February is one of the most interesting months of the year. It is, of course, the shortest and changes every four years with the addition of a day. It has Groundhog Day, Presidents Day weekend and Valentine’s Day all wrapped up in 28 (or 29) days. In recent years, I have noticed that Valentine’s Day…
I served in the U.S. Navy between 1980 and 2000, and am now a military retiree. At fourteen I figured out I was a transsexual, but I talked myself into believing I was just a crossdresser – so even though I knew I was trans when I entered the service, I didn’t identify myself then…
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…
BY VICTOR HOFF Black. Gay. Christian. To be a member of any one of those groups is fraught with all the ugly, untoward stereotypes a country like ours rarely hides. Or, if it does, it’s blanketed in a sort of subtle gloss that shields the perpetrator with an unbelievably high level of unawareness. But for…
BY VICTOR HOFF 1 – What are the parallels/similarities between the black civil rights movement/Latino civil rights movement and the LGBT-rights movement? There are parallels/similarities between the civil rights movements of African Americans, Latino Americans and the other communities of color. The most basic one is that each of these movements are driven by the…
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…
A group of Illinois lawmakers are aiming to make the state LGBT-friendly after filing a bill Wednesday that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Reps. Greg Harris, Deb Mell, and Kelly Cassidy – all of whom are openly gay – filed the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act which, if passed, would incorporate laws…
The LGBT community celebrates another win amid the state of Washington approving a same-sex marriage bill that passed Wednesday. The Senate approved the measure Feb. 1, and the bill later headed to the House where it passed with a 55-43 vote Wednesday. Same-sex marriage in Washington is expected to become the law after Gov. Chris…
