For the second time in almost as many months, a Totino-Grace High School faculty member has been fired for being gay. Kristen Ostendorf, 43, who teaches English and ministers at the Fridley, Minnesota Catholic high school, announced during a peer-based conference that she is lesbian and living in a happy same-sex relationship; a fact, she…
A popular watering hole on Cleveland’s West End that caters to the LGBT crowd has been told by city officials to stop calling its police force so much despite a recent string of hate attacks. In a letter dated Sept. 6, Martin L. Flask, the director of public safety for the City, writes, in part,…
Mister Cee, the popular New York City-based HOT 97 DJ who was forced to resign after his solicitation of a male prostitute was leaked to the public, Tweeted later that day that he may be “better off dead.” The scandal began on Wednesday, according to reports in RolliingOut.com, AllHipHop.com and other Web sites devoted to hip-hop…
Chrysler Group LLC continued to demonstrate its historic commitment to supplier diversity and minority supplier development, hosting the 14th annual Matchmaker event yesterday at the company’s headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Matchmaker provides minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses access to Chrysler Group’s Tier 1 suppliers and to decision makers in the Company’s procurement organization. The…
SANTA ROSA, Calif.– Fountaingrove Lodge, the nation’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) retirement community to offer resort living and continuing care services, is officially nearing completion. Designed and constructed by award-winning developer Oakmont Senior Living, the 10-acre retirement campus is on schedule to open in November. While others have proposed similar full-service LGBT retirement communities, Fountaingrove…
Dustin arrived at the Home Depot in Salt Lake City thinking he was there to help his roommate pick out some lighting for a party. When he was taken to the lumber aisle, what he found waiting for him was a mob of friends and family as his marriage proposal unfolded to the song, “Somebody…
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Business Alliance board of directors has announced its support for legalizing same-sex marriage in Oregon, and said it would support a business community-led effort on behalf of marriage equity. The Alliance board voted to support amending the Oregon Constitution to end the current prohibition against same-sex marriage, while still clearly…
From the Huffington Post comes a story about a gay marine. On his last day of service the Marine received a rainbow flag with the phrase “Served With Pride” stitched under the Marine Corps logo. Originally posted on Reddit, the rainbow flag acted as a parting gift from the soldier’s unit. The photo was posted with…
In honor of Suicide Prevention month in September join your favorite YouTube stars and celebs taking the #TalktoMe pledge and help prevent suicide. Take the pledge now too at http://trevortalktome.org and spread the word using #TrevorTalktoMe Participants include: Margaret Cho, Brendan Ayanbedejo, Kat Graham, Chris Kluwe, Davey Wavey, Phil Defranco, Issa Rae, Lucas Cruikshank, Michael Buckley,…
SACRAMENTO – The full state Senate today approved a resolution urging CalPERS and CalSTRS not to invest future resources from their pension plans in Russia. SR 18, authored by Sen. Mark Leno, passed with a 29-1 bipartisan vote. SR 18 was introduced in response to Russia’s new laws that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
