The third anniversary of the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) found the U.S. military intact and stronger than ever. Media Matters For America reports that despite the utter failure of their previous doomsday predictions to materialize, the same voices of opposition to DADT are now making similar prophecies about potential moves to lift…
TAIWAN — Taiwan is getting ready to host its first International Queer Film Festival which organizers say is an endeavor to showcase LGBT themes to the Taiwanese people as well as highlight awareness about issues the community faces, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “We hope that the Queer Festival will not only play an anchor role in showing to…
The Gay European Tourism Association (GETA) has teamed up with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office to offer travel advice to LGBT travelers in Europe. In a new travel advice section on its Web site, GETA explains the difference in legal and social attitudes to homosexuality across Western, Central and Eastern Europe. “Most countries in…
WASHINGTON – On the third anniversary of the successful repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has highlighted the numerous challenges that LGBT service members, veterans, and their families continue to face. The repeal of the discriminatory DADT policy allowed lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals to serve in the military…
Four men who participated in the “pistol-whip” robbery series in Hillcrest, North Park, and elsewhere were sentenced Sept. 19 to terms ranging from 11 to six years in prison. The series was noted for four victims being hit over the head with a gun and other victims being ordered at gunpoint to lay prone on…
BANGKOK — The Thai LGBT community encounters great social stigma and limited job opportunities despite the country’s tourism authority actively promoting Thailand as a gay-friendly tourist destination, says a recent international report. According to GayAsiaNews.com, the ‘Being LGBT in Asia’ Thailand Country Report released Sept. 16, “highlights a contradiction between Thailand’s public face of tolerance…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Freedom to Marry, on behalf of the Respect for Marriage Coalition, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that the Department of Justice act to ensure federal respect for the marriages of same-sex couples in Arkansas, Indiana, and Wisconsin, consistent with the approach taken…
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has announced that it will have a continuously staffed presence in Wyoming to build on the tremendous momentum for equality in the state. Working closely and collaboratively with other local and state-based advocacy groups, HRC Wyoming will work to pass enduring legal protections for LGBT people in housing,…
LOS ANGELES, — The Los Angeles LGBT Center, the world’s largest provider of programs and services for LGBT people, has announced that the organization has become a member of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Center CEO Lorri L. Jean will represent the organization at CGI’s Annual Meeting in New York that begins on September 21….
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has expanded its support of public health in the San Diego community by opening its first specialized HIV clinic in the area Sept. 9, offering specialized, client-centered HIV/AIDS care through its Hillcrest location. A private reception and ribbon cutting was hosted at the clinic Tuesday Sept. 9. The health care center…
