Washington, DC – SPARTA, the national organization of LGBT members of the U.S. armed forces and their families, commended Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for his service on behalf of lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members and their families, while calling upon him to initiate immediately a promised review of the outdated policy prohibiting transgender…
WASHINGTON – Concerned Women For America (CWA) claims to be the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization bringing supposedly “biblical principles” into all levels of public policy. Espousing an un-American brand of anti-equality viewpoints, that many people of faith consider “unbiblical,” they have fabricated a “defense of family” position as one of their top concerns….
GOP lawmakers were quick to condemn President Barack Obama’s plan to dramatically increase deportation relief for an estimated 4.4 million undocumented immigrants, announced Thursday. In his speech Obama said, “The actions I’m taking are not only lawful, they’re the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every Democratic president for the past…
Thousands have signed a petition calling for the cancellation of the TLC series 19 Kids and Counting over the stars’ discriminatory sentiments against the LGBT community. According to the Huffington Post, a petition on Change.org launched by Jim Wissick of San Jose, Calif., states that 19 Kids and Counting, starring conservative Baptists Jim Bob and…
A white-hot spotlight focused on the issue of same-sex marriage over the last few years hasn’t translated into financial success for an organization whose self-proclaimed sole purpose is to “protect marriage and the faith communities that sustain it.” In a time when virtually every nightly newscast, political debate, even television series delves into discussions about…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The founders of the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender greeting card company, who exemplify how creative thinking can lead to new businesses, are among the participants in the second annual National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Strategic Growth & Development Institute, which has the theme “Predictable Success.” The two-day program commenced…
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — According to a report released by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Chrysler Group LLC was one of a select group of leading employers to achieve a perfect score of 100 percent on HRC’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The annual CEI report rates employers on their LGBT workplace policies and benefits….
FT. LAUDERDALE , Fla. – LGBT HealthLink, Missouri’s PROMO and lawyer Corey Prachniak, today released the first ever LGBT Healthcare Bill of Rights (HBOR). The bill, in both long form and wallet sized versions, outlines the protections and rights LGBT people have in healthcare today. Prachniak, chair of LGBT HealthLink’s Steering Committee, explained the significance…
A Christian homeless shelter in the heart of Kansas City has announced that it will not provide food or shelter to married same-sex couples due to “biblical standards.” Even if same-sex marriage becomes legal in both Missouri and Kansas same-sex couples will not be allowed to stay as couples at City Union Mission’s family shelter….
JACKSON, Miss.—Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), released the second ad in its groundbreaking LGBT public education campaign, All God’s Children. Representative Alyce Clarke, who is the first black woman to serve in Mississippi’s state legislature, speaks about accepting and loving her gay son in the commercial. Representative Clarke’s ad will begin to run today,…
