During the Fox News telecast of the first GOP Presidential candidates’ debate, I gasped as Ohio Governor John Kasich, a former U.S. Congressman and close political ally of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich, admitted he had attended a same-sex marriage. Kasich, alone among his fellow candidates, actually admitted he didn’t hate LGBT people or the new tradition…
Fliers distributed by the Ku Klux Klan in a recruitment drive in Louisiana contain anti-gay and racist hate speech. “Stop Aids: Support Gay Bashing,” one flier distributed in Mandeville said. “Homosexual men and their sexual acts are disgusting and inhuman.” The flier also called to ban “non-white immigration,” and to “deport mud people,” reports Raw…
For the second time in two years, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a bill that would have made it easier for transgender residents to obtain an appropriate birth certificate reflecting their identity. The bill Christie vetoed (S1195) would have allowed state agencies to change a birth certificate as long as proof was provided…
Pat Robertson spouted more extreme anti-gay rhetoric today as he railed against a church with a gay pastor, saying that gay Christians and Christians who support gay rights are defying the Bible. Speaking on The 700 Club, Robertson said, “To have a church saying [homosexuality] is not a sin, it’s okay, they’re leading people down…
TORONTO – Psychologists who work with transgender or gender nonconforming people should seek to provide acceptance, support and understanding without making assumptions about their clients’ gender identities or gender expressions, according to practice guidelines adopted during the American Psychological Association’s 123rd Annual Convention. The “Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People” were…
Late GOP U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, popularly known as “Senator No” because he opposed federal spending except for his precious tobacco program for North Carolina growers and manufacturers, was fearless when it came to demagoguing and humiliating the LGBT community over matters like marriage equality, now settled by GOP Associate Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy,…
David and Jason Benham joined former Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller on his radio program last week to publicize their new book, “Whatever the Cost,” and came up with some extraordinary statements. Right Wing Watch reported that Jason Benham traced marriage equality back to the end of government-sponsored prayer in public schools, which he…
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Predictably, the first Republican presidential primary debate drew little encouragement for the LGBT community. Most of the attention on LGBT issues was negative. According to most reports Donald Trump came out on top in the debate, gaining most of the attention, most notably when he insulted Rosie O’Donnell. Toward…
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a video of Jim Obergefell, who’s lived in Ohio for nearly five decades, asking candidates to defend his marriage and those of countless same-sex couples across the country, in advance of tonight’s debate in Cleveland. Obergefell was the named plaintiff in the Supreme Court case, Obergefell v. Hodges,…
WASHINGTON – Today, on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – a landmark piece of legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting – the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on Congress to restore the full protections of this crucial legislation. “The right to vote is a bedrock principle of our democracy,…
