Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has spent most of the year trying to stop the progress of marriage equality has been named ‘Loser of the Year’ by the Tampa Bay Times this week. Twice-divorced Bondi was re-elected in November 2014, previously claimed in a legal brief that “disrupting Florida’s existing marriage laws would impose…
For years, efforts to pass laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination in employment and public accommodations have been derailed by the right-wing myth that sexual predators will exploit those laws to sneak into women’s restrooms. In 2014, that myth finally began to lose steam, reports Media Matters For America in their latest post. Anti-LGBT activists…
ABC released the first promo for the 2015 Oscars, Christmas Day, featuring Patrick Neal Harris with a last-minute gift idea — tell your family to watch him host the Oscars! When Harris was confirmed as host, his first time, in October he said, “To be asked to follow in the footsteps of Johnny Carson, Billy…
The Interview banked $1 million at the box office on Christmas Day, and it could make a couple million more over the long holiday weekend, reports CNNMoney. “The audience reaction was fantastic – the limited release, in under 10 percent of the amount of theaters originally planned, featured numerous sellouts and a first-day gross over…
Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Equality Florida sent a six-page memo to the court clerks of Florida’s 67 counties. The memo explains why – notwithstanding contrary advice provided to the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers in legal memoranda from a private law firm dated July 1, 2014 and Dec….
The decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move forward with a long-awaited change to the current blood donation ban on gay and bisexual men has been met with mixed reactions. A deferral based policy utilizing a one year period of abstinence from same-sex sexual activity will be implemented, as recommended by the…
NEW YORK – Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, executive director of This World: The Values Network, and Stand With Us have taken out a full page ad in The New York Times to highlight Israel as a nation that respects the rights of gay citizens. The ad exposes violence and oppression inflicted on LGBT communities by Hamas, ISIS and Iran….
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended the end of a three-decade ban on blood donations from homosexual and bisexual men. However, some restrictions will remain, and the FDA’s recommended policy will bar donations from men who have had gay sex in the previous year. In a press statement the FDA said, Over the…
As of Jan. 6, County Clerks across Florida have a legal obligation to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples – or risk expensive litigation, including liability for damages and attorney fees. In refusing to extend a stay that expires on Jan 5th, the US Supreme Court smacked down the last ditch effort by Attorney General…
Today, the United States Supreme Court denied the State of Florida’s motion for a stay of an August federal court ruling that overturned the state’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. The order means the stay expires at the end of the day Jan. 5. Same-sex couples will be free to marry in Florida once…
