Proud Swedes move into Europe’s first LGBT retirement home

Europe’s first retirement home for LGBT people – the Rainbow House – has opened in Stockholm, with a ceremony attended by bishop Eva Brunne and Commissioner for the Elderly Joakim Larsson of the conservative Moderate party, reports Radio Sweden. The Rainbow House takes up the top three floors of an eight-storey apartment building in central Stockholm,…

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Missouri History Museum to acquire region’s first gay artifacts collection

In a move that reflects both the region’s progress on LGBT acceptance and the mainstreaming of our histories in public museums, the Missouri History Museum has announced its first collection of LGBT artifacts, according to the online version of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Sometimes things are happening right before our very eyes,” said museum curator…

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Members of first ‘LGBT Advisory Board to the Sheriff of San Diego County’ announced

Former Marine Captain Jacquelyn R. Atkinson and City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez have been elected co-chairs of the first LGBT Advisory Board to the Sheriff of San Diego County, Bill Gore. The Advisory Board held its first meeting with Sheriff Gore and his top commanders a few weeks ago.  Former Marine Captain Jacquelyn R. Atkinson…

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Portland Timbers, Portland Thorns FC, team owner Merritt Paulson endorse the ‘Freedom to Marry’ (VIDEO)

Portland, Ore — Today, the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, Portland Thorns FC of the National Women’s Soccer League, and team Owner/President Merritt Paulson announced their endorsement of the Freedom to Marry and Religious Protection Initiative. The initiative would make it legal for same-sex couples to marry in Oregon. This announcement marks the first…

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U.S Senate confirms first openly gay judge on a circuit court

Today, in an historic and unanimous vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Todd Michael Hughes to the U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, making him the most senior openly gay judge in the U.S. Hughes is the deputy director of the Department of Justice’s commercial litigation branch for the civil division. He received his A.B. from…

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San Diego based VA Home Loan Centers becomes first military mortgage provider to offer financing to same-sex married couples

SAN DIEGO —The Department of Veterans Affairs was among the last of the federal government organizations to extend benefits to same-sex couples, but now gay spouses are eligible to receive VA-back home loans, in states where their marriages are legally recognized. The VA Home Loan Centers, which operates as a privately held government loan specialist…

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