U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier ruled today that denying marriage for same-sex couples in South Dakota is unconstitutional. The ruling is stayed, meaning same-sex couples cannot yet receive marriage licenses in South Dakota. The ruling was in the case Rosenbrahn v. Daugaard, which was filed in May of 2014 by private lawyers with National…
Cheers of jubilation, and relief, exploded in an Egyptian court Monday after a trial judge acquitted 26 gay men of all charges ranging from debauchery to public lewdness and facilitating debauchery in exchange for money. The trial stems from an arrest made Dec. 7 and ended after only three trial hearings, reports the Wall Street…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-The Board of Directors of the Colorado Springs Pride Center announced today that they had formally dissolved the Colorado Springs Pride Center, a local nonprofit that serves the LGBT community in the Pikes Peak region. The organization, which was founded in 1978, is one of the nation’s oldest LGBT community centers. The decision…
San Diego Human Dignity Foundation (SDHDF) will grant up to eight consumers living with HIV in San Diego County 50 percent of the cost for attending this mulit-day event. To qualify consumers must be nominated by a recognized San Diego AIDS/HIV Service Provider who has received funding from San Diego Human Dignity Foundation in 2015…
As the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie continues to light up social media platforms across the world, Human Rights Watch issued a response to the horrific attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo Jan. 7: The attack in Paris during an editorial meeting of the satirical magazine left 12 people dead, including two police officers. A dozen people…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, (HRC), thas taken the rare step of suspending Saks Fifth Avenue’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) score. The action was taken following Saks’ claims in response to a lawsuit that Title VII protections don’t apply to transgender employees and that the company is not legally bound by its own LGBT…
An op-ed in The Daily Caller blamed the LGBT community for helping cause the tragic suicide of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teen who took her own life after being rejected by her religious parents, reports Media Matters for America. On Sunday, December 29, the 17-year-old transgender teenager took her own life by walking into traffic miles from her home in…
Houston Burnside Jr. says his journey to the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) came after a meeting with his Baptist pastor in 1984 when he was “politely directed … that I was no longer welcomed there as an openly gay man.” Burnside retired Dec. 31 as staff pastor at the MCC San Diego church following…
PFLAG San Diego has teamed up with their members, non-profit supporters of LGBT youth and individual sponsors to offer scholarships to San Diego County residents. The purpose of these scholarships is to recognize outstanding LGBT seniors in high school, undergraduate and graduate students; to encourage them to continue post-secondary education; and to promote a positive…
California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer announced today that she will not seek re-election to a new term next year. The 74-year-old Boxer made the announcement in an unusual video (above) in which she answered questions posed by her grandson, Zach Rodham. “I am never going to retire. The work is too important. But I will…
