Yesterday, voters in Dallas approved nondiscrimination protections for LGBT city employees to the City Charter. The city charter amendment, which includes sexual orientation and gender identity, was passed by 77 percent of voters, according to Lone Star Q. Dallas received 81 on HRC’s 2013 Municipality Equality Index (MEI). The MEI examines the laws, policies and…
A federal judge today ruled against the ban on same-sex marriage in Kansas. The Washington Blade reports that U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree, an Obama appointee, issued a preliminary injunction against the enforcement on Kansas law prohibiting of marriage rights for same-sex couples. The injunction is warranted, Crabtree writes, because of legal precedent and because…
LA JOLLA – This past weekend, over 730 board-certified physicians in 71 specialties were recognized by their peers for their outstanding work. The annual Top Doctors gala hosted on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla brought the best doctors together for a night of celebration inspired by their contributions to the…
In a groundbreaking moment for the sports world, professional Strongman champion Rob Kearney has come out, reports The Huffington Post. Not only is Kearney ranked as the second strongest middleweight champion in the world, but his coming out makes him the first openly gay man to actively compete in a strongman competition at a professional,…
WASHINGTON – Over the years, many of the nation’s most notorious and outspoken opponents of equality for LGBT people have warned of the disastrous effect legal marriage equality will have on American society. Yet today, as same-sex couples can legally marry in 32 states and Washington, DC, it seems the country’s march toward nationwide marriage…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego LGBT Community Center announced today that the Dr. A Brad Truax Award Ceremony and Reception will be held on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1 from 4 – 5 p.m. at The Center, 3909 Centre Street in San Diego. The awards ceremony is a free event that will include light…
Former San Diego City Councilmember Barbara Warden, a Republican who represented the same Council district that Carl DeMaio later represented, has endorsed Rep. Scott Peters and will record a phone call urging voters to support Peters. “I’m a Republican and I feel strongly that Scott Peters is the right choice,” Warden said Monday. “Scott works…
The United Nations human rights office has expressed regret over a recent Singapore Supreme Court ruling to uphold a law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations between adult men, calling the directive a “missed opportunity” to strike down the law. Speaking at a press briefing in Geneva, Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner…
http://youtu.be/5xIA-7-A97E In episode seven of Lisa Ling’s CNN series This is Life with Lisa Ling, airing this Sunday Ling travels to Santa Fe where she gets to know, in-depth, members of the International Gay Rodeo Association. The episode, titled Gay Rodeo, airs Sunday, Nov.9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. Watch the trailer above. We…
Elle Fanning has been cast as a transgender teenage boy in a new film. Pink News reports that the 16-year-old actress – sister to Dakota Fanning – has been cast alongside Susan Sarandon and Naomi Watts in the indie drama Three Generations, which will follow Fanning’s character Ray as he transitions to male. Written by Nikole Beckwith,…
