Uganda plans to introduce a new anti-gay law that will withstand any legal challenge, a government minister has told the BBC. It will not explicitly refer to homosexuality, but will rely on the penal code which prescribes a life sentence for “unnatural acts”, he said. Activists say the plan is more draconian than anti-gay legislation…
LONDON — The U.K. boss of HSBC has attacked gay business chiefs who stay in the closet by declaring that it is a failure of leadership for senior executives to conceal their sexuality from their employees. Andrew Clark in The Times reported that Antonio Simoes, who describes himself as “the short, bald, Portuguese, gay guy…
By every measure, Josh Kronberg-Rasner was a model employee. Bright, personable, a go-getter, Kronberg had filled, at one time or another, every position at the food service company he worked for in Casper, Wyoming from general manager to executive chef. “You name it, I’d done all of it.” The fact that he is openly gay…
As part of their ‘Southern strategy,’ the Human Rights Campaign will launch a television spot tonight in the Jackson, Mississippi market that takes aim squarely at one of the most conservative, and homophobic, regions of the country, reports Jay Reeves for the Associated Press. The goal is part of a larger strategy to address huge…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today responded to the fact that only three Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) providers will begin offering transition related health care coverage in 2015 for transgender federal employees: AETNA, Kaiser Permanente, and the Foreign Service Benefit Plan. Kaiser Permanente’s plan will significantly limit the scope of coverage. “Transgender…
PHILADELPHIA — With Independence Hall as the backdrop, plans were unveiled at a press conference for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the LGBT civil rights movement at Independence Hall July 4, 2015. The 50th Anniversary festivities from Thursday, July 2 to Sunday, July 5 include panels, LGBT history exhibits, parties, a festival and special events…
NEW YORK — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) announced nearly $1.5 million in new grants today, including a new program aimed at addressing the rampant stigma against HIV-positive people and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community. With this round of grant-making, EJAF is awarding seven new and six renewal grants that…
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned lower court rulings that struck down Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee bans on marriage equality. Until today, no state marriage ban had survived a federal circuit court ruling. What’s more, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order last month allowing the…
http://youtu.be/YVgtirUBKr4 NEW YORK, – The Empire State Pride Agenda, New York’s statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today announced the launch of its second annual Transgender Awareness Month to celebrate the diverse lives and experiences of transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers. This year’s theme, “True To You” speaks to the…
SAN FRANCISCO — Today Freedom to Marry and Out & Equal Workplace Advocates released a new report estimating that the remaining patchwork of marriage laws for same-sex couples across the United States costs businesses in the private sector $1.3 billion every year. Over the next five years, the private sector is expected to spend $6.6…
