Christopher Crowe, 29, passed away Wednesday due to complications from a staph infection that inflicted damage on his heart. Crowe was the president of the LGBT Congressional Staff Association and worked with Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX). Earlier in his career, Crowe served as an intern with the Victory Fund in 2005. In response to…
The Washington Blade reports that Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced that he will reintroduce the Employment Non-Discrimination Act for the 112th Congress after he has finished lining up additional co-sponsors of the bill. Frank explained that the upcoming introduction of the bill will help inform lawmakers and the public alike. However, he also expressed some…
This Wednesday will mark the inaugural Wall Street summit on LGBT community issues and involvement. The event, hosted by Deutsch Bank and titled ”Out on the Street”, will include six of Wall Street’s biggest banks and focus on panel discussions highlighting culture change, recruitment, client development and business impact with regard to LGBT employees and…
In a follow up to our Behind the Scenes news story about Canvass for a Cause (CFAC), LGBT Weekly has gotten an exclusive story on what the organization expects from the mega-retailer in the following weeks, according to reps canvassing today outside a Target store in Poway. Reps for CFAC, who identified themselves as volunteers…
Close on the heels of this week’s U.S.-led move at the United Nations condemning violence against the LGBT community, a long-standing and infamous bill advocating life imprisonment and possible execution for Ugandan homosexuals appears to be dead. Ugandan officials have made comments to the media indicating that the proposed legislation duplicated other extant laws. “I…
The Washington Blade reported today that the House committee in Maryland voted 15-8 to approve a bill banning employment and housing discrimination against transgender people. The bill will now face the full House of Delegates, where it must be approved by Monday in order to progress to the Senate for approval. Support of the bill…
While many may think first of her stunning beauty or iconic screen performances, Elizabeth Taylor was also a tireless activist for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention – and one of the first celebrities to go public in her efforts to combat the disease. Taylor, who died today at the age of 79, began her crusade against…
In a marked shift from the Bush administration’s largely silent policy concerning anti-LGBT violence and international recognition of gay rights, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it is committed to fighting against discrimination of gays and lesbians around the world — and called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to do the same. The Los…
The Survey Data Inclusion Act (SB 416), the first bill in the country to include questions of gender identity, same-sex relationship status and sexual orientation in state government surveys, cleared the California Senate Governmental Organization committee 7-5. The historic bill, authored by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) and sponsored by Equality California, would require the…
Recent controversy over a so-called “gay cure” app from Exodus International has sparked a response from the University of Minnesota pediatrics professor whose research was used in developing the app. According to PCMag.com, the scientist in question, Dr. Gary Ramafedi, has contacted Apple and demanded that they remove the application from the App Store. Ramafedi…
