Georgette Gómez is one of four Latino candidates running to fill the San Diego City Council seat now occupied by Marti Emerald; but she’s the only candidate who identifies as a “queer woman of color.” District 9 encompasses the neighborhoods of Alvarado Estates, City Heights, College Area, College View Estates, El Cerrito, Kensington, Talmadge, Mount…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a letter from leading national child welfare agencies opposing a bill in the Nebraska Unicam, LB 975, which would enshrine discrimination into Nebraska law by allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to reject prospective parents based on “the child placing agency’s sincerely held religious beliefs.” LB 975 would mean that…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force, the nation’s longest running national LGBTQ advocacy organization, is calling on U.S. senators to take action on the judge’s nomination immediately. “Today, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Garland is a highly qualified candidate and now the U.S. Senate…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released the following statement on President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Americans deserve a full Supreme Court bench, and President Obama’s nominee deserves a hearing. There is no doubt that Merrick Garland is a highly qualified candidate, and the Senate has a…
SAN DIEGO – Anthony Bernal, a candidate for San Diego City Council in District Three, challenged the Chargers today to come up with a financing plan for a new stadium that works for San Diego taxpayers, and said he would like to work with them to get it done. A football fan himself, Bernal would like to…
The Kansas House of Representatives has passed SB 175 – a bill that would put LGBT college students at even greater risk of discrimination. Now headed to Gov. Sam Brownback’s desk, the legislation would force public universities to fund student organizations that discriminate by restricting their membership and denying LGBT students from participating under the…
Today, Kentucky’s Republican-controlled Senate approved a “license to discriminate” bill that would give businesses in the state a license to discriminate against patrons based on their sexuality and/or gender identity. A report in The Advocate states the bill’s author, Republican Sen. Albert Robinson, contends the proposal is not discriminatory but rather necessary to protect people…
The San Diego Police Officers Association (SDPOA) has endorsed Chris Ward for San Diego City Council District Three. “With staffing numbers lower than they were 10 years ago, the San Diego Police Department continues to lose more than 13 officers a month. These losses are a public safety issue to our neighborhoods,” said Brian Marvel,…
Kathryn Knott, who was convicted of assaulting a gay couple in Philadelphia in 2014 won’t receive the reduced sentence she requested. Philly.com reported that Common Pleas Court Judge Roxanne Covington called appropriate the five- to 10-month prison term she imposed on Kathryn Knott and chided Knott for a “complete disconnection with the incident itself and…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Board of Equality PAC, a political action committee formed by leaders of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, announced today their endorsement of Secretary Hillary Clinton to be the next president of the United States of America. “The Equality PAC is thrilled to endorse Secretary Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the Presidency,” said Equality PAC…
