In a continuing fight within the Boy Scouts of America, another Eagle Scout and adult leader within the organization has been unceremoniously fired. Brian Peffly, 35, was ousted in March from a Columbus, Ohio chapter of the Boy Scouts simply because he is gay. A lifetime scout who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, Peffly…
In what appears to be a bias motivated incident, two gay men were brutally attacked in a New York City barbecue restaurant in Chelsea. The attack occurred on Cinco de Mayo at Dallas BBQ and was caught on video by a number of patrons at the restaurant and immediately shared on a variety of sites…
WASHINGTON – Today, just hours after Grammy Award-winning music legend Elton John urged Congress to bolster its fight against AIDS, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in collaboration with AIDS United, released a guide on HIV prevention and care, as well as a unique online Q&A feature. This new resource is supported in part by…
The Hawaii state legislature has passed a vital measure that will ensure transgender people are able to change their birth certificates to reflect their correct name and gender without unnecessarily expensive and invasive obstacles. Gov. David Ige is expected to sign the legislation into law. “Transgender people already face difficult obstacles in being able to…
LITTLE ROCK — Last night, the city of Hot Springs took a tremendously important step forward in the fight for inclusiveness and equality under the law for all Arkansans. Its powerful actions stand in remarkable contrast to the vision for America that former Governor Mike Huckabee, who earlier that morning announced his presidential campaign up…
Today, major child advocacy groups joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), in opposing an extreme anti-LGBT adoption bill in Texas that is dangerously close to becoming law. Texas HB 3864, which has passed through the House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee, would enshrine special discrimination rights into law by allowing adoption agencies contracted by…
In 1990, same-sex marriage wasn’t even a blip on our cultural radar and men and women were barred from openly serving in the United States military. In 1990, in Eastern Europe, former Communist strongholds were collapsing with dizzying speed and the year’s Best Picture was Driving Miss Daisy. And in 1990, 25 years ago, a…
“Kill the Faggot,” a game recently launched on the Steam game site, was taken down on Monday after being up and available for players for several hours. Through its”Greenlight” service, Steam allows smaller game developers to show their wares for the low entry price of $100. It was clear with the launch of “Kill the…
A gay man was sentenced Monday to 180 days in jail for his no contest plea of spreading HIV to a former boyfriend despite his assertion in court Monday that he had informed the victim of his HIV status before they had sex. Thomas Miguel Guerra, 30, was dressed in a suit before San Diego…
Not long after Carly Fiorina announced her presidential bid the Web site CarlyFiorina.org appeared. That’s not so strange you may think, except that Carly Fiorina didn’t register it! The site which seemed to be registered in December uses the platform to criticize her time as CEO of Hewlett Packard. “Carly Fiorina failed to register this…
