YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Authorities in Cameroon have illegally shut down a human rights workshop in Yaoundé that was to include discussion of the rights of LGBT people and arrested one of the workshop organizers. According to Human Rights Watch, the action violated rights to freedom of assembly and expression under both Cameroonian and international law….
Next month, voters in the state of North Carolina will decide on a constitutional amendment, dubbed Amendment One, that will either allow same-sex marriages in the state or define marriage as between a man and woman. As the amendment gains foothold in the state, its tangled legal language has sparked debate on its legal loopholes…
(CNN – San Diego LGBT Weekly) — An Indiana man allegedly blackmailed teenaged boys into being his camera “slaves” by threatening to post their videos on gay porn websites, a criminal complaint said. Richard Leon Finkbiner, 39, admitted during an interrogation to victimizing at least 100 people, mostly boys 14 to 16 years old, an…
Local do-it-yourselfers are joining with LGBTs nationwide in appreciating The Home Depot’s decision to stay its course in support of equal rights for our community. The world’s largest home-improvement retailer, has been under attack from the American Family Association (AFA) for some months over the company’s support of the so-called homosexual agenda. AFA’s attack on…
San Diego LGBT Pride has announced that R&B and hip-hop star, Kelly Rowland, and popular Top 40 singer/songwriter, Natasha Bedingfield, will be the headliners for San Diego Pride, July 20 – 22. The theme of the Pride 2012 celebration is America’s Pride in recognition of the fact that equality is a traditional American value. “Kelly…
BIOCOM, the association for the Southern California life science community, has announced its endorsement of Nathan Fletcher for Mayor of the City of San Diego. “Nathan’s record of accomplishment and bold vision for the future of the City of San Diego made him an overwhelming choice,” said Joe Panetta, president and CEO of BIOCOM. “A…
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Reg E honored both Kristen Kavanaugh and the Military Acceptance Project (MAP) with awards Friday, March 23. Kristen Kavanaugh was named “Up and Coming Social Worker” and MAP was designated “Hero Organization” of 2012.
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner has appointed Robert George, co-founder and chairman emeritus of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), to the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom, which, according to the Commission’s chairman, addresses “the challenges of religious extremism, intolerance, and repression throughout the world.” The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has condemned Boehner’s…
LA CROSSE, Wis. – At a recent campaign event at a bowling alley in Wisconsin, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told a boy who reached for a pink bowling ball: “You’re not gonna use the pink ball. We’re not gonna let you do that. Not on camera.” Santorum went on to say “Friends don’t let…
JERUSALEM –An advisory committee on transfusion medicine from Israel’s Health Ministry will discuss next month whether to alter the clause that forbids the use of blood from homosexual men, after a similar clause was recently changed in Britain. Reports indicate that the proposed change would allow any man who has had same-sex intercourse 10 or…
