BOSTON – Mayor Thomas Menino has written to Chick-fil-A president, Dan Cathy taking the anti-LGBT fast food chain to task and urging them to back out of their plans to open a location in Boston. Menino criticizes Cathy for opposing same-sex marriage and for saying that the generation that supports it has an “arrogant attitude.”…
WASHINGTON – After conducting a secret two-year review leaders of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have announced that their ban on gay Scouts and leaders will remain. Criticizing the decision, Chad Griffin, Human Rights Campaign president said, “This is a missed opportunity of colossal proportions. With the country moving toward inclusion, the leaders of…
NEW YORK (CNN) – Gay marriage is generating millions of dollars for New York City’s economy. Since gay marriage was legalized in New York state a year ago, marriage license fees, local celebrations and wedding-related purchases have boosted New York City’s economy by $259 million. “Marriage equality has made our city more open, inclusive and…
(CNN) — (CNN) — Sally Ride was a fantastic physicist and astronaut, and later a science education reformer. I was surprised to learn of her passing on Monday. I was even more surprised to learn that she was a lesbian. She left us with one last gift — she came out publicly. In just one…
Seattle, WA (KCPQ) — Jeff Bezos, CEO of Seattle-based Amazon.com, and his wife MacKenzie, have donated an unprecedented $2.5 million in support of legalizing gay marriage in Washington State. The donation, announced Friday, is believed to be one of the largest single financial backings of gay marriage The campaign to pass Referendum 74, Washington United…
ATLANTA (CNN) — Ordering lunch just got a lot more complicated than deciding how to answer, “Do you want fries with that?” Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy sparked reactions that were swift and strong after he weighed in on same-sex marriage by saying his company backs the traditional family unit. Politicians from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel…
BRIDGEPORT, Ohio (CNN) – The lesbian den leader who was dismissed by her local Boy Scout troop this year has delivered a petition calling for her reinstatement to the organization’s headquarters. Jennifer Tyrrell, who was the leader of a Bridgeport, Ohio, Tiger Cub den, brought 300,000 signatures collected by Change.org to the Boy Scouts’ national…
KEARNEY, Mo. (CNN) – A Missouri Boy Scout says everything he has worked for over the past 10 years is gone because he finally admitted who he really is. Eric Jones says he was kicked out of a Boy Scout summer camp where he worked because he is gay. Jones, 19, says he knew what…
(CNN) — As a gay black man who came of age just before the 1969 Stonewall riots, I’ve seen far too many examples of the inequalities that exist in America. But I’m also highly encouraged by recent developments: same-sex marriage support from President Barack Obama and the NAACP, and a wave of federal court rulings…
(CNN) — Three masked men allegedly bound a woman and carved words into her skin, police in Lincoln, Nebraska, said Monday. The incident has been classified as a hate crime because a derogatory term for lesbians was painted inside the home, said Officer Katie Flood, a spokeswoman for the Lincoln Police Department. Someone had carved…
