A white-hot spotlight focused on the issue of same-sex marriage over the last few years hasn’t translated into financial success for an organization whose self-proclaimed sole purpose is to “protect marriage and the faith communities that sustain it.” In a time when virtually every nightly newscast, political debate, even television series delves into discussions about…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The founders of the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender greeting card company, who exemplify how creative thinking can lead to new businesses, are among the participants in the second annual National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Strategic Growth & Development Institute, which has the theme “Predictable Success.” The two-day program commenced…
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — According to a report released by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Chrysler Group LLC was one of a select group of leading employers to achieve a perfect score of 100 percent on HRC’s 2015 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The annual CEI report rates employers on their LGBT workplace policies and benefits….
GENEVA — United Nations and African independent human rights experts are hailing a key judgment by the High Court of Botswana asserting that the organization ‘Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana’ (LEGABIBO) should be legally registered as a society by the authorities. The Court rejected last Friday the arguments put forward by the Ministry of…
FT. LAUDERDALE , Fla. – LGBT HealthLink, Missouri’s PROMO and lawyer Corey Prachniak, today released the first ever LGBT Healthcare Bill of Rights (HBOR). The bill, in both long form and wallet sized versions, outlines the protections and rights LGBT people have in healthcare today. Prachniak, chair of LGBT HealthLink’s Steering Committee, explained the significance…
A Christian homeless shelter in the heart of Kansas City has announced that it will not provide food or shelter to married same-sex couples due to “biblical standards.” Even if same-sex marriage becomes legal in both Missouri and Kansas same-sex couples will not be allowed to stay as couples at City Union Mission’s family shelter….
Months after Uganda’s Constitutional Court overturned its Anti-Homosexuality Act, which prescribed life in prison for many instances of gay sex, nearly identical legislation returned — this time in the Gambia, reports Thom Senzee for The Advocate. In October, Chad took up a sweeping bill that calls for 20-year prison sentences for those percieved to be…
JACKSON, Miss.—Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), released the second ad in its groundbreaking LGBT public education campaign, All God’s Children. Representative Alyce Clarke, who is the first black woman to serve in Mississippi’s state legislature, speaks about accepting and loving her gay son in the commercial. Representative Clarke’s ad will begin to run today,…
Same-sex marriage is heading back to the Supreme Court as married same-sex couples asked the Supreme Court Friday to hear their appeal of a recent appeals court ruling upholding Ohio’s ban on recognizing their marriages, which were granted in other states, reports Buzzfeed. “These cases are about love, from birth to death,” the lawyers for…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, (HRC), has reacted to the decision by the nation’s Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety Availability (ACBTSA) which met to review the latest research on the current ban on blood donation from gay and bisexual men. The committee concluded that it would be reasonable to move to a…
