WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today responded to the fact that only three Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) providers will begin offering transition related health care coverage in 2015 for transgender federal employees: AETNA, Kaiser Permanente, and the Foreign Service Benefit Plan. Kaiser Permanente’s plan will significantly limit the scope of coverage. “Transgender…
There will be many who will run from the Carl DeMaio defeat like roaches when the lights come on, but one fact remains, the LGBT community re-elected Congressman Scott Peters. How can our community take credit? It’s a simple math lesson. When DeMaio conceded on Sunday afternoon, the total votes counted were 183,831. Congressman Peters…
Now that the election is all but over in the 52nd Congressional District, there is renewed interest in the DeMaio office break-in. When the break-in occurred in May, the DeMaio campaign cast aspersions on the Peters’ campaign then later walked the statement back while accusing Todd Bosnich of the burglary. Todd Bosnich was a former…
LOS ANGELES —The Advocate has named Russian president, Vladimir Putin as “Person of the Year” in its December/January issue, on sale Nov. 18. As the Olympic Winter Games headed to Sochi in 2014, so did a spotlight on the violations against the Russian LGBT community. Those violations are coming directly from the top of the Russian…
NEW YORK — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) announced nearly $1.5 million in new grants today, including a new program aimed at addressing the rampant stigma against HIV-positive people and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community. With this round of grant-making, EJAF is awarding seven new and six renewal grants that…
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned lower court rulings that struck down Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee bans on marriage equality. Until today, no state marriage ban had survived a federal circuit court ruling. What’s more, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order last month allowing the…
SEATTLE – Two California women were the third LGBTQ couple to be married through Visit Seattle’s Marry Me in Seattle campaign last night. Some 30 friends and family were on hand to witness Andrea Ross DeLuna and Claudia Araceli Pizano tie the knot at the Seattle Aquarium. The couple were chosen randomly from hundreds of…
http://youtu.be/YVgtirUBKr4 NEW YORK, – The Empire State Pride Agenda, New York’s statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today announced the launch of its second annual Transgender Awareness Month to celebrate the diverse lives and experiences of transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers. This year’s theme, “True To You” speaks to the…
SAN FRANCISCO — Today Freedom to Marry and Out & Equal Workplace Advocates released a new report estimating that the remaining patchwork of marriage laws for same-sex couples across the United States costs businesses in the private sector $1.3 billion every year. Over the next five years, the private sector is expected to spend $6.6…
After a historic wave election that brought Republican control of the Senate and the largest GOP House majority since 1930, President Barack Obama pledged to work with Republican leaders Wednesday. Speaking to reporters from the East Room, Obama said, “Obviously, Republicans had a good night, and deserve credit for running good campaigns.” Obama continued, “What…
