Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted an LGBT rights resolution on a vote of 25–14, with seven abstentions. The resolution calls for a report from the U.N. high commissioner for human rights on combatting human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It is one of the few times…
NEW YORK – Riding a remarkable wave of 40 rulings across the country affirming marriage for gay couples, Freedom to Marry released It’s Time, a national TV ad highlighting the tangible harms to same-sex couples still discriminated against in many states. The Supreme Court officially begins its new term Monday, with marriage cases from Utah,…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), announced today that President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address at the 18th Annual HRC National Dinner to be held on Saturday, October 25, 2014, in Washington, D.C. “President Bill Clinton is a transformational leader for our nation and the world,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “His ability…
Anti-LGBT groups, National Organization for Marriage, Family Research Council and CitizenLink have launched a new campaign attacking socially moderate Republicans. According to a report in Twocare.org the groups, heavily funded by the elite community of hard-right Christian leaders and foundations associated with The Gathering – a yearly meeting of evangelical financiers where New York Times…
Offering a lengthy and heartfelt apology, the Middle Eastern Broadcasting Center (MBC), a news and cultural program broadcasting to some 150 million people in the Arabic-speaking world, was forced to pull a story then issue an apology after viewers complained about a report that identified actor Daniel Radcliffe as gay and Cameron Diaz as bisexual,…
MENLO PARK, Calif. – More than 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and at a time when infections among gay and bisexual men are on the rise in the U.S., a new national survey of gay and bisexual men by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that though HIV/AIDS is named as the number one health…
The brutal beating of a gay couple in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood at the hands of a group of people who allegedly targeted the men because they’re gay has sparked a statewide movement and a fast-growing Change.org petition calling on Pennsylvania to add sexual orientation to its hate crime law. The petition was launched on…
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Testimony and advocacy by the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (www.nglcc.org) successfully encouraged the California Assembly and State Senate to approve bill AB 1678 that would result in new opportunities for businesses owned by those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. It is believed to be the first bill of…
SAN DIEGO — The Scott Peters for Congress Campaign released its fourth TV ad, Cares, today. The ad tells the story of Michael Renstrom, a Republican and Vietnam War veteran, who spent decades trying to get his medical records from the VA before Rep. Peters finally got him the help he needed. The ad will air throughout…
Amnesty International (AI) said Wednesday that a draft anti-homosexuality bill in the Republic of Chad, a landlocked country in Central Africa, will represent a major step backwards for human rights in the country if passed into law. The proposed amendment to the penal code would criminalize same-sex conduct in Chad, carrying the threat of jail…
