Support for Miss. equality as ‘Religious Freedom Restoration Act’ takes effect

There is strong support for equality in Mississippi despite the state’s “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” which took effect yesterday. Since January, eight cities have passed equality resolutions recognizing the dignity and worth of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. “This is proof that the people of Mississippi are further ahead than their leaders at…

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Economist Lee Badgett battles homophobia with economic, not sociological, data

The myth that gay men and lesbian women are economically better off is so pervasive in society that it is largely taken for granted that they are. That they have larger disposable incomes, fewer children and are better-educated has become a staple of gay lore. But economist Lee Badgett has spent the better part of…

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Compelling new research data leads to the nation’s first substance abuse treatment program tailored for LGBTQ (VIDEO)

http://youtu.be/-SUxOeFQ7IM PORTLAND, Ore. — Armed with compelling new data from the Butler Center for Research, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the nation’s leading addiction treatment provider, has developed an innovative treatment model specifically for the millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people who seek lifelong freedom from substance abuse. The new program sets a new standard…

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President Obama announces executive order banning gender identity discrimination for federal employees

WASHINGTON – Last night at the White House LGBT Pride Reception, President Obama announced he would be issuing an executive order to protect transgender federal employees from workplace discrimination.  Once issued, it would expand upon an executive order from President Bill Clinton, which banned workplace discrimination among federal employees on the basis of sexual orientation. …

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Therese M. Stewart poised to become the first out lesbian justice on the California Court of Appeal

SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced that he has appointed San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese M. Stewart to serve as a justice on the California Court of Appeal, on the First District Court’s Division Two.  The appointment, made during San Francisco’s LGBT Pride weekend, marks an appropriately historic milestone for California’s judiciary as well as its LGBT community: Stewart will…

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For LGBT seniors in long-term care facilities, Canada offers little in the way of support

For the generation born just before the Baby Boomers, life in residential care homes, assisted living facilities and other elderly living arrangements appears to offer no respite from the closet nor the homophobia that so many of those in that cohort grew up with. Despite Canada’s reputation for tolerance and inclusion – the Canadian government…

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Baja Betty’s and Flicks sent hate letters

Eddie Reynoso of Baja Betty’s talking to 10 News Image: 10News 10News in San Diego has reported that at least two gay bars in Hillcrest have received threatening letters. Eddie Reynoso, marketing manager at Baja Betty’s, showed 10News the 15-page letter written by “Eddie777, servant and messenger of God Yahweh.” Yahweh is known as the proper…

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