NEW YORK – The Department of Justice has filed a brief in Chelsea Manning’s case against the United States government challenging her request to grow her hair beyond the two inches allowed by military regulation. Chelsea Manning is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. In…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In Wednesday’s first ever Veterans Awards Ceremony, “Mission Complete” presented SPARTA with the top award in the category of LGBT Veterans. The other four categories were: Veterans Mental Health, Veterans Community, Women Veterans, and Homeless Veterans. Over five hundred organizations were nominated, and narrowed down to three finalists in each category. Winners…
A Utah judge today reversed his order to take a foster child away from a same-sex couple because of their sexual orientation, reports The New York Times. The judge, Scott N. Johansen of Juvenile Court, had issued an order Tuesday saying that the child, a 9-month-old girl, had to be removed from the home of…
The long-running felony case against three San Diego firefighters ended Monday with their guilty pleas to misdemeanor battery of an intoxicated person in 2012 in Normal Heights. Two brothers who were somewhat intoxicated yelled anti-gay epithets to the off-duty firefighters who also responded with anti-gay slurs even though none of them are gay. It was…
Today, the Ukrainian Parliament passed nondiscrimination legislation that will provide needed workplace protections for LGBT citizens and others throughout the country. The bill, which introduces a new clause to Ukraine’s Labor Code, aims to protect a wide range of people seeking to work free from discrimination and abuse in the country. The legislation was part…
A juvenile court judge in Utah has ordered a child removed from the home of her married foster parents because they are a same-sex couple. April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce of Carbon County, Utah, were stunned when Judge Scott Johansen ordered their foster child removed from their home, reports The Advocate. The judge said the…
Veterans Day is a day set aside for Americans to honor all those who have served our great nation and we are thankful for the service and sacrifice of all our nation’s veterans. This Veterans Day, we honor all those who are serving and have served, and with the Pentagon’s review of allowing transgender service…
Shocking new video obtained by Inside Edition shows Bernardo Albaz arguing with security staff in in his cabin shortly before he fell overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The video purports to show Bernardo Albaz arguing with Royal Caribbean crewmembers inside he and his husband’s room moments before he plunged…
Studies have shown that individuals with HIV are 50–100 percent more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (including heart attack and stroke) than individuals without HIV; however, more research is needed to determine if use of statins is the answer. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now funding the largest cardiac prevention trial in HIV,…
The White House announced today that the Obama Administration has endorsed the Equality Act. The White House endorsed legislation Tuesday that would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, plunging into the next front in the national battle over LGBT rights, reports The Washington…
