Charlie Sheen revealed he is HIV positive Tuesday in an exclusive TODAY interview with Matt Lauer. Sheen, who said he had paid upwards of $10 million to keep his diagnosis secret told Lauer that he made the announcement to end a smear campaign and extortion efforts. “I have to put a stop to this onslaught,…
Today, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2014, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias-motivated incidents throughout the nation. Submitted by 15,494 law enforcement agencies, the data provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes; however, the UCR Program does not estimate offenses for the jurisdictions of agencies…
Ireland’s new same-sex marriage law comes into force today, six months after the country voted to allow gay unions in a historic referendum. Existing same-sex marriages registered abroad will be immediately recognized in Ireland, while other couples can now submit their intention to marry, reports Yahoo News. “Today we celebrate the final legal step in…
https://youtu.be/Af95oEKpCHQ President Obama spoke to the nation and the world this evening in the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris. President Obama was briefed late Friday afternoon by his counter-terrorism adviser Lisa Monaco on a wave of attacks in Paris that has killed dozens, the White House said. Hours before the attacks, Mr….
A Utah judge today reversed his order to take a foster child away from a same-sex couple because of their sexual orientation, reports The New York Times. The judge, Scott N. Johansen of Juvenile Court, had issued an order Tuesday saying that the child, a 9-month-old girl, had to be removed from the home of…
Today, the Ukrainian Parliament passed nondiscrimination legislation that will provide needed workplace protections for LGBT citizens and others throughout the country. The bill, which introduces a new clause to Ukraine’s Labor Code, aims to protect a wide range of people seeking to work free from discrimination and abuse in the country. The legislation was part…
A juvenile court judge in Utah has ordered a child removed from the home of her married foster parents because they are a same-sex couple. April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce of Carbon County, Utah, were stunned when Judge Scott Johansen ordered their foster child removed from their home, reports The Advocate. The judge said the…
Veterans Day is a day set aside for Americans to honor all those who have served our great nation and we are thankful for the service and sacrifice of all our nation’s veterans. This Veterans Day, we honor all those who are serving and have served, and with the Pentagon’s review of allowing transgender service…
The White House announced today that the Obama Administration has endorsed the Equality Act. The White House endorsed legislation Tuesday that would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, plunging into the next front in the national battle over LGBT rights, reports The Washington…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the latest attack on the LGBT community by leading GOP candidate for president Ben Carson. In an interview today with Fusion’s Jorge Ramos, Carson suggested creating transgender bathrooms. Questioned about Houston voters’ rejection of a law banning LGBT discrimination this week, Carson said: “How about…
