at fighting the divisive rhetoric spouted by anti-LGBTQ organizations across the United States. Using watchdog groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center as a roadmap, Hornet will focus on the “headquarters of hate” beginning with a mobile billboard on…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has once again refused to affirm that schools that receive funding from the federal government would be held accountable for discriminating against LGBTQ students. DeVos’s statement was an answer to Sen. Jeff Merkley’s question on the issue and came before a subcommittee within the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. Her statement immediately follows…
