WASHINGTON – The Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board is looking into whether the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM) violated state law by refusing to disclose the identities of its donors during its efforts to oust state Supreme Court justices in 2010 and 2012. NOM launched an aggressive campaign to interfere with the state’s…
Russian anti-gay lawmaker Vitaly Milonov appears to be sending a message to performing artists coming to Russia: speak out in favor of gay rights and be investigated. Milonov appears to have triggered an investigation into visits to the country by Lady Gaga and Madonna, both of whom made spectacles of Russia’s anti-gay laws during their performances. The…
Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) of San Diego County President Susan Jester, Navy veteran Sean Sala, Pastor Rich McCullen of Missiongathering Church and other LGBT figures have scheduled a press conference Tuesday morning at the San Diego County Administration Building to call on the County Board of Supervisors to conduct an investigation into the recent “rogue”…
NEW YORK, – The United Nations agency leading the response to HIV/AIDS has condemned the killing of an outspoken activist for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Cameroon, and called on the government to thoroughly investigate his death. Eric Ohena Lembembe was the executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for…
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (KTXL – CNN) — Smooching and holding hands may not seem like a big deal, but two men were asked to leave the Westfield Galleria in Roseville, Calif. Saturday for doing just that. “I kissed him on the cheek. That’s how my boyfriend and I show affection,” said Daniel Chesmore. Sitting on the…
One of my good friends is a palliative care specialist, the kind of physician who might work at San Diego Hospice. When he rushes off the phone, I typically say, “What’s the hurry? Afraid someone will live?” I thought I was joking. If their investigation into San Diego Hospice is any indication, the federal government…
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana entered an order granting the joint motion of the United States and the city of New Orleans to enter the consent decree regarding the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). This order is a critical milestone in reforming the long-troubled NOPD and is an…
(CNN) – A Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner revoked the probation of actress Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday and ordered her to appear in court next month. “In the case ending 679, probation is revoked,” Commissioner Jane Godfrey told Lohan’s attorney in court. “Defendant ordered to appear.” Lohan, 26, wasn’t in court Wednesday. The probation…
(CNN) – Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who provides the voice of Elmo on “Sesame Street,” resigned Tuesday after a man filed a lawsuit accusing him of conducting an underage sexual relationship. The lawsuit was filed in a New York court Tuesday, a week after another accuser recanted his claim that Clash, now 52, engaged him…
Ray at Night has come and gone but The Potency of Objects, an intriguing sculptural exhibition by Kevin Greeland at OBR Gallery Space on Ray Street will be on view until Dec. 5. The exhibition consists of various materials that Greeland has found or deliberately sought out that he then uses as a springboard for…
