Actor Mark Salling, best known for his role as Noah “Puck” Puckerman on the comedy television series, Glee was arrested Tuesday by the LAPD Internet Crimes Against Children task force unit for possession of child pornography. Crime Watch Daily first broke the news that the LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit obtained a search warrant…
400 days after Tamir Rice was killed while playing in a Cleveland park an Ohio grand jury has declined to indict the Cleveland police officer who fatally shot the unarmed black 12-year-old, reports The Huffington Post. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty announced the decision Monday afternoon. Rookie patrolman Timothy Loehmann shot Rice after responding…
Lesbian Air Force Major and DADT repeal advocate Adrianna Vorderbruggen has been killed in action in Afghanistan. Maj. Vorderbruggen was one of six American service members killed in Monday’s suicide attack in Bagram when a motorcycle bomb detonated, reports The Advocate. LGBT service member group Military Partners and Family Coalition confirmed Vorderbruggen’s death with a…
Slovenia, considered to be one of the most liberal countries in Eastern Europe has rejected marriage equality. In a referendum on Sunday only 36.5 percent voted for a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry; 63.5 percent opposed it, reported The Washington Post. Conservative groups — backed by the Catholic Church — had pushed the country’s government…
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released final guidance on a long-awaited change to the current blood donation ban on gay and bisexual men. The guidance released today outlines the implementation of a deferral-based policy utilizing a one year period of abstinence from same-sex sexual activity for men. Today’s final guidance also…
Following his arrest on securities fraud charges, Martin Shkreli has resigned as chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals. Turing, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, announced Shkreli’s resignation today and the appointment of Ron Tilles to the position of interim chief executive officer. Tilles will continue to serve as chairman of the Board of Directors. He said, “We…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on the Department of Education to take action in light of a disturbing trend by religious colleges and universities to request exemptions from existing civil rights law in order to discriminate against LGBT students. In a comprehensive new report, HRC details the growing trend and calls on…
Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaeauticals, who infamously raised the price of a drug used to treat an infection particularly hazardous for people with HIV was arrested today on charges of securities fraud, reports Bloomberg Business. According to prosecutors, Shkreli’s arrest today is unconnected to the price hike of Daraprim which he raised from $13.50 to…
WASHINGTON D.C. —The National LGBTQ Task Force is renewing its call to end the criminalization of sex work in the U.S. as it joins advocates across the country in taking part in actions in observance of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Today, to mark the day of action, the organization has…
After deliberating for three days, the jury could not reach a verdict in the case of Officer William Porter, the Baltimore cop charged in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, reports The Huffington Post. The jury informed Judge Barry G. Williams that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on any of the four…
