Former New York Mayor Ed Koch just passed away and the LGBT media jumped at the chance to vilify him before he was even memorialized by his family. The LGBT community needs to take a look at how it treats those that they dislike and what effect that has on the progress of the movement….
LA GRANDE, Ore. (CNN/KPTV) — A La Grande teenager passed away at OHSU Sunday afternoon, after he was taken off life support earlier in the week. The family of Jadin Bell, 15, spent the last two weeks in the hospital after hanging himself because he was bullied for being gay. Bell was on life support…
I’m curious, how many of you made a New Year’s resolution this year? How many of you have broken them already? There is a long tradition of making New Year’s resolutions. It’s an opportunity to reflect on our current actions and set goals to achieve, or make resolutions to change. Typically, resolutions have to do…
Del Sol High School, Las Vegas, Nevada Jan . 29 11:40 A.M. PST Remarks by the president on comprehensive immigration reform: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you! Thank you so much. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Las Vegas! (Applause.) And it is good to be among so many good friends. Let me…
(CNN) — Chick-fil-A restaurants’ philanthropic WinShape Foundation no longer funds the most controversial and politically charged anti-same-sex-marriage groups and has not since 2011, according to Campus Pride, a leading national LGBT campus organization. Campus Pride issued a statement Monday claiming that Chick-fil-A gave the organization’s executive director, Shane Windmeyer, access to WinShape’s 2011 “990” tax…
San Diego Opera’s mission of including new and unusual works alongside timeless classics continues when the company presents the West Coast premiere of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the Moon), a mariachi opera, Saturday, March 16, for two performances only at 2 and 7 p.m. The renowned Mariachi Vargas…
The seventh annual Dining Out for Life San Diego, benefiting HIV/AIDS services and prevention programs at The San Diego LGBT Community Center, will take place Thursday, April 25. Dining Out for Life San Diego is highlighted by enthusiastic community efforts to fill some of San Diego’s best restaurants in support of this dynamic fundraising event….
http://youtu.be/yqpjQ1z-Vqo Jodie Foster, honored for the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement in film at the 70th Annual Golden Globes, surprised many as she publicly addressed that she is a lesbian. She said that she did her coming out to friends a long time ago , acknowledged she had a female partner when she…
(CNN) — Richard Blanco, the poet who likes to describe himself as being made in Cuba, assembled in Spain and imported to the United States, will serve as the inaugural poet when President Barack Obama takes the oath of office for a second term this month. Blanco will be the first Latino, the first openly…
Jeanne Manford, the founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and an all-around pioneering straight ally in the LGBT rights movement, has died at the age of 92. Manford died at her home in Daly City, Calif. after a series of health problems. Manford became active in LGBT rights when in…
