The Mormon Church has moved to excommunicate the prominent Utah-based founder of an online forum for being critical of or doubting Mormons, charging him with apostasy for supporting same-sex marriage and the ordination of women and for questioning church teaching, reports the New York Times. John Dehlin is the founder of Mormon Stories Podcast (http://mormonstories.org)….
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) confirmed that MillerCoors Chairman Pete Coors had withdrawn from participating in an event hosted by the group, Legatus. The event and its organizers have been under fire recently over the organization’s discriminatory and dangerous positions on LGBT people. HRC had been in touch with representatives of MillerCoors,…
Toronto — Pink Triangle Press (PTP), Canada’s leading gay and lesbian publisher, today announced a major strategic re-positioning to an all-digital publishing company. As a result, next month PTP will close print editions of the Xtra gay and lesbian community newspapers in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. PTP will focus on developing its journalism website DailyXtra.com…
The 43rd annual Imperial Court de San Diego Coronation Military Ball will be held Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. at the historic Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd. in San Diego. The 42nd Reign and the Board of Directors of The Imperial Court de San Diego, have raised over $100,000 dollars that benefit community organizations…
British supermarket chain, Tesco, has come under fire after one of its cashiers was overheard by a lesbian couple advising that “all gays should die alone.” Not content to leave well enough alone, the employee was then heard by a second couple to have added,”[Homosexuals] should not have babies.” Natalie Rivans and her girlfriend told…
Charlotte-area teacher Lonnie Billiard was fired from Charlotte Catholic High School after announcing on his personal Facebook page last fall that he planned to marry his partner. Billiard had been a teacher at the school for 15 years, and continued working there as a long-term substitute after he retired in 2012. Billiard’s firing was reported…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego Pride is kicking off 2015 by adding some well-known and highly-regarded talent to its staff. Sarafina Scapicchio is the new Director of Development. Ms. Scapicchio had been Director of Major Gifts and Corporate Giving at the San Diego LGBT Community Center (The Center) and had previously served as The…
WASHINGTON – As 2015 begins, The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) takes a closer look at a few of the many countries where the fight for equality is making progress, as well as those where the fundamental rights of LGBT people are increasingly under attack. Good news: Ireland Ireland is set to vote in May on…
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris announced today her plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer. “I’m excited to share with you that I’m launching my campaign to represent the People of California in the United States Senate,” Harris wrote in an email to supporters. “Your support has been crucial…
At first blush, an article from the Salt Lake Tribune by Peggy Fletcher Stack reads like something you might find on TheOnion.com: Gay men – or in Mormon parlance ‘same-sex attracted’ – who marry heterosexual woman are two-to-three times more likely than opposite couples to call it quits. It’s tempting to shrug it off with…
