White House Highlights LGBT Pride Month “Champions of Change”
WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, the White House will honor ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things across the country to ensure safety, dignity, and equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, as demonstrated by their inspiring video entries in the LGBT Pride Month Video Challenge. “Today’s Champions of Change have worked…
White House honors military acceptance project as Champion of Change
The White House will honor the Military Acceptance Project Thursday for their work in the LGBT and military communities. The ceremony is part of their Champions of Change Program that highlights individuals and organizations doing extraordinary things. The event will be streamed live at www.whitehouse.gov/live with opening remarks from a senior White House official at…
Important – active-duty servicemembers: White House says ask your C.O. before wearing uniform in Pride Parade
Earlier today, a local Web site erroneously advised active-duty servicemembers that the Pentagon had endorsed the wearing of military uniforms in this weekend’s San Diego Pride Parade. Later, that same Web site attempted to disambiguate its advisement to servicemembers with a warning that an unnamed, high-ranking officer had forbade the wearing of Navy uniforms at Pride….
Sarah Silverman offers Sheldon Adelson ‘traditional lesbian sex’ if billionaire donates $100 million to Obama
The political landscape just got a little more interesting now that lesbian sex is on the table. That’s because comedian Sarah Silverman has offered up ‘scissoring’ – or traditional lesbian sex – to casino magnate Sheldon Adelson in exchange for $100 million dollars to support the Obama campaign. The ‘indecent proposal’ – as Huffington Post…
As blood donations decline, U.S. ban on gay donors is examined
(CNN) — The American Red Cross says power outages created by recent storms in the East and Midwest cut blood donations, which were already low this summer. In June there was a nationwide shortfall, with donations down more than 10% across the country. “We are asking people to please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit us at…
Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’ released digitally
(CNN) — Whatever the reaction to Frank Ocean’s recent open-hearted reveal that he’d fallen in love with a man in the past, on Tuesday the attention returned (somewhat) to his craft. The R&B artist has offered two lauded showings back-to-back, first impressing viewers with a performance of his song “Bad Religion” on NBC’s “Late Night…
Episcopal Church approves same-sex blessing service
(CNN) — Episcopal priests will be allowed to conduct services blessing same-sex relationships under a policy approved Tuesday at the church’s national convention in Indianapolis. The convention’s House of Bishops approved the provisional policy 111-41 with three abstentions Monday, clearing it for consideration by the House of Deputies, which approved it Tuesday evening. The policy…