TENNESSEE – A lesbian couple in Tennessee have filed a lawsuit against their neighbor alleging he set their home on fire because they are gay. Carol Ann and Laura Stutte are suing for trespass, intentional infliction of emotional distress and malicious harassment, according to WBIR.com. They claim that the word “queers” was found spray-painted on…
NEBRASKA – A lesbian couple have been denied a divorce in Nebraska. Brenda Mueller and Deborah Pry had a civil union in Vermont in 2003, a state which now allows marriage for gay couples. The couple moved to Nebraska where they filed for divorce in Otoe County Court. But District Judge Randall Rehmeier said Nebraska’s…
LOS ANGELES – A 7-year-old boy has donated $140 to the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center (LAGLC) and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) because he doesn’t think it’s right for gay people not to be treated equally. The child, Malcolm, was given $140 by his parents to donate to the charity of his…
Researchers in Australia have made a scientific breakthrough which could unlock the cure to HIV. A team of researchers, led by Dr. Marc Pellegrini from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, successfully cured an HIV-like infection from mice by boosting the function of cells vital to their immune system with a drug they have nicknamed…
ATLANTA – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta has issued new guidelines designed to help health care providers counsel patients and determine if taking powerful antiretroviral medications will be an effective prevention strategy. The new guidelines come just months after a major study found evidence that daily oral use of an…
IOWA – The Human Rights Campaign has criticized the Iowa House for passing an amendment to the state constitution that would prohibit any form of relationship recognition for same-sex couples. The amendment passed by a 62 to 37 vote and will now be sent to the Iowa Senate for consideration. “The actions of the Iowa…
NEW YORK – Freedom to Marry has announced the launch of Why Marriage Matters, the largest-ever national public education campaign aimed at increasing majority support for ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage. Ads will be running nationwide featuring gay, lesbian and straight couples talking about why marriage matters to them. The organization has…
Barbara Pierce Bush with her father, WASHINGTON – Sometimes the LGBT community finds support from the most unlikely of quarters! Barbara Pierce Bush is the elder of the fraternal twin daughters (the other is Jenna Hager, née Bush) of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, and the granddaughter…
ATLANTA – Following up our previously-published story (San Diego LGBT Weekly, Jan. 20) Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-fil-A, has once again entered the furor surrounding the restaurant chain. Cathy is insisting the company is not anti-gay. In an open web letter he has defended the group against withering criticism from gay rights groups in…
WASHINGTON – Top Pentagon officials have given assurances that the U.S. armed forces would implement the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal swiftly and that training need not be instituted throughout the entirety of the military before an end to the gay ban is certified. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley and…
