WASHINGTON – The House Energy & Commerce Committee has approved the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, H.R.698. The bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) would lift a federal ban on the donation of HIV-positive organs to HIV-positive recipients, making it possible for researchers to study the safety of such procedures. The bill…
WASHINGTON – American hospitals and clinics are increasingly committed to equality for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients, according to a report published July 11 by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, at a press conference at the Department of Veterans Affairs…
NEW YORK — The New York City AIDS Memorial’s Board of Directors have announced that the organization has reached its initial goal of $4 million to finance the design and construction of the new memorial, which will be located in the planned St. Vincent’s Hospital Park at the intersection of West 12th Street and Greenwich Avenue in the…
TORONTO, ON, Canada – Pink Triangle Press (PTP), operator of the gay adult dating site Squirt.org, has announced the launch of its Versatile campaign. The new Squirt.org campaign highlights the versatility of the site, which users can reach by both laptop computers and mobile devices. The tagline of the campaign, Laptop or Mobile, plays up the adult…
WASHINGTON — Janet Napolitano announced Friday that she was stepping down as secretary of Homeland Security. Napolitano, a former Arizona governor has been in the role for more than four years will leave in September to become president of the University of California system. According to a report in the New York Times Napolitano had…
WASHINGTON – Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin released the results of a bipartisan poll in Jackson today looking at Mississippians’ positions on LGBT issues. The poll shows 58 percent of Mississippians under 30 support marriage equality. Support also is strong for workplace non-discrimination protections that would protect LGBT employees, with 64 percent of Mississippi…
BETHESDA, Md.– Global lodging leader, Marriott International, Inc. today dedicated a special collection of photos and tributes to its own associates worldwide, celebrating their weddings and commitment ceremonies. The campaign launches with same-sex couples and will then expand, inviting all families, friends and associates to take part. These photos and tributes may be found on…
John Stemberger, an Orlando-based litigator come Christian activist, is launching what he hopes will be an alternative scouting organization for young men that explicitly bars gay, bisexual and gender non-conforming youth from participating. The organization, the name of which has yet to be announced, has a Web site, .net, devoted to the promotion and recruitment…
WASHINGTON – The nation’s leading corporations are continuing to stand up for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation that would provide workplace protections to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Currently, there is no federal law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Human Rights Campaign President Chad…
RALEIGH, N.C. – Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) announced plans to challenge North Carolina’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples by amending a federal lawsuit filed against the state last year on behalf of six same-sex couples and their children that challenges North Carolina’s…
