WASHINGTON — Lance Bass is joining the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in speaking out against Mississippi’s SB 2681, a bill that would essentially give businesses license to discriminate against LGBT customers. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a similar bill in her state last…
With a stroke of the pen, Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona has put an end to a unsettling period in her state’s history by vetoing a bill that would make it legal to discriminate against the LGBT community based on one’s “strongly held religious beliefs.” But that hasn’t stopped other states from forming or rewriting…
Today Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a recently-passed bill that would have allowed businesses to refuse services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community on the basis of religious freedom. This morning, HRC delivered 65,000 petition signatures to Gov. Brewer calling on her to veto the bill. The so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act…
Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni signed a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality today, defying protests from rights groups, criticism from Western donors and a U.S. warning that it will complicate relations. Reuters reported that the new bill strengthened existing punishments for anyone caught having gay sex, imposing jail terms of up to life for “aggravated…
President Obama has condemned the decision by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni to sign an archaic anti-gay bill into law. The bill, which once even included the death penalty, calls for gay Ugandans or anyone “promoting” homosexuality to be jailed – potentially for life. Museveni made the decision to sign the bill after consulting with a…
Cell phone service is turning into a big monthly expense. People are using their smartphones for more things like watching movies, using thousands of apps and playing video games. Data usage is on the rise and so are cell phone bills. A monthly cell phone bill of $100 or more is pretty common. Luckily, I…
NEW YORK, – The United Nations Human Rights Office today called on the president of Uganda to refrain from signing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law, and urged the country to ensure the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from violence and discrimination. “LGBT individuals in Uganda are a vulnerable and marginalized minority,…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said he will not just sign the new Anti-Homosexuality Bill without checking it carefully, reports Gay Star News. The bill, passed by parliament in a shock move last week, no longer has the death penalty for gays, but does offer life in prison for repeat homosexuals. It also requires people…
From Media Matters For America comes their latest post on PolitiFact giving a “false” rating to the conservative media myth that ENDA discriminates against Christian businesses: Conservative media outlets have repeatedly asserted that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) – federal legislation that would ban employment discrimination against LGBT workers – discriminates against Christian businesses, but…
San Diego LGBTQ rights organization Canvass for a Cause (CFAC) was part of the public lobby in favor of Gov. Jerry Brown signing Assembly Bill 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act, into law. The bill allows transgender students at public elementary and secondary schools to use the restroom and locker room, as well as play…
