WASHINGTON –The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the LGBT-inclusive re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act was introduced in the 112th Congress by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Crapo (R-ID). The re-authorization bill would make grants available for strengthening and enlarging programs to provide outreach and…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is joining with the Center for Equality in Arkansas and calling on the Northwest Arkansas Times to drop their discriminatory policy of refusing to run the engagement and wedding announcements of same-sex couples. Recently, the paper rejected an announcement submitted by Cody Renegar and Thomas Staed. The newspaper…
Motorists who get parking tickets will have only 21 days to pay the ticket before an expensive late fee is imposed that could bring some tickets to more than $100, if the San Diego City Council follows a committee recommendation to increase late fees. The City Council is expected to vote February or March on…
The Laugh Out Proud comedy show, San Diego’s only comedy show geared toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, returns March 8. Headlining the new show will be Mal Hall who has performed at universities across the country as part of NBC’s Diversity Tour, and was the winner of the 2009 Orange County Comedy…
WASHINGTON – A robust coalition made up of civil rights, labor, progressive, faith, student, health, legal, women’s and LGBT organizations have announced support of the Respect for Marriage Act – the bill to repeal the discriminatory so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that withholds federal protections and respect for legally married gay and lesbian couples….
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. –Legislation aimed at essentially reinstating the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the Oklahoma National Guard was introduced last week and has been assigned to the House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. It is not known when the committee will consider the legislation. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on…
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – The anti-gay draft law, prohibiting the so-called propaganda of “sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism” as well as pedophilia to minors, has passed in its second reading in St. Petersburg, Russia. Five activists who protested in front of the city parliament building were arrested and are still being detained. St. Petersburg, the…
STRASBOURG, France – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled Sweden’s Supreme Court was right to convict four men of hate crimes for distributing homophobic flyers at a school. According to the ECHR finding, the leaflets were “unnecessarily offensive” to be protected by free speech laws. According to Swedish news source The Local,…
WASHINGTON – (From a White House briefing) We now face a make-or-break moment for the middle class and those trying to reach it. After decades of eroding middle-class security as those at the very top saw their incomes rise as never before and after a historic recession that plunged our economy into a crisis from…
The San Diego Wrestling Club (SDWC) will be hosting its sixth annual Bulldogs Rumble Wrestling Tournament Saturday, Feb.18 starting at 1 p.m. in the main auditorium of The Center in Hillcrest. Spectators are welcome to come and check out the competition during the tournament for a $5 donation to the club. The annual San Diego…
