A contentious billboard in the the middle of Virginia’s capital claims “nobody is born gay,” reports nydailynews.com. The sign paid for by by Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) uses a pair of identical twins looking down upon drivers along one of the busiest stretches of Interstate 95 through Richmond. One of the twins is…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego nonprofit Community HousingWorks (CHW), presents its Arizona Street Development to the San Diego Planning Commission Thursday, Dec. 18. The proposed development features a 76-home senior apartment building on the northwest corner of Texas Street and Howard Avenue and a 118-home multifamily building on the northeast corner. The proposal has already generated…
The reports of Todd Gloria’s political death are greatly exaggerated. Let us begin by unpacking the current narrative. Council Republicans feared that returning as Council President would give Gloria the power and profile to launch a challenge to Mayor Kevin Faulconer in 2016. So they conspired with new Council President Sherri Lightner to elect her…
A Compton school board member was ordered Dec. 3 to stand trial for committing oral copulation of his straight male friend while he was asleep while they were staying in a San Diego hotel. The 26-year-old friend testified against Skyy de Anthony Fisher, 31, who remains a controversial member of the Compton school board who…
In an interview with USA Today, Wednesday Secretary of the Air Force Deborah James said that the ban on transgender troops is likely to be reassessed and should be lifted. According to the report James apparently is the first secretary of a branch of the armed forces to support the idea of ending the ban…
Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has proposed legislation in Congress that would significantly expand civil rights for the LGBT community. According to PortlandTribune.com, Merkley plans on “[introducing] legislation to bar discrimination not only in employment but extending to financial transactions, housing and public accommodations.” Merkley, who was just elected to a second six-year term…
The packed room was clearly with 3rd District Councilmember Todd Gloria for a third term as City Council president Wednesday, but he lost it by one vote and the new president is 1st District Councilmember Sherri Lightner. All four Republican Councilmembers and Lightner voted against Gloria for a third term, causing the motion to re-elect…
The openly gay CEO of clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch, Mike Jeffries, has announced he is stepping down. Jeffries has headed the clothing brand for over two decades – and was one of the only openly gay business leaders in the US, reports Pink News. Jeffries will retire immediately as CEO and a member of the board, the …
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Voters in Fayetteville, Ark. Tuesday passed a measure to repeal Ordinance 119, an anti-discrimination city policy, reports Ozarksfirst.com. The now-repealed Civil Rights Administration ordinance was to protect against specific types of discrimination because of sexual orientation, gender identity and several other criteria. It would have also created a municipal civil rights administrator…
Conservative media are criticizing the Minnesota State High School League for adopting a policy that will allow transgender student athletes to play on the sports teams that correspond with their gender identity, warning that the policy will cause gender confusion, inappropriate behavior in locker rooms, and unfairness for female athletes, reports Media Matters for America….
