Yesterday, by a vote of 36 to 6, the Nevada Assembly passed a sweeping anti-bullying initiative seeking to ensure the safety and well being of the state’s youth. The Human Rights Campaign praised the passage of the bill that includes protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill now heads to the desk…
An Aug. 26 preliminary hearing has been set for an 18-year-old murder suspect who is accused of fatally stabbing a Chula Vista man following a sexual encounter. The April 23 slaying of Rene Macias Pressa, 44, was initially puzzling because he was found dead outside his home at 45 Third Ave. and there was a…
A preliminary hearing for Ehren Dragt, who is accused of killing his partner in the Escondido residence they shared, has been set for June 25 in Vista Superior Court. Dragt, 35, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Michael Leon Campbell, 44, who was stabbed to death April 25. Escondido Police found his body…
Two gay ex-nurses were sentenced Tuesday to 325 and 365 days in jail respectively for elder abuse of a grandmother they had been hired to care for but were spotted having sex with each other on hidden camera footage. Russell Olvera Torralba, 43, and Alfredo Villagarcia Ruiz, 43, had been free on $200,000 bond, but…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir have declared their support of and possible participation in the upcoming World Congress of Families (WCF) conference in Salt Lake City later this year. In an event in Salt Lake City, conference Executive Director Janice Shaw Crouse announced…
PlanetRomeo, one of the world’s largest dating networks for gay/bisexual and transgender people have announced that their groundbreaking Gay Happiness Index (GHI) will be launched May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHOT). Contrary to what the index name implies, the situation is anything but happy. It is a known fact that 1/3 of all…
LITTLE ROCK – Despite the efforts of anti-LGBT activists in Arkansas, equality continues to prevail in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Residents voted (579-231) to uphold a comprehensive, city-wide non-discrimination ordinance that was originally passed by the Eureka Springs City Council in February. The new legislation will ban discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations against people based on…
WASHINGTON — Recommendations on how to achieve health care equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients were released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). In “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Disparities: A Policy Position Paper from the American College of Physicians,” ACP calls for comprehensive transgender health care services included…
This article was originally published at HIV Foundation.com How countries such as the United States posits its foreign assistance policies tend to have a direct impact on sexual and reproductive health rights and other human rights needs of women and girls throughout the world, especially those in the developing countries. This was more than evident…
An updated report by a human rights group in Europe found that over 1,700 transgender people have killed worldwide in the past seven years — and those are just reported murders, writes Adrian Gonzalez on the HRC Blog. Transgender Europe (TGEU), a human rights organization working towards the elimination of all forms of discrimination against…
