Seizing on the growing momentum for transgender equality nationwide and across the state, Equality Florida has launched TransAction Florida, a statewide initiative created to increase awareness and to educate and promote complete equality for the transgender community. This month Florida hit the tipping point, with 50% of the population currently protected from gender identity and…
Welsh relatives of US whistleblower Chelsea Manning have made claims that she was “tortured” by US authorities, reports Pink News. Following the release of a CIA report into torture last week, relatives of the 26 year old army Private – who was sentenced to 35 years in jail for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks –…
Mississippian, Rev. Edward James took what he called a “ridiculous” approach Friday to protest a federal decision to strike down Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage, reports Adam Ganucheau in The Clarion-Ledger. James, pastor at Bertha Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson, dressed a horse named Charlotte in a makeshift wedding gown and staked a spot…
What exactly is a Gold Star Gay? That’s the hot topic in the latest episode of Steam Room Stories. Ray Tezanos, Adam Bucci and Josh Wise discuss what it means to be a Gold Star Gay with some lively discussion over whether the occasional fumble with the opposite sex is allowed or a complete no-no….
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines — U.S. Marine, Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, 19, will be charged by Philippine prosecutors with murder in the brutal attack and slaying of Jennifer Laude, 26, a Filipino transgender woman, reports Floyd Whaley today in the New York Times. The young private was initially charged with homicide but prosecutors upped the charge…
The Duggar family – made famous by TLC’s popular reality television show – just helped repeal an ordinance protecting LGBT people from discrimination. What responsibility does TLC have for the work being carried out by its reality TV superstars asks Media Matters for America. Since the debut of their TLC reality show 19 Kids and…
A contentious billboard in the the middle of Virginia’s capital claims “nobody is born gay,” reports nydailynews.com. The sign paid for by by Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) uses a pair of identical twins looking down upon drivers along one of the busiest stretches of Interstate 95 through Richmond. One of the twins is…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego nonprofit Community HousingWorks (CHW), presents its Arizona Street Development to the San Diego Planning Commission Thursday, Dec. 18. The proposed development features a 76-home senior apartment building on the northwest corner of Texas Street and Howard Avenue and a 118-home multifamily building on the northeast corner. The proposal has already generated…
http://youtu.be/s_nqyNWJdZI LOS ANGELES –It’s possible to lastingly persuade conservative voters to support a controversial issue like marriage for same-sex couples—and at a greatly accelerated rate compared to their neighbors—according to groundbreaking data published in this week’s issue of the peer-reviewed journal Science. The 12-month study also shows how the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s voter persuasion…
The reports of Todd Gloria’s political death are greatly exaggerated. Let us begin by unpacking the current narrative. Council Republicans feared that returning as Council President would give Gloria the power and profile to launch a challenge to Mayor Kevin Faulconer in 2016. So they conspired with new Council President Sherri Lightner to elect her…
