The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has launched a new digital campaign asking Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Donald Trump to take a position regarding Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was held in contempt in federal court yesterday for her disobedience of a federal court order directing her to begin issuing marriage licenses to…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights proposed a regulation that provides explicit protections from discrimination on the basis of sex stereotyping and gender identity in healthcare and insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) praised the proposed regulation, as well as the…
SAN DIEGO – AIDS Walk & Run San Diego has announced that Coca-Cola will be a sponsor of the 26th annual event, scheduled for Sat., Sept. 26. The company will distribute free bottles of Coca-Cola beverages, including Dasani water, ZICO Premium Coconut Water and Hubert’s Lemonade at several locations along the walk and run route….
Just when you thought The Golden Girls couldn’t get any gayer… get ready to see Sophia, Dorothy, Rose and Blanche as you’ve never seen them before when stars of Logo’s hit RuPaul’s Drag Race don Golden Girls drag to host 30 hours of Golden Girls episodes. Logo’s ’30 Isn’t a Drag’ marathon celebrates 30 years…
When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. for the World Meeting of Families later this month, he will find a Catholic public that is remarkably accepting of a variety of non-traditional families, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that provides an in-depth look at American Catholics’ views on family life, sexuality and Catholic…
Today, HRC President Chad Griffin appeared on MSNBC to discuss the ongoing situation in Rowan County, Ky., where County Clerk Kim Davis continues to flout the law by denying marriage licenses to couples. “With the results of the United States Supreme Court decision in the Obergefell case, marriage licenses must be issued equally. That’s her…
The Board of San Diego Democrats for Equality recommended the endorsement of eight incumbents for re-election at last week’s Club meeting. While there was vigorous debate on several races, the Club endorsed six of the eight by wide margins (60 percent of attending members is the minimum required). The Club did not decide against endorsement…
Child sexual abuse charges were dismissed Tuesday against prominent gay rights activist and Democratic Party fundraiser Terry Bean. Lane County Circuit Judge Jay McAlpin dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning that prosecutors could refile charges in the future if the alleged victim, a 17-year-old boy, was willing to testify for the state at a trial….
Watch Matt Baume as he explores the sordid history of pseudoscientific efforts to cure homosexuality through “conversion therapy.” Baume takes us on a disturbing tour of the last hundred years of insane ex-gay cures, some of which are still being practiced by quacks to this day.
In 2014, prostate cancer was the leading cause of newly diagnosed cancers in men and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. How often should men have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test? If treatment is needed, what options are available? Prostate cancer research has led to new ways to detect, diagnose and treat…
