WASHINGTON – Today Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta has announced that the Department of Defense will be extending additional benefits to same-sex partners of servicemembers. Panetta also stated that while the Defense of Marriage Act still remains law the Department faced legal limitations in regard to extending full benefits. Panetta’s statement follows: “Seventeen months ago, the…
Unless Congress acts by March 1, a series of automatic cuts—called a sequester—that threaten thousands of jobs and the economic security of the middle class will take effect. There is no question that we need to cut the deficit, but the president believes it should be done in a balanced way that protects investments that…
WASHINGTON – Everett Dwayne Avery, 26, of Detroit, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara after pleading guilty to committing a hate crime by assaulting a man because the man was gay. Avery was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. The assault…
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch just passed away and the LGBT media jumped at the chance to vilify him before he was even memorialized by his family. The LGBT community needs to take a look at how it treats those that they dislike and what effect that has on the progress of the movement….
INDIANAPOLIS – A new organization formed by three high school sophomores will capitalize on the power of social media to demand action from federal and state legislators and judicial officials to eliminate discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teens. “The advent of social media advocacy has had a huge impact on this country’s social politics,” said…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, has unveiled a new banner on its national headquarters in Washington, D.C., to commemorate President Obama’s historic inclusion of LGBT equality in his second inaugural address. In his speech last month, the President cited Stonewall and went on to say that “Our journey is not complete until our gay…
(CNN) — A poll released Wednesday showed a majority of American voters think the Boy Scouts of America should lift their ban on gay scouts and scoutmasters, the same day the group delayed a vote on the ban until May. The Quinnipiac University survey indicated 55% of respondents said the ban should end, and 33%…
“This, ladies and gentleman, is progress at an Academy in which we can be proud.” So wrote the poster of these pictures on Knights Out , West Point’s LGBT alumni association Facebook, showing a member of the Academy’s Spectrum group and his boyfriend at the Yearling Winter Weekend dance last weekend.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — After years of thinking it over, Floyd Corkins finally had a plan. He had bought a gun and learned how to use it. He had loaded three magazines. Then he stopped by Chick-Fil-A to pick up 15 sandwiches, which he planned to smear in the dying faces of staffers he expected to…
SAN DIEGO – More than 50 local restaurants and bars have already signed on for the seventh annual Dining Out for Life® San Diego, set for Thursday, April 25. “Each year we are blown away by the generosity we receive from our local restaurants and bars for this truly community-based fundraiser,” said Ian Johnson, Dining…
