KENTUCKY – There is outrage in an eastern Kentucky city after two gay males were ejected from a city-owned pool. A maintenance technician told the couple and the group present, “We own this place and can tell you to leave if we want to.” Staff at The Pavilion in the city of Hazard allegedly entered…
With an estimated 1.1 million Americans living with HIV and with one out of five people infected with HIV having no knowledge of being infected, the National Association of People with AIDS and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is sponsoring the annual National HIV Testing Day June 27. Commenting on the AIDS epidemic,…
ARIZONA – A new coalition including GetEQUAL has called on the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) to apologize for the harm its teachings are causing the LGBT community. A petition has been launched and is available to sign on getequal.org. Pointing to current teachings and ministries of the SBC, the coalition sheds light on harmful teachings…
NEW YORK – The American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law have announced the launch of The Kids are Listening, a nationwide awareness campaign to help ensure that the thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) children and teens who are in foster care receive the legal rights and protection…
ILLINOIS – According to a new research study by Northwestern University, gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those in casual relationships, and this group accounts for nearly 70 percent of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in adolescents and young adults in the U.S. Brian Mustanski, associate…
WASHINGTON – A lawsuit filed by three men who claim they were disqualified from the 2008 Gay Softball World Series near Seattle for not being gay enough is set to go to trial. The men, Stephen Apilado, LaRon Charles and John Russ, all members of the team D5, were playing in the finals of the…
CALIFORNIA – The California State Senate has passed legislation that would eliminate a statutory difference and inequity between marriage and domestic partnerships. Authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) the Domestic Partnership Equality Act (SB 651) passed in a 24-15 vote. Specifically, the bill would eliminate the requirement that a couple wishing to enter into…
NEW YORK – Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus on the Family, a leading funder of anti-gay attacks concentrated on denying same-sex couples the freedom to marry, has declared that the opponents of equality are being repudiated by young people and have “probably lost” on same-sex marriage. In an interview in the June 4…
Here we go again. With Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls recent homophobic outburst at a Miami Heat fan, the subject of homophobic slurs is garnering national attention. During the game, Noah had said “F**k you, faggot” to the fan. It subsequently incurred him a scornful $50,000 fine from the NBA. Noah apologized after the…
NEVADA – Nevada’s Republican Governor Brian Sandoval has signed the Transgender Employment Protection bill (AB 211) into law, prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression. Nevada is now the 14th U.S. state, along with the District of Columbia, to provide protections based on gender identity or expression. “It is wrong to…
