WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization – is celebrating the launch of a partnership with Macy’s in honor of National Pride Month. The retailer will feature new HRC merchandise at select locations including Macy’s Beverly Center (Los Angeles, CA), Easton (Columbus, OH), Fountain Place (Cincinnati, OH),…
I took a few things I consider positive away from my Pentecostal upbringing, and one of those things was a non-religious concept of how to apologize. In the Foursquare church I was raised in the concept was called “repentance,” but I separate repentance as a tool to apologize from the term’s religious connotations. I think…
As a progressive, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to God – this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! Eureka, the California state motto, came as a result of the famous California gold rush from 1848-1855. At…
Support for the gay community is higher than ever before—a recent Gallup poll shows that 55 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, compared to just 27 percent in 1996. With Pennsylvania and Oregon recently joining the growing list of states to overturn bans on gay marriage, the campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)…
In a move consistent with the growing recognition of the rights of the transgender community, Rochester, New York recently passed legislation that would include transgender health care benefits for employees and their families under the city’s medical plan. Local news outlet the Democrat and Chronicle reported that, “Under the new coverage, effective Jan. 1, city…
No one can say that District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis is anything if not determined, tenacious and tough as nails. She rose through the ranks from a clerical worker in the DA’s Office to the top spot in San Diego County law enforcement. After a disappointing showing in 2012’s mayoral race, Dumanis, the County’s first openly…
An easy choice for a topic this time: the primary elections. If it has somehow slipped your mind, mark it on your calendar! As the LGBT community becomes stronger, we must exercise this new power to protect our personal safety and to demonstrate a serious commitment to the political, spiritual and maternal rights we value….
Back when he first ran, unsuccessfully, for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk didn’t have the stamp of approval from the so-called “gay establishment.” Today, May 22 – which would have been his 84th birthday and is celebrated as Harvey Milk Day in California – he will be memorialized with…
My grandmother was a very wise woman. She often used phrases to make a point that were not only poignant but easily understood. I was reminded of one of my grandmother’s sayings when I was attacked by my columnist Nicole Murray Ramirez in his online opinion piece last week; when you throw a rock at…
Last night, Waveland, Mississippi unanimously passed an anti-discrimination resolution recognizing the dignity and worth of all city residents – including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Waveland becomes the seventh Mississippi city to pass such a resolution and joins Starkville, Hattiesburg, Greenville, Magnolia, Bay St. Louis and Oxford. “This is another important…
