Aug. 4 Ugandan police forces raided the 2016 Uganda Pride, forcefully arrested prominent human rights activist Dr. Frank Mugisha and Pepe Julian Onziema, leaders of Sexual Minorities Uganda, among countless others. Activists and individuals took to social media to report incidents of police brutality and misconduct. Kasha Jacqueline tweeted, “Our Pride event has been raided…
Aug. 11, Sen. Marco Rubio will address listeners at an event in Orlando that is backed in part by the virulently anti-gay Liberty Counsel. The event, “Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project” is being held at a hotel that is less than 10 miles from the site where Omar Mateen slaughtered 49 people at a…
HRC Alabama has revealed a new billboard off I-85 in Montgomery calling out disgraced, notoriously anti-LGBTQ Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, reports the HRC’s Hayley Miller. The billboard, which reads“#NoMoore: Dismiss Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore” goes up as Moore, suspended from the bench in May for his consistent defiance of pro-marriage equality federal rulings…
American public schools have made tremendous progress since the Supreme Court declared school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. Schools throughout the nation are more diverse than ever before as a result of desegregation, immigration of people to this country, and emigration of citizens from one region of the nation to another. Sixty…
Ugandan police Thursday raided a peaceful LGBTQ pride event in Kampala, the country’s capital. While events continue to unfold, police arrested several participants, including activists Frank Mugisha and Pepe Onziema of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). The raid was carried out shortly after a Ugandan tribute to the 49 victims of the deadly shooting in Orlando….
The Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus today announced that the naming ceremony for a new U.S. Navy ship in honor of Harvey Milk will take place Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. at Treasure Island Great Lawn in San Francisco. An earlier notification indicated Mabus intended to name a planned Military Sealift Command fleet…
LAGOS, Nigeria –Pride celebrations start this week in Uganda, fully funded by more than 2,500 members of All Out, a global movement for the rights of LGBT people. The event, themed “Standing together!”, will culminate with a Pride march in Kampala Saturday, Aug. 6. “As a gay man living in a country where my love…
The Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia have come and gone. In their wake there is a clear choice for the LGBTQ community and for the country at large. After seeing the doom and gloom being projected by the RNC, the “Midnight in America” convention, the DNC…
The Metropolitan Community Church bid farewell Sunday to Pam Raptis who will be joining her partner Alisan Rowland who is now the pastor of the MCC in New Orleans. A certificate of appreciation was given to Raptis for her 21 years of service to MCC that included various roles including board of directors for 11…
Railroad spikes were plunged into the bodies of three San Diego homeless men who were killed in a series of attacks, a prosecutor told a judge on Tuesday. Deputy District Attorney Makenzie Harvey told San Diego Superior Court Judge Fred Maguire the actions by Jon David Guerrero, 39, involved “extreme planning in each of the…
