When Joshua Alameda Franklin, a gay father of two, found out that his sons were being bullied at school he decided to do something about it. The Huffington Post reported that Franklin says he needed his community on the Big Island of Hawaii to know that violence and bullying his children over his sexual orientation…
In March, first lady Michelle Obama yesterday called on the nation to “flip the script” on mental health by breaking through the silence and stigma surrounding these conditions. Obama gave a ringing endorsement to Mental Health First Aid as a key tool in this fight, noting that “it really gives you the skills you need…
The cover of Thursday’s Forum of Fargo-Moorhead made a bold statement for LGBT equality, featuring the photos of North Dakota House Representatives who voted against non-discrimination protections, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. According to the Forum, this was the third time in six years the House failed to pass a measure that would prohibit bias in…
ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has announced updates to its health benefits policy to assist employees in same-sex relationships. Effective immediately, employees who cover same sex domestic partners under Delta’s healthcare plans will no longer be responsible for any federal or state income or payroll tax burden associated with this coverage. Instead, Delta will…
Get ready … the British are coming! To kick off the premiere of the new series Cucumber and Banana (April 13), Logo TV will air a marathon of UK version of Queer as Folk April 4 and April 11. Logo will air the full series of the UK Queer as Folk, which ran for 10…
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Spearheaded by The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (“TFAM”), its founder and presiding Bishop Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder and executive director, Bishop-Elect, Pastor Joseph Tolton, the organization’s international outreach ministry, The Fellowship Global (“TFG”), has launched a month long tour of key African nations where LGBTI communities continue to experience extreme discrimination and persecution. These countries…
BELFAST — A gay artist in Belfast has been hit with a £60 (approx. $90) fine after protesting for same-sex marriage by chalking the word ‘love’ on sidewalks. Christoff Gillen was fined under a piece of legislation that is rarely (if ever) used. He was fined for “defacing” the streets of Belfast. He was doing…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality Florida today strongly condemned a vote by the Florida House Judiciary Committee in favor of an adoption bill that would enable discrimination – with taxpayer dollars – against prospective LGBT parents, and place children seeking a permanent home at continued risk. “This flies in the face…
Indiana lawmakers Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, and House Speaker Brian Bosma R-Indianapolis, held a press conference to announce the “fix” to the conflict between the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA) and LGBT civil rights. The leaders repeated several times that they wanted to correct the “misinterpretation” and “misperception” of the…
Recently Eddie Reynoso, former Hillcrest Business Association board member, took to his Facebook page to accuse me of mismanagement of the scholarship money from Hillcrest Mardi Gras. In the ultimate act of cowardice, Reynoso made accusations that he hoped I would not see since he did not tag me in his post. Reynoso asks, “When…
