In an already crowded field of candidates for the San Diego Mayoral election 2012, word has now come that California State Senator Christine Kehoe is making calls to San Diego movers and shakers about possibly joining the race. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis is already considered a clear front runner candidate, along with heavy-hitters State Assemblyman…
Amidst the media flurry surrounding the Obama administration’s decision last week to discontinue court defense of the DOMA, the White House made another landmark move in support of LGBT equality. Officials announced last Friday that Jeremy Bernard, an openly gay senior adviser to the U.S. ambassador to France, will assume the position of President’ Obama’s…
California’s attorney general Kamala Harris requested today that a federal appeals court allow same-sex marriages to resume during the California Supreme Court’s consideration of legal questions surrounding the state’s ban on gay marriage. In a letter to the 9th Ciruit Court of Appeals, Harris argued that a continued enforcement of Proposition 8 was in direct…
Nearly one year ago, LGBT Weekly publisher and co-chair of President Obama’s LGBT Leadership Counsel Stampp Corbin engaged into debate with Dan Savage, syndicated columnist, on the popular CNN show Campbell Brown. In wake of new political developments surrounding the LGBT community, the answer as to whether or not Obama has sold out gays may…
The Williams Institute, a national think tank dedicated to advances in sexual orientation law and public policy, offered comments today in response to the Department of Justices’ recent decision concerning the Defense of Marriage Act. Attorney General Eric Holder announced yesterday that the Department of Justice will no longer defend the constitutionality of Section 3…
The Department of Justice announced today that it believes courts should apply heightened scrutiny to laws that classify people on sexual orientation such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender statuses. In light of the heightened awareness, the Defense of Marriage Act is now in the spotlight. In wake of the news, Attorney General Eric Holder…
In a series of video interviews published earlier this month, gay journalist Anthony Gioffre speaks with mixed martial arts star and anti-bullying activist Daniel Puder about a new self esteem and goal-setting program to help eradicate discriminatory violence among students. Gioffre explains in his introduction to the series that Puder drew inspiration for his program…
The Human Rights Campaign joined forces with Soulforce, a civil rights group seeking freedom from religious and political oppression for the LGBT community, and held a vigil on Sunday to protest fundamentalist pastor Lou Engle’s anti-gay rhetoric and the resultant persecution of LGBT Ugandans. Activists gathered outside the pastor’s International House of Prayer in Kansas…
The National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights (NCRCR) announced the winners of its 2010 Written Essay and Visual Image Contest in a press release this past Friday. Naomi Lattanzi, a 16-year-old from Los Altos, California, won the essay portion of the contest for her exploration of dealing with peers who ask if she is a…
In the wake of controversy surrounding contributions to a politically conservative action committee during the 2010 elections, Target Corp. has announced new policies concerning future political giving activity. Jessica Carlson, a spokesperson for the popular retail corporation, explains that the company’s revised giving protocol was enacted after a meeting between the corporate responsibility committee and…
