WASHINGTON – Today, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military spouses and their families, announced that Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) will be honored at the 2nd Annual AMPA National Gala – the nation’s biggest LGBT military event of the year – next Saturday, May…
Samantha Allen over at DailyBeast.com asks, and quite possibly answers, why bisexual women have significantly higher rates of smoking marijuana than their straight or lesbian peers. According to Allen and the 2000 National Alcohol Survey, “nearly 38 percent of bisexual women reported marijuana use in the last year compared to only 5 percent of straight…
A 20-year-old man who answered a Craigslist personal advertisement has pleaded guilty to robbing a 74-year-old man who was shot with a taser and tied up in a bathtub. Lucas Churchill Holmes, of El Cajon, pleaded guilty fairly early in his case, as he was arrested April 8. Charges of committing elder abuse, burglary, and…
A May 4 preliminary hearing has been set for a naked guy who was found inside someone’s bathroom and who told the occupant he only broke in to take a shower. The nude prowler was discovered at 12:10 a.m. March 17 inside the first floor apartment in the 8700 block of Spring Valley. The occupant…
It’s been sixteen years since Ellen DeGeneres’ onscreen persona leaned across an airport PA system and announced to the world, “I’m gay,” writes Eric Cameron on the HRC Blog. “The Puppy Episode” of Ellen aired April 30, 1997, and featured Oprah Winfrey as Ellen’s therapist, Laura Dern as Ellen’s crush Susan, and a brief cameo…
Airbnb has removed a Texas property from its listings after the host reportedly kicked out a couple for being gay. The Huffington Post reported that Jonathan Wang told KTRK-TV that he and his partner, Brent, booked two nights at the home in Galveston for a friend’s wedding. The home’s owner, identified in media reports simply…
Familia Trans Queer Liberation Movement, CA Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance (CIYJA), GetEQUAL, Juntos, Orange County Immigrant Youth United (OCIYU), Arizona-Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project (AZ-QUIP), Arcoiris Liberation Team, the Transgender Law Center (TLC), and the TransLatin@ Coalition have called for Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) and the Department Of Homeland Security (DHS) immediately release all LGBTQ-identified…
SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee voted Thursday with bi-partisan support to pass Assemblymember David Chiu’s Assembly Bill 959, a bill that would move California public policy closer towards meeting the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities. “Excluding LGBT communities from statewide collected data keeps these individuals and…
In a blog post this week, the Donaldson Adoption Institute (DAI) endorsed nationwide marriage equality in support of thousands of youth in need of foster or adoptive parents, writes Hayley Miller on hrc.com. April Dinwoodie and Kimberly Paglino authored the post, titled, “In Good Conscience,” and outlined the significant positive impact nationwide marriage equality could have…
Iowa Western Community College will offer its students an option to choose an LGBT community dorm this fall. Step forward or segregation? The concept of community based dorms has both supporters and detractors. Supporters suggest that this community based dorms help students to better integrate with the broader college community by providing them a haven…
