WASHINGTON, D.C. — Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) today announced the search process for a new Executive Director to be named this spring. On the heels of the announcement of the planned departure of Army Veteran Aubrey Sarvis, SLDN‘s Executive Director since 2007, the SLDN Board of Directors has retained the executive search firm, McCormack…
DynaCorp, a federal contractor specializing in aviation, management and security, has earned a negative spotlight in recent weeks for their discriminatory employee policies. The allegations stem from a claim which produced a $155,000 settlement on Jan. 6 after a complaint was filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The case is centered around James Friso,…
WASHINGTON – Washington magazine, the Weekly Standard has sent a fundraising email on behalf of one of its sponsors, the anti-gay organization Public Advocate of the United States that called LGBT Americans “sexual deviants” and asked recipients to contribute financially to efforts aimed at defaming the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA). Earlier this year, the organization…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The newly sworn-in prime minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller has pledged to review the criminalization of homosexuality in the country and not forbid gays from serving in her cabinet as former prime minister, Bruce Golding had. Pink News.co.uk reported that Simpson-Miller returned to power after a convincing win at the end of…
DeMaio, Dumanis, Filner, Fletcher duke it out at Lincoln Club BY NICOLE MURRAY RAMIREZ I would call the first mayoral debate among the four leading candidates, held at the elegant and expensive U.S. Grant Hotel, a draw. Hosted by the very well-known and conservative Republican Lincoln Club, City Club, it cost $30 to attend the…
Join Lambda Archives of San Diego for food, fun contests and prizes at their 1st annual Pajama Party, Feb. 3, 6-9 p.m. at Snooze, 3940 Fifth Ave. in San Diego. See how much fun you can have, dressed in your favorite pair of pajamas as you join the crowd at this great venue. Tickets are…
WASHINGTON – Human Rights Campaign president, Joe Solmonese has described former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator, Rick Santorum as “not fit to lead.” His statement follows the virtual tie between the pair at the recent Iowa Republican Caucus. Solmonese said, “These men who have pledged to amend the constitution to ban marriage…
dvr this One of the best cop shows on TV, Southland is the only one that features a gay beat cop, Officer John Cooper, played with awesome anger and arrogance by Michael Cudlitz. In the season premiere, Cooper has just returned sober from medical leave (thankfully, since his painkiller addiction was not the greatest pilot),…
A teen known only by the name Taylor is calling for all American families to boycott the popular organization Girl Scouts after the club allowed a 7-year-old transgender child into its Colorado troop last fall, World News Daily is reporting. “I’ve been a girl scout for 8 years… I have been taught by Girl Scouts…
The show must go on – at least that’s what ABC executive Paul Lee says in wake of the controversial sitcom Work It. At the annual Television Critics Tour in Pasadena, Lee said he did not understand why the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) had such a problem with the show. LGBT activists…
