WASHINGTON – Focus on the Family claims its mission is to help families thrive. Yet to anyone paying attention, it’s clear the organization is focused on one specific kind of family, and instead spends a lot of time, energy and money advocating against equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their families….
GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) today released state-level data from its biennial National School Climate Survey report that show that schools remain unsafe for the majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. The latest edition of GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey, which first began in 1999 and remains one of…
If, and it’s not really a big if, but if District Court Judge Mark Mason joins the Massachusetts’ Superior Court, he already understands the special role he will play in cases involving the criminal justice system and members of the LGBT Community. As an openly gay man he feels added responsibility to be sensitive to…
In the past month, same-sex marriage has gained momentum across the country as more federal judges reject state laws that have banned the unions. Key decisions for Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee have all centered on the legal question of same-sex marriage. But outside the courtrooms, one impact of expanding the definition of legal marriage is…
Indian-American Aditi Hardikar has been appointed to a key White House position as liaison with the LGBT as well as the Asian American and Pacific Islanders communities. Hardikar, who till recently was director of the LGBT Leadership Council at the Democratic National Committee, replaces another Indian-American, Gautam Raghavan, at the White House, who has now…
WASHINGTON – At a time when many states continue to drag their feet on fully-inclusive LGBT laws and policies, the nation’s cities are stepping up in record numbers to ensure that all people are treated equally, according to a report issued today by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The HRC Foundation’s 2014 Municipal Equality Index…
Another same sex marriage ban has fallen. The federal court has ruled the South Carolina marriage ban unconstitutional citing the rights of equal protection and dues process in the Fourteenth Amendment of the constitution. The decision is based upon the precedent set forth in the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to strike down…
Uganda plans to introduce a new anti-gay law that will withstand any legal challenge, a government minister has told the BBC. It will not explicitly refer to homosexuality, but will rely on the penal code which prescribes a life sentence for “unnatural acts”, he said. Activists say the plan is more draconian than anti-gay legislation…
LONDON — The U.K. boss of HSBC has attacked gay business chiefs who stay in the closet by declaring that it is a failure of leadership for senior executives to conceal their sexuality from their employees. Andrew Clark in The Times reported that Antonio Simoes, who describes himself as “the short, bald, Portuguese, gay guy…
By every measure, Josh Kronberg-Rasner was a model employee. Bright, personable, a go-getter, Kronberg had filled, at one time or another, every position at the food service company he worked for in Casper, Wyoming from general manager to executive chef. “You name it, I’d done all of it.” The fact that he is openly gay…
