LOS ANGELES – American Apparel, the vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles, is launching an initiative to support gay marriage in France. At the request of its French employees who have been eagerly following the country’s efforts to legalize gay marriage, American Apparel will be giving away 10,000 Legalize Gay shirts in…
Fred Shapiro, associate librarian at Yale Law School, has just released his seventh annual list of the most notable quotations of the year. Topping the list is Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney‘s “47 percent” comment. Romney’s “binders full of women” quote comes in second. AP reported Shapiro as saying, “Debate remarks and gaffes actually…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is calling on the Maryland Marriage Alliance (MMA) to return the $10,000 donation of Michael Peroutka, an active white supremacist and secessionist sympathizer who was one of the three largest individual donors to the campaign against marriage equality in Maryland. HRC also calls on the Maryland Catholic Conference,…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today announced a national television ad campaign following on the historic victories for marriage equality at the ballot box this year. The ad titled Dawn of a New Day and voiced by Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman, began running today. This year proved to be a pivotal turning point in the movement…
I find it interesting that so many in the San Diego political community seem to not understand the basic tenet: elections have consequences. After the trouncing that the conservatives in this town took on Election Day, be it ballot measures or elected candidates, I would think that there would be some self reflection. I have…
As San Diegans begin to realize that the 2012 election was a fundamental change election for America’s Finest City, I performed a bit of nerdy analysis in the mayoral race. While north of Interstate 8 remains firmly Republican and Tea Party territory, the margin of difference between Republican votes and Democratic votes is shrinking. Conversely,…
Today, The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), announced the national launch of new I AM: Trans People Speak videos, featuring New York Times bestseller Professor Jennifer Finney Boylan, actress Laverne Cox, Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) attorney Noah Lewis, and performance poet Kit Yan….
Amendment 1 in Minnesota, which would have limited the freedom to marry for gay and lesbian couples, was defeated and the “no” vote prevailed with 52 percent of the vote statewide — and by a 2-1 margin in Duluth. According to the Duluth News Tribune the vote wasn’t definitive until about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday. Following…
(CNN) – Tammy Baldwin made history Tuesday night – twice. She became the first openly gay politician, and first Wisconsin woman, elected to the U.S. Senate. The seven-term Democratic congresswoman edged past former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson in a win that advocacy groups hailed as a significant stride toward bringing diversity to the Senate. Baldwin…
(CNN) – New polls released Monday indicate the presidential race is neck and neck in two battleground states. A CNN Poll of Polls show President Barack Obama has a narrow two-point edge over Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, 50 percent-48 percent, and a three-point edge over his Republican challenger in Iowa, 48 percent-45 percent. In…
