After all-gender toilet sign donations to 80 American campuses, MyDoorSign.com goes global

NEW YORK — After a successful donation campaign in the United States, MyDoorSign.com will expand its all-gender toilet sign donations to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom. MyDoorSign.com has donated a combined total of almost $8,000 of merchandise to 80 American colleges and universities since August 2014. MyDoorSign.com redesigned its all-gender sign collection…

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Botswana: UN and African human rights experts hail key ruling recognising an LGBT organisation

GENEVA — United Nations and African independent human rights experts are hailing a key judgment by the High Court of Botswana asserting that the organization ‘Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana’ (LEGABIBO) should be legally registered as a society by the authorities. The Court rejected last Friday the arguments put forward by the Ministry of…

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LGBT Healthcare Bill of Rights launched

FT. LAUDERDALE , Fla. – LGBT HealthLink, Missouri’s PROMO and lawyer Corey Prachniak, today released the first ever LGBT Healthcare Bill of Rights (HBOR). The bill, in both long form and wallet sized versions, outlines the protections and rights LGBT people have in healthcare today. Prachniak, chair of LGBT HealthLink’s Steering Committee, explained the significance…

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Christian homeless Mission in Missouri refuses to shelter same-sex couples due to ‘biblical standards’

A Christian homeless shelter in the heart of Kansas City has announced that it will not provide food or shelter to married same-sex couples due to “biblical standards.” Even if same-sex marriage becomes legal in both Missouri and Kansas  same-sex couples will not be allowed to stay as couples at City Union Mission’s family shelter….

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Survey reports nearly all participants attend ‘CicloSDias’ for safe space to ride and walk

SAN DIEGO – A post-event survey issued today by CirculateSD recorded that nearly 83 percent of respondents dined at local restaurants along the CicloSDias route and 85 percent said they would return to the Hillcrest and Bankers Hill neighborhoods for future dining and shopping. The same survey showed three quarters of respondents attended CicloSDias to…

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Colin Farrell, in emotional appeal, argues for same-sex marriage for his native Ireland

In May of 2015, Ireland has scheduled a national referendum on same-sex marriage, the outcome of which will determine whether or not thousands of her residents can tie the knot. But actor Colin Farrell, whose brother is gay and was forced to marry in Canada, is not waiting to make the case. In an op-ed…

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SDGMC seeking new directors

The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) is seeking talented and energetic individuals to join their board of directors. SDGMC is a non-profit organization that currently has over 150 singing members who participate in more than 50 community events annually. Funding for SDGMC is generated from three annual concerts and through community philanthropy, community partnerships,…

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Golden Globe winner Shonda Rhimes to be honored at 2015 HRC Los Angeles Gala Dinner

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today announced that Shonda Rhimes will be honored at the organization’s 2015 Los Angeles Gala Dinner Saturday, March 14, 2015. “We are thrilled to honor such a fierce and longtime advocate for LGBT equality at this year’s HRC Los Angeles Gala Dinner,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “Shonda…

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The state of LGBT equality in Africa

Months after Uganda’s Constitutional Court overturned its Anti-Homosexuality Act, which prescribed life in prison for many instances of gay sex, nearly identical legislation returned — this time in the Gambia, reports Thom Senzee for The Advocate. In October, Chad took up a sweeping bill that calls for 20-year prison sentences for those percieved to be…

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New HRC ad in ‘All God’s Children’ LGBT public education campaign features trailblazing state lawmaker (VIDEO)

JACKSON, Miss.—Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), released the second ad in its groundbreaking LGBT public education campaign, All God’s Children. Representative Alyce Clarke, who is the first black woman to serve in Mississippi’s state legislature, speaks about accepting and loving her gay son in the commercial. Representative Clarke’s ad will begin to run today,…

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