A Michigan pediatrician refused to work with the baby of a same-sex couple, citing her anti-gay religious beliefs. It’s another case that highlights the potential dangers of conservative media’s campaign to champion “religious freedom” in the face of anti-gay discrimination, reports Carlos Maza at Media Matters for America. In October of 2014, Krista and Jami Contreras…
NEW YORK, N.Y., – amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has announced that it has created a $100 million investment strategy in support of its Countdown to a Cure for AIDS initiative, launched last year with the aim of developing the scientific basis of a cure by 2020. The establishment of the amfAR Institute for…
Fox News uncritically reported a bogus story about the alleged bullying of anti-gay students in a California high school, according to the school’s superintendent. It’s the second time the network has been duped by the lies of one of California’s most notorious anti-LGBT hate groups, reports Media Matters of America. In a February 9 opinion piece for…
WASHINGTON –– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced its newly formed partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Global Equality Fund. Established in 2011 by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the fund brings together governments, corporations, foundations, and civil society organizations to work towards a world where LGBT people can live free of…
The Balearic Islands of Spain, located in the western Mediterranean Sea, have been in the crosshairs of many rulers, from The Vandals of A.D. 461, to the Byzantine Empire, to the Kingdom of Aragon. Many landmarks, like the imposing Gothic Cathedral in Mallorca and the salt marshes in Ibiza are reminders of their ancient history…
PFLAG San Diego County has teamed up with their members, non-profit supporters of LGBT youth and individual sponsors to offer scholarships to San Diego County residents. This is the 17th year! The purpose of these scholarships is to recognize outstanding LGBT seniors in high school, undergraduate and graduate students; to encourage them to continue post-secondary…
By now, I cannot imagine how anyone with an Internet connection or who has access to a television or knows any women who own books could not know about Fifty Shades of Grey, the poorly written soft-core S&M novel by E.L. James that, along with its two sequels, has sold 100 million copies worldwide and…
I just left Tokyo and am now in Thailand. Visiting my former hometown was a little strange. I was glad to see the old haunts, but many of my favorites were gone and others unrecognizable. Furthermore, the circle of friends I usually visit had dwindled. As an LGBT cardholder I always check to see what…
Word is that former Marine Captain Jacque Atkinson was in Washington, D.C. meeting with top Republican Party leadership and half a dozen GOP members of Congress along with powerful political PACS for serious discussion about a possible campaign against Congressman Scott Peters in 2016. Atkinson is co-chair of the Sheriff’s LGBT Advisory Board and also…
