WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus held the first-ever Congressional Forum on Violence Against the Transgender Community in an effort to raise awareness of the scourge of violence impacting the transgender community – particularly transgender women of color. Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) testified before Congress emphasizing the need…
Cormac Gollogly, a barrister from Terenure in Dublin and Richard Dowling, both 35, who works with AIB and is from Athlone became the first same-sex couple to tie the knot under Ireland’s new marriage equality legislation. “It’s great to be the first to do it,” said Gollogly as he gave his new husband a kiss…
https://youtu.be/fSOHzJF4WuU Large department store Kohl’s released their new holiday commercial on YouTube Tuesday. Titled “Celebrate Togetherness” the commercial celebrates being together with family and friends and features a gay couple. Watch the cute ad above.
Today, Adele released the video for “When We Were Young” taken from the new album, 25, out Nov. 20. Directed by Paul Dugdale the track was recorded live at the Church Studios in London.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus has announced the creation of the new Transgender Equality Task Force, to be chaired by Rep. Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley). “To this day, transgender people face formidable barriers in employment, housing, health, education, and other areas. And to end the ongoing violence and discrimination transgender people experience, we…
Charlie Sheen revealed he is HIV positive Tuesday in an exclusive TODAY interview with Matt Lauer. Sheen, who said he had paid upwards of $10 million to keep his diagnosis secret told Lauer that he made the announcement to end a smear campaign and extortion efforts. “I have to put a stop to this onslaught,…
Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality case, today announced his support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “We have fought to not only change laws, but to change hearts, and now we need a president who will help us fight to eliminate the injustices that occur regularly in our…
WASHINGTION, D.C. –The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that Victoria Rodriguez-Roldan has joined the organization as the new Trans/Gender Non-Confirming Justice Project Director. Rodriguez-Roldan begins her work at the National LGBTQ Task Force as the organization kicks off a series of actions as part of Transgender Awareness Week. “We’re very excited to have Victoria join…
Today, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2014, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias-motivated incidents throughout the nation. Submitted by 15,494 law enforcement agencies, the data provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes; however, the UCR Program does not estimate offenses for the jurisdictions of agencies…
Ireland’s new same-sex marriage law comes into force today, six months after the country voted to allow gay unions in a historic referendum. Existing same-sex marriages registered abroad will be immediately recognized in Ireland, while other couples can now submit their intention to marry, reports Yahoo News. “Today we celebrate the final legal step in…
