TORONTO – At an event Tuesday in downtown Toronto, Canada Post unveiled a stamp commemorating the 2005 passage of the Civil Marriage Act, which made marriage equality the law throughout Canada. Grassroots activists, government officials and community members attended the unveiling, catching the first glimpse of the new stamp, which features the iconic rainbow symbol….
President Trump today fired FBI Director James Comey. A statement from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated that President Trump acted on the “… clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.” “The FBI is one of our nation’s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Gay social network Hornet announced today the launch of the “Know Your Rights” campaign, an effort to educate gay men of their rights as brutal violence against the LGBTQ community is on the rise worldwide. Hornet worked closely with the United Nations’ “Free & Equal” campaign, a public education campaign created…
NEW YORK —Whistleblower Chelsea Manning will be released from U.S. military prison next week after serving a seven-year sentence for disclosing classified information that raised public awareness regarding the impact of war on innocent civilians. Manning, a transgender woman, was serving an unprecedented 35-year sentence for whistleblowing and was forced to serve her sentence in…
New parents have a lot to be joyful about, but the worries can add up as well. One concern parents can still take care of is having health insurance for their child and themselves through Covered California. Though Covered California’s annual open-enrollment period has ended, having a newborn or adopting a child are among the…
NEW YORK — More than 250 business leaders gathered Friday at the seventh annual Out Leadership: U.S. LGBT+ Senior Leader Summit, hosted by Time Warner at the Time Warner Center in New York, and sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Out Leadership is the global LGBT+ business advisory company, partnering with the world’s most influential firms…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam Friday signed into law HB 1111 — a measure that could undermine certain protections under state law for women and LGBTQ people in an effort to challenge the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision on marriage equality. The new law requires courts and agencies apply a so-called “natural” meaning interpretation…
Donald Trump’s nominee for Army Secretary, Mark Green, announced Friday he would remove himself from consideration. “It is with deep regret today I am withdrawing my nomination to be the Secretary of the Army,” Mark Green said in a statement. The decision by Green, Trump’s second pick for the post, came after his nomination ran…
Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), America’s oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults, has called out President Trump’s ‘Religious Freedom’ executive order as dangerously “setting the table for future government-supported religious discrimination against LGBT people, especially our elders.” The executive order gives…
WASHINGTON—The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Thursday called on the Senate Armed Services Committee to reject President Trump’s intended nominee for Secretary of the Army, Mark E. Green. “One of the strengths of our military is its diversity. Our service secretaries must stand for all of the brave men and women who serve….
