AUSTIN, Texas — Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 3859 into law — a patently discriminatory bill which allows child welfare organizations, including adoption and foster care agencies, to turn away qualified Texans seeking to care for a child in need, including LGBTQ couples, interfaith couples, single parents, married couples in which one prospective…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Lambda Legal officially announced the opening of its first-ever Washington office at an annual event hosted at the Newseum, and previewed ambitious plans for its soon-to- launch $100 million campaign effort to oppose and derail escalating attempts by the Trump Administration to unravel LGBT rights. The Washington office is being led…
thursday, june 15 Melissa Villaseñor A creator of many, Melissa Villaseñor is an impressionist, stand-up comedian of 10 years, actor, musician and graphic artist. You may have seen her on NBC’s Saturday Night Live or as a top 16 finalist on Season 6 of America’s Got Talent or heard her voices on Cartoon Network’s Adventure…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) blasted disturbing revelations made by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. When asked by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) about atrocities committed against gay and bisexual men in Chechnya, Sec. Tillerson admitted that he has not raised the issue at…
For a while now, Mr Smiley has been ensuring that the Steam Room Stories guys don’t show off too much. In the latest episode the guys – Evan Ayers, Ray Tezanos and Ryan Larson – decide to try cover their manhood with a variety of different emojis but their fun soon upsets Mr Smiley. Refusing…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is not an accident that smoking rates among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are twice the rate for the general population. For decades, African Americans, low-income neighborhoods, LGBTQ communities and those with mental illness have been disproportionally profiled by the tobacco industry with aggressive advertising and promotional efforts. Tobacco is not…
OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Wednesday announced that the government of Canada will introduce legislation to make it possible to erase the convictions for Canadians who were found guilty under historical, unjust laws for sexual activity with a same-sex partner. The Prime Minister Trudeau made the announcement during a ceremony on Parliament Hill…
I last wrote for Integrity USA nearly a decade ago when I was on the Board. We were coming out of a church-wide conversation about how we were going to treat LGBT people, and those of us in Integrity were both excited and curious – excited about the Church growing more fully into the love…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The San Diego Democrats for Equality (SDDE) have joined with the Log Cabin Republicans San Diego (LCRSD) to issue a joint statement condemning today’s shooting in a Virginia park. Around 7 a.m. today a gunman opened fire on a group of Republican lawmakers practicing for a congressional baseball game in Alexandria,…
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County Government, the City of Orlando and the Historical Society of Central Florida through the Orange County Regional History Center have announced the launch of the One Orlando Collection, digital gallery. Orange County’s Regional History Center remains the proud guardian of more than 5,000 memorial items, which were meticulously collected and…
