Yet another male blogger has confessed to writing under a fictitious lesbian identity. Bill Graber, 58, announced yesterday that he started the lesbian news site Lez Get Real under the name Paula Brooks – a name belonging to his wife, who remained unaware of her husband’s online identity theft throughout the site’s three-year history. Graber,…
After a week’s worth of media speculation regarding the identity of supposed lesbian blogger Amina Arraf, the real author of ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ has come forward, incurring criticism and frustration from Syrian LGBT activists and commentators alike. MSNBC reports that Tom MacMaster, a 40-year-old American graduate student at the University of Edinburgh in…
On June 10, the Obama Adminstration set forth new policy guidelines expanding states’ ability to provide same-sex couples with the same coverage offered to straight couples via Medicaid. The Washington Blade reports that, under the new guidelines, states may permit physically able partners in same-sex relationships to retain their homes even if their ill or…
A new bill was introduced yesterday by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Susan Collins (R-ME) that would put an end to the unequal taxation of employer-provided health insurance for domestic partners. In an unusual twist for equality-oriented legislation, the bill enjoys bipartisan backing with both Democratic LGBT advocates and Republican politicians lined up to co-sponsor…
Gay rights activists applauded the San Francisco Giants when they became the first major league sports team to record a video in support of LGBT youth for the ‘It Gets Better Project.’ Many hoped the video would spur other MLB teams into action; and now, those hopes have come to fruition. The Seattle Mariners announced…
Union Bank has teamed up with KPBS to recognize cultural diversity by launching several exciting new videos saluting San Diego’s ‘Local Heroes’ in celebration of LGBT Pride Month. The most recent video features local hero Nicole Murray-Ramirez, a gay rights activist who has been a champion for the Latino gay community for over 45 years….
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced today that he is throwing his support behind openly lesbian District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis for the upcoming mayoral election, set for June 2012. The current mayor recorded a YouTube video in which he endorses Dumanis as his successor, stating that the DA “has incredible integrity, does the right thing…
Ken Mehlman, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, has come out in support of New York marriage equality and taken it upon himself to promote the legalization of same-sex marriage amongst Albany’s GOP senators. According to The Wall Street Journal, Mehlman came out last August and told his colleagues that he is gay. Now,…
Amina Araf, an American-Syrian lesbian woman and author of the popular blog ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus,’ was kidnapped late Monday while walking with a friend in the capital city. MSNBC reports that Araf, who blogs under the pen name Amina Abdallah, was seized by three armed men and forced into their vehicle. A witness…
Each year, San Diego Pride recognizes select honorees for activism and support on behalf of the San Diego gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Today, the city’s LGBT Pride officials released the names of this year’s award recipients, who will be publicly honored at the Pride Spirit of Stonewall Rally and festival kick-off event in…
