WASHINGTON –– Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) condemned the alleged use of taxpayer-provided equipment on Capitol Hill to spread intolerance over the Internet. Reports that transphobic edits of a Wikipedia site for the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” were made anonymously from IP addresses linked to Congressional office buildings are “deeply troubling,”…
WASHINGTON – Tuesday, at a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, Liberty University Dean and Professor of Law Mathew Staver submitted prepared testimony which included a profoundly inaccurate anti-LGBT rant. The hearing had been convened at the behest of the subcommittee’s chairman, Rep. Trent Franks, on the subject of…
WASHINGTON – Buzzfeed reports that House Speaker John Boehner today secured meeting space for the top American supporters of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws. The news comes after Sen. Mark Kirk withdrew their original meeting space with a spokesperson saying, “Senator Kirk will not host groups that advance a hateful agenda.” The World Congress of Families –…
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has been declared the winner today of the newly formed Arizona congressional district, becoming the first openly bisexual member of Congress. Sinema will join the largest-ever class of openly lesbian, gay and bisexual lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including the first openly-gay senator, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. The Associated Press reported Sinema, 36,…
The Washington Times (via Chicago-Sun Times) published details on pool report Thursday in sponsorship for the president’s Obama for America campaign. According to the source, among the 40 people in attendance – all of which paid $38,500 per ticket – Laura Rickett, the openly-gay owner of the Chicago Cubs, introduced President Obama to the group….
