Russian lawmakers passed a ‘gay gag bill’ in St. Petersburg Sunday, introducing new legislation that would prohibit any form of communication related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people. Proponents of the law say it will prohibit “the propaganda of homosexuality and pedophilia among minors,” but LGBT allies and activists say the law is part…
A new reality show Shahs of Sunset will hit airwaves Sunday at 10 p.m. EDT on the Bravo Network featuring the lifestyles of “glossy, high-living members of the Iranian-American community” including Raza Farahan, 38, who dubs himself as a rarity amid people of his culture. Farahan, who is openly gay, is decidedly funny, brass, and…
In a surprising move, the Republican Party of San Diego County endorsed openly gay Councilmember Carl DeMaio in his race to succeed termed out Republican Mayor Jerry Sanders. Two thirds of the 59-member central committee voted Saturday morning to endorse DeMaio over two other Republican candidates: District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, and State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher….
Samuel Wurzelbacher, also known as ‘Joe the Plummer’ from a 2008 political stint, did not have much to say about anti-gay comments he made in 2009 as CNN host Zoraida Sambolin asked the Republican nominee for Congress on his views of LGBT Americans. The Congressional hopeful accused Sambolin of hosting TMZ as opposed to CNN…
Photo Credit: Change.org/Tico Almeida WASHINGTON, DC – More than 100,000 people have joined Tico Almeida’s campaign on Change.org urging President Obama to sign an executive order banning anti-gay discrimination among federal contractors. Tico Almeida, Founder and President of Freedom to Work, started the petition on Change.org to call attention to the millions of workers at…
Tuesday evening, the Uptown Planners, a city recognized community-planning advisory board representing seven communities including Hillcrest, handed a significant victory to the LGBT Community by backing a proposal to rename Blaine Avenue to Harvey Milk Way. Blaine Avenue runs about five blocks from the LGBT Center to Cleveland Avenue. The proposal had significant resistance as…
The Anoka-Hennepin School District settled a federal civil rights investigation Monday stemming from a lawsuit filed last summer, closing a long legal battle in the district’s anti-discrimination policies for students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. Following the district’s pledge to improve the treatment of LGBT students, the White House released a proposed consent…
This is the must-see, once-in-a-lifetime production of the thought-provoking production of “8,” the stage play about the landmark trial brought by Kristin M. Perry against the State of California in the person of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other officials, arguing that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional and violates hers, her partner’s and the constitutionally protected civil…
Former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman is saying sorry for the first time since helping the Bush Administration exploit marriage equality. His comments made Friday in an interview at Salon.com addresses his remorse for advancing an anti-gay sentiment during his tenure at the Bush Administration. During his term, Mehlman helped spur the ban of same-sex marriage…
Chad H. Griffin was appointed Friday as the next president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, by the organization’s Board of Directors. Griffin, a national communications and policy strategist, is widely credited for being the mastermind behind the federal lawsuit to overturn California’s…
