After a three-week campaign by prominent LGBT organizations urging Orbitz to examine several cases of anti-gay bigotry aired on Fox News, the online travel agency has decided to review its advertising policy with the news media corporation. According to a statement released today by Orbitz: “Orbitz has heard from the LGBT community about its concerns…
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles opined today that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional as it pertains to joint bankruptcy filing. MetroWeekly reports that the case in question involves same-sex married couple Gene Douglas Balas and Carlos A. Morales and, in the words…
Amidst discussion of the U.S. economy, foreign policy and the purported failings of President Barack Obama, Republican presidential candidates touched upon several key LGBT issues during last night’s campaign debate in New Hampshire. Prominent among these were questions surrounding the legalization of gay marriage and the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ both of which…
Yet another male blogger has confessed to writing under a fictitious lesbian identity. Bill Graber, 58, announced yesterday that he started the lesbian news site Lez Get Real under the name Paula Brooks – a name belonging to his wife, who remained unaware of her husband’s online identity theft throughout the site’s three-year history. Graber,…
After a week’s worth of media speculation regarding the identity of supposed lesbian blogger Amina Arraf, the real author of ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ has come forward, incurring criticism and frustration from Syrian LGBT activists and commentators alike. MSNBC reports that Tom MacMaster, a 40-year-old American graduate student at the University of Edinburgh in…
New York Governor Cuomo’s secretary Steve Cohen announced today that the long-debated measure to legalize same-sex marriage statewide should come to a vote this week. The New York Daily News reports that Cohen is optimistic about the impending vote, and has said that the “votes are there” for the measure to pass. “…If people are…
On June 10, the Obama Adminstration set forth new policy guidelines expanding states’ ability to provide same-sex couples with the same coverage offered to straight couples via Medicaid. The Washington Blade reports that, under the new guidelines, states may permit physically able partners in same-sex relationships to retain their homes even if their ill or…
A new bill was introduced yesterday by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Susan Collins (R-ME) that would put an end to the unequal taxation of employer-provided health insurance for domestic partners. In an unusual twist for equality-oriented legislation, the bill enjoys bipartisan backing with both Democratic LGBT advocates and Republican politicians lined up to co-sponsor…
Union Bank has teamed up with KPBS to recognize cultural diversity by launching several exciting new videos saluting San Diego’s ‘Local Heroes’ in celebration of LGBT Pride Month. The most recent video features local hero Nicole Murray-Ramirez, a gay rights activist who has been a champion for the Latino gay community for over 45 years….
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced today that he is throwing his support behind openly lesbian District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis for the upcoming mayoral election, set for June 2012. The current mayor recorded a YouTube video in which he endorses Dumanis as his successor, stating that the DA “has incredible integrity, does the right thing…
