A Google video released Tuesday in promotion of Valentine’s Day reminds millions of its internet users that love transcends race, color, and gender – whether your loved one is male or female, Valentine’s Day is an expression of love for all. The YouTube video is going viral after a gay couple is shown among others…
Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into legislation Monday a Washington law that would allow same-sex couples to legally marry in the state. “I’m proud that our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate but equal,” Gregoire said in wake of its passage. “They will be equal in the great state of Washington.”…
Once a young, budding recording-industry starlet – duaghter of a famous rythm and blues singer and former fashion model – the strong and sweet voice of Whitney Houston was silenced forever today, as she died from unspecified causes. From the associated press: Houston’s publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the…
The Washington Times (via Chicago-Sun Times) published details on pool report Thursday in sponsorship for the president’s Obama for America campaign. According to the source, among the 40 people in attendance – all of which paid $38,500 per ticket – Laura Rickett, the openly-gay owner of the Chicago Cubs, introduced President Obama to the group….
Russian lawmakers in St. Petersburg passed a bill Wednesday with a 31-6 vote that would allow officials to fine LGBT activists and allies on the merit of “advocating” gay and lesbian relationships in public. The bill also aims to institute fines for promoting pedophilia. The bill ban events such as gay pride parades and any…
As I watch the Republican field jockey for the party’s nomination, I am struck by how far right each candidate is willing to go to secure it. As a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person, is there really a choice among the Republican field whom we can get behind? Let’s take a look. The evangelical…
More than 200 people took to the streets Tuesday to celebrate the ruling of a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals striking down Proposition 8. Braving the rain, participants gathered at 6 p.m. at the corner of 6th Ave. and University Ave. for a short march to the Joyce Beers Community Center…
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $7.5 million dollars in an effort to promote fair housing laws including protections for the LGBT community. Local and state agencies who have been awarded the funds will be used to promote the Department’s new Equal Access to Housing regulation, a non-discriminatory policy that that…
A small group of LGBT allies and activists are protesting Aeroflot Thursday amid accusations of forcing a gay male flight attendant to marry a woman. The rally unveiled a 20-meter-wide banner protesting the airliner at the entryway of Sheremetyevo Airport, later descending into the airport terminal. The demonstrators called for a national boycott against Aerflot…
Robin Tyler has reportedly filed for divorce from Diane Olson on Jan. 25 according to reports at LGBT POV. Tyler’s Facebook page reflected a newly-announced ‘separation’ from her partner Thursday. Tyler and Olson were the first lesbian couple who filed the first lawsuit in 2004 against the state of California to win same-sex marriage…
