LGBTQNation.com is reporting that Ethiopia, the most populous landlocked nation in the world with 93 million people, has created legislation that would make same-sex acts an unpardonable offense. “Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers last week endorsed the measure that would amend the country’s Pardon and Amnesty Law that lists homosexuality along with other offenses as a…
Fred Phelps, the founder and face of the virulently homophobic Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, has died from natural causes, reports CNN.com. According to church spokesman Steven Drain, Phelps, widely regarded as “the most hated man in America,” died of natural causes. He was 84. Phelps founded Westboro Baptist Church in 1955 and became famous…
SAN DIEGO – A 71-year-old ukulele player from La Mesa has hit a high note in cancer care, after recently becoming the first breast cancer patient to complete proton therapy in San Diego County. Anastasia Custis Berkheimer finished her breast cancer treatment at the newly opened Scripps Proton Therapy Center on March 17. Anastasia, who…
Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the HRC’s Los Angeles Dinner Saturday, March 22. Vice President Biden will be joined by Dr. Jill Biden. “Vice President Biden has been a champion of civil rights for his entire career, from his leadership on the Violence Against Women Act to his strong support…
The World Congress of Families is moving full speed ahead with plans to hold an international anti-LGBT conference at the Kremlin in Moscow this fall, despite the growing international crisis in Ukraine and the withdrawal of key conference partner Concerned Women for America over concerns that holding the conference would give the appearance of “giving…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has launched a new ad campaign targeting Republican candidates opposed to the American Healthcare Act. The San Diego campaign targets Carl DeMaio, under the headline: DCCC Launches New Campaign: ‘Sick n’ Broke: The Game Carl DeMaio is Playing with Your Health’ From the DCCC press release: As Carl DeMaio continues his efforts to stack…
NEW YORK – Rivendell Media has released its popular, annual Gay Press Report to reveal that spending in America’s “Gay Press” for 2013 is at a record high of $381.4 million, up 18.2% from 2012 and showing that LGBT community media is as strong as ever. Spending and circulation in LGBT print media is up…
WASHINGTON, — This May, Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C. (DC Habitat) will hold its first ever Rainbow Build event. The goal of Rainbow Build is to raise awareness for the cause of affordable housing, particularly as it relates to LGBTQ and other social justice issues, and to team up with a diverse array of LGBTQ…
CHICAGO – Windy City Times is hosting a summit May 2-5 on LGBTQ youth in the Chicago region, to assess the current issues impacting homeless youth, and new solutions to these complex issues. Kim Hunt, executive director of Affinity Community Services, is the summit’s director. The title of the summit is “Owning Our Lives: Dream…
Charles “Chuck” Schoen, one of the six founding members of American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), passed away on February 27th, 2014, in Desert Hot Springs, California, at the age of 88. Chuck was a Life Member of AVER and is survived by his fellow US Navy veteran and partner of 48 years, Jack Harris,…
