Last summer, Louis Marinelli was a power-player for the National Organization for Marriage’s “Summer for Marriage Tour” – an event designed specifically to discourage marriage equality and promote a strict, DOMA-inspired definition of marital union. But that was then. Fast forward one year, and Marinelli can now be found gearing up for what he hopes…
James Taylor, a Southwest Airlines pilot based in Argyle, Texas, issued a written apology Tuesday after accidentally recording an extended anti-gay and discriminatory conversation on the FAA’s radio system last week. MSNBC reports that Taylor unintentionally left his microphone on during a conversation in the cockpit, during which complained about a surfeit of “gays, grannies…
State Sen. Christine Kehoe (D) announced today that she does not intend to throw her hat into the ring of official contenders for the mayoral race in San Diego. Kehoe explained her decision came in part through “lots of thought” and conversations with friends and supporters, ultimately guiding Kehoe into the direction of not running…
The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) is speaking out against so-called “desperate” attempts by anti-gay marriage activists to continue challenging the August 2010 ruling that found Prop. 8 unconstitutional. Earlier this spring, Chief Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court struck down an argument claiming that gay judges are less capable of impartiality…
Puerto Rico’s LGBT community has suffered a devastating slew of murders in the last year and a half – some directly targeted, others so recent that shockwaves are still being felt throughout the island and beyond. Besides the slain eighteen, countless other Puerto Rican LGBT individuals have faced attacks and discrimination as a result of…
A state judge in Sao Paulo has ruled in favor of what the court claims is Brazil’s first legal gay marriage. Judge Fernando Henrique Pinto issued a decision Monday declaring that two men may convert their civil union into marriage, potentially paving the way for a change in the country’s current policy limiting official recognition…
CNN Newsroom aired a special report Tuesday morning in which Soledad O’Brien covered the discrimination and difficulty faced by LGBT immigrant couples under current U.S. immigration laws. In addition to discussing the legal impediments involved in keeping LGBT immigrant couples together and interviewing activists such as Immigration Equality Executive Director Rachel Tiven, O’Brien also profiled…
Neil Patrick Harris has publicly confirmed his engagement to long-time partner David Burtka in the wake of New York’s historic vote to legalize gay marriage. Harris — who together with Burtka is raising 8-month-old twins Harper Grace and Gideon Scott (born via surrogate) — tweeted over the weekend that he and his boyfriend proposed to…
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former New York Senator and one of the first celebrity contributors to the “It Gets Better” campaign on behalf of LGBT youth, celebrated last week’s vote to legalize same-sex marriage today with a statement applauding the country’s gay rights progress. The Sacramento Bee reports that Clinton emphasized the United States’…
Tragedy struck Saturday amidst a week-long LGBT Pride celebration in Anchorage, Alaska, when 50-year-old registered nurse James L. Crump was killed in an auto accident while walking in the city’s PrideFest parade. Crump, who worked for the city department of Health and Human Services, was walking alongside a convertible driven by Edith Bailey, 70, and…
