National Review Online (NRO) editor-at-large Kathryn Jean Lopez praised an organization that practices discredited “ex-gay” therapy techniques, urging gay men and lesbians to choose the path of “conversion and renewal,” reports Media Matters for America in their latest post. In a July 22 review for NRO, Lopez lauded Desire of the Everlasting Hills, a documentary about three Roman Catholics…
With news that the New York Giants have hired the team’s former wide receiver David Tyree as their director of player development, the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign (HRC) went into overdrive today to lambast the decision. The player made a name for himself on and off the field as much for his athletic prowess…
Melbourne, Australia — Criminalization of groups such as gay men, sex workers and transgender people are threatening progress in the global effort to fight AIDS, South Asian participants told the 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia, reports GayAsiaNews.com India gay rights activist Ashok Kavi told the biennial five-day meeting gathering of 12,000 AIDS activists, scientists…
BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. July 24, the Quist app will have another type of LGBTQ history to share with users: On this day in 2013, the Quist app was released. Quist is a free mobile app that teaches users about what happened today in LGBTQ history. It was released for Apple and Android on July 24, 2013, making…
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) released their second annual Studio Responsibility Index and found a wholesale rejection of fleshed-out, complex representations of the LGBT community in film. Again. In a press release today, the gay rights organization sharply noted, “Despite consistent conservative labeling of Hollywood as a liberal propaganda machine, GLAAD found…
WASHINGTON – In response to the discovery of 26-year-old Mia Henderson’s body in West Baltimore, the sixth transgender woman of color murdered this year – the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called for more concerted efforts to protect transgender women from unprecedented levels of violence and harassment. Henderson – an African American, transgender woman –…
Jose Julio Sarria was the first openly gay candidate to run for public office in the United States in 1961, more than a decade before Harvey Milk. When San Francisco city officials vowed to shut down all the gay bars in 1961, the 38 year-old cabaret singer ran for a seat on the Board of…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, in partnership with the National Education Association and the American Counseling Association, announced today that it will be holding its nationally acclaimed Time to THRIVE conference in Portland, OR., from Feb. 13-15, 2015. In its second year, the conference will address safety, inclusion and well-being for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and…
MELBOURNE, Australia – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today three major HIV and AIDS awards, funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), to support global efforts to help end extreme poverty by creating an AIDS-free generation. The new programs support implementation of the PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-Free Generation…
Today, the White House released further amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity. Essentially the amendments added the words “gender identity” to the appropriate sentences of the Executive Orders. The Orders ensure that federal employees – who are already protected on the basis…
