SACRAMENTO – The California Assembly today passed legislation that requires all smartphones sold in California to come pre-equipped with theft-deterring technological solutions to render the device useless if stolen. Senate Bill 962, authored by Senator Mark Leno and sponsored by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, addresses the growing epidemic of smartphone theft. It requires…
blaA recent survey finds that many young people of color disagree with same-sex marriage being the top priority of the LGBT agenda, pointing instead to other issues like HIV/AIDS and bullying. The new survey, “Moving Beyond Marriage: What Young People of Color Think about the LGBT Agenda” from the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago,…
WASHINGTON – In less than 48 hours, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has staked out a perilous position on the issue of marriage equality. After telling a group of Republicans yesterday that he is “in favor of the concept” of a Federal Marriage Amendment, in a new interview released today, the presumptive 2016 GOP presidential candidate seemed…
Today, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), launched Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment (ACT). ACT is an ambitious $200 million initiative to double the total number of children receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) across ten priority African countries over the next two years. This investment…
Target has announced it signed onto an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit supporting two cases challenging state bans on same-sex marriage. The cases, Baskin v. Bogan of Indiana, and Wolf v. Walker of Wisconsin, are on appeal to the Seventh Circuit after federal district courts in those states struck down…
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will hear arguments on six court cases challenging four states’ bans on marriage equality. Over the last year, federal judges in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee have ruled that these states’ laws and constitutional amendments that exclude same-sex couples from marriage violate the U.S. Constitution. In…
SACRAMENTO — California’s two university systems could receive an additional $100 million this year under a proposal by Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Democrats. California State University and University of California systems would receive $50 million each, the same amount they would have received under a budgeting formula that was contingent on the…
Today, the Scott Peters for Congress campaign released a video showing Carl DeMaio addressing a local Tea Party audience. DeMaio tells the crowd that the Tea Party is “the conscience of the accountable-government movement.” He openly mocks the mere notion of bipartisan cooperation. He admits he’ll owe the Tea Party “everything.” “The video makes this…
CHICAGO — The Rainbow Sash Movement (RSM/LGBT Catholics) believes that LGBT political leadership should be more involved in immigration reform. Attempts to work with the Catholic Bishops where possible should be attempted, as long as they do not single out LGBT families for condemnation when it concerns immigration policy. The RSM is calling on The Human…
Around 300 activists led a colorful parade through Hanoi on Sunday in the nation’s largest ever Gay Pride event, as communist Vietnam shows signs of increasing tolerance of sexual difference, reports Agence France Presse. The city streets were awash with rainbow flags, as a mainly young crowd cycled and danced through the capital urging an…
