BANGOR, Maine — Today, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) represented a transgender girl before Maine’s highest court, arguing that her school had failed in its responsibility to treat her the same as other students. Following the argument before the Law Court, Jennifer Levi, director of GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project, said, “I was pleased…
Last night’s America’s Got Talent produced one particularly emotional performance. When contestant Jonathan Allen took to the stage,nobody quite expected what would happen next. Standing onstage, he revealed that his parents had kicked him out of the house on his 18th birthday for being gay. After cheers from the audience, he stunned the crowd with…
NEW YORK – For the first time ever, gay Americans can toast Pride Month with a wine specially created to celebrate LGBT equality. Égalité, the first nationally-distributed wine created in support of equality for gay Americans, is now available nationwide. “With the recent influx of states legalizing same-sex marriage and more expected to follow suit…
WASHINGTON – On the 46th anniversary of the landmark Loving v. Virginia decision from the Supreme Court, today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is calling on the Court to once again expand freedom for Americans by striking down bans on marriage for lesbian and gay couples as well as the Defense of Marriage Act. HRC…
Glee star Jane Lynch and her wife, Dr. Lara Embry, are getting a divorce. Lynch told People magazine, “Lara and I have decided to end our marriage. This has been a difficult decision for us as we care very deeply about one another. We ask for privacy as we deal with this family matter.” Lynch and…
Today, San Diego Pride announced several new additions to the upcoming Pride weekend! Actor, author and activist George Takei will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Spirit of Stonewall Rally and Flag Raising. He will champion Pride’s 2013 theme “Freedom to Love and Marry.” Takei had this to say about his participation, “Freedom, love…
Despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, Russia’s LGBT film festival Side by Side (Bok o Bok) was found guilty of and fined $10,000 for failing to register as a ‘foreign agent.’ The fledgling organization, which was established in 2007, met the new guidelines according to prosecutor V.V Stepanchenko despite the fact that the law, established…
WASHINGTON – The White House has announced its intention to nominate Daniel Baer – the current deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor – as the next ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). If confirmed, Baer would become the 4th openly-LGBT person to serve as…
Take a look below at the Human Rights Campaign’s infographic which shows some of the more likely outcomes from the Supreme Court arguments in the Prop. 8 and DOMA cases.
To celebrate Pride month, the San Diego LGBT Literary Foundation are offering a discount of 25 percent off all new LGBT titles that the multicultural LGBT book club has read or supported. These titles include, Chulito by Charles Rice-González, Gulf Dreams by Emma Pérez, For Colored Boys by Keith Boykin, The Color Purple by Alice…
