Eden is hosting a special event honoring the life and remembering the death of Seth Walsh, the Tehachapi gay teen whose suicide is said to have been caused by hate-based bullying at school, this Wednesday, Sept. 28. That date marks the one-year anniversary of the day when Wendy Walsh lost her son. “His laugh was…
Exercise and social awareness converge Sunday, Sept. 25, when as many as 8,000 participants take part in the annual AIDS Walk & Run San Diego, an event intended to raise funds and awareness for the agencies and programs that help the thousands of San Diegans living with HIV. The AIDS Walk & Run is…
ARIZONA – An Arizona law that would have ended domestic partner benefits for state employees has been prevented from taking effect by the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. In September 2009, Gov. Jan Brewer signed a budget provision passed by the Arizona legislature that eliminated state workers’ domestic partner benefits by…
MARYLAND – Teonna Monae Brown, 19, who pleaded guilty last month to first-degree assault and a hate crime in the beating of transgender woman Chrissy Lee Polis, 22, at a McDonalds restaurant, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with five years suspended, plus three years of supervised probation. The April attack drew national…
CALIFORNIA – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will bar the state of California from entering into contracts in excess of $100,000 with businesses and other entities that deny equal benefits to the same-sex spouses of their employees. The Equal Benefits bill (SB 117) was authored by Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) and sponsored…
NORTH CAROLINA. – A majority of North Carolina voters oppose a Republican proposed constitutional amendment that would ban the state from recognizing same-sex marriages, civil unions or domestic partnerships. Fifty-five percent would vote against the amendment and only 30 percent would vote in favor of the amendment. The recent Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey also…
AUSTRALIA – The Australian government has recently introduced new passport rules allowing citizens to nominate their official gender as male, female or indeterminate, without having to undergo surgery as proof of a sex change. The government had previously required a person whose gender was different from that of their birth to have reassignment surgery before…
BELGIUM – Jonathan De Falco, 26, a former soccer player with Belgian team Racing Mechelen, has made ??a surprising career change. The Brussels born star now acts under the stage name “Stany Falcone” in gay porn films. De Falco told the Antwerp Gazette, “It all went quite fast. I do large productions in France, England…
Legendary civil rights activist Robin Tyler and famed civil rights attorney Gloria Allred would like you to forget the traditional meaning of the term “pro bono” – at least for the next couple of weeks. Instead of professional services rendered free of charge, think of Pro Bono as a Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) viewing…
Several LGBT organizations are hosting community celebrations to commemorate the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). Enacted in November 1993, DADT mandates the discharge of openly gay, lesbian or bisexual servicemembers. Since then, 14,000 servicemembers have been discharged. The repeal, which was certified by President Obama July 22, takes effect Sept. 20. “This is…
